NZ On Air will fund 24 new music projects in its latest Making Tracks funding round.

The 24 projects were selected from a field of 108 applications.

Fifteen are $10,000 grants for recording a song and making a music video to back up the release of the song and 9 are $6,000 grants for making a music video only.

NZ On Air will fund 24 new music projects in its latest Making Tracks funding round.

The 24 projects were selected from a field of 108 applications.

Fifteen are $10,000 grants for recording a song and making a music video to back up the release of the song and 9 are $6,000 grants for making a music video only.

This means NZ On Air has funded 193 Making Tracks projects so far this financial year (commencing on 1 July 2012) from 1,041 applications.

Decisions are based on the broadcast, music and audience merits of the songs that have been submitted, judged by a panel of broadcasting and music professionals.

The list of 24 April projects follows -

(a) Funding of up to $10,000 for each of the following 15 Making Tracks projects in the April 2013 round, comprising up to $4,000 for recording a song and $6,000 for making a music video of that same song -

• AHoriBuzz / Huka Shuga
• All The Colours / Shame (When The Art Is Gone)
• Beach Pigs / 333
• Clap Clap Riot / Everybody
• Dead Found Followers / Careless
• Earthworm / We Had To Go
• French For Rabbits / Gone Gone Gone
• J.Williams / Ms Rita feat Sidney Diamond & Ria Hall
• Jesse Sheehan / Sunshine
• Lisa Crawley / Best Friend
• Mark Vanilau / Simplicity
• Massad / Love Is Gone
• Paquin / Quiet Heart
• The Eversons / Good At Making Enemies
• Urbantramper / Your Lung Meridian

(b) Funding of $6,000 for each of the following 9 Making Tracks projects in the April 2013 round, being funding for making a music video only -

• David Dallas / New World
• Eden Mulholland / Blueprint
• JBrown & The Mic Smith / Like This
• Kong Fooey / Let Go feat Maitreya & Madame Butterfly
• Luke Thompson / Walls
• Mali Mali / Magnetic North
• P-Money / Celebration Flow feat Aaradhna & Talib Kweli
• Princess Chelsea / We're So Lost
• Tom Lark / Go Get A Job

The independents on the April Making Tracks panel were -

Tim Homer [Kiwi FM; Auckland]
Gabriel Calcott [RDU, Christchurch]
Maria Mahony [TVNZU; Auckland]
Trevor Reekie [RNZ National; Wellington]
Leonie Hayden [Rip It Up; Auckland]
Andrew Tidball [Cheese On Toast, Auckland]
Olly Harmer [The Lab; Auckland]

Media Release: NZ On Air