SxSW is one of the most coveted international music conferences and a real launching pad into the American and international music market. Applications are now open for artists to be invited to the 2010 conference.
Kyle and Jackie O suspended
Following on from last week’s on air stunt involving a 14 year old girl hooked up to a lie detector to discuss her sexual experiences, Kyle and Jackie O’s Today FM Radio show has been put on hiatus, the length of this ‘recess’ is unknown.
INDIGELAB: Call for Applications
Performers, writers, directors, dancers, choreographers, screen based artists, sound artists, designers, lighting designers, visual artists, and web artists are invited to apply for INDIGELAB – a two week residential workshop/labortary for Indigenous artists who work in different artforms around the nation to participate in a challenging environment of exchange, experiment and play.
South West Arts NSW seeks RADO
The Regional Arts Development Officer (RADO) network in NSW is seeking a dynamic and self motivated person to fulfill the position of South West Arts RADO. The Regional Arts Development Officer will facilitate the development of projects and initatives to promote arts and community cultural development in the South West region of New South Wales.
An Open Letter from AMRAP
The Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (AMRAP) is a federally funded iniatitive through the community broadcasting sector that offers artists a mailout service to all Australian Community Radio stations. AMRAP’s manager Chris Johnson has written Amrap Manager, Chris Johnson, has written an open letter to music distributors, publicists, promoters and artist managers heralding the changes
ARIA Hall of Fame Inducts 5
The 2009 ARIA Hall of fame inductees have been annonced and will be celbrated in Melbourne in August. This year the inductee’s include John Paul Young, Kev Carmody, Little pattie, Mental as Anything and The Dingoes.
Kazaa re-launches in the USA
Do you remember Kazaa? Australian owned peer to peer networking site was a beacon for illegal downloads when I was a kid, but now it is embracing the more legal business models that are emerging in the music industry world wide. Subscription services where you pay to have unlimited music downloads are already popular in
Sound Summit 2009: a festival of Independent and Innovative music
Held annually as an integral part of This Is Not Art (TINA), Sound Summit will celebrate it’s 10th birthday in 2009 over the October longer weekend – October 1 – 5, in Newcastle, NSW. Traditionally an electronic and hip hop conference and festival, in 2009 Sound Summit will drop it’s genres and broaden it’s scope,
Indigenous Arts Research Project released
Regional Arts NSW are pleased to present the final report from Research Officer Ruben Allas entitled Identification of Engagement Opportunities in the Indigenous Arts Industry in NSW.
Regional Arts Australia Survey
For those living outside of urban dwellings this survey could be the answer to get your voice heard and up the cultural and artistic opportunites in your town. Regional Arts Australia has issued a survey that probes your regional cultural activities and how they could be improved.