NZ On Air is now seven rounds into MakingTracks, the music funding scheme established to increase diversity in local music by funding individual songs and connecting them with an audience via broadcast and digital platforms.

Duncan Greive (left) and Brendan Smyth.  Photo / Ted Baghurst
Duncan Greive (left) and Brendan Smyth. Photo / Ted Baghurst

Seven months into the initiative, NZ On Air NZ music manager Brendan Smyth talked to Duncan Greive about swinging the focus back to the song.

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