MusicOZ have announced they will be doing a series of Digital Marketing Seminars in Nowra, Wollongong and Sydney in August to help enhance the skills of independent artists. The seminars will develop effect online and music marketing strategies to raise awareness, build and maintain a fan base and create successful music living by targeting a
Reports from the Amrap Music Director Summit
For the first time ever ten of the most influential and proactive community radio music directors from around the country came together for the inaugral AMRAP Music Director Summit on the 31st of July 2009. With Amrap bringing the logistics, community radio music directors bring the talented and breaking Australian artists to the Amrap Station
Groundswell Applications extended to Friday, August 7
The Groundswell tour has been developed to create a sustainable touring circuit up the east coast of Australia for new, innovative Indigenous artists. Applications to be apart of this have been extended to Friday August 7. Three successful applicants will share stage on a coordinated, professional live performance tour over three weeks. One group or
SxSW artist submissions now open for 2010
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