NZ On Air will fund 24 new music projects in its latest Making Tracks funding round for March 2013.

The 24 projects were selected from a field of 134 applications.

Fourteen are $10,000 grants for recording a song and making a music video to back up the release of the song and 10 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 for March 2013.

The 24 projects were selected from a field of 134 applications.

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

This means NZ On Air has funded 169 Making Tracks projects so far this financial year (commencing on 1 July 2012) from 933 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 March projects follows -

(a)  Funding of up to $10,000 for each of the following 14 Making Tracks projects in the March 2013 round, comprising up to $4,000 for recording a song and $6,000 for making a music video of that same song -

• Anna Coddington/Bird In Hand
• City Oh Sigh/Sometimes
• Delete Delete/Sedated
• J Williams/Never Let Go (featuring DJ Lenium)
• K.One/The Same You
• Lisa Crawley/Elizabeth
• Panther & The Zoo/Promises
• Seth Haapu/The Battle Sway
• Sound The Ocean/Spring
• Street Chant/Blah
• The Emilys/Play It Cool
• The Eversons/Baby You're A Jerk
• The Sami Sisters/Jump Start
• Tiny Ruins/Carriages

(b)  Funding of $6,000 for each of the following 10 Making Tracks projects in the March 2013 round, being funding for making a music video only -

• @Peace/Anaethetised
• Anika, Boh & Hollie/Why Don't We
• Autumn Splendour/Jeff
• Beach Pigs/Paid In Ca$h
• Donnell Lewis/If It Ain't With You
• Ermehn/Remember When (featuring Selena Danielson)
• Pieter T/Your Love (Right Here)
• The Bads/Good Lies
• The Veils/Through The Deep Dark Wood
• Unknown Mortal Orchestra/From The Sun

The independents on the March Making Tracks panel were -

• Ande Macpherson [More FM; Auckland]
• Pennie Blair [95bFM, Auckland]
• Dan Wrightson [Juice Music Television; Auckland]
• Emma Smith [Music 101, RNZ National; Wellington]
• Amelia Murray [NZ Musician magazine; Auckland]
• Ross Herrick [Dux Live, Christchurch]
• Nic Manders [Ned Music; Auckland]

Media Release: NZ On Air