Welcome to Backstage Pass

Home of the Youth + Music Development Trust

Backstage Pass is for all young - and some not-so-young - musicians looking for information about playing in a band in small town NZ.

Inside you will find stuff to help you become a better musician and some resources about technology, music business and running a gig.

There's also a bunch of mp3s and videos so, after you've done your practise, take some time-out and follow some of our hand-picked links, enter a competition or contribute to backstagepass.co.nz.

We are always looking for new tutors to work with our youth bands in Greymouth or to hold special workshops, specially if you're a seasoned muso passing through on tour - if you're interested flick me an email

What's on at Frank's?

Whatever your interest that brings you to our site, whether you're almost famous or simply a fan of live music - enjoy and thank you for visiting.

Our News:

The Gig '10 - Open Music Forum is our biggest annual event. You'll be absorbing a day of music workshops and performances. Open to the general public, but need to have a real interest in music at any level. Venue is Tai Poutini Polytechnic, High Street, Greymouth.

Confirmed workshops on 1. Guitar Sounds (FX) and controlling your live sound, 2. Guitar Set-ups (If your considering building a guitar, or want to be able to re-set your own pick-ups when they collapse, this is for you) 3. Drum Tuning workshop; 4. Composition; 5. Burning Questions Panel; 6. DJ-ing; 7. Introduction to Live Sound; 8. Songwriting.

Performers will include our very own youth bands, mentor bands, solo performers and special guests courtesy of the NZ Music Commission.

Pre-register anytime at TPP reception ph. 0800 800 411. Cost is $15 for the whole event, or $5 for the evening show.

Sponsors for this event include:
* NZ Music Commission * Tai Poutini Polytechnic * MAINZ * Lottery Community * COGS * Westland Hydraulics * New World Greymouth * CJ's Music Works * 100% Ellery's

From the Board:

We now have a rockcamp fundraising team in place headed by Glenda - students keen on attending rcokcamp and being part of the fundraising team are Violet, Lochie, Vanessa, Conor, Clint, Jess and Alex. Please support them in any way you can, they'll be running a variety of missions until they reach their goal. I'll donate $10 spending money to the first happy rock camper who copies and pastes this message into an email to me.................... It is now too late to sign on if you want to be in on rockcamp this year.

Ok, it's old but......

Upcoming Gigs - events our youth bands or mentor bands are involved in:

September 4th - The Gig '10 - Open Music Forum. 11am - 9pm. Tai Poutini Polytechnic, Greymouth campus. Featuring Ben Campbell and Anna Coddington, Eve 3, The Dennehy's, Desolution Whim, Lochie Jennison, Vanessa Cone, NuCru, A Night in the Asylum, Aerodynamix

Dec 18 – 22 - Rock Camp at Carey Park in Henderson- Jasmine Duthie confirmed as a junior guitar tutor