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Who Loves Who Competition Winner Announced

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 02:26:39 +0000

Play It Strange and RIANZ are proud to announce the winner of the Who Loves Who Competition.

CONGRATULATIONS

Hannah Horsfield from Kaipara College for her version of Zowie’s song ‘Broken Machine’.

Hannah has won two days recording at Roundhead Studio’s Brickroom.

The Who Loves Who Competition has seen many entries come in fabulous versions of iconic New Zealand songs. From ‘Blue Smoke’ (the very New Zealand song recording), through to contemporary artists such as Avalanche City, Blindspott and Zowie. There have been a wide variety of styles applied to the arrangements – Jazz, Orchestral, Hip-Hop, Punk, and Acoustic Ballads to label a few.

The winner has been chosen by Chris Caddick (Managing Director of RIANZ). He also chose these awards: Best Instrumental: Leonardo Coghini & Tyaan Singh from Kapiti College for ‘I See Red’ Highly Commended: Matt Cheriton from Kaipara College for ‘Gutter Black’ Highly Commended: Perry Langston from Kaipara ...

Christchurch Junior Lyric Competition

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:06:01 +0000

Play It Strange in partnership with the Christchurch Methodist Mission recently held a lyric writing competition for all Christchurch primary schools. The concept was – ‘write a song with the title PROUD AND STRONG’ and Annah Mac (recently with a double platinum single to her name – “Girl In Stilettos”) – would choose the winning lyric and write the music and perform it at the winner’s school.

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Jamie Evans from Sumner School took first prize and Annah played the song to the entire school. It was a spectacular success and plans are afoot to repeat it all again next year.

Check out the Christchurch Methodist Mission Weaving Hope facebook page for more details including the actual lyrics.

http://www.facebook.com/weavinghopechch

Annah Mac at Sumner School – Christchurch

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:04:08 +0000

Annah Mac recently visited Sumner School in Christchurch to perform JuniorComp Primary School Lyric Competition winner – Jamie Evans’ song.

The Who Loves Who Competition

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:42:06 +0000

Play It Strange and RIANZ are proud to announce the winner of the Who Loves Who Competition.

CONGRATULATIONS

Hannah Horsfield from Kaipara College for her version of Zowie’s song ‘Broken Machine’.

Hannah has won two days recording at Roundhead Studio’s Brickroom.

A special mention must be made of the number of quality entries we received from Kaipara College. Congratulations.

Chris Caddick, ...

Lyric Competition Shows Christchurch Children Proud and Strong

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:20:20 +0000

Sumner School Year 4 student Jamie Evans has something to be proud of.

The eight-year old won the JuniorComp Primary School Lyric Competition, and New Zealand recording artist Annah Mac will perform her winning composition.

The lyric writing competition was open to all Christchurch primary students. It was part of the Weaving Hope Project, a collaboration between the Play It Strange Trust and Christchurch Methodist Mission.

Play It Strange CEO Mike Chunn says Play It Strange is delighted by the partnerships it has formed with the Christchurch Methodist Mission and the Ministry of Social Development. The initiative uses local musicians to bring fun challenges to primary school students to foster positive responses to the stresses of the earthquakes.

“We want to help young Cantabrians forge a positive outlook for the future,” he says.

Annah Mac was one of the judges in the Proud and Strong ...

JuniorComp Primary School Lyric Competition

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:36:57 +0000

RESULTS ANNOUNCED

The results are out for the 2012 Junior Comp Primary School Lyric Competition.

Please click on the button for your area:

AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH

The competition has been run in South Auckland primary schools and Christchurch Primary schools for Years 1 – 6. Entrants were required to write lyrics to a song with the title ‘Proud and Strong’.

Annah Mac our songwriter judge had this to say;

“It is truly inspiring to see so many young people coming through this competition and writing such beautiful and honest lyrics,” Annah says. “All entries showed imagination and displayed great creative ability in the art of song writing.”

As well as Top 10 certificates there are participation certificate for all other entrants – signed by Annah Mac! The winner in each centre has Annah visiting their school to perform the winning song.

Thank you ...

Olympic Songwriting Competition

admin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:10:57 +0000

CONGRATULATIONS Sam RB Winner of the Olympic Songwriting Competition

Sam will be will heading to London where she will meet athletes and perform at an official New Zealand Olympic Committee function just ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games.

READ ARTICLE ON OLYMPIC WEBSITE READ NZ HERALD ARTICLE Sam RB’s WEBSITE

Here is an article on TV One’s Close Up on the competition.

Top Ten Finalists – listen and download

The final five from Phase 2 are:

‘Stand Tall’ by Sam RB, Auckland

‘Rise’ by Rachel Schryvers, Auckland

‘Ma Te Mahi Ka Ora (Through Hard Work Comes Success)’ by John Phillips, Nelson

‘Raise Up Your Flag’ by Emmy Joyce, Christchurch

‘Do You Feel Alive’ by Petra Bullock, Auckland

This top 5 will then be combined with the top five from the first album (Anthem In Black). Those ten songs will then go through a final voting stage in ...

Free Recording Software for Soundcloud Users

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:39:39 +0000

If you are a member of Soundcloud – a fantastic service for sharing music that you have created, you can currently download a free version of Ableton Live Lite.

Whilst this is a very stripped back version of the programme (offering only eight audio tracks, eight midi tracks, four VST effects etc), it would be a great tool to have on your home computer for writing songs and learning the basics of recording. If you do not have recording studio software such as Garageband, Cubase, Logic or ProTools, then snatch this offer up. Live is also great as a live instrument if you use loops and samples. There are free video tutorials to get you started.

Soundcloud users check your emails from Soundcould. The offer expires May 31st.

Methodist Mission and Play It Strange Launch Ukulele Orchestras for Schools

admin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:21:12 +0000

Play It Strange and the Christchurch Methodist Mission have collaborated in creating ukulele orchestras for Christchurch schools. They have also been working together on a number of other programmes including the JuniorComp Lyric Competition.

Check out this article on scoop.co.nz “Mayor Bob Parker says the initiative is a wonderful way to put some fun back in young people’s lives.”

Anna Mac gets a ukulele lesson

admin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:42:50 +0000

Former Play It Strange winner and successful singer-songwriter Annah Mac received a ukulele lesson from East Tamaki Primary students recently.

check out this fantastic article from the Manakua Courier: http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/6617258/Musician-gets-a-ukulele-lesson