6th March, 2014
AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FUNDING RECIPIENTS REVEALED
Australia Council of the Arts has awarded $1.2m of grants to artists and music companies across Australia.
Funded acts include Vance Joy, John Watson’s Eleven A Music Company, The Drones, PVT and a new musical theatre work based on the music of The Whitlams.
There were 37 applications for International Pathways, 10 of which received help to tour abroad, including Vance Joy (North America), Mia Dyson (North America), Kirin Callinan (Europe, North America), Cub Sport, (USA), Sampology (North America), Dustin Tebbutt (global) Duo Deng (China), Scott & Charlene’s Wedding (Europe, US) and sleepmakeswaves (UK, Europe).
“The outcomes of this funding are really wide ranging,” said the Australia Council’s Director of Music, Paul Mason. He added, “It will support over 170 gigs and concerts, and five festivals; it will help 10 bands and ensembles tour across the North America, Europe and China; and over 50 composers and songwriters will receive assistance to create new work.”
My Disco, The Drones, PVT, Mike Nock, Emma Louise and Superstar received funding towards new albums, whilst John Flanagan & The Begin Agains and Adelaide-born singer songwriter Krista Povere got funding to cut records with US collaborators.
To find out more about Australia Council grants head HERE.
The Sydney Late Night Culture Alliance was formed in reaction to the recent legislation to lockout the city at 130am, and cease serving alcohol at 3am. These laws are now in effect.
Together with FBi Radio, SLAM, Oxford Art Factory, Goodgod Small Club, The Music.com.au, The Music Network and inthemix, along with input from various other cultural organisations we created the Alliance to unify the voice of Sydney live music venues who would be unfairly regulated because of the new legislation.
We support safe nights in a global city, but based on the evidence, we believe that live music - it’s performers, workers and venues - will be unfairly affected by these new restrictions on trade and service.
The Deloitte Access Economics report of 2011 states that, "Live music venues have been demonstrated to increase feelings of safety in the nighttime environment, improve social bonds, and contribute to overall wellbeing and happiness.”
KEEP READING TO REVEAL THE NEW ALLIANCE MEMBERS
The Foggo Review of 2012 that assessed the effectiveness of the Liquor Act additionally states, in reference to lockout laws, “The review does not support calls for blanket trading hours or a ’one size fits all‘ policy. Such a measure would unfairly penalise the vast majority of late trading venues that consistently operate within the law and make a positive contribution to the late night economy. The measure would also have a significant impact on local employment and economic activity”
We are pleased to announce new members to the alliance.
These members are showing their support for the Sydney music scene, and together we will be working towards disseminating information to venues, artists and promoters, while strategising the way forward with our lobbying campaign.
Please, put your hands in the air for:
(in alphabetical order)
Astral People / Australian Freelance Musicians Alliance / Australian Independent Musicians Association / Blackwire Records / Blunt Magazine / Frankies Pizza / Fuzzy / Kings Cross Hotel / Mad Racket / Modular People / Niche Productions / Pennydrop / Polaroids of Androids / Popfrenzy Records / Positive Feedback Publicity / RIP Society Records / Select Music / Shrug / Siberia Records / Spark & Opus / Spice Cellar / The AU Review / The Basement / The Brag / The Cliff Dive / The Lyceum / The Square / World Bar
Our Petition currently has over 13,000 signatures!
Please share and sign:
http://www.communityrun.org/petitions/fight-barry-o-farrell-s-cbd-legislation
Contact the Sydney Late Night Culture Alliance:
Media Contact:
- Kirsty Brown MusicNSW 02 9281 1600 Kirsty@musicnsw.com
- Cassandra Wilkinson FBi Radio
