MMF Awards

Administrator (JP Hansen)

The NZ Music Manager Forum would like to congratulate the following NZ Music Managers for exceptional artist management over the past year:
 
NZ Manager of the Year
Lorraine Barry -  Dave Dobbyn, Lucid 3, Electric Confectionaires, Mark Vanilau & Lauren Mitchell

North Island Manager of the Year
Ingrid Round -  Dirty Management – Concord Dawn, State of Mind, Tiki Tane, 48 May, P Money  

South Island Manager of the Year
Flip Grater - Self-managed artist

Upcoming Manager of the Year
Carthew Neale –  Coco Solid
 
Industry Champion
The Music Commission
 
The Music Manager Awards held in Auckland, celebrated and awarded the above managers as well as awarding a special 'Industry Champion' award to The NZ Music Commission.

'Manager of the Year' Lorraine Barry said “I am surrounded by artists and music I love, people who trust me implicitly with their careers – that makes it pretty motivating  to come to my desk every day. Our industry is evolving and it’s reassuring to be able to share those challenges with a thriving collective of managers via the MMF."  

Prizes were kindly given to the winners by the following music industry companies – Juice TV, Satellite Media, Groove Guide, Jansen Audio, BFM, Radio Active, RDU,  Radio One, The Rock Factory, and Vodafone.  Congratulations to all the winners. 

MMF Awards - 2007 Winners

On Sunday 28th October the NZ Music Managers Forum held its 4th Annual Music Managers awards. Thanks to the kind generosity of Vodafone, BFM, Rip It Up, Juice TV, Groove Guide and Jansen Audio, the winners were the recipients of some fantastic prize packs made up of airtime; free press, radio, internet or TV advertisements; audio equipment vouchers and magazine subscriptions

Manager of the Year
Nicky and Morgan Donoghue for Hollie Smith

Upcoming Manager of the Year – Auckland
Kathy Crawshaw for SJD and David Kilgour

Upcoming Manager of the Year – Regional
Ayesha Kee for 4 Corners

Special Achievement Award
Veronica Herber for dDub

Special Achievement Award
JP Winger for Miriam Clancy

Industry Champion
CHART (Christchurch Music Industry Trust)

Recognition was also given to Ingrid Round for PNC who recently won a Tui for Best Hip Hop Album, and Ray Vickers for his work with These Four Walls.

MMF Awards - 2006 Winners

 

Best Manager (Signed Artist) – Teresa Patterson [Scribe, Blindspott, Carly Binding, Elemeno P, The Have]
Best Manager (Unsigned Artist) – Rebecca Caughey [Shapeshifter, Ladi6]
Best New Artist – Veronica Herber [dDub]
Outstanding Achievement in Music Management – Tom Dalton [The Datsuns]
Industry Champion – Lynda Parsons [Entertaiment Accountancy Services]

MMF Awards - 2005 Winners

 

Best Manager (Signed Artist) – Brent Eccles [Tim Finn]
Best Manager (Unsigned Artist) – Rebecca Caughey [Ladi6]
Best Self-Managed Artist – Matiu Sadd [The WBC]
Outstanding Achievement in Music Management – Barry Blackler [The Exponents]
Industry Champion – NZ On Air

MMF Awards - 2004 Winners

Best Manager – Teresa Paterson [Elemeno P, Scribe, Blindspott, The Have, Carly Binding] and Michael Keating [Goldenhorse]
Best Self-Managed Artist – Paul Russell [Eight]
Outstanding Achievement in Music Management – Campbell Smith [Bic Runga, Brooke Fraser, Stellar]
Industry Champion – NZ Music Industry Commission