NA2R (New Artists 2 Radio) is Commercial Radio Australias major competition for unsigned, independent acts looking to achieve commercial airplay, national advertising, a distribution deal, management & marketing advice and nationwide exposure.

Brisbane will be taken over with the world’s most influential independent labels in September for Bigsound 2009.

It was always a bit of far fetch but kudo’s to FBI who have suceeded in catching the attention of everyone’s favorite billionaire – Richard Branson (esp. to the woman who swam to Sir Richard Bransons island to tell him about it).

The Australasian Music Business Conference is fast approaching and here are some ways to get to this traveling Business Conference with a little help from your friends…

In 2009 three outstanding candidates will be awarded a fully-funded 5 week intensive professional development program in the United Kingdom (UK). This includes a high-level professional placement within a UK cultural organisation and a tailored leadership training program. Upon their return to Australia, we will be working to secure a paid placement in a relevant

APRA|AMCOS and RightsFlow – a provider of bulk mechanical licensing and royalty services – announced today an agreement that will allow RightsFlow to identify Australian and New Zealand works based upon their clients master record content. The project will ensure that digital royalties owed to Australian songwriters for transactions in the US will be accounted

You can never be too young to be a fan of Dappled Cities, their new 26 part song teaches the youngest of fans the ABC’s.

Monday June 15 is the last day that listings can be taken with the $77 late fee for the September 1 edition.

For almost 40 years, commercial radio in Australia has been paying very little to broadcast your recordings- they pay performers just $3.8 million in total for a while year. At the same time they pay songwriters/composers between $20 million and $30 million a year.

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