In the May 2006 Federal Budget the Contemporary Music Touring Program was allocated $1 million over four years, starting in 2006-07. This builds on previous funding for contemporary music touring of $1 million over four years from 2002-03. The Contemporary Music Touring Program will continue to support touring opportunities for Australian musicians, and increase audience

Sound and Vision is a free 5-day workshop for portable digital content about music. Eleven participants will produce a 2-3 minute project about MUSIC, for distribution on mobile phones, wireless computers and portable media players. Participants will also author a DVD and create a website for their project. Projects can take the form of music

VIA AIR AIR (The Australian Independent Record Labels Association) is excited to introduce AIRPlay, a new digital project that combines two of the most powerful online music communities, MySpace.com and Sonicbids, to come up with a totally new way of promoting independent Australian music. Through this project, AIR has developed two tiered approach to profiling

Following a successful round one, that funded 7 tours throughout the state, MusicNSW is again in a position to offer assistance to touring NSW bands and artists. MusicNSW, with the assistance of Arts NSW, announces Round Two of the Regional Touring Grant Program. Grants of up to $5000 are available to professional NSW Bands and

MusicNSW would like to congratulate all the NSW artists who have been invited to play the South by South West Music Festival in Austin, Texas USA in March 2007. The NSW artists are: Beasts Of Bourbon, Sarah Blasko, George Byrne, Josh Pyke, Spod, Starky and Youth Group. For a look at the full list of

NSW Minister for the Arts, Bob Debus, today announced $95,000 in Indent Partnership Grants that will enable young people across NSW to stage all-ages, drug and alcohol-free music events. “This program allows young people to create their own entertainment programs whilst developing organisational and social skills in a safe, drug and alcohol-free environment”. “Our Partnership

Rock Up , Indent and Black Dog present Freshly Plucked an all ages festival in Orange, NSW. For the festivals debut the line up includes: Karnivool, Laura Imbruglia, The Paper Scissors and Angela’s Dish alongside regional bands Calisiris, Deprivation, Pilot, the Rocks, The Flatline Drama and Kez. Freshly Plucked will be held at Orange Regional

MusicNSW and VROOM – The Venue Resource of Original Music is presenting two Live Music Workshops at The Peats Ridge Festival. NSW Venues – The State of Play 11am till 12am Saturday 30th Open Mic Stage The building of a vibrant live music scene in NSW. With the current changes in entertainment and licensing laws,

The Fuse Conference in Adelaide is now open for registration. The Fuse Conference will run over 2 days, 27th to 30th March 2007. Keynote speakers are the Honourable Peter Garrett (MP) and Rhoda Roberts (The Dreaming Festival). The Conference Program is still in progress, but some of the panel topics will include; – The Hard

Whichway artist and future country music superstar, Sharnee Fenwick, has been nominated for the Telstra Road to Tamworth awards, as well as being in the Top 5 finalists fot the People’s Choice Awards in ‘Most Promising Future Star’ category. Should be a big year for Sharnee for at Tamworth in 2007! Also on the Peats