The Australia Council of the Arts has announced the recipients of the 2013 International Pathways grants. The funding program supports international touring by Australian musicians and provides up to $20,000 for artists and their manager undertaking international tours of five dates or more in at least three different cities or towns. Critically acclaimed singer songwriter
Tropscore and Tropscore Jr. Winners
Australian award winning composer and musician, Jared Underwood, has won the 2013 Tropscore competition, and 13 year old Jackson Hurwood has won the inaugrual Tropscore Jr.
Shock Records appoint new General Manager of Music
Shock Records have just announced their appointment of new General Manager of Music Craig May, a role currently held by Leigh Gruppetta. He will be starting in March.
Sounds Australia appoints new Export Music Producer
Sounds Australia, Australia’s national export initiative has just announced their appointment of new Export Music Producer Glenn Dickie.
Bigsound registrations and Bigsound Live showcase applications now open!
BIGSOUND registrations and BIGSOUND Live showcase applications are now open for the September 11-13 event, which is held over three days annually in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley.
SLAM DAY 2013
Three years ago a group of independent and impassioned, non-politically aligned music lovers came together to form a volunteer run, self-funded collective called Save Live Australia’s Music, or SLAM for short. Sadly for Melbourne, the introduction of Victoria’s Liquor Licensing polices in 2010 unjustly linked live music to ‘high risk’ activities such as violence. This
Cheap Hot Desks Now Available at the MusicNSW Office
Calling all emerging music managers, label owners, publicists, promoters, music journalists, festival organizers, freelancers and arts practitioners! MusicNSW is offering five NSW-based start-up music businesses an opportunity to rent our newly installed Hot Desks, located exclusively within the MusicNSW offices at the City of Sydney Oxford St Cultural Quarter. Since relocating to our new office
MusicNSW Announce Free Workshop “In the Studio: Producers Speak” @ The Standard
“In the Studio: Producers Speak” MusicNSW is excited to announce our first free workshop of 2013, taking place on Wednesday 6 March. With countless accolades and a few pointy trophies between them, four of Australia’s leading producers will share their expertise in a panel titled “In The Studio: Producers Speak”. This workshop will cover everything
APRA Professional Development Awards Top 200 Shortlist Announced
Applications for the 2013 APRA Professional Development Awards have now closed and APRA/AMCOS have revealed their Top 200 shortlist in the second round. The PDA awards aim to provide financial assistant to artists who have been working on on building their music careerrs, but need some financial backing in order oto take the next step. Most recently
The Annandale reportedly goes into receivership
Sydney’s iconic music venue The Annandale Hotel has reportedly gone into receivership this week.