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Cod Media |
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Cod Media is the working name for a country-wide
entertainment
management collective run by members of the acts involved. I see it as
a way of formalizing the ad-hoc promotion of experimental and
little-known kiwi bands and producers I've been trying to do for years.
For example some independent artists I know include: Hairy Fairy Network (formerly Hairy Fairy productions) - we do fire shows incorporating fire dancing, fire breathing, stilt walking and creative costuming - whether it be staff and poi freestyling with hand drumming, choreographed routines to music or themed re-enactments. Roadsterz - Contemporary blues-rock originals band based in the town of Carterton in the Wairarapa. These experienced musicians were initially brought together by a series of open jam nights organised by a local music club and are now distributing their self-produced demo CD "Ghosts From the Past". CBD Reality Testing Unit - A free noise collective united by their love of combining heaping helpings jazzy baritone sax, junk percussion, cheapo keyboards and hand drum breakbeats into a genre-blending musical fusion reactor you can't help but dance to. No two performances are alike and the effect is not easily forgotten. Carnage - Heavy-riffing, double-kicking metal 5-piece hailing from the bowels of Hamilton in the Waikato. Warning: beware of Cram-o-media Flash website! the Misperceptagin - Think Primus on food acid, jazzier and dubbier, all the eccentric timings and disorientating angular grooves without the spikiness and the nasal accent. Must be something in that Christchurch water. the Blue Meanies - Punk may be dead but this Christchurch rock monster captures all the live energy of the grunge revolution. Rose Petals and Confetti - A group of rock'n'rolling pisstaken identities based in the Waikato. St Lucy - Sweet little pop-rock numbers from a Hamilton sun-of-a-gun and his asorted compadres. The main focus at first will be contacting promoters, venue managers and local media around the country and building up a list of useful contacts. I also intend to approach people like Free Lunch, a small street theatre management company run by McGillicuddies in Hamilton to discuss issues of replication and the best way to get the most gigs for the least administrational effort ;) |
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