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- Brendan Smyth: NZ On Air and Kiwi music...
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Brendan Smyth was charged with getting more New Zealand music on the airwaves for more than two decades. As long-time NZ Music Manager at NZ On Air, he led a team that funds and promotes Kiwi music and music videos. In this ScreenTalk interview, Smyth talks about: The challenges of getting Kiwi music on radio during the 1990s What funding agency NZ On Air does, and how it chooses which music videos to fund How English video-makers have been impressed by the strong ideas shown in Kiwi videos,...
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- https://www.nzonscreen.com/interviews/brendan-smyth-2009
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- music / kiwi music / commissioning / funding / nz on air / nzonair / radio / national radio / concert radio / fm radio / new zealand music / nz music / nz music manager / nzoa / new zealand identity / new zealand culture / cultural cringe / kiwi hit disc / music videos / music video / new artists / nzonair funding / musicians / goodshirt / bathe in the river / toa fraser / no.2 / don mcglashan / jonathan king / chris graham / niki caro / music video funding / c4 / mtv / juice music television / music broadcasters / youtube / facebook / myspace / internet distribution
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