Music Managers Forum NZ is the collective voice for music managers and self-managed artists. The MMF NZ is a non-profit trade association dedicated to helping grow artist manager businesses through education, networking and advocacy. The MMF NZ is part of International Music Managers’ Forum (IMMF), a worldwide community of music managers, with active organisations in the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Poland, United States, Australia, South Africa, Belgium, Italy, Ireland and Latin America. Recorded Music NZ is the industry representation and licensing organisation for recording artists and their labels. It owns and presents the Vodafone NZ Music Awards, publishes the Official NZ Top40 Charts and supports educational projects within the music industry through its Music Grants programme. The licensing team provides collective broadcast and online licensing services, with public performance licensing administered through a joint initiative with APRA called OneMusic. The ProMusic NZ division promotes and protects the interests of artists and labels across the New Zealand recording industry.www.recordedmusic.co.nz APRA AMCOS (the Australasian Performing Right Association and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society) is a non-profit organisation that collects and distributes song writing royalties to its 87,000 songwriter, composer and music publisher members across New Zealand and Australia, and around 3,000,000 copyright owners worldwide. APRA AMCOS presents several songwriting awards on an annual basis, including the prestigious APRA Silver Scroll Award, and supports New Zealand songwriters through a wide array of music grants, funds, workshops, seminars, and also hosts the collaborative songwriting program known as Songhubs. DRM NZ is a digital distributor and YouTube MCN (Multi-Channel Network) that provides full digital management services, enabling content holders to easily and quickly maximise audience reach, financial return and security rights for their content via all major digital platforms. DRM NZ provides global access to all major distribution sources and full management of your content as a certified, trusted and engaged MCN. Tomorrow People – are one of the hardest working reggae bands in New Zealand. Their first album debuted at No 1 in the charts, went gold and stayed in the charts for a year. Their recent EP ‘BBQ Reggae’ also debuted No1 and gave the band a Waiata Music Award, two Vodafone Pacific Music Awards and a nomination for Best Roots Artist at the 2018 VNZMA. Co-managers Tana Tupai and Avina Kelekolio also won a MMF Music Managers award for Best Self-Managed Artist. |
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