A music site has been launched which could help New Zealand artists promote themselves and get funding.
Music fans can discover new Kiwi artists, and in turn support them by voting to push the artist into the Top 10 Charts.
Fans can create, name and share their favourite playlists withfriends through their social media pages.
The site is built around a chart compiled from public votes. The more votes a track gets the higher up the chart it is placed.
Ten times a year the number one track goes forward for a $10,000 NZ On Air Making Tracks grant.
That money would contribute to the making of a recording and video.
NZ On Air expects to fund one song selected by theaudience per funding round.
It doesn't matter what genre the track sits in, whether it is commercial or alternative, who it's by or who is behind it; in fact the only thing that does matter is that it is a good track and enough people like it.
For musicians and bands, theaudience becomes the central point for them to showcase their music and build an audience.
Musicians create their pages, load their details and interact with their fans. The more the musicians can attract the fans, the higher up the chart they go, the more recognition they garner and so it goes.
