Four Regional Smokefreerockquest results

Four Regional Smokefreerockquest results



Media Release Taranaki Smokefreerockquest 2012 results

(note - spelling of Brbich is correct).

A four piece progressive metal band won the Taranaki Smokefreerockquest regional final at the TSB Showplace on Saturday night.

Noriac from Francis Douglas Memorial College are an instrumental band, relying on the ‘amazing melodies’ of lead guitarist Ryuki Han in place of lyrics.

Year 13 student Fraser Walker, the rhythm guitarist, says the band’s sound is actually ‘djent’, a staccato high-gain, distorted, palm-muted guitar spinoff of progressive metal.

The boys are all in different years and Fraser describes the drummer Luke Burn as holding the whole band together, even though he’s only 16. The other band member is Caleb Brbich, bass.

Second place went to metal band Wake of Destruction from New Plymouth Boys' High School and Hawera High School. The band members are Oscar Alty, vocals, Calvin Tait, lead guitar, Sherwood Matheson, guitar and bass, Sam Evans, drums, and Paul Tarrant, guitar and bass.

These top two bands win musical gear from associate sponsor NZ Rockshops and go on to compete for one of eight national finalist spots in this year’s Smokefreerockquest national final at Claudelands in Hamilton on 22 September.

Rockquest Promotions Founders and Directors Glenn Common and Pete Rainey said from here on the Taranaki finalists would have to work hard and draw on their creativity to make the most of the opportunity Smokefreerockquest offered.

“In August judges will be selecting the eight finalists from DVDs of their own original music,” Common said. “There are a range of skills they’ll need to pull this together – creativity and musical ability are important, but they also learn to work together as a group and have to be well organised to produce the video footage that could be their next step towards Kiwi music success.”

The eight national finalists will be selected from a pool made up of first and second place-getters from each of the 24 regional finals, and bands from Rockshop Second Chance, an opportunity for established bands who feel they didn’t play at their best on the night.

Smokefreerockquest powered by Rockshop, has a prize package that includes musical gear to the value of $10,000 from NZ Rockshops and their suppliers, a NZ On Air new recording and music video grant worth over $10,000, a place on the NZ On Air Kiwi Hit Disc, a radio promotional support for a single, and video play on youth music channel FOUR. There is also the MAINZ Scholarship for outstanding musicianship, the APRA Lyric Award, the Lowdown Best Song Award, the Smokefree Women’s Musicianship Award and the Skinny People’s Choice, voted by text, with the opportunity to open at the SFRQ National final.

Other regional awards made on Saturday night.

Third place winning musical gear from associate sponsor NZ Rockshops and their suppliers: Astral Lake, Spotswood College and Coastal Taranaki School

APRA Lyric Award: Andrew Hockey of General Vibe, Francis Douglas Memorial College

Lowdown Best Song: Soon to Remain, New Plymouth Girls High School

The Mainz Musicianship Award with the opportunity to be selected for the $4500 Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand Scholarship, announced at the national final: Luke Burn, the drummer from Noriac, Francis Douglas Memorial College

Smokefree Award For Women’s Musicianship: Lydia Hayles, the bassist from Little Nemo, New Plymouth Girls’ High School

Skinny People’s Choice voted by text: The Usual Suspects, Opunake High School

To find out more about Smokefreerockquest 2012, visit the official website sfrq.co.nz.

Media Release Canterbury Smokefreerockquest 2012 results

It was a big weekend for youth music in Canterbury with two nights of Smokefreerockquest regional finals at the Jack Mann Auditorium.

Three piece band Mirim from Christchurch Boys’ High and Cashmere High won on Saturday night, building on last year’s experience when they took out the Lowdown Best Song Award.

Lead guitarist Ross Nicholls describes their music as psychedelic grunge and says they’re influenced by Nirvana, The Doors and Led Zeppelin.

