New Music Development

This funding is available for applicants who have not previously received New Music Single or New Music Project funding.

New Music Development provides funding for developing artists to:

• professionally record, mix and master a single song
• create visual content to promote the single
• put towards other marketing and promotion costs to increase New Zealand audience awareness and engagement with the audio and video content

Additionally, the recipients will receive dedicated wrap-around support:

• Two compulsory Music Manager Forum Aotearoa (MMF) mentoring sessions
• Compulsory webinars with the NZ On Air Music team and accountants around contracting and budgeting
• Additional upskilling webinars with industry partners

Full funding round details, application information and deadlines will be updated here on our website as the changes are implemented and dates confirmed.

Developing artists creating a new single can apply for:

• up to $10,000 (plus GST, if registered)
• a 10% mandatory Artist Creation Fee
• a total per fund of up to $11,000.

The mandatory 10% Artist Creation Fee, up to $1,000 plus GST (if applicable), will be added and paid out only in the final drawdown. This fee specifically covers the artist's creative work on the project.