So far 5 awards for Ladyhawke at the NZ Music Awards?
It’s only been an hour? And she’s already drunk? BLESS. HEART U GURL.the only thing worse than NZ music is the fact we give out awards for it.
I love [some] NZ music :\
me too, but i think its fundamentally wrong to award and praise music in such a way just because it is NZ music. overall our sound is pretty crap, and stolen from alot of other, better influences. im not saying all nz music is bad, i just think its tokenist to hold awards every year based on the fact that people making it are ‘NZ’ its like, not a very large pool, not an overally talented pool, and its just a waste of time and money better spent on allowing more people to bring their music to the world, not just nz, and praising (oh so sickenly) the few mediocre ones we have.
I don’t think it should be seen in such a negative light, what’s wrong with praising what talent our modest country does have? And how can you generalise NZ musicians as “our sound”? Unless you’re talking about one genre? It’s the unsupportive people like yourself that cause NZ musicians to not reach success on a larger scale to begin with.
fuck off, seriously dude, i wont support shitty awards that are a PR stunt and a chance for a few select musos to get up on stage or go down the red carpet. no one cares if you have an award, and it isnt recognition by fans, its recognition by pr companies. highest selling single? most played song? be realistic. what is ur measure of success? being a band that people support, yes of course, but that isnt anything to do with awards. thats to dow oth a fan base, home made eps, downloading and listening from myspace and other music sharing forums, gigging, etc. look at the black seeds, and kora, and fly my pretties, they didnt need huge backing from ‘publicity’ to sell out shows and make the charts, word of mouth and their fans did that because they have a solid sound. with the money spent on that self indulgent shit called the nz music awards that just happened tonight, you could launch 4 new contracts, pay for an nz tour of at least 25 ‘unknown’ bands around the country.
I’m for music, my friend. not for turning it into McMusic.
