4-6 October 2006 (school holidays) Katoomba Primary School, Katoomba Youth INclusive, YAPA’s 2006 youth conference is all about young people’s participation in government at all levels: local, state and federal. It’s an opportunity to learn how government actually works and how governments involve (or should involve) young people. It’s also about how to make people

PPCA – The Phonographic Performance Company of Australia – collects royalties which arise out of the playing of recordings on radio. This is separate to what APRA do, which is collecting songwriter’s royalties for songs which are played on the radio (and in other public places). PPCA would like to remind all artists that if

The SoundsLikeCafe series has been receiving a large amount of positive feedback for the consistency of providing quality music to over 1200 cafés Australia-wide. Artists such as Bob Evans, Holly Throsby, Brendan Gallagher, Lior, Renee Geyer, Sarah Blasko, Shane Nicholson and Evermore have all utilized the service. See www.soundslikecafe.com for full tracklistings. Now phase two

Three Whichway artists have been nominated for Most Promising Talent at the annual Deadly (Indigenous music) Awards. The artists include Radical Son, Sharnee Fenwick and Paul Penrith (aka Konnect A Dot).Cindy Drummond will also be perfroming at the awards ceremony to be held at the Sydney Opera House on Thursday 21st of September. For more

Some of the most respected names in the music business will be packing their bags and heading to Brisbane this October for the 2006 Big Sound Music Industry Conference. To be staged from October 18-20 Big Sound 2006 will build on the success of last year’s conference, making it the largest event of its type

In results just released, the importance of community broadcasting in the development of local talent and local culture is confirmed. New research shows that on a national basis, community broadcasting exceeds it minimum quotas for Australian music, reaching an average of 35% Australian music per week. An increase on the already impressive previous survey results.

The showcase happens every month in Rockstar Magazine which goes out to over 300 industry contacts including record labels, A&R staff, bookers, venue owners and another thousand music lovers from all over the country. The showcase presents your mp3 links, bio, images, merchandise and puts you infront of thousands of music lovers. Log on to

Unfortunately we didnt get enough numbers for their prices to be competitive and a number of insurance places were providing deals for muiscians. MusicNSW has therefore decided circulate this information until such time that we have enough numbers for the premiums to be competitive. The deals are available on the Industry issues page.

The Buzz youth music program is part of the Australian Goverment’s Young And Emerging Initiative. It offers flexible support for young (26 years old and under) musicians, sound artists and music related arts workers through grants with the fixed amout of $2,500. It provides funding for performing, recording, professional development and creating new work. Deadline

Sound Summit is an annual conference for independent artists, labels and people interested in working in electronica and hip hop. Theres 4 days of engaging discussion panels, interactive workshops and out-there live performances in Newcastle over the October long weekend – Thursday 28 September to Monday 2 October – as part of the This is