On Wednesday, September 22, 2010, the Australian music industry will gather at NSW Parliament House for the annual MUSIC IN THE HOUSE luncheon to celebrate the presentation of the EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY SUPPORT Award.

If you are an Australian recording artist whose music is being broadcast or you hold the copyright in recordings that are receiving airplay, then you may be able to share in licence fees collected by PPCA.

The 25th annual South by Southwest Music & Media Festival in Austin, Texas March 16-20 2011 has opened for both applications to play and delegate registration.

If you write songs, and play them live then there maybe money waiting for you! It’s time to submit your Live Performance Returns (LPRs) – you’ve got until 31 August.

One of Australia’s largest independent entertainment companies has been bought bout. Shock, which has been releasing, distributing and exporting local music since 1988, has been acquired by Regency Media- a DVD/CD manufacturing and distribution company.

The quest to find Indigenous Australia’s best in 2010 has begun. Finalists were announced last week in what is arguably Australia’s biggest, single event celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and voting is now open.

Young musicians are encouraged to submit their best works to the Qantas SOYA competition. This year the music SOYA winner will be mentored by Lee Groves (Level 7 Studios).

Australia’s biggest annual music industry event and festival – BIGSOUND 2010 – has added no less than 40 international, national, and local speakers to this year’s conference line-up.

Ticket vendor, Moshtix, has released the results of their survey to punters on the on-selling of tickets.

The Liberal Party has pledged to widen the Education Tax Rebate, an expansion which will now include music lessons and instruments in the rebate.