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Welcome to Backstage PassHome 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' 2011 was held once again at Tai Poutini Polytechnic on Saturday the 1st of October this year and everybody who turned up had an amazing time! We had workshops from local songstress Katie Thompson, Oakley Grenell, Macus Winstanley, Laura Szonneveld and Gary Smith. Perhaps the main buzz of the day would have to be all of our young YMDT students who all performed remarkably well on the day and were well prepared and rehearsed for the event – youth bands included Aerodynamix (final gig in its present form as Vanessa is leaving for Wellington shortly) this also included an introduction of Rosie Russell who will take over as singer for the group. Guitar / vocal duo 16/20 also gave a splendid set , as did Spaz Attacks and The Village Idiots our new bands – both delivered good sets and show promise for the future. A huge thanks must go out to all the youth bands for putting in the hard hours at rehearsals, all the talented muso's who gave workshops, Marcus and Adam from MAINZ and Tai Poutini Polytechnic the awesome venue! Photo's coming soon...and if you have any, please contact Orion at backstagepass2@gmail.com Backstage Pass is brought to you by the letters Y.M.D.T. Read all About Us. Site Graphics by Jasmine Duthie and Clint Milne |