He thinks they stood out for the judges as being a bit different.
“There weren’t any other three pieces and our style was also quite different from the other bands,” he says. “Our sound is simple, powerful, quite loud and it got the crowd dancing – I even saw square dancing once when I looked out.”

The other band members are Angus Ward, bass and vocals, and Hayden Slaughter, drums and vocals.

Second place went to singer songwriter Claudia Jardine from Cashmere High School, who also won two other awards. (see below)

On Sunday night the winner was Half Mountain from Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti and Hagley Community College.

Hunter Jackson, lead guitar, says the three year 13 students have all been in Smokefreerockquest before, but formed Half Mountain just in time to enter this year’s event. He describes their sound as alternative minimalist rock.

“We try to make as big a sound as possible with just one guitar, vocals and drums, which means I use the pedal to get a bass sound.”

Vocalist Christie Simpson says her songs are angry at the moment and are about relationships. She believes the threesome’s black and white striped outfits and different sound made them stand out from the other bands. The third member is drummer Liam Hayward.

Second place went to two piece acoustic group Runaway Betty from Lincoln High School with Troy Scott on guitar and Jess Harris-Daw on vocals.

These four bands win musical gear from associate sponsor NZ Rockshops and go on to compete for one of eight national finalist spots in this year’s Smokefreerockquest national final at Claudelands in Hamilton on 22 September.

Rockquest Promotions Founders and Directors Glenn Common and Pete Rainey said from here on the Canterbury finalists would have to work hard and draw on their creativity to make the most of the opportunity Smokefreerockquest offered.

“In August judges will be selecting the eight finalists from DVDs of their own original music,” Common said. “There are a range of skills they’ll need to pull this together – creativity and musical ability are important, but they also learn to work together as a group and have to be well organised to produce the video footage that could be their next step towards Kiwi music success.”

The eight national finalists will be selected from a pool made up of first and second place-getters from each of the 24 regional finals, and bands from Rockshop Second Chance, an opportunity for established bands who feel they didn’t play at their best on the night.

Smokefreerockquest powered by Rockshop, has a prize package that includes musical gear to the value of $10,000 from NZ Rockshops and their suppliers, a NZ On Air new recording and music video grant worth over $10,000, a place on the NZ On Air Kiwi Hit Disc, a radio promotional support for a single, and video play on youth music channel FOUR. There is also the MAINZ Scholarship for outstanding musicianship, the APRA Lyric Award, the Lowdown Best Song Award, the Smokefree Women’s Musicianship Award and the Skinny People’s Choice, voted by text, with the opportunity to open at the SFRQ National final.

Other regional awards made on Saturday and Sunday night.

Third place winning musical gear from associate sponsor NZ Rockshops and their suppliers:
Saturday: Bloodmoon, Hagley Community College
Sunday: Three’s a Crowd - singer songwriter Camila Leal Rossi

APRA Lyric Award:
Saturday: Claudia Jardine for ‘Erase Me’
Sunday: Max Earnshaw, from The Haze for the song, the Outcasts.

Lowdown Best Song:
Saturday: Aurora, Shirley Boys’ High
Sunday: Enter Gravity , Burnside High School
The Mainz Musicianship Award with the opportunity to be selected for the $4500 Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand Scholarship, announced at the national final:
Saturday: Chris Townsend, guitarist from Bloodmoon, Hagley Community College
Sunday: Hunter Jackson, Half Mountain, from Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti

Smokefree Award For Women’s Musicianship:
Saturday: Claudia Jardine, Cashmere High School
Sunday: Three’s a Crowd - singer songwriter Camila Leal Rossi

Skinny People’s Choice voted by text:
Saturday: Aftershock, St Margaret’s College, Cobham Intermediate and Burnside High School.
Sunday: Runaway Betty from Lincoln High School.

To find out more about Smokefreerockquest 2012, visit the official website sfrq.co.nz.

