TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

Rip It Up, Issue 191, 1 June 1993, Page 2

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

The Flying Fish NZ Music Video Awardstakes place in Wellington July 18 as part of the Wellington Fringe Festival. Entries must be in Wellington by July Z.ForentryformorfurtherinfocontactTessaHoffe, PO Box 6443, Wellington or phone (04) 384-6159 or fax (04) 385-2165.

FLYING NUN have co-ordinated two weeks of showcase gigs in the USA featuring Straitjacket Fits, Bats, JPS Experience and Bailterspace. All four artists have recordings released in the USA and were individually planning USA visits for 1993. Export Music NZ and Tradenz are helping fund the production of the showcase concerts and associated semi-formal gettogethers for music industry people and media. A New York gig will take place to coincide with New Music Seminar July 20-24. NZ ON AIR VIDEO GRANTS: The June grants went to: * Merenia 'U Know (I Like It)' (Pagan) * Greg Johnson Set 'Winter Song' (Pagan) * Headless Chickens 'Mr.Moon' (Flying Nun) * JPS Experience 'lnto You' (Flying Nun) * Moana & the Moahunters 'Tahi' (Southside) * Katene Sisters 'Keeping Up the Love Thing' (Warner Music) KIWI HIT DISC Vols 1 & 2 were sent to NZ commercial, Iwi, Campus and Access radio mid-June and the track list has been finalised for the third NZ On Air funded Hit Disc, a compact disc series supplied free to commercial radio stations to promote airplay for NZ artists. The tracklist is: * Greg Johnson Set 'Winter Song' (Pagan) * Ted Brown 'lf Ever You Need' (Pagan) * Death of a Monkey 'Back to the Start' (Definitive) * Katene Sisters 'Keeping Up the Love Thing' (Warner Music) * Wayne Gillespie 'Living In Exile' (Sony) * Bluespeak 'lt's Always Fine Inside' (Pagan) * Moana & the Moana Hunters (& Andrew Fagan) Til Be the One'. * Herbs (& Ray Columbus) 'Till We Kissed' (Warner Music) * Gifted & Brown 'We Got Soul' (Tangata) * Merenia 'U Know (I Like It) (Pagan) * Midge Marsden 'Travelling On' (Sony) * Warratahs 'Big Sky' (Pagan) * Citizen Band 'Rust in My Car' (Sony) * Bats 'Courage' (Flying Nun) * Jan Hellriegel 'Westy Girls' (Warner Music) * Annie Crummer 'See Forever' (Warner Music) Recipients of the Arts Council of NZ SSOOO New Artists Recording Scheme grants from the March 31 applications were: * Babble (Deep Grooves) * Bilge Festival (Wildside) * Mink (Infinite Regress) * Road to Amber (Jayrem) * Women Composers Compilation (Flying Nun) THE ROCK93FM WAIKATO ROCK AWARDS take place October 21993 and compere is George Smilovici. Categories will include Live Band of Year, Video, Song, Album, Best Recorded Work, Biggest Contribution to Waikato Music, Male Vocalist, Female Vocalist. Heatswill be run over 5 weeks prior to the Awards evening. Further info: phone Rock93FM (07) 838-2693.

TIM FINN has reactived his Definative label with the release of a five-track EPfrom Hamilton band Death of a Monkey. Tim produced in a 2 day session at York St studio.

DATES AND DEADLINES: Closing date for the Wellingon Fringe I Flying Fish NZ Music Video Awards is July 2. Phone Tessa Hoffe (04) 384-6159 for further info... For the next NZ On Air Video Grants, the closing date for applications is July 30 ... August 7&8 at the Wellington Town Hall the Women's Festival features artists such as Jan Hellreigel, Fatal Jelly Space, Moana & the Moahunters, Shona Laing, Emma Paki, Hinewehi Mohi and Maree Sheehan.

LONDON venue The Vox is now being booked by Kiwi John Pell who is interested in booking NZ bands Wed to Fri. Contact John at The Vox, 9 Brighton Terrace, Brixton, London SW9 80J, phone/fax (071) 737-2905.

MUSICAL CHAIRS: late June Paul Rose was made redundant as General Manager of Amcos NZ... IBC has purchased Today FM in Auckland and most staff have been made redundant ...

FOREIGN: Sony USA boss Tony Mottola married his fave recording artist Mariah Carey on June 5... U2 have re-signed with Island Records for a six album deal . . . American indie label Savage has gone bust firing staff. Savage's artists included David Bowie (for USA) and Danii Minogue ... Gary Gersh who signed Nirvana, Sonic Youth and Stone Roses to Geffen, has left the label for a million dollar salary as chief of Capitol Records, Los Angeles. . . Nigel Grainge and key staff have quit the Ensign label he founded in 1976 and sold to Chrysalis. Artists include Sinead O'Connor and World Party. Grainge is starting a new label ... USA retailer Tower Records are opening in Singapore and Hong Kong and opening a second store in Taipei, Taiwan.. .the 1993 Australian Industry ARIA Yearbook revealsthat for the 92/93 year, at wholesale the industry was worth S4OO million, that's $1.3 billion at retail.. .the first International Music Market trade fair took place in Singapore June 21-23. Australasian agents are Immedia! PR, Sydney 212-6677.