If you’re a budding musician or have big ideas for a project but don’t have the funds, you can apply for a $2500 Buzz Grant from the Foundation for Young Australians. Previously offered by the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts, Buzz Grants are available for professional development for heaps of stuff

All the best to our NSW Artists heading to Austin TX, USA for this years SxSW Music Festival. They are; – Justice Yeldham – Naked On The Vague – Old Man River – Something With Numbers – The Vines – xBBQx A special thanks to State & Regional Development for their support with these artists.

Submissions are now open for the 2008 National Young Writers’ Festival (NYWF). They are seeking proposals from writers of short fiction and critical non-fiction, poets, novelists, journalists, zinesters, bloggers, playwrights, curators, editors, word-loving performance and installation artists, independent publishers, critics, activists, media geeks, comics artists, theory-heads and more . to take part in the massive

Brotha Black, Munki Muk and The Last Kinection were all part of this years Big Day Out festival. The Last Kinection , Wire MC and Jason Scott are all busy in the studio recording new albums. Also a reminder of the second annual Whichway Now! showcase at the Sydney Opera House Studio March 12 .

Congratulations to the artists who made the AMP Short List for The 2007 Australian Music Prize. They are… New Buffalo – Somewhere, Anywhere Perry Keyes – Last Ghost Train Home Midnight Juggernauts – Dystopia Lisa Miller – Morning In The Bowl Of Night Devastations – Yes, U Architecture In Helsinki – Places Like This Dardanelles

SPARK national young artists mentoring program call for applications: young artists working in theatre, dance and communities. Ignite your artistic career. Get support, training, advice and funding to focus on your creative ideas through a SPARK mentorship with a professional artist of your choice. Applications for SPARK are now open to young artists (aged 18-26

In 2007 the Inside Film Awards introduced a new category to further recognise and support emerging filmmakers within Australia, the 3 IF Award for Best Music Video. Open to any music video by an Australian artist that was directed by an Australian, the 3 IF Award for Best Music Video is publicly rated and open

16 Aussie acts confirmed to showcase at South By Southwest in Austin next month are Paul Kelly, The Vines, The Stems, Tourettes, The Chevelles, Jedd Hughes, Chris Pickering, Xno Barbequex, Naked On The Vague and Justice Yeldham. Playing Music Collective’s Aussie BBQ are The Stems, Paul Kelly, Something With Numbers, The Panics, Old Man River,

Information and Cultural Exchange announces the return of */Suburban Sista Soundz/*, a free hip-hop and urban music program for unemployed young women aged 15-25 who live in the Western Suburbs, and are interested in developing a career in the music industry. This year, the *free 6-week urban music course* will once again be facilitated by

British singer/songwriter Sandi Thom, The Shin’s songwriter James Mercer, former Savage Garden guitarist Daniel Jones and Sneaky Sound System’s Angus MacDonald are added as speakers at the inaugural Song Summit Sydney. They join Jimmy Webb, Paul Williams, Dann & Jon Hume (Evermore), Rai Thistlethwayte (Thirsty Merc), Josh Pyke, Melanie Horsnell and Eric Chapus (Endorphin). They