18 May 2011
Last nights NZ Music Manager Awards held at Auckland’s Backbeat Bar was an evening of celebration to reward the dedication and hard-work of NZ’s best Music Managers. Their tireless efforts, industry knowledge and exceptional management over the past year deserves recognition so without further ado, here they are.
The NZ Music Managers Forum would like to congratulate the following 2011 Music Manager Award winners:
NZ Manager of the Year
Paul McKessar/Campbell Smith – CRS Management – Brooke Fraser, The Naked And Famous, Collapsing Cities, Lydia Cole, Dimmer
Upcoming Manager of the Year
Scott Grafton – Batucada Sound Machine, The Phil Edwards Band
Regional Manager of the Year – North Island
Teresa Patterson – Six60, I Am Giant, Iva Lamkum, Scribe
Regional Manager of the Year – South Island
Tim Couch – Knives At Noon
Self Managed Artist of the Year
Flip Grater – Flip Grater
International Achievement
Paul McKessar/Campbell Smith – CRS Management – Brooke Fraser, The Naked And Famous, Collapsing Cities, Lydia Cole, Dimmer
Industry Champion
IMNZ – Independent Music New Zealand
The judging panel was made up of 20 judges from within the Music Industry, including organisations such as Apra, PPNZ, NZ on Air and The Music Commission. The evening was MC’d by Dave Gibson from Elemeno P and awards presented by Dave Dobbyn, Dei Hamo, Young Sid,Tami Neilson, Francis Kora, Richard Setford, and Teresa Patterson. The prizes were kindly given to the winners by the following music industry companies – Groove Guide, The Production Company, Rip It Up, Eventfinder, 95bFM, Bnets, York Street Recording Studios, Phantom Bill Stickers, Grabaseat, Sounds Aotearoa and Scizzorface.
Congratulations to all the winners!