The 2014 APRA Silver Scroll Awards was held on Thursday 30 October 2014 at

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, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. It was the first time since 2004 that the awards were hosted in Wellington, with Auckland being the usual location.

Silver Scroll award

The Silver Scroll award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music. The short list of finalists was announced on 18 September. The evening's music performances were produced by musician and nominee Lukasz Buda. Each of the nominated songs were covered in a new style by another artist. The Silver Scroll award was presented by 2013 winner

Lorde Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor (born 7 November 1996), known professionally as Lorde ( ), is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. She is known for her unconventional style of pop music and introspective songwriting, and has been referred to ...

Long list

In August 2014 a top 20 long list was announced. From this list APRA members voted to decide the five songs that make up the year's short list. * Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper / Sean Sturm (School For Birds) "10,000 Things" * Louis Baker "Back on my Feet" * Samuel Scott / Luke Buda / Thomas Wedde / William Ricketts / Thomas Callwood / Christopher O'Conner (

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) "Bob Lennon John Dylan" *

Joel Little Joel Little (born 13 February 1983) is a New Zealand record producer, musician and Grammy Award-winning songwriter.

/ Georgia Nott / Caleb Nott (

Broods Broods are a musical duo from Nelson, New Zealand, composed of Georgia Josiena Nott on lead vocals, with older brother and multi-instrumentalist Caleb Allan Joseph Nott on production and backing vocals. They released the single "Bridges (Broo ...

) "

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" * Joseph Faris (Ezra Vine) "Celeste" * Jolyon Mulholland (Mulholland) "Cry If You Want To" * Jonathan Bree "Duckies Lament" * Daniel McBride (

Sheep, Dog & Wolf Daniel McBride, better known under the moniker Sheep, Dog & Wolf, is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer based in Auckland, New Zealand. McBride released his first EP under this name (created in his bedroom) independently in May 20 ...

) "Glare" * Brendan McKenna (Lake South) "Good Keen Man" * Tom Scott / Lui Tuisau / Brandon Haru / Christopher James / Hayden Dick ( @Peace) "Gravity" * Edward Castelow (Dictaphone Blues) "Her Heart Breaks Like a Wave" * Connan Hosford (

Connan Mockasin Connan Tant Hosford, better known by the stage name Connan Mockasin, is a New Zealand musician, composer and record producer. Described as "a psych-funk oddball...a contrarian", Mockasin played a role in the contemporary crossover of Psychedeli ...

) "I'm the Man That Will Find You" * Jeremy Toy (She's So Rad) "Levels" *

Anna Coddington Anna Coddington (born 14 June 1981) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. She has released four albums. Her previous band 'Duchess', for whom Coddington was songwriter, singer and guitarist, also released a 6 track EP in 2005. In 2015, Coddington ...

"Make You Mine" * Hollie Fullbrook / Alexander Freer / Cass Mitchell (Tiny Ruins) "Me At the Museum, You In the Wintergardens" * David Dallas / Aaron Iusitini / Jordan Iusitini / King Britt / Tim Motzer / Gertrude Morgan (

David Dallas David Dallas (born 28 August, 1982) is a New Zealand rapper and songwriter of Samoan and European descent. He began his career under the stage name Con Psy, as part of the rap group Frontline, before changing his stage name to his birth name an ...

) " Runnin'" * Mark Vanilau "Simplicity" * Sidney Diamond / Isaiah Libeau ( Sidney Diamond) "Speakers Blown" * Tama Waipara / Mateheke Waititi (Tama Waipara) "Sunshine on the Water" *

Tami Neilson Tamara "Tami" Neilson is a Canadian-born New Zealand country & soul singer/songwriter. She is the winner of multiple awards, including the 2014 APRA Silver Scroll Awards and Best Country Song Award; she is also the winner of the Best Country Alb ...

/ Joshua Neilson (

) "Walk (Back To Your Arms)"

New Zealand Music Hall of Fame

Composer

Douglas Lilburn Douglas Gordon Lilburn (2 November 19156 June 2001) was a New Zealand composer. Early life Lilburn was born in Whanganui and spent his early years on the family sheep farm in the upper Turakina River valley at Drysdale. He attended Waitaki ...

was posthumously inducted into the

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Other awards

Six other awards were presented at the Silver Scroll Awards: APRA Maioha Award (for excellence in contemporary Maori music), SOUNZ Contemporary Award (for creativity and inspiration in composition) and two awards acknowledging songs with the most radio and television play in New Zealand and overseas. In 2014, two new awards were introduced - APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award and APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award.

APRA song awards

Outside of the Silver Scroll Awards, APRA presented four genre awards in 2014. The APRA Best Pacific Song was presented at the

Pacific Music Awards The Pacific Music Awards are an annual New Zealand music award ceremony since 2005 that honours excellence in Pacific music in New Zealand. The awards honour musicians who primarily work in the Pacific Island style of music from the Music of the ...

, the APRA Best Country Music Song was presented at the New Zealand Country Music Awards and the APRA Children’s Song of the Year and ''What Now'' Video of the Year were presented live on ''

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''.

References

External links

APRA AMCOS Silver Scroll Awards
{{APRA Awards (New Zealand) New Zealand music awards 2014 in New Zealand music