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ARIA & PPCA Announce 2010 Board Members

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) have announced its Board of Directors for 2010. Mr Ed St John, President & CEO Warner Music Australasia, has been re-elected to his role as Chairman of ARIA for 2010, his third consecutive year in the post.

Sound Summit Proposals Due

Sound Summit is a five-day festival of independent and innovative music featuring national and international artists, occurring annually as part of the This Is Not Art (TINA) Festival in Newcastle, NSW. Since 2000, Sound Summit has provided independent musicians, producers, labels, promoters, industry, media and fans a chance to perform, discuss, learn, teach, interact and

the Kookaburra case and what the decision means for musicians

Last month the Federal Court of Australia found that the 1979 and 1981 recordings of Men At Work’s iconic Australiana anthem Down Under infringed the copyright of children’s classic Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree when they allegedly reproduced a couple of bars for a flute line. While EMI and Men At Work are

Grants now available for Industry and Artists heading to SxSW

MusicNSW and Industry and Investment NSW are thrilled to announce 11 quick response grants built to support artists and independent industry in developing trade opportunities whilst attending the South By Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas this March. Submissions can only be made by an Artist and/ or independent business/ individuals involved in the industry

AAPT sign landmark deal with EMI

AAPT has launched a landmark deal with EMI music that will see home internet and phone bundled together with a music subscription that allows unlimited streaming from EMI’s online catalogue – The In Song – as well as $50 worth of music downloads a month. This kind of deal is a first for Australia.

PPCA challenges Radio Music Price Cap in High Court

The Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA), on behalf of Ausralian recording artists and recording labels, has launched a constitutional case in the High Court challenging 40 year old legislation which limits the price that commercial radio industry pays for the recordings it broadcasts. The High Court will be asked to examine a price cap

Australian Music Prize shortlist Announced

A few weeks ago the Australian Music Prize (AMP) announced it’s first short list artist; NSW based and one of Australia’s biggest hip hop act – Urthboy. At the St Kilda Festival on February 14, Urthboy and the AMP organisers announced the rest with a majority of NSW based artists following suit: ‘As Day Follows