Placing your music in film, TV, games & advertising Learn from key US players in our film and TV synchronisation masterclass Participate in an interactive discussion and Q&A with some of the top music supervisors in LA who directly place music in film, TV, games, and advertising. Why you should attend • Hear from some

Be part of Australian music history – Vote now for the Greatest Australian Song from the past 12 months. The APRA Song of the Year is the most prestigious music award in the country and only APRA members (that means YOU!) have the power to decide who wins! As the only peer voted music award

Indent, in connection with NSW Youth Week, presents Rock the Royal Easter Show Challenge, an incredible opportunity for one young band to rock out at this years show alongside some of Australias finest acts including The Vasco Era, Krill, Angelas Dish and The Hampdens. For a crack at the prize, bands will have to download

If you’re a budding musician or have big ideas for a project but don’t have the funds, you can apply for a $2500 Buzz Grant from the Foundation for Young Australians. Previously offered by the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts, Buzz Grants are available for professional development for heaps of stuff

All the best to our NSW Artists heading to Austin TX, USA for this years SxSW Music Festival. They are; – Justice Yeldham – Naked On The Vague – Old Man River – Something With Numbers – The Vines – xBBQx A special thanks to State & Regional Development for their support with these artists.

Submissions are now open for the 2008 National Young Writers’ Festival (NYWF). They are seeking proposals from writers of short fiction and critical non-fiction, poets, novelists, journalists, zinesters, bloggers, playwrights, curators, editors, word-loving performance and installation artists, independent publishers, critics, activists, media geeks, comics artists, theory-heads and more . to take part in the massive

Brotha Black, Munki Muk and The Last Kinection were all part of this years Big Day Out festival. The Last Kinection , Wire MC and Jason Scott are all busy in the studio recording new albums. Also a reminder of the second annual Whichway Now! showcase at the Sydney Opera House Studio March 12 .

Congratulations to the artists who made the AMP Short List for The 2007 Australian Music Prize. They are… New Buffalo – Somewhere, Anywhere Perry Keyes – Last Ghost Train Home Midnight Juggernauts – Dystopia Lisa Miller – Morning In The Bowl Of Night Devastations – Yes, U Architecture In Helsinki – Places Like This Dardanelles

SPARK national young artists mentoring program call for applications: young artists working in theatre, dance and communities. Ignite your artistic career. Get support, training, advice and funding to focus on your creative ideas through a SPARK mentorship with a professional artist of your choice. Applications for SPARK are now open to young artists (aged 18-26

16 Aussie acts confirmed to showcase at South By Southwest in Austin next month are Paul Kelly, The Vines, The Stems, Tourettes, The Chevelles, Jedd Hughes, Chris Pickering, Xno Barbequex, Naked On The Vague and Justice Yeldham. Playing Music Collective’s Aussie BBQ are The Stems, Paul Kelly, Something With Numbers, The Panics, Old Man River,