Free Sound Syndicate
Independent Music Resources

"When the music of a society changes, the whole society changes" - Plato

This is a list of independent non-profit organisations and small businesses in Aotearoa that I would expect to be supportive of unsigned musical acts. I am assembling this resource list as a first step to achieving the mission I set in my Decommodifying Music proposal. I encourage all musical artists, bands, producers to license their work under the Creative Commons licenses and supply copies of the chosen license with the work when distributing it through any of these outlets. Note: this page may eventually become part of the entertainment management collective I am planning codenamed Blue Cod.
Radio Stations...

A complete list of NZ radio stations

Countrywide networks

student radio network (B-net)
Aotearoa Information Radio (AIR)
Association of Community Access Broadcasters (ACAB)
NZ Low Power FM Radio Station network (LPFM)

Murihiku (Invcgl)
GoldrushFM

Otautahi (ChCh)
MofoFM
PulsarFM
RDU98.5

Poneke (Wgtn)

Radio Active

Taranaki (NP)
TheMostFM

Palmerton North
Jon Harker's Station

Waikato (Hmtn)
StationFM
theRevolution
Contact
theGenericator

Tauranga
Blowhole FM

Tamaki Makaurau (Akld)
Radio Chomsky
Fleet FM
Planet FM
95BFM

 Sound Engineers...

Otautahi (ChCh)
Jason Bryce
Jamie's company
Flaming Productions - email

Poneke (Wgtn)
Bus Tunnel Studios

Wairarapa
Record Sellers...

Otepoti (DnDn)
Records Records
BlackStar Books

Otautahi (ChCh)
Galaxy Records

Poneke (Wgtn)
Freedom Shop
Slow Boat

Waikato (Hmtn)
Hindsight
Cranium

Tamaki Makaurau (Akld)
Misfit Theatre - email

 Labels/ Distros...

Otautahi (ChCh)
Krkrkr Records
Noseflute Recordings

Poneke (Wgtn)
Red Letter Distro
B-Net

The B-Net is a network of 6 non-profit student-orientated radio stations around the country named after Auckland's 95BFM (originally Bosom FM I've been told), the oldest of them. The level of commercialism varies from station to station and from year to year, depending on who is involved in running them at any given time. Generally it's best to approach the host of the specialty show on each station that you think your music would suit. Songs popular on each show may then be promoted to the regular playlist.

Aotearoa Information Radio

AIR includes a network of independent radio stations that airs the thought-provoking music, interviews and talks of politically challenging people who are denied access to existing mainstream radio. The different stations have different attitudes towards playing music.You'll need to email each one individually and your more likely to have songs played if they have kind of political content.

Association of Community Radio Broadcasters

ACAB is a network of government-funded professionally run stations that specialize in providing airtime for minority-interest programming.

NZ Low Power FM Radio Station network

LPFM is
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