Council is invited to nominate attendees for a workshop at which the recent changes to the planning system concerning planning for entertainment will be examined.
AIR Award Winners announced
In an award ceremony, rival to any great party, in Melbourne on Sunday November 22 the 2009 Australian Independent Record Association awards were named. Ten categories documented the 2009 Indepedent music scene in Australia to a whole host of stand out performances from Midnight Juggernaughts, Dappled Cities, Bertie Blackman, Philadelphia Grand Jury, Bridezilla, Kirsty Lee
TED unveils international collaboration The Lab
Tooheys Extra Day has unveiled it’s latest project The Lab, an initiative which will see one rising Australian musician fly to New York with world famous musician and producer Mark Ronson
Bertie Blackman
Bertie Blackman’s first encounter with her artistic self came as child sashaying across her mother and father’s paint strewn studio floor. The daughter of iconic Australian Artist Charles Blackman, “I come from a family of painters, so everything I do is pretty visual. You can see and feel my music.” In 2009 Bertie released her
Myspace partner with Merlin
Myspace Music, that launched a few months ago to scathing criticisms about the lack of independent music being represented, has hit back with a global partnership with indie music agency Merlin.
Australian Cultural Policy Future
Minister for the Arts Peter Garrett has launched an online forum wecoming feedback on the future of Australia’s Cultural Policy. The forum is attracting a colorful array of responses and gives an opportunity for you to be involved in “the shaping of Australia’s Cultural Future” says Garrett. There are three forum topics that you can
Music sharers are music buyers
Recently Australian Industry trade magazine – The Music Network, released a report on claims that Peer to Peer file share users may not be the devil for the music industry as always claimed. While the report is of the UK it is interesting to read the facts in light of the rush to crack down
SMAC Awards
The Sydney Music, Arts and Culture (SMAC) awards are back following a stellar premier year in 2008. The 2009 run includes some of the most exciting of Sydney’s crop of artists, musos, venues, promoters, creators and Culture makers who keep Sydney’s heart beating. This will all make to one big part at the start of
Australian Music Office – Synchronisation Masterclass
The Australian Music Office Synchronisation masterclass is an interactive Q&A with some of the top music supervisors in Los Angeles who directly place music in film, TV, games, and advertising. Hear some of the key influencers in the synchronisation liceninc space about the development opportunities Learn how this kind of licensing can lead to new
The AMP final call for entries
Last chance for those who have released albums in 2009 to enter the Australian Music Prize, entries close 5pm Friday 20th November.