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,

Information and Cultural Exchange announces the return of */Suburban Sista Soundz/*, a free hip-hop and urban music program for unemployed young women aged 15-25 who live in the Western Suburbs, and are interested in developing a career in the music industry. This year, the *free 6-week urban music course* will once again be facilitated by

Unfortunately the Peats Ridge Festival did not go ahead due to flooding. The festival organizers are looking forward to putting on another Festival for next New Years Eve. Sydney Festival has been a big success especially the Indigenous program. Whichway in conjunction with the Sydney Festival, ArtsNSW and the Redfern Community Centre has run a

British singer/songwriter Sandi Thom, The Shin’s songwriter James Mercer, former Savage Garden guitarist Daniel Jones and Sneaky Sound System’s Angus MacDonald are added as speakers at the inaugural Song Summit Sydney. They join Jimmy Webb, Paul Williams, Dann & Jon Hume (Evermore), Rai Thistlethwayte (Thirsty Merc), Josh Pyke, Melanie Horsnell and Eric Chapus (Endorphin). They

Greetings all!! We hope that you had a great New Year’s and took Santa for all he was worth at Christmas time. We certainly did. As the party season begins to cool and people return to their routines, we at Indent are feeling energised and refreshed. We’ve got fresh clarity, and crazy schemes in the

Australian musicians, songwriters, managers and labels are being targetted by the Red Gorilla Music Fest which is trying to extract fees for submissions to be accepted to play at this event which has been scheduled during the same week as South by Southwest in Austin Texas. In a cunning ploy that may confuse artists into

The JB Seed – an arts grant fund. Now in its fourth year, this project is unique in its ability to pull together the established and the emerging within the arts community to share resources and knowledge, subsequently creating a sense of community. This is achieved while maintaining the flexibility to operate in a responsive

THE 14th NORTH BY NORTHEAST MUSIC & FILM FESTIVAL AND CONFERENCE June 12-15, 2008 Times ticking…Submissions close January 31 LAST CHANCE FOR MUSICIANS TO BE THE NEXT SAM ROBERTS, FOR FILMMAKERS TO TAKE A STEP IN DON LETTS SHOES North by Northeast (NXNE) is Canadas #1 showcase for the best new independent music and music-related

ARE YOU A YOUNG MUSICIAN under 25 years LIVING IN THE INNER WEST OF SYDNEY? DEMOS REQUIRED FOR MUSIC VIDEO PROJECT – OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE YOUR MUSIC CREATED INTO A BROADCAST QUALITY MUSIC VIDEO ASHFIELD YOUTH THEATRE in association with CITY OF CANADA BAY COUNCIL invites local inner west bands and/or musicians (under 25 years

VROOM is now being licensed to state music associations around Australia. VROOM is currently being developed by WAM in Western Australia, Q Music in Queensland, MusicNT in the Northern Territory and TasMusic in Tasmania. Once completed, the collective databases together will create a national touring network, the first of its kind in Australia and internationally.