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.

The Contemporary Music Touring Program provides opportunities for a wide range of music to tour the country – including but not limited to, rock, pop, jazz, folk, country and Indigenous music.

Brisbane will prove itself as a music lover’s paradise this September as the BIGSOUND Live festival takes over Fortitude Valley for two nights of the best music you’ll see all year.