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''Clinton Swan'' played bass for [[Bwa da Riddim]] and organised a number of Hamilton music events. He was heavily involved with [[Contact 89FM]] from 1991 - 1996/7 and was the Activities Manager at the WSU/[[University of Waikato]] from 1995 to 1997. <br> | ''Clinton Swan'' played bass for [[Bwa da Riddim]] and organised a number of Hamilton music events. He was heavily involved with [[Contact 89FM]] from 1991 - 1996/7 and was the Activities Manager at the WSU/[[University of Waikato]] from 1995 to 1997. <br> | ||
| − | [[Hamapalooza]] was organised and promoted by Swan | + | [[Hamapalooza]] was the first event organised and promoted by Swan, with [[Damien Fenton]], and was held at the [[Wailing Bongo]] in 1993. Swan in part used the event to launch his own band [[Bwa da Riddim]] to a decent sized audience. This event and others provided Swan with the springboard to become Activities Manager at the WSU, running, among other things, a heavy schedule of gigs and events with a strong focus on making local bands visible, as well as re-vamping the annual [[Orientation]] festival in 1996 and 1997. Through the Activities Manager role he was a member of NZCAN (NZ Campus Arts Network) and was instrumental in pushing through and co-ordinating a number of national university tours for Hamilton bands such as [[Mobile Stud Unit]]. In this role he was also involved with booking international acts to tour for the Orientation festival. <br> |
Swan's involement with [[Contact 89FM]] was across a variety of roles, including as an announcer (1991 - 1996), newsreader (1997), creative & copywriting, one of several music directors (in this case looking after the 'retro' playlist) and event management. He also co-managed the 1994 Contact [[Battle of the Bands]] - at the time the biggest event Contact had run. Notable regular hosting slots included the Wednesday Morning 'Lose yer Breakfast Show' with Kevin Jones over 1991/92, a subsequent solo breakfast show, the [[Top 13]] for six months/a year(?) in the early /mid 1990s, a long-term mid-week drive show, and semi-regular 'fill-in' hosting of the reggae, hip hop and punk shows. <br> | Swan's involement with [[Contact 89FM]] was across a variety of roles, including as an announcer (1991 - 1996), newsreader (1997), creative & copywriting, one of several music directors (in this case looking after the 'retro' playlist) and event management. He also co-managed the 1994 Contact [[Battle of the Bands]] - at the time the biggest event Contact had run. Notable regular hosting slots included the Wednesday Morning 'Lose yer Breakfast Show' with Kevin Jones over 1991/92, a subsequent solo breakfast show, the [[Top 13]] for six months/a year(?) in the early /mid 1990s, a long-term mid-week drive show, and semi-regular 'fill-in' hosting of the reggae, hip hop and punk shows. <br> | ||
| + | Swan then moved to Auckland (flatting for a while with [[Rohan Marx]] in Mangere), while working as Tour Co-ordinator for an Australian headquartered touring and logistics company - helping tour a vast range of bands, shows, sports events and film crews into and around the country. International tours, events & shows around this time included Portishead, SuperLeague, Elton John/Billy Joel, Pearl Jam and Radiohead. | ||
| + | Swan now lives in Dubai, working as Business Development & Marketing Manager for international law firm 'Clyde & Co' for the Middle East, Africa and Indian subcontinent region. | ||
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