Getting your single placed in an ad is no longer selling out, it’s an essential part of making a living from your music. The next workshop in the MusicNSW series is an in-depth look at sync deals, publishing deals, what these things mean, and how to get them! SPEAKERS Katie Brown GaGa Music Keith Welsh

The Australian Institute of Music (AIM) is doing it’s bit for beloved Sydney venue The Annandale by putting together a great fundraiser night of local music talent on June 7, with all proceeds going straight to The Annandale’s Buy A Brick campaign. Acts include: Castlecomer Teal I’m No Thief Belle and The Bone People Dharma

From the front woman of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, seven years in the making, and featuring over fifty artists onstage, Karen O’s STOP THE VIRGENS is Vivid LIVE’s most ambitious undertaking yet. Created alongside legendary designer, KK Barrett (Where The Wild Things Are), and Pulitzer Prize winner Adam Rapp, STOP THE VIRGENS features members and collaborators of

If you haven’t yet heard of Kirin J Callinan, we highly recommend doing some research. One of most enigmatic artists to come out of Sydney in the last five years, Siberia Records‘ Kirin J Callinan has undeniably been a force to be reckoned since his days in Mercy Arms and Jack Ladder and The Dreamlanders.

In an event celebrating the collaboration between art and music, the Transmission exhibition will launch at 6.30pm between Friday 8 June-5 August. Transmission presents an incredible range of new work commisions produced by some of Australia’s most innovative contemporary artist and musician pairings. Artists include: Heath Franco | Andy Rantzen Todd McMillan | Peter McNamara

Tiny Stadiums festival returns this year with an impressive and eclectic mix of performance, visual arts, installation and sound art happening around PACT space and the streets of Erskineville between May 31st-June 9th, 2012.

Presented by MusicNSW and Carriageworks, Australia’s leading clip directors, including KROZM and SPOD, will be educating people on the art of crafting unforgettable music videos in a free workshop called Youtube Superstar as part of VIVID 2012. The workshop will provide essential advice for musicians, filmmakers, stylists and aural aesthetes. Madeline Palmer, producer/programmer for ABC TV’s long

Splendour in the Grass returns with a bang this year with a incredible lineup, which made the festival sell out in just 43 minutes! If you are lucky enough to be a ticket holder than you’ll be in for one hell of a 3-day ride down at Belongil Fields, Byron Bay between 27-29th July.

The 4th annual Aurora Festival of Living Music (4-13 May) showcases a variety of new and innovative art-music artists from across a diverse range of contemporary practices and genres-anything from opera to noise. This year’s impressive festival program has been put together by artistic director Andrew Batt-Rawden, and features an eclectic range of showcases and industry

The Beats n Roots Hip Hop Summit 2012 is a three day youth summit between April 26-29th exploring youth arts and leadership as part of National Youth Week. The summit aims to create and promote pathways for young people to engage with the hip hop culture through both performance and creative arts. The summit aims to explore issues