Wanted: Canterbury’s next biggest musical vigilantes, a new brand of outlaw who shred from the hip; who will be the 2010 RounDUp renegades? This showdown is open to all brave enough to face their fears and join the ranks of past RounDUp outlaws – including The Klap, The Tiger Tones, Bang! Bang! Eche!, Slipstream and The Undercurrents, Shapeshifter, The O’Lovelies, The Deceivers, The Insurgents, Heavy Jones Trio, P Bass Expressway and 2009 overall winner; Sleepy Age.

The Christchurch live music scene is thriving, with over 500 bands currently listed on the CHART website. The Dux de Lux RounDUp 2010 is a tangible example of RDU’s commitment to developing locally produced, original music and sharing it with the wider New Zealand music industry. RDU 98.5FM is stoked to be collaborating with Christchurch’s key music industry partners to provide the winning band with the opportunity to get their career as a band rolling.

Bands that reach the final will automatically receive:
- A mastered live recording of their performance with us at Tandem Studios and MAINZ, and vouchers thanks to Real Groovy
- The grand final winner will receive $1500 credit thanks to the Rockshop, a live mastered recording of their performance from us at Tandem and MAINZ, a studio recording thanks to The Sitting Room, a music video from this recording produced thanks to Gorilla Pictures, a promo photo session with Dean Mackenzie photography, management membership and mentoring thanks to Music Managers Forum, a live to air over the b.net from Auckland’s Red Bull studios and finally promotional support and mentoring thanks to CHART!

Further announcements to follow – all details will be posted on www.rdu.org.nz

Entry forms must be received by 6th September.

For more information, contact RDU on (03) 364 2983 or email: roundup@rdu.org.nz

The Christchurch Music Industry Trust, or perhaps more known as CHART, is an industry representative body for contemporary popular music in Christchurch.

But its appeal is much broader than that. CHART’s very active website – www.chart.org.nz – which had almost 40,000 visits during May music month alone, lists articles of multi-media interest, has reviews, lists job opportunities, and of course has an extensive gig guide.

Jeff Fulton is the full-time manager of CHART and has a dedicated Board made up of passionate local music advocates with extensive industry experience. CHART also acts as a support and advice network for the Christchurch music industry.

CHART hosts regular professional development events, live music showcases, seminars and workshops and manages www.christchurchmusic.org.nz – Christchurch’s number 1 music web portal which promotes the Christchurch music industry and showcases the city’s vibrant music scene.

At last month’s CHARTFEST, Tandem worked with CHART during the festival and offered the winner of the best up-and-coming local band competition a recording session.

Here’s an interview with Jeff Fulton as part of our Fresh Ideas section:

Christchurch-based band Dukes have won best video at the 2010 Juice TV Awards.

Dukes, which is made up of Matt Barus, Jo Barus, Brad “The Kid” Banks, L.A. Mitchell, and Fausia Fialele, won the Grabaseat Video of the Year for Vampires…

Here’s the full list of winners:

Dickies Best Hip Hop Video: J Williams feat Scribe – You Got Me
McKenna Break Thru Video: Ivy lies – Addicted
Real Groove Best Electronic Video: Kids of 88 – Just A Little
The Quadrant Best Group Video: Midnight Youth – Cavalry
Guitar Hero Best Rock Video: Shotgun Alley – Look At Me Now
Music Works Best Metal Video: In Dread Response – Cannons At Dawn
Sunday News Best Solo Video: Dane Rumble – Cruel
Juice TV Best Indie Video: Crescendo Mafia – I Told You So
Stenilager Pure Best Roots Video: Fat Freddy’s Drop – Pull The Catch
Samsung Innovation Award: J Williams feat Scribe – You Got Me
Grabaseat Video of the Year: Dukes – Vampires

Join Dukes on Facebook or check out their MySpace.

The Juice TV Awards will be aired on Juice TV today (Tuesday, 1 June) from midday, and again on Friday (4 June) from 6pm.

When it comes to gaming, Christchurch’s Wil McLellan from Stickmen Studios knows what he’s talking about.

Stickmen is a casual gaming company which, together with CerebralFix, produces original, break-through games for social networking and the download space. They work with people from Nintendo, Sony, Facebook – to make products which are original.

Their next launch is Kung Fu Funk – a game for the Nintendo WiiWare platform – and can be downloaded from Nintendo’s online store. Tandem Studios recorded the soundtrack for this game, one which Wil calls a fun party game – with the theme of 1970s Kung Fu. They’ve even licensed the classic song Kung Fu Fighting for it!

Another project they have on the go is Doc Clock The Toasted Sandwich of Time. It’s a game where the player can take control of the inventor, Doc Clock, and where you can invent anything you want from anything you find. Doc Clock will be released on a number of platforms – including WiiWare.

Watch our interview with Wil from Stickmen as part of our Fresh Ideas series:

Delicious Music and Tron Audio presents The Electronic Music Production Series.

Hosted at Tandem Studios, Delicious Music and Tron Audio are proud to present ten weeks of electronic music production workshops. Starting from the basics, each workshop follows on from the previous, creating a progressive foundation of knowledge, skills and understanding, needed to produce top-quality electronic music for New Zealand.

The topics covered will be Basic Sound Theory and Synthesis101, Bass Synthesis, Creating and using Percussion, Chord Instruments, Lead Instruments, Effects Basics, Effects Advanced, and a three part series in Track Construction.

Workshops are taught on Ableton Live, although the knowledge taught is designed to be general and applicable to all applications. Students will also receive Live Packs of the topics covered, which they can take home and use.

The workshops will run from 6pm-8pm every Tuesday, starting from April 13th. At 6pm, the workshop will begin, and will run for an hour. From 7pm-8pm, it will be open work time, where students can ask questions, work on topics covered and receive extra tuition.

Workshops are $5 per person, per class, and places are limited.

Tandem is located at 78 Oxford Tce, Christchurch. Classes will also be streamed online.

See www.tronaudio.com for details and updates, or contact andrew@tronaudio.com

Bookings and individual tuition available.