A quick response fund managed by the Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) offering grants of up to $3,000 for Australian artists to attend national and international events. The aim is to enable professional development for Australian media arts practitioners by facilitating their participation in national and international residencies, exhibitions, workshops and conferences related

Commencing August 2007, Indent, the peak all-ages network in NSW will stage a series of forums across the state focused on event management and music business skills. The forums will be open to active and past Indent event groups, young event organisers and emerging bands and artists across NSW. The forums will offer young people

The Whichway Industry workshops held at the Redfern Community Centre have just been completed. The workshops were attended by 20 artists from Sydney and Regional NSW areas. The workshops went for 3 1/2 days and covered areas such as music management, grant information venue and record label information. The Song writing workshops were a great

Yearning for adventure but don’t have a cent? Where would you go if you were armed with a shiny new camera, flash new laptop and a whole swag of travellers cheques? Hunt for your long-lost cousin in the hills of Bhutan? Travel to Alaska and debunk the myths about Eskimos? Explore Machu Picchu, the Lost

Sydneys independent youth metro station FBi 94.5FM this week announced the results of its first ever Audience Ratings Survey following its launch in August 2003, reporting 219,000 people tuning into the station across a week. FBis General Manager, Stuart Buchanan said today: “This is a phenomenal result for FBi and vindicates what weve being saying

The Australian Music Office Website www.australianmusicoffice.com has now officially launched. If you are thinking overseas, they offer exporting aid & resources to the music industry. There is a ton of great information on their website, so be sure to take a regular look in.

stimTV is one of the most exciting new development in internet television. They were just recognised earlier this year in the US with an Emmy for best use of video on demand technology. Basically stimTV(tm) is an online television network that uses a patented video engine to present dozens of videos at a time, in

You have until 31 August to submit your on-line LPRs (Live Performance Returns) for the period 1 July 2006 – 30 June 2007. All your domestic live performances and new works can be lodged electronically via an APRA membership account. VIA APRA Bytes

Longtime Listener, the company set up by former Inertia Distribution A&R head Nick Pontikos (he signed Ben Lee and The Cops) is offering a demo evaluation and consultation service called “Demolish” It will offer Do’s and Don’ts to constructive criticism on songs and arrangements, before the demos are sent to the industry. More info, email:

Launch the Inaugural Whichway Winter tour at the Performance Space (Carriage Works) In intimate Acoustic mode Thurs June 21, 8pm in conjunction with MusicNSW, Whichway and the Performance Space Both Emma and David are two of the most exciting singer songwriters to emerge in Australia in recent years. To see them perform together is a