Media Release Bay of Plenty Smokefreerockquest 2012 results

A FIVE PIECE band with a DESCRIPTION won the Bay of Plenty Smokefreerockquest regional final at the Baycourt Theatre on Saturday night.

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Second place went to BAND NAME from SCHOOL, a DESCRIPTION made up of NAMES

These top two bands win musical gear from associate sponsor NZ Rockshops and go on to compete for one of eight national finalist spots in this year’s Smokefreerockquest national final at Claudelands in Hamilton on 22 September.

Rockquest Promotions Founders and Directors Glenn Common and Pete Rainey said from here on the Bay of Plenty finalists would have to work hard and draw on their creativity to make the most of the opportunity Smokefreerockquest offered.

“In August judges will be selecting the eight finalists from DVDs of their own original music,” Common said. “There are a range of skills they’ll need to pull this together – creativity and musical ability are important, but they also learn to work together as a group and have to be well organised to produce the video footage that could be their next step towards Kiwi music success.”

The eight national finalists will be selected from a pool made up of first and second place-getters from each of the 24 regional finals, and bands from Rockshop Second Chance, an opportunity for established bands who feel they didn’t play at their best on the night.

Smokefreerockquest powered by Rockshop, has a prize package that includes musical gear to the value of $10,000 from NZ Rockshops and their suppliers, a NZ On Air new recording and music video grant worth over $10,000, a place on the NZ On Air Kiwi Hit Disc, a radio promotional support for a single, and video play on youth music channel FOUR. There is also the MAINZ Scholarship for outstanding musicianship, the APRA Lyric Award, the Lowdown Best Song Award, the Smokefree Women’s Musicianship Award and the Skinny People’s Choice, voted by text, with the opportunity to open at the SFRQ National final.

When we get home Otumoetai College Tauranga Boys’ College
Isaac Andrew Tauranga Boys' College
Sunday Best St Peter's School (Cambridge)
SamIam Mt Maunganui College
The MSix Aquinas College
Six Gun Quota Katikati College
Kevin Kang Otumoetai College
Georgia Lines Bethlehem College
The Fallen Aquinas College
Planet Miranda Otumoetai College
RPM Mt Maunganui College Tauranga Boys' College
Kuriosity Tauranga Boys' College

Other regional awards made on Saturday night.

Third place winning musical gear from associate sponsor NZ Rockshops and their suppliers:

APRA Lyric Award:

Lowdown Best Song:

The Mainz Musicianship Award with the opportunity to be selected for the $4500 Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand Scholarship, announced at the national final:

Smokefree Award For Women’s Musicianship:

Skinny People’s Choice voted by text:

To find out more about Smokefreerockquest 2012, visit the official website sfrq.co.nz.

Media Release Rotorua Smokefreerockquest 2012 results

Last year’s national finalists A Bit Nigel from Taupo-nui-a-Tia College came back with more experience to win the Rotorua Smokefreerockquest regional final at the Convention Centre on Friday night.

Hamish Nixon, lead guitar and vocals, Sam Marshall, bass and synthesizer and Manawa Veitayaki on drums and backing vocals took their pop-rock sound to the Smokefreerockquest stage for the third year, building on the harmonies and melodic songs that saw them playoff in the top six bands nationwide in 2011.

Sam Marshall said their experience stood them in good stead, but also put them under pressure.

“We practiced really hard because we thought the judges might be tougher on us this time round,” he says.
“Our sound has changed a bit and is more rocky with more synth. A lot of people knew us from last year and we had supporters over from Taupo so the crowd response was pretty good.”

Second place went to Aftershock from Western Heights High School and John Paul College, whose members are Lukas Wharekura, Shaun Loper, Oliver Prendergast and Chris Everest.

These top two bands win musical gear from associate sponsor NZ Rockshops and go on to compete for one of eight national finalist spots in this year’s Smokefreerockquest national final at Claudelands in Hamilton on 22 September.

