MIPI has recently launched its 2009 Piracy Awareness Program and, with the co-operation of the AIR (Australian Independent Records Association), is set to present educational sessions in Sydney and Melbourne, especially dedicated to the independent music sector.
AIM for Kids
The students at the Australian Institute of Music will be hosting a fundraising gig on November 18 at the Gaelic Club. All proceeds from the night will go towards the Cambodian Childrens Trust (CCT) through the Green Kids Global foundation (the Australian Partner of CCT). Mardi Pannan and Valar will be playing with several other
INDENT PARTNERSHIP GRANTS CLOSE NOV. 2
Indent is turning double digits in 2010 and wants you to be a part of its 10th birthday celebrations all year long. The 2010 Partnership Grant applications will open and you could find $2,500 in your pocket to help stage your own all ages, drug and alcohol free events next year. With a group of
AIR Award Nominees announced
Continuing on into the awards season the Australian Independent Records Association (AIR) of Australia have announced the nominees for the 2009 Jagermeister AIR Awards, the Awards honor the quality and diversity of music made by Australian artists, released by Australian owned independent record companies and distributed through Australian owned distribution companies. Best Indepdendent Artists contendors
ARIA Nominations announced
It’s ARIA’s time again and this year New South Welshmen and women are dominating the nominations. Across all the nominations a mixed collective of emerging, established and legendary artists are placed on level playing field competing for the coveted gong.MusicNSW would like to congratulate each nomination, and will all the NSW artists in the running
Groundswell Tour
The inaugural Groundswell tour has announced it’s three headline artists for it’s kick off tour along the eastern seaboard. Groundswell 2009 brings together The Medics from Cairns, Deline Briscoe from Melbourne and New South Wales Radical Son, haling from the central coast. Special guests will be invited, and announced soon to join this triple headline
CDR at SOUND SUMMIT
The CDR sessions are about new, unreleased music. Whether you are signed, unsigned, world-famous or, as yet, undiscovered, we play only music that you have made and brought along on the day. CDR is the future sound of underground music – still under construction. CDR will be travelling to Newcastle for Sound Summit, bringing Melbourne
Sound Summit 2009: a festival of Independent and Innovative music
Held annually as an integral part of This Is Not Art (TINA), Sound Summit will celebrate it’s 10th birthday in 2009 over the October longer weekend – October 1 – 5, in Newcastle, NSW. Traditionally an electronic and hip hop conference and festival, in 2009 Sound Summit will drop it’s genres and broaden it’s scope,
Save The Scene, Indent’s 2009 Workshop Tour
Free Music Industry and Songwriting Workshops in August and September EVERYWHERE Indent is hitting the road for the 2009 installment of ‘Save the Scene – a series of free music industry workshops for youth. Throughout the series Indent will be talking music industry specs and songwriting techs with some of the best in the business.
The Last Kinection embark on Propa Mad Deadly tour
Its been an extraordinary, life changing twelve months for Newcastle group The Last Kinection (Naomi, Weno & DJ Jay Tee), but they are back with a new lease on life, a strong sense of purpose, and a national tour to officially launch their debut album ‘Nutches. After an incredible 2008 that included a performance at