The war between the PPCA and commercial radio over simulcast payments is heating up as it goes into another round of legal action.
ISAAC Awards
On Friday March 9, 2012 the 2011 ISAAC awards were presented at the annual Indent Open Day – an educational mini-conference aimed at increasing the skills and knowledge base of young people who are interested in launching a career in the music and events industries. The ISAAC awards are an initiative of Indent, a project
Unsigned Artists Competition Deadline Extended!
Due to overwhelming demand the Unsigned Artists Only Competition deadline has been extended! The new deadline for Unsigned Only has been extended to April 11 so applicants need to get in quick!
And The AMP goes to…The Jezabels!
The MusicNSW team have just arrived back in the office after a great afternoon of celebration at The Basement for the 7th annual Australian Music Prize Awards (AMPs). Congratulations to The Jezabels who took out the PPCA’s $30, 000 cash prize for achieving outstanding excellence with their debut album Prisoner. Besides the ravishing lunch, our
MUSECOLOGY: Mnemonic Museum
MUSECOLOGY 2 is the second event in a series of site based musical performances curated by Daniel Stricker’s label Siberia Records and Jack Jeweller of Black and Blue Gallery. Pairing up with the City of Sydney, Musecology will incorporate four site-based performances happening at a variety of unusual Sydney locations during 2012. In the second installment
Nominate in the Betty Makin Youth Awards
Youth Week is inviting the public to nominate young people, young collectives, youth workers and/or police offers who have made a significant contribution to our local City of Sydney community in 2011. The nominations will be considered for the Betty Makin Youth Awards which will be run as part of the National Youth Week in 2012.
Katie Noonan and Karin Shaupp’s Composition Competition
Two of Australia’s most respected female singer songwriters Katie Noonan and Karin Shaupp have opened up a composition competition for young Australian composers under 35! The winning composer will not only receive a $2000 cash prize but also the opportunity to have their composition recorded and released on the duo’s new record (to be released
The Jezabels
The Jezabels will be on an extensive international tour before returning back home in June 2012. Whilst on their tour they will be releasing their debut album Prisoner in the US, UK, Asia, Canada and Europe. The Jezabels have risen to incredible success in the last couple of years-they have been ARIA and APRA Award nominees, played big name festivals
2012 Art Music Award Finalists Announced
The Art Music Awards have announced their finalists for 2012! The awards which will be presented on Tuesday April 3rd at The Playhouse Theatre, Sydney Opera House. The awards acknowledge the outstanding achievements of Australia’s finest composers and performers across ten categories.
DCM
DCM is new experimental collaboration between Sydney artists Daniel Stricker (Midnight Juggernauts) and Chris Ross (ex-Wolfmother). The dual synth adventurers will be making their first live appearance at MUSECOLOGY 2: Mnemonic Museum this Friday March 9 before supporting Wooden Shjips later this month.