APRA Silver Scroll Award – Top 20 Announced
APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association) is proud to announce the Top 20 songs in line for the 2013 APRA Silver Scroll Award:
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SONG TITLE |
WRITER/S (PUBLISHER/S) |
PERFORMED BY |
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Baby Blue |
Matthew Hope / Alexander Freer / Jonathan Pearce / Reuben Stephens |
Artisan Guns |
|
Bird In Hand |
Anna Coddington (Mushroom Music NZ) |
Anna Coddington |
|
Blood Letter |
Marlon Williams / Delaney Davidson |
Marlon Williams & Delaney Davidson |
|
Cobra Jacket |
Robin Hinkley |
Sharkness |
|
Complicated Man |
Cy Winstanley |
Tattletale Saints |
|
Flowers |
Tom Scott / Lui Tuiasau / Hayden Dick (Kobalt Music Publishing Australia/Control/Control) |
@ Peace |
|
Ikarus |
Karoline Tamati / Brent Park |
Ladi6 |
|
Kingfisher Call Me |
Ryan McPhun |
The Ruby Suns |
|
Living the Dream |
Mahuia Bridgman Cooper / Katie Scott |
Kittens of the Internet |
|
Lose the Game |
Lauren Barus |
L.A. Mitchell |
|
Lost |
Matiu Walters / Ji Fraser / Christian McDonough / Eli Paewai |
Six60 |
|
Medicine Man |
Tama Waipara / Aaron Nevezie |
Tama Waipara |
|
Pazzida |
Chelsea Metcalf / James Duncan |
Watercolours |
|
Royals |
Ella Yelich-O'Connor / Joel Little (Control/EMI Music Publishing Australia) |
Lorde |
|
Sad Sound Good |
Matt Langley |
Matt Langley |
|
Sailors |
Brendan McKenna |
Urbantramper |
|
Thames Soup |
Luke Buda / Sam Scott / Thomas Callwood / Richie Singleton / Chris O'Connor / Conrad Wedde / William Ricketts |
The Phoenix Foundation |
|
The Listening Times |
James Milne (Mushroom Music NZ Limited) |
Lawrence Arabia |
|
Wake Up |
Aaradhna Patel / Evan Short / Peter Wadams (Universal Music/Control/Kobalt Music Publishing) |
Aaradhna |
|
West Side Hori |
Tipene Williams / Justin Ferguson (Woodcut Productions Limited) |
Tipene |
The Top 20 songs were selected by an anonymous panel of judges (all significant APRA writer member themselves), and it’s now over to the wider APRA membership to decide their champion for 2013.
“The journey of finding New Zealand's best song for 2013 has begun. Hundreds of songs have been whittled down to this Top 20 and the list is as diverse and exciting as ever. Now it’s up to the songwriters themselves, APRA members up and down the country, to shine a light on one exceptional song.” – Anthony Healey, Director of NZ Operations for APRA.
The Top 20 can now be listened to via APRA’s website – www.apra-amcos.co.nz - and APRA members can vote for their favourite song until Sunday 18th August.
The APRA Silver Scroll Award has been awarded since 1965 and is widely considered the most prestigious songwriting award in the country. The award holds special significance as the only peer voted songwriting award in New Zealand.
The award will be presented at the Silver Scroll Awards – a highlight of the New Zealand music industry calendar. Alongside the APRA Silver Scroll Award, presentations on the night include the APRA Maioha and SOUNZ Contemporary Awards, recognising outstanding compositions in both Maori and Classical music respectively. The night will also include presentations of the Most Performed Works both locally and internationally, as well as an induction of a very special and much loved artist into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.
For more information regarding the APRA Silver Scroll Awards visit: www.apra-amcos.co.nz/apra-awards.aspx
2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards – Tuesday 15th October 2013 – Vector Arena
Member voting is open Thursday 25th July – Sunday 18th August via www.apra-amcos.co.nz
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Posted: Thu 25 Jul 2013