Midem 2007 information session – hosted by Austrade on Wednesday, 22 November You should attend the session if: · You want to know more about Midem and what it can do for your business · You want to get the latest on the Australian Stand and how to participate · You’re already going to Midem

Australasian Music Business Conference Announces Speakers for 2007 The 8th AustralAsian Music Business Conference in August 16-18 2007 at The Acer Arena, Sydney have announced their first lot of speakers . They are: * (Thursday Keynote) Michael Smellie is President of Media Development, Asia Pacific for German media giant Bertelsmann and most recently Chief Operating

Amrap is once again offering grants for community stations and broadcasters to produce short program content for satellite and web distribution. Funding is available in two categories: Music Correspondents Experienced community broadcasters and their sponsoring stations can be paid to produce five short radio pieces about contemporary Australian music. Live Music Recordings Community stations can

CMW 2007 OPENS NOMINATIONS FOR INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS: THE INDIES Deadline for nominations – November 15, 2006 10/3/2006 Canadian Music Week (CMW) is calling all independent recording artists to apply for The Indies – the 2007 Independent Music Awards. The event will kick off the CMW 07 festivities held in Toronto on Wednesday, March 7,

Whichway night at the Sydney Opera House MusicNSW and Whichway in conjunction with the Sydney Opera House Studio will be presenting a night of the Best of NSW Indigenous contemporary music artists on Thursday February 15th 2007. The night will showcase the best in Soul, funk and Hip Hop with a dash of country. performers

FBi’s BLOCK PARTY IS ON NOW – a massive ‘call to arms’ for FBi listeners to take the plunge and become FBi supporters. FBi isn’t a commercial radio station, but they still pay commercial rates for everything. It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to keep FBi on air, and nearly half of

Sonicbids has an excellent opportunity for artists to get onto next year’s East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival . The 18th Annual East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival will be held over the Easter long weekend in the NSW north coast beachside town of Byron Bay at Red Devil Park from Thursday 5th

The inaugural AIR Charts Awards, presented by V Energy Drink, will be held on 29th November at the Blacket Hotel in Sydney. The AIR Charts Awards will honour outstanding achievements in sales by Australian independent artists – specifically those artists who are released through an Australian owned independent record label and also distributed through an

If you’ve been thinking about applying for SxSW 2007, you best get cracking. Applications close October 27th. It’s only $26 to apply now online and not have to send a package to Austin as was the case previously.All the details are on the SxSW Australian site, follow the link. For further information, contact Phil Tripp

Freelance Success is a unique workshop teaching business skills to creative people who work for themselves. If youve ever thought that you should learn more about how to manage your freelance creative career and maximize the amount of money you could be earning, Freelance Success is the course for you! Over 6 sessions we look