The HTH Initiative is a $10,000 grant funded by Hilltop Hoods and APRA to help emerging Australian Hip Hop artists to manufacture, market and release an album.
Community Radio Wrap Up 2011
Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA)’s General Manager Kath Letch has released a summary of community radio 2011.
Buy-a-brick campaign to save The Annandale!
A public campaign has begun to rescue one of Australia’s favourite venues the debt-ridden Annandale Hotel.
GENERATE – Investment In Australian Music Enterprise
Do you have a new music business concept that you are trying to get off the ground? Are you a pioneering small music business which needs investment to get to the next stage of profitability? Do you have a great idea for an innovative and enterprising project involving Australian music and games, film, or social
National Slam Rally Day 2012
On February 23, 2010 the SLAM rally saw 20, 000 people march through Melbourne in protest against the Victorian Government’s misguided policy link between live music and violence. The SLAM protest was the largest cultural protest in Australia’s history. The protest was initiated by Save Live Australia’s Music (SLAM), a collective of non-politically aligned, independent local
Rosie Beaton farewells triple j
triple j’s host Rosie Beaton has announced that 2011 will be her last year on the js as she plans to pursue other opportunities.
Creative Australia Arts Grant
The Australian Council for the Arts have just opened applications for the 21st Century Stories ‘Tell It Like It Is” grant, funding 10 projects for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, arts organisations or community organisations to tell new stories.
SMAC Award Nominees Announced
FBi Radio’s annual SMAC Awards (Sydney Music Art and Culture Awards) announced their nominees this morning, once again celebrating some of the best local talent Sydney has to offer. The SMAC’s are awarded each year to the artists, musos, venues, promoters, creators and culture makers who keep Sydney’s creative heart beating. Have your say! Vote here for
Let’s Discuss Radio Content Quotas
Drum Media Column – November –2011 Let’s Discuss Radio Content Quotas By Kirsty Brown Recently in the press, there has been a lot of discussion around radio content quotas and Commercial Radio Australia attempting to abolish the guidelines that dictate the level of Australian music that needs to be programmed. For many reasons, this is
The Contemporary Music Touring Program
If you are a professional musician creating original and contemporary Australian music and looking to tour, The Contemporary Music Touring Program might be the program for you.