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.
Managing Content on YouTube
YouTube everyone’s favorite video sharing site has created an advanced set of policies and content management tools to give rights holders control of their content on YouTube. YouTube provides content management solutions for rights holders of all sizes across the world, and provides tools to cater to the specific needs of various rights owners.
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.
Planning for Entertainment Workshop
Council is invited to nominate attendees for a workshop at which the recent changes to the planning system concerning planning for entertainment will be examined.
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
Bertie Blackman
Bertie Blackman’s first encounter with her artistic self came as child sashaying across her mother and father’s paint strewn studio floor. The daughter of iconic Australian Artist Charles Blackman, “I come from a family of painters, so everything I do is pretty visual. You can see and feel my music.” In 2009 Bertie released her
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.