NZ Online Songwriting Competition 2010 PEACE SONG

MEDIA RELEASE - RACE RELATIONS DAY:
NZ Online Songwriting Competition '2010 PEACE SONG'

THEMES:
- INSPIRING & AWARDING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
- CELEBRATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY
- HUMAN RIGHT #19
- SOCIAL NETWORK MUSIC TECHNOLOGY
- WORLDWIDE PARTNERSHIP NZ & SONICBIDS

CREATED BY AWARD WINNING RUSSIAN-NZ SINGER YULIA
www.yulia.co.nz / www.findmyvoice.co.nz

For release Thursday 11th March 2010
Sent by NZ Online Songwriting Competition
www.nzsingersongwriters.co.nz

MULTIMEDIA NEWS LINK:
http://www.nzsingersongwriters.co.nz/Site/News/Entries/2010/3/11_2010_Launch_Media_Release.html

BEGINS

The NZ Online Songwriting Competition has launched '2010 Peace Song'.

The NZ Online Songwriting Competition has chosen 'Race Relations Day' to announce the 2010 'Peace Song' songwriting competition to support raising awareness of Human Right #19: "Freedom Of Expression".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq5nzK19PzI

The non-genre, Internet-based songwriting competition which is being run from New Zealand provides theme and values based songwriting competitions which partner with humanitarian and other charities to encourage, inspire and empower positivity in songwriting.

The competition which closes for entries on 31st March, 2010 aims to invite participation from NZ cultural minorities.

Prizes are being awarded for both New Zealand and International artists.

THE INSPIRATION: 30 HUMAN RIGHTS VIDEOS

Entrants from a diverse variety of cultures and forms of musical expression worldwide have been invited to set aside genre and create a single piece of music which best encapsulates an inspired peace or human rights message. In the case of 'Peace Song', 30 Human Rights PSA (public service announcement) videos created by www.youthforhumanrights.org are being shared to form the basis of inspiration for songwriters to write a song which could influence audiences to positive change. http://www.nzsingersongwriters.co.nz/Site/Video.html The NZ Online Songwriting Competition aims to raise awareness of the 30 human rights common to all nationalities and foster a great awareness of these from the NZ public by sharing the messages and the music through online social networks.

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP

The NZ Online Songwriting Competition has partnered with USA based music Internet giant www.sonicbids.com to process competition entries. Sonicbids offers both free and paid electronic press kits (EPKs) which include artist audio, video, photos and bio. Sonicbids currently has over 40,000 bands and 3,600 exclusive partners, a list that includes prominent North American events and festivals such as MIDEM, CMJ, Summerfest, North By Northeast, Jagermeister Band Sponsorship Program, NEMO, Canadian Music Week, Folk Alliance, Locobazooka!, and the Billboard Song Contest. For more information on Sonicbids please visit http://www.nzsingersongwriters.co.nz/Site/Partners.html

COMPETITION SUBMISSIONS

Submissions can be made through the link below:
http://www.sonicbids.com/Opportunity/OpportunityView.aspx?c=5388

PEOPLE

The competition has been created by Russian immigrant Yulia & her husband/manager Glyn MacLean as part of a family vision to inspire, encourage and empower Musicians and singers to embrace positive values in music. Their company Oikos Music www.oikos.co.nz has also created www.findmyvoice.co.nz an educational program which has toured the 'Yulia & Friends' show around NZ communities, winning rave reviews and standing ovations. Since marrying in 2008, the happy couple have supported NZ charities to raise over NZ$1million.

Glyn MacLean comments, "The competition is an opportunity to present something positive to the world and export the values of cultural diversity from NZ. Partnering with Sonicbids has supported the competition to become truly International. We have already received a large volume of competition entries from Australia, Canada, USA, Hungary, Spain, Ireland and the Slovak Republic. However we would also like to encourage New Zealand's songwriters to submit their entries. When you ask songwriters to write about values they will deliver. We have songs ranging from Aboriginal injustice to celebrating being above the waterline in New Orleans. The songs are very moving. "

NEW ZEALAND ENTRIES

Featured songs include some of the NZ entries at:
http://www.myspace.com/nzsingersongwriters
'Jelly Beans' by the Wellington band POPPY DUST
'Get It Together' by the Wellington band ROSS ROYCE
and 'Sign In Aotea Square' by Sarah E of Auckland.

PRIZES

Prizes are targeted at empowering the aspiring singer-songwriter at the entry level and include an International prize package and a New Zealand prize package. The international prize package valued at NZ$10,000 includes a home studio recording package for computer by Jansen Professional Audio & Lighting, A personal vocal coaching with the award winning singer Yulia, artist brand development by Barach Media and music business coaching with a current commercial artist manager.

The NZ prize package includes a day in the studio with NZ music award winning producer Chris Whyte to produce an acoustic instrument song or instrumental demo. Travel expenses within NZ are part of the NZ prize package. (Conditions Apply).

Entries close 31st March 2010.

JUDGES

Judges include two times NZ music award winning singer Yulia, NZ Music Awards winning music Producer Chris Whyte, former Classic Hits Commercial Radio breakfast host Rick Watson and manager/producer Glyn MacLean, also the competition founder.
All artists will receive song feedback.

TECHNOLOGY

One of the important features of the competition is that all artist song submissions have been added to NZ Singer Songwriter 'label' and are being promoted on the 'label' widget on Reverbnation. Songwriters are receiving promotion through online social networks such as www.facebook.com, www.myspace.com, www.bebeo.com, www.twitter.com, www.sonicbids.com and www.reverbnation.com. The competition reaches a crescendo during the NZ Music month in May 2010. Audience listens will be measured on Reverbnation and count towards 10% of the song points.

LINKS:

ALL SONGS - http://www.reverbnation.com/2010nzsongcompetition (online now - entries close 31st March 2010)
TOP10 SONGS - http://www.reverbnation.com/label/nzsingersongwriters (online 27th April 2010)

OFFICIAL WEB SITE: http://www.nzsingersongwriters.co.nz
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/NZSongwriter
SONICBIDS: http://www.sonicbids.com/Opportunity/OpportunityView.aspx?c=5388
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/NZSingerSongwriters
REVERB NATION: http://www.reverbnation.com/label/nzsingersongwriters
MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/nzsingersongwriters

IMPORTANT TIME FRAMES; ‘PEACE SONG’
•Tuesday 20th October, 2009 - Competition entries open
•Wednesday 31st March, 2010 - Competition entries close
•Thursday 1st April, 2010 - Elimination Round of Judging Begins
•Monday 26th April, 2010 - Elimination Round of Judging Ends
•Tuesday 27th April, 2010 - 10 Competition Finalists announced
•Saturday 1st May, 2010 - Audience measurement begins during NZ MUSIC MONTH
•Saturday 22nd May, 2010 - Audience measurement ends during NZ MUSIC MONTH
•Wednesday 26th May, 2010 - Competition winners announced during NZ MUSIC MONTH
•June 2010 - Finalist Certificates, Winner Certificate & Prizes Dispatched

ENDS
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OFFICIAL WEB SITE:
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TWITTER:
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FACEBOOK:
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REVERB NATION:
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MYSPACE:
www.myspace.com/nzsingersongwriters

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