A National Music Development Program
Background
Musicoz is a national initiative dedicated to improving the quality of original music culture in Australia. For the past 6 years Musicoz has been developing the music industry at the grass roots level by seeking out, recognising and encouraging the talents of unsigned and independent artists and providing them with much needed development support and opportunities as they carve out their careers.
Musicoz achieves these aims through:
? Annual National Musicoz Awards Program –The Musicoz Awards
Covering 18 genres of music with over 5000 entries each year. Known in the media as “The Unsigned ARIAs”, The Musicoz Awards give vital recognition, exposure to a national audience through our TV special of the awards being aired on national Television, as well as development opportunities to finalists and winners and the opportunity to work alongside well known artists surrounding the awards evening. These awards are the biggest and most credible awards for unsigned and independent music artists in Australia.
Musicoz Awards timeline
• May 1- National call for entries including national advertising/promotion/publicity campaign.
• August 15- Entries close nationally
• August 16- Judging commences- 40 top level industry judges are used for this process
• October 1- Judging finalised
• October 15- Top 10 finalists announced (National publicity and advertising)
• November 1- Top 5 finalists announced nationally
• November 15- Musicoz Awards live @ The Enmore Theatre Sydney
• November 16- National publicity for Musicoz winners
? Weekly Musicoz TV program
Aired nationally on Foxtel/Austar showcases the unsigned artists as well as providing the audience with a background of these artists and their music.
? Musicoz showcases
In Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Byron Bay, Tamworth, Coffs Harbour, Nowra and local Illawarra venues. These showcases include an annual Indigenous showcase prior to Award Night.
? Musicoz Development Program
Ongoing mentoring, artist development and support throughout the year as they develop their potential. The Program Includes:
• Comprehensive song writing Feedback service
• Support and advice on Publicity, promotion, advertising, management, contracts, touring
• Advice on music royalties, Booking Agents/Venues and Venue Bookers
• Production/Recording/Mixing/Mastering/Duplication development
• Business plans/Timeline/Budgeting/CD launch
• Professional consultation on Presentation and image
• Artist product development including CDs, DVDs, Promotional material
Success Stories
• Porcelain-Now residing in L.A and signed to Universal Music U.S.
• Sender-Signed to Sony/BMG Australia- Reached no 19 on the national ARIA charts
• Bliss’n’Eso-Signed to Illusive Records Australia-Reached no 7 on the national ARIA charts
• Sick Puppies-Now a sensation in the U.S and signed to Roadshow Music.
• Blue King Brown-No 1 on the Australian Independent charts
• The Sunpilots-No 1 indie band on Myspace
• Felicity Urquhart- Recent Golden Guitar winner and No 1 on CMC Charts
• The Fumes- Album of the week in the Drum Media
• Plus many more
There is no other initiative across Australia that provides this form of support/benefits in the music industry.
Exposure
The media attention and hype about Musicoz is unparalleled by any other music event that supports the rise of unsigned artists. In 2004/2005 alone, Musicoz received well over 700 metropolitan and regional newspaper articles with a total estimated circulation of 2.5 million. In 2005 there were well over 100 radio interviews monitored throughout the year reaching an average listening audience of over ½ million listeners.
Since 2003 the National Musicoz Awards TV special has been broadcast on national television including: WIN, NBN, Imparja, SBS, Channel [V] and Aurora.
Musicoz also produces a weekly 30-minute TV show that airs nationally on Foxtel/Austar’s Aurora channel.
The Musicoz website receives in excess of 1 million hits per year. This will increase dramatically as we implement our online strategies for the website.
Supplementary to the above, Musicoz represents itself through showcases at live venues in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. These events serve to physically bring the artists and the public together.
We are most pleased to introduce to you "Valentine"! One track off our upcoming full-length album Dance! Dance! Romance!, which will be launched September 4 at Spectrum.
Every week or so, leading up to the launch, we will upload another track off our album for you.
Pull Up Saturday July 19th Manning Bar With Mista Savona, Budspells, Out Of Order (Basslines), Surgeon General, Foreigndub + DJ Jonah Hosted by Killa Queenz Visuals by Erban Sprawl Tickets: Presales $20 + bf / $17 Student Access Card Holders / $25 On The Door Available from www. moshtix. com. au or www. theatlasagency. com Doors 8pm
Hey there! Just letting everyone know that my new cd "Fly" is available online - just visit my website: www. michellecashman. com. au and click on the media link! In the mean time; check out my new song on you tube - "Don't Wake Me" I wrote and recorded last week! Let me know what you think! Have a great week! xxx Shell.
Hey,
Would love to see you at one of our upcoming gigs.
Got a residency at Spectrum in Sydney amongst a few support slots.
Would love to see you there!
- The Protectors
Play List For Shit Mix: Dance Music (The Toxic Avenger Remix) Flat Beat (The Knocks Family Re-edit) American Boy (Kill The Noize Remix) Banger – AC Slater Bulls On Parade (DJ Kue Remix) For Your Love (Ursula 1000 Re-Think) It’s Like That (2 Bit Thugs ReRub) Jerk it nasty (Na and JFK Remix) White Horse (Bass Kleph Remix) Floating (D.I.M. Remix) Song 2 -Trash Yourself & The Toxic Avenger BOTV (Van She Tech Turbo Fire Engine Remix) Bad Boy for Life (La Mode Bad Mother Fuckas Fuckup) Indie Hipster Douchbag - Dj Doc Rok ft. Oh Snap!! Up in here (Mightyfools Remix) Everyone noxe (Teen Wolf Remix) Straight Lines (The Presets Remix) Mash Up The Speaker – Hostage Afrojacker - Machines Don't Care Chelou (Douster Tasspe Remix) Beach Boy’s Gold – Gidea Park
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