takin' care of business

Rip It Up, Issue 199, 1 March 1994, Page 6

takin' care of business

NZ Music Directory The fourth annual edition of the NZ Music Services Directory is now in production. The deadline for listings is March 31. Businesses working in the music industry recording, equipment, production, promotion, media, broadcasting etc are offered a free listing. All enquiries to Stellar Night Productions, PO Box 10081, Dominion Rd, Auckland. Phone / fax (09) 630-1289.

Roger Shepherd - Moves to London '

Flying Nun boss Roger Shepherd has moved to London to work out of the Mushroom UK office to work on increasing sales of Flying Nun new releases and catalogue in the UK and Europe. Shepherd will be following recent UK tours by JPSE, Straitjacket Fits and the Bats and preparing for upcoming tours by Bailterspace, Tall Dwarfs, 3Ds and Chris Knox. Shepherd will work with the indie distributors who handle Flying Nun in the UK and Europe. In 1994 Flying Nun will release new albums by David

Kilgour, Bailterspace, the Headless Chickens, Snapper and the Tall Dwarfs. And later in the year the Bats and the 3Ds will record again. There's also a number of new signings being negotiated. Shepherd says, "I'm not going to London to be isolated there. I'll be keeping in touch." In fact he will be back in NZ for the April NZ Music Awards. . ■ -J ’ ’ Flying In The Flying Nun import operation is now based at Festival Records' Auckland office. Festival will warehouse, despatch and invoice for Flying In. Sandra Hopping will continue to sell and buy for Flying In from an office at Festival. Flying Nun and Looney tours are plan to move from their Queen Street office to Ponsonby or G rey Ly n n. RipltUp Moves ■ From Monday Feb 21 the RipltUp street address is Level 10of the BNZ Tower, 125 Queen Street, inner city Auckland. The phone and fax numbers and PO Box are unchanged.

NZ Music Awards The annual Recording Industry Association Music Awards takes place Monday April 11 at the Pan Pacific Hotel. The finalists in each category will be announced March 21. The March 25 RipltUp will print the finalists. Biggest USA Concert Artists The USA Pollstar Concert Pulse lists the Top 15 grossing USA concert artists weekly. The number one "average gross per concert" spot (first week of February) was occupied by the evergreen Neil Diamond ($902,300) and he's followed by Billy Joel, Rod Stewart, Depeche Mode ($484,600), Bette Midler, Luther Vandross, Jerry Garcia Band, country star Alan Jackson, Clint Brown & Wynonna Judd and at No. 10, it's Pearl Jam ($167,000). They are followed closely by Barry Manilow, Vince Gill, Robert Plant, Nirvana ($112,700) and Brooks & Dunn. NZ On Air Grants The February meeting of NZ On Air approved the following video grants: Supergroove Can't Get Enough (BMG); Tim Finn Many's the Time (EMI); Pop Art Toasters What Am I Going To Do (Flying Nun); David Kilgour Beached (Flying Nun); Dribbling Darts The Big Bopper (Flying Nun); Able Tasmans The Big Band Theory (Flying Nun); Blackjack Key To the Shade (Hark Records); Greg Johnson Set Those Aren't Real Tears (Pagan); Ted Brown Love Explodes (Pagan); Halucian Good Morning Mrs Earth (Pagan); Sisters Underground In the Neighbourhood; Mutton Birds The Heater; Mutton Birds In My Room; Dead Flowers Dead Boy (Wildside); Head Like A Hole Spanish Goat Dancer (Wildside). NZ On Air "Radio Hit" Scheme Rebate grants have been given to the following singles that achieved significant airplay on commercial radio: Andrew Fagan Jerusalem (Sony); Ted Clarke & Backdoor Blues Band That's What I Like About You (Ruby Records), Supergroove Scorpio Girls (BMG), Matty J

Colour Blind (Edge Music); Grace Skin to Skin (Deepgrooves); Hallelujah Picassos Rewind (Wildside).

NZ On Air Hit Disc 7 The local artists that will appear on the next Hit Disc are: Jon Stevens Reflections (Sony), Matty J House of Fear (Edge), Fuemana Closer (Deepgrooves), Maree Sheehan Kia Tu Mahea (Tangata), Sisters Underground In the Neighbourhood (Second Nature), Greg Johnson Set Let the Sun Beat Down (Pagan), Margaret Urlich & Rick Price Where-is the Love (Sony), Myles Sanctuary (Warner), Supergroove Can't Get Enough (BMG), Whisperscream Walls Surrounding Me (Angel Baby), Pop Art Toasters What Am I Going To Do (Flying Nun), David Kilgour No No No (Flying Nun), Emulsifier Get On Up (Wildside), Dead Flowers Watch Her Play (Wildside), Bad Jelly Mr Mista (Hark Records), Blackjack Key to the Shade (Hark)

NZ On Air Deadlines The next application deadline for NZ On Air grants is March 18. •

New Artists Recording Scheme Grants Applications for the Arts Council New Artist Recording Scheme grants of SSOOO close March 31. There are five grants awarded twice a year for NZ bands or solo performers to help finance their debut release. To get an application form write to New Artist Recording Scheme, NZ Arts Council, PO Box 3806, Wellington.

Musical Chairs Promo whizz Mel Archer (ex Warners, ex BMG, ex Sonnet London) is back in town... Jonathan King has resigned as RipltUp designer... Hans Hoefiich has returned to RipltUp as an advertising salesperson ... there's a new Sounds store in Auckland's Downtown Mall. Manager is Fiona Nichols . . . BMG has purchased the Private Music label founded by former Tangerine Dream man Peter Baumann... Steve Plotnicki has purchased the Profile label from his former partner Cory Robbins days after Tommy Boy withdrew its offer to purchase the label. Profile has albums by DJ Quik and London techno artist Baby D & Acen ready to go.. . Prince's label Paisley Park intends to end its distribution arrangement with Warner Bros but Prince will stay with Warner Bros.