10 reasons to apply for 2008 National MUSICOZ awards
1. This year Musicoz is partnering with the National Nova Radio Network, who will present the Nova Unsigned Initiative Award. So, the winner of this award and the Musicoz Artist of the Year will both receive airplay on the national Nova Network over a four week period and will also be included in Nova's Unsigned Initiative on the iTunes Store. Selected other winners and finalists will also be featured on air on Nova as part of their unsigned initiative. 2. $15,000 worth of advertising with Street Press Australia (included Drum Media, Drum Perth, Time Off, In press, Rip It up), perfect to promote that national tour or CD release. 3. Simply one of the best gigs going! Selected Musicoz finalists will be invited to perform at the Musicoz Awards Ceremony in December in Sydney. The event will be filmed for broadcast on Channel [V]. It’s also one of the coolest gigs in the country to play!
4. A production deal through Damien Gerard Studios, a marketing/PR package with Foghorn Media and a spot on the hugely successful CD compilation Sounds Like Café Series. This is the home of Sydney based recording studio Damien Gerard's- situated close to the CBD in Balmain. Aside from the classic combination of old world analog and the latest Pro Tools Digital recording facilities, here you'll find an inhouse production team, an independent record label for unsigned acts, some of the best engineers in the country, and a long list of band credits spanning the past twenty years.
5. 2 days studio time (recording and/or mixing time) with engineer at Studios 301 Sydney which is Australia s most prestigious and largest studio complex, Studio 301 has been setting the standard in Australia since 1926 achieving exceptional results for a multitude of Australians and international recording artists and film projects. Offering the diversity of recording and mixing spaces to suit all music genres and projects, Studios 301 presents world class equipment and technology, experience and proficiency to ensure the best possible results in a dedicated artistic environment.
6. Full production package from Tonemarket Music valued @ $2,500 David Liotta of Tonemarket Music will provide a production package one of the top 5 finalists of the acoustic category this year. This will include:
• One song produced by David Liotta
• Pre-Production with David at Tonemarkets Production House
• Track-laying
• Mixing
The Package will include taking the artist through every stage of the recording process from pre-production and recording, through to the final product mixed and mastered.
7. Recording time with engineer @ Trackdown Studios valued @ $3,000. Trackdown is Australia's premier purpose-built Orchestral Scoring Stage located adjacent to Fox Studios. Suitable for all your recording needs including solo artists, bands, voice overs, large scale orchestral recordings for film, television and commercials, Trackdown has the highest quality equipment to ensure that your session is world class.
8. You too could be one of our ever expanding success stories.Many of our artists have gone on to big achievements after winning a Musicoz Award. Bliss n Eso - # 7 ARIA Charts, Blue King Brown # 1 AIR Charts, BlueJuice – Played Homebake and Splendour Festivals, Sick Puppies – Toured with Evanescence in US, Porcelain – Signed 8M record deal with Universal in US, Stone Parade - # 1 AIR Charts, # 17 ARIA Charts, Borne - # 1 iTunes, Sunpilots - # 1 Myspace, Felicity Urquhart – Golden Guitar winner ’07, # 1 CMC, Gian – Record Deal with ABC/Warner, The Fumes – Successful Tour of Japan, Anthony Snape – Successful Tour of US.
9. Publishing deal with Adrenalin Sounds. Adrenalin Sounds are the sub-publishers of some of the best production music libraries from around the world. We supply music to all the TV and Radio networks around the country as well as advertising agencies and video production houses. We supply high quality music that is especially written for Video, Film, Television, Radio and Advertising and now we are taking Australian instrumental music to the world with the release of the Adrenalin production music library. We currently have distribution in 26 countries and growing.
10. .$2,000 cash from APRA, since 1926 APRA (the Australasian Performing Right Association) has been making life a little easier for songwriters, composers, and music users. Australian copyright law makes songwriters and composers the exclusive owners of their original music and lyrics. Nobody else can use their work without getting their permission first, and if necessary, paying a royalty for this use. This is where APRA steps in. APRA is a not-for-profit organisation that collects royalties on behalf of its 47,000+ members, and by agreement, for all the copyright owners around the world.,