taking care of business

Rip It Up, Issue 213, 1 May 1995, Page 36

taking care of business

Midem Asia May 23-25

The first Midem Asia Conference takes place May 23 to 25 in Hong Kong. The event is organised by the Midem Reed organisers of the annual Midem industry conference in Cannes, France. For further info contact Mirko Whitfield in Hong Kong at (852) 824-1069. Musical Chairs Darryl Parker is acting General Manager of Festival Records after the resignation of Stuart Duncan who is now running the music division of Christian Marketing ... Dave Jordan has left BMG to work freelance. He will continue to do special projects for BMG. George Spence is now General manager Sales & Marketing. Financial Director Steve Green has left BMG to become Chief Financial Officer at MTV Asia in Singapore. The new Financial Director is Sue Smith. BMG now has a Video manager Brent Christie, ex Manhattan Entertainment and Megan Chittick is now Promotions Assistant ... Sandii Riches has resigned from Mushroom Records. The Mushroom office will move back to the Festival Records building after being located in the Queen Street Flying Nun office for a year ... Mark Phillips is moving from Polygram Auckland to the Sydney Polydor Label & Marketing Manager’s. Also in Australia, Adam Holt is now National Marketing Manager. Back in NZ, Kerry George is now Polydor Label & Marketing Manager and Nicole Gilbert has moved from the Heat in Wellington to do promotions/PR at Polygram ... Jeremy Freeman has moved from Roadshow to TV3 ... Nicki Tololei has left Virgin and is now Polydor Label Assistant at Polygram ... Yvonne Dudman has left her Festival PR job to be the music advertising representative at BFM ... former BFM Music Director Jubt Avery is now Flying In Promotions & Sales Assistant.

Dates & Deadlines

Closing date for the next NZ On Air Video Grants is Friday May 12. The meetings take place June 12 & 13. For further info write to NZ On Air, PO Box 9744, Wellington ... the new address for Hark Records is PO Box 19360, Hamilton ...Virgin have scrapped their Hong Kong megastore due to declining sales and heavy competition in the city. HMV open there in July.

NZ ON AIR Music Videos

The acts who have received NZ On Air video grants at the April meeting are Chris Knox Half Man Half Mole (Flying Nun) Colors Stomp (Papa Pacific) Crash Day At The Fair (Failsafe) Dave Dobbyn It Dawned On Me (Sony) Headlong I Want (Papa Pacific) Jan Hellriegel Geraldine (Warners) Jungle Fungus Crushed (Roadshow) Lodger Forever (Wiidside) Matty J Cruisin’ (EMI) Purest Form Lady (Madame X) Semi Lemon Kola Otherwise (Chronic) Strawpeople Beautiful Skin (Sony) Superette Killer Clown (Flying Nun) Tufnels Pettibone (Sony)

NZ ON AIR Kiwi Hit Disc

The tracks selected for the Kiwi Hit Disc N 0.14 are Chicane Downtime (Failsafe) Colors Stomp (Papa Pacific) Cosa Nostra Still Water (Antenna) Crowded House Pineapple Head Dave Dobbyn It Dawned On Me (Sony) Dead Flowers Not Ready (Wildside) Jacinda Klowens Chardonnay (Papa Pacific) Jan Hellriegel Geraldine (Warners) Jungle Fungus Crushed (Roadshow) LMB Give Me Time (Black Daw) Malchicks Weatherman (Failsafe) Matty J Cruisin’ (EMI) Nixons Basement Static (Pagan) Pumpkinhead Third Eye (Wildside) Semi Lemon Kola Otherwise (Chronic) Strawpeople Beautiful Skin (Sony) Tufnels Pettibone (Sony)

NZ ON AIR Radio Hits Funding

The following NZ artist qualified due to the “significant airplay” achieved, for funding by the NZ On Air Radio Hits Scheme: D Faction First Cut Is The Deepest (Southside)