taking care of business

Rip It Up, Issue 225, 1 May 1996, Page 12

taking care of business

FLYING NUN USA Flying Nun are to open an office in the USA in June. American Mike Wolf, previously employed at the Minneapolis indie Amphetamine Reptile, will work from a base in the college town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The first priority of the USA office will be to work releases by Garageland, Loves Ugly Children and the Able Tasmans. “It’s going to start by him trying to boost the label’s profile and do promotion for the stuff that we’ll be releasing," says Nun’s Lesley Paris.

RAP FUND Phonographic Performances (NZ) Ltd has set up a Recording Artists and Producers Fund to distribute broadcasting royalties direct to recording artists who are played on NZ radios and their record labels. To be eligible musicians must register their recordings with the fund. For registration forms please contact RAP

Fund, Phonographic Performances, PO Box 9241, Wellington. Phone (04) 384-3523 or Fax (04) 3845060. Forms are due by May 10.

FELIX The first releases on the new Felix label are two CD EPs in May — Muckhole Where’s the Corndogs? and Future Stupid, Future Stupid. Felix is run by Murray Cammick owner of the Wildside label. Felix will be distributed in New Zealand by BMG.

SKC CD OFFER Korean electronics giant SKC have a special offer for manufacturing 1000 CDs — the disc with printed cover and case for $3,200. For further information phone 0800-752-661.

AUSTRALIA’S ENTERTAINMENT WEALTHY LIST The Business Review Weekly magazine listed the 10 highest earning

Australians in entertainment for 1995 (in millions): 1. Mel Gibson sl6 m 2. AC/DC $12.5 m 3. George Miller sll m 4. Silverchair $6.4 m 5. John Laws $6.2 m 6. Michael Gudinski $3.5 m 7. Bl & B2 $3.3 m 8. Alan Jones $2.5 m 9. Tina Arena $2.4 m 10. Paul Hogan $1.9 m

MUSICAL CHAIRS Manager of Hamilton’s Radio Contact, Adam Hyde has been appointed station manager for 95bFM at Auckland University ... Megan Chittick will leave BMG Promotions in mid-June to travel overseas ... Jubt Avery has left Flying In and returned to bFM as a sales rep.