The National SLAM Day is returning in 2013! On 23rd February 2012, SLAM (Save Live Australia’s Music) coordinated National SLAM Day with over 150 live music venues across Australia participating in live music events to celebrate our local musicians in our small venues. On Saturday 23rd February 2013, National SLAM Day returns with live music gigs across
Happy Holidays and New Year from the MusicNSW team!
It’s holiday season, and a new year is fast approaching! The MusicNSW team would like to wish you a very safe and happy holiday, and we’re looking forward to seeing what 2013 will bring. The MusicNSW office will be closed over the holiday period between Friday December 21 and Monday January 7. See you in
Katie Whyte
Hailing from Sydney, Katie Whyte blends old-world songwriting techniques with modern-day anxieties, all couched in interesting arrangements, which manage to compliment the vocal melodies without swamping them. The term ‘songstress’ is often used pejoratively to describe any female singer-songwriter who writes songs high on musical whimsy and low on insight. Joni Mitchell, for example, is not
A VERY RADIANT CHRISTMAS
Radiant & The Holy Soul Present A VERY RADIANT CHRISTMAS FBI Radio’s Radiant is bringing A Very Radiant Christmas for it’s first time this Saturday, December 15. Featuring acts: Joining The Holy Soul for A Very Radiant Christmas are: Sarah Kelly (Good Heavens/theredsunband) Melodie Nelson Marcus Whale (Collarbones/Scissor Lock/Black Vanilla) Glenn Thompson (Adele & Glenn/Beachfield/Custard/The
SOUND SUMMIT 2013 – CALL FOR FESTIVAL CO-DIRECTOR
Sound Summit is looking for a creative, energetic and highly organised individual to work with the current Festival Co-Directors, Nic Warnock and Daniel Gottlieb and alongside MusicNSW on the 2013 and 2014 festivals. Sound Summit exists to provide musicians, producers, composers, promoters and fans the opportunity to interact, reflect and collaborate with each other, building
Royal Chant
Royal Chant are a three piece garage band from the sleepy coastal town of Port Macquarie. Fast & fuzzed, slanted & slurred, they have spent the last 3 years playing shows across Australia on stages big & small. After a handful of singles and a smashing on Triple-J with their single “Somedays”, their debut LP Raise Your
Australia Council introduces new grant scheme for record labels
The Australia Council’s music board has set up a new pilot grant scheme, offering up to $50,000 to small to medium scale labels to help them with costs such as recording, websites, marketing and administration.
The 2012 SMAC Award Nominees
FBi Radio’s annual SMAC Awards (Sydney Music Art and Culture Awards) have announced their nominees for 2012, once again celebrating some of the best local talent Sydney has to offer. The SMAC’s are awarded each year to the artists, musos, venues, promoters, creators and culture makers who keep Sydney’s creative heart beating. We’re very excited because our
SAVE AMRAP
In about 3-4 weeks, the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (AMRAP) will be forced to shut-up shop and close down it’s services to distribute the music of Australian recording artists to community radio stations across the country. The closure of such an important service comes, not because of any identified failings of the project, or
Arts Northern Rivers Seeks Media Intern/Arts Reporter
Arts Northern Rivers is seeking a Media Intern/Arts Reporter to join their small team one day a week, for a ten month period, from mid February to mid December 2013.