Having recently celebrated 14 years of bringing the most comprehensive range of music video and state-of-the-art playing systems to venues throughout Australia and New Zealand, we felt the time was right to update the Nightlife image that’s gradually been evolving over the years. As you can probably tell, we are thrilled with the results that our clever marketing team has put together.

NEW LOGO
Our new logo has been heading this newsletter since April, and the rest of our sales and marketing material has been progressively brought up to speed with the new look over the last few months. You will notice that even this month’s music updates have the new look profile slicks.

NEW SLOGAN
Bring your venue to life...
This really speaks for itself... Nightlife brings venues to life with the power of music video!

NEW WEBSITE
In keeping with this exciting new image is our recently re-vamped website - check it out at www.nightlife.com.au

Now you can find out all about the latest music, product innovations and company information online. Submit your Top 5s and DJ profiles for Nightlife News and even view the newsletter online monthly. Tell your friends to check it out.

If you are already a Nightlife client and would like your venue’s website linked to ours, simply e-mail us with your web address and we will arrange this for you.

NEW IDEAS
Meanwhile, we are keen to get your feedback. Please e-mail talk2us@nightlife.com.au with your thoughts on our new look. We also welcome your suggestions on how we can further improve this newsletter or the website.

	Getting together for the first time since their Mickey Mouse Club days, Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera are touring the U.S. And simultaneously releasing their 4th singles from their recent albums.
	From his debut solo album Justified, Justin releases the infectious, sing-along Neptunes produced joint, Senorita. From Stripped, Christina presents her girl-power anthem, Can’t Hold Us Down featuring the rap skills of Lil’ Kim. Check out both tracks from CR89.
UK trio Kosheen return this month with All In My Head, the first single to be released from their highly anticipated forthcoming album, Kokopelli. It’s plain from the first bar that Kosheen have changed and this song will show you how. Obviously influenced by their touring of late, Sian and the boys have taken a step away from their drum ‘n’ bass roots and adopted a rawer, live feel. They still manage to keep this track as catchy as ever. Don’t just take my word for it... play it from CR89.
	Remember Mya? This month on CR89 she shows her face (and a bit more) for the first time since 2001’s collabo on Lady Marmalade with Christina, Pink and Lil’ Kim. My Love Is Like... Wo is the sexy single and sexier new video from her 3rd album entitled Moodring. Missy Elliott lends her songwriting abilities as well as her sought after production skills to the tune.
	Last year he bragged about inventing the remix, but this year P. Diddy has put together a who’s who of Hiphop and RnB to produce the soundtrack of the year, Bad Boys II. The first surefire smash to be released from this, sees Diddy teaming up with Nelly and Murphy Lee on Shake Ya Tailfeather. It’s not a cover of the old Blues Brothers track but is very funky and sure to be flooding airwaves and firing dancefloors in no time. It’s on CR89.
When you look past the busted windscreens, the headlines and the celebrity girlfriend and focus on their music you realise that Coldplay remain one of the best bands in the world right now. A fine example of this is God Put A Smile On Your Face, the 3rd single from the number 1 multi-platinum masterpiece A Rush Of Blood To The Head. Play it on RD89.
Following the funkiness that was their last single Train, Goldfrapp unleash Strict Machine, the latest lifted from their Black Cherry album. Once again they deliver a stomping, glam rocked up, electronic pop gem and we release it this month on both CR89 and RD89.
	Duncan James is the freshest face in Aussie music at the moment. Growing up in Brisbane Duncan recalls his earliest musical inspiration... standing on his Dad’s car bonnet with binoculars watching a David Bowie concert from the carpark. “It was one of those moments that kinda changed everything for me”. This month on ED89 we release The Speed Of Life, the debut single and title track from his forthcoming album.

	Author - Ben Preece
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DJ Tony - Party At the Redwood Hotel - Christchurch, NZ. The Redwood Hotel is one of the largest suburban venues in Christchurch and DJ Tony Woolcott has the main bar pumping every Fri and Sat night to a mixture of party music and Top 40. The Redwood is a popular stop for mystery bus trips and these bring a mixture of work groups, hens nights, 18th, 21st & 40th birthday groups which, together with a good local crowd, make for some great party nights.

Tony runs his own business as a Music Agent/Promoter, and has been DJing at the Redwood for 8 years – he reckons it’s the best way to meet chicks and make money at the same time!

Fave song of all time: The First Cut Is The Deepest - Rod Stewart and fave artist: Eric Clapton. The one person in the world he’d most like to meet is Robert Kiyosaki… “to get some financial tips”. Dream Car: Lamborghini. Meanwhile has to content himself with a Nissan Maxima.

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Technically Speaking - BILLBOARDS MADE EASY
Following on from last month’s column on billboards advertising, there are some simple steps you can take to ensure that all goes smoothly when importing a new billboard onto the Nightlife system.

When creating a Windows bitmap or jpeg on your own graphics package for importing onto the Nightlife billboards program, the specifications must be as follows:

File Size: Maximum 640 pixels wide x 480 pixels high

File Name: xxxxxxxx.bmp/jpg
ie: no more than 8 characters.bmp/jpg

Keep the name simple with letters and numbers only. If the file name is more than 8 characters, the Nightlife system will automatically delete the extra characters. If you have several billboards to import and they all start with the same 8 characters, eg: nightlifemonday.bmp and nightlifetuesday.bmp, and the billboards program has to truncate them, you will end up with the same file names eg: nightlif.bmp. The system will not be able to distinguish between the two.

When creating multiple bitmaps or jpegs, individually save them directly onto the floppy disk or CD-ROM. Do not put them in a folder before saving. The billboards program is looking only for .bmp and .jpg files and will not be able to read your folder.

If you are familiar with your graphics package, there is no limit to the billboards advertisements your imagination can dream up.

Don’t forget, we are here on 1800 773 468 to answer any of your questions, big or small, about the Nightlife system and its many capabilities.

News From NZ
Matthew Bell returned as promised from the USA during the month, and by now some of our North Island clients will have seen his smiling face and heard some of his fascinating tales about the music industry in the States.

Meanwhile, we have outgrown our office in Whangarei and consequently have new premises. This means a change in company details as follows:

Phone: 09 430 3035
Fax: 09 430 3036
Address: 1st Floor, 39A Vine Street
Whangarei

The tollfree Tech Support line remains as 0508 NIGHTLIFE and on the other end of this you will hear Joarna Hulse who will now manage your enquiries. Joarna joins us from Sky TV in Christchurch and is gradually coming up to speed on the help desk. After-hours please use this number for tech support issues only. In the event that you do not get straight through to speak with us, the answer service will organise for a Nightlife person to call you back as soon as possible.

In the meantime, go the ABs... it's great having them back kickin' serious ass!

Cheers and regards
Ross, Cathy, Tony & Matthew

Nightlife New Zealand
Ph: Whangarei 09 430 3035