The Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) have announced the dates for their 2010 grants. DEWHA have a strong focus on touring regional and remote Australia, so this might help you get out of the city in the new year.
The Great Escape features Australia
The Great Escape in the UK has recently announced that Australia will be the feature country for the 2010 conference.
Q Music seeks Big Sound Co-ordinator
QLD’s version of MusicNSW – Q Music – is inviting Expressions of Interest from individuals for the position of Big Sound Summit 2010 Exectutive Programmer.
PPCA Performance Fund
The Phonographic Performance Company of Australia offers one-off funding for the promotion of music and the performing arts through the PPCA Performers’ Trust Fund.
ARIA Winners announced
Last week the 2009 ARIA awards named their best of 2009, feature artist this month – Bertie Blackman took home a statuette for Best Independent Release.
First to accept SXSW 2010
25 Australian and 10 New Zealand Artists are the first to accept invitiations to showcase at South by South West music festival, in Austin Texas next year.
AIR Award Winners announced
In an award ceremony, rival to any great party, in Melbourne on Sunday November 22 the 2009 Australian Independent Record Association awards were named. Ten categories documented the 2009 Indepedent music scene in Australia to a whole host of stand out performances from Midnight Juggernaughts, Dappled Cities, Bertie Blackman, Philadelphia Grand Jury, Bridezilla, Kirsty Lee
TED unveils international collaboration The Lab
Tooheys Extra Day has unveiled it’s latest project The Lab, an initiative which will see one rising Australian musician fly to New York with world famous musician and producer Mark Ronson
Myspace partner with Merlin
Myspace Music, that launched a few months ago to scathing criticisms about the lack of independent music being represented, has hit back with a global partnership with indie music agency Merlin.
Australian Cultural Policy Future
Minister for the Arts Peter Garrett has launched an online forum wecoming feedback on the future of Australia’s Cultural Policy. The forum is attracting a colorful array of responses and gives an opportunity for you to be involved in “the shaping of Australia’s Cultural Future” says Garrett. There are three forum topics that you can