Somehow amongst all the chaos, this juicy little bit of news slipped past my radar until now.  Nitidus was recently judged to be one of the top 30 acts by Commercial Radio Australia in their New Artists to Radio initiative.

New Artists to Radio

Judging was done by music directors from Austereo, DMG, Australian Radio Network and Southern Cross Media.  Apparently they thought our entry was “of excellent quality” and were very impressed with the tracks.  We’re pretty happy to be considered one of the top 30 acts by the heavy weights of Australia radio… especially since we’ve been shunned by the commercial stations many times before.  Not that we’re bitter.

New Artists 2 Radio (NA2R) is an initiative of Commercial Radio Australia – the industry body for Australia’s 260 commercial radio stations.  It’s one of the ways in which the commercial radio sector helps to nurture and support Australian musical talent. If you’re in an unsigned independent Australian band or solo artist, check out their website for details on how to enter your music into NA2R.

Nitidus have entered into Australia’s biggest song writing competition: the National Musicoz Awards!  Musicoz is a national initiative dedicated to improving the quality of original music culture in Australia.  They’re highly influencial in the independent music scene with many success stories including Sick Puppies, Sender and Porcelain.

This is huge, and once again you and your friends can get involved by voting up Nitidus.  Not only will it help take the Nitidus rock show to a bigger stage, but you could win an awesome Maton guitar just for voting!  Sweet!

Here’s the low down from Musicoz:

To vote for this artist, SMS the code niti and then a brief reason why you think they should win (in 10 words or less) e.g.: “niti they’re really cool” to 19708000 to register your vote.

The most creative answer will win a Maton Electric Guitar valued at $1,500. The artist with the most votes will win the People’s Choice National Musicoz Award for 2008. Voting is reflected in the Musicoz Top 10 Charts.

Click the banner below to check out our profile and tell everyone you know to start voting today.

Thanks for your support, we appreciate it more than you know!  We’ll see you at a rock show real soon.