Rockquest Promotions Founders and Directors Glenn Common and Pete Rainey said from here on the Rotorua finalists would have to work hard and draw on their creativity to make the most of the opportunity Smokefreerockquest offered.

“In August judges will be selecting the eight finalists from DVDs of their own original music,” Common said. “There are a range of skills they’ll need to pull this together – creativity and musical ability are important, but they also learn to work together as a group and have to be well organised to produce the video footage that could be their next step towards Kiwi music success.”

The eight national finalists will be selected from a pool made up of first and second place-getters from each of the 24 regional finals, and bands from Rockshop Second Chance, an opportunity for established bands who feel they didn’t play at their best on the night.

Smokefreerockquest powered by Rockshop, has a prize package that includes musical gear to the value of $10,000 from NZ Rockshops and their suppliers, a NZ On Air new recording and music video grant worth over $10,000, a place on the NZ On Air Kiwi Hit Disc, a radio promotional support for a single, and video play on youth music channel FOUR. There is also the MAINZ Scholarship for outstanding musicianship, the APRA Lyric Award, the Lowdown Best Song Award, the Smokefree Women’s Musicianship Award and the Skinny People’s Choice, voted by text, with the opportunity to open at the SFRQ National final.

Other regional awards made on Friday night.

Third place winning musical gear from associate sponsor NZ Rockshops, and the Lowdown Best Song Award: singer songwriter Rangimarie Piraka, Rotorua Lakes High School

APRA Lyric Award and Smokefree Award For Women’s Musicianship: singer songwriter Ruby Solly, Tauhara College

The Mainz Musicianship Award with the opportunity to be selected for the $4500 Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand Scholarship, announced at the national final: singer songwriter Logan Forster, Western Heights High School

Skinny People’s Choice voted by text: Aftershock from Western Heights High School and John Paul College.

To find out more about Smokefreerockquest 2012, visit the official website sfrq.co.nz.

Smokefreerockquest – 24 years of musical success
Smokefreerockquest is New Zealand’s only nationwide, live, original music, youth event. Now well into its third decade, the series of over 40 events reaches audiences from Whangarei to Invercargill. Founded in 1988 by music teachers Glenn Common and Pete Rainey, who now run Rockquest Promotions full time out of Nelson, Smokefreerockquest has become a New Zealand institution.
Smokefreerockquest 2012 powered by Rockshop aims to motivate young musicians to prove their ability and realise the heights they can reach in their music careers, and to encourage their peers to support 100% original New Zealand music. For more information visit www.sfrq.co.nz

Hall of Fame
Musical successes from Smokefreerockquest over its 24-year history include Kimbra, Midnight Youth, Opshop, Evermore, Ladyhawke, Minuit, Kids of 88, Die!Die!Die!, Pistol Youth, Annah Mac, Bang!Bang!Eche!, Ivy Lies, Cairo Knife Fight, Cut Off Your Hands, Luke Thompson, the Datsuns, Brooke Fraser, Anika Moa, Anna Coddington, The Electric Confectionaires, Steriogram, Aaradhna, Spacifix, Phoenix Foundation, The Feelers, The Black Seeds, Nesian Mystik, Bic Runga, The Checks, Julia Deans, Pine, King Kapisi, Kingston, The Naked and Famous, Autozamm and Elemeno P.

Smokefree’s Smoking Not Our Future Campaign
Research from HSC shows that 94 percent of all young people have seen the Smoking Not OurFuture initiative and that Smokefreerockquest plays a large part in getting its key messages and its celebrities in front of young people. Smokefree has been the naming rights sponsor of Smokefreerockquest for 22 of its 24 years and this longstanding partnership between the two agencies has been mutually beneficial. Smokefree is able to deliver its messages to large numbers of secondary school students attending the regional events. While participants in the event areprovided with connections to their schools and communities and develop skills and aspirations, which will help create the future musical stars of New Zealand. For more information visit notourfuture.co.nz

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