The Aotearoa Music Producer Series (AMPS) launched in 2017 and has become an integral part of up-skilling Aotearoa’s music production sector.
AMPS Mix Me 23 sees the return of international guests and will feature a series of workshops focused on the art of mixing in a wide variety of musical genres. The workshops will be a combination of paid and free events and will take place at venues around the motu.
At 7pm on November 20th The Aotearoa Music Producer Series (AMPS) the British Council New Zealand and the Pacific along with Recorded Music New Zealand will be hosting a panel discussion celebrating the use of Cymraeg, the Welsh language, and te reo Māori within the contemporary music industry in both Wales and Aotearoa. The event will take place at Roundhead Studios in Tāmaki Makaurau.
The panel will be moderated by Dafydd Sills-Jones Acting Head of Te Kura Whakapāho (AUT School of Communication Studies) and a member of the Critical Media Studies department, with panel guests including Welsh musician and producer David Wrench, educator and artist Theia / Te Kaahu (Waikato-Tainui, Ngaati Tiipa) musician and actor Troy Kingi (Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) and Māori musician, Wairehu Grant (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) who recently returned from an exchange in Wales supported by the British Council New Zealand and the Pacific. Rounding off the panel is AMPS organiser and Welsh music producer Greg Haver.
A limited number of tickets will be available for this free event available through Eventbrite https://linktr.ee/amps2023. The evening will be filmed and made available online.
AMPS Mix Me 23 is made possible with the support of our partners: NZ On Air, The New Zealand Music Commission, The British Council New Zealand and the Pacific, APRA AMCOS NZ, The Music Producers Guild NZ / Aotearoa, Recorded Music New Zealand, SAE Auckland, Auckland UNESCO City of Music and Protel International Technologies.