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Rip It Up, Issue 235, 1 March 1997, Page 28

"development scheme The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand Inc., supported by Creative New Zealand, is to con- . duct twq-day professional development workshop for supported Creative recording artists. The duct a two-day professional development workshop for emerging New Zealand recording artists. The workshop will give new artists an opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills within the range of these areas of the music business, for example: ■ Arrangement, Songwriting, Mixing/Production (post-production techniques), Management, Presentation, Music Publishing, Recording Contracts etc . .. Thirty finalists will be selected nationally to attend the two-day workshop in Auckland and Christchurch. A winner from each region will then be selected to have their recordings released on an EP by one of the RIANZ member record companies. ' ■ Criteria for Entry 1 Applicants to be a New Zealand resident or citizen. 2 Applicants to supply a demo audio cassette which contains a minimum of 4 recordings. 3 Recordings to be of original material. ‘ ' 4 Applicants to supply 4 (four) copies of the demo cassette, along with a one page overview of the artist/group and photograph; - / ' . Judging The panel of judges will be made up of a representative from a record company, music publisher, recording artist and producer/engineer. Judges will be looking for: originality of songs (Strong, easy to identify, good structure both musically and lyrically, some consistency over the recordings) commercial potential (Style of the artist/group, future market potential, i.e. can the artist/group appeal to current market or future trends) radio/video potential (does the artist/group have radio and single potential i.e. chart wise, do they have a look that r * . can be marketed to a wide audience) CLOSING DATE MONDAY 31st MARCH 1997 For further information contact: Mary Winter, RIANZ v PO Box 9241, Wellington. Phone 04 384-3523, Fax 04 384-5060 vLa.’xl/ 0 -tZ 7 rIZ - U AMI’S CXMTNCtr OF WW ZFAI ANO TOj AOTBAMO*