The Fuse Conference in Adelaide is now open for registration. The Fuse Conference will run over 2 days, 27th to 30th March 2007. Keynote speakers are the Honourable Peter Garrett (MP) and Rhoda Roberts (The Dreaming Festival). The Conference Program is still in progress, but some of the panel topics will include; – The Hard

Whichway artist and future country music superstar, Sharnee Fenwick, has been nominated for the Telstra Road to Tamworth awards, as well as being in the Top 5 finalists fot the People’s Choice Awards in ‘Most Promising Future Star’ category. Should be a big year for Sharnee for at Tamworth in 2007! Also on the Peats

SXSW and WMC are fast approaching, and if you want to get US visas in time for these events and avoid the Premium Processing fee now is the time to get started. Tamizdat offers a Visa Service, arranging working visas for artists wishing to perform in the US. They’re not for profit and charge significantly

Just a reminder The Australian Music Prize deadline is approaching fast. Submissions close 1st December. The Australian Music Prize Ltd has been established to create an Australian music industry prize which promotes the health and growth of the local industry both here and abroad. Artists will be encouraged to enter The Amp through the incentive

Midem 2007 information session – hosted by Austrade on Wednesday, 22 November You should attend the session if: · You want to know more about Midem and what it can do for your business · You want to get the latest on the Australian Stand and how to participate · You’re already going to Midem

Australasian Music Business Conference Announces Speakers for 2007 The 8th AustralAsian Music Business Conference in August 16-18 2007 at The Acer Arena, Sydney have announced their first lot of speakers . They are: * (Thursday Keynote) Michael Smellie is President of Media Development, Asia Pacific for German media giant Bertelsmann and most recently Chief Operating

Amrap is once again offering grants for community stations and broadcasters to produce short program content for satellite and web distribution. Funding is available in two categories: Music Correspondents Experienced community broadcasters and their sponsoring stations can be paid to produce five short radio pieces about contemporary Australian music. Live Music Recordings Community stations can

CMW 2007 OPENS NOMINATIONS FOR INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS: THE INDIES Deadline for nominations – November 15, 2006 10/3/2006 Canadian Music Week (CMW) is calling all independent recording artists to apply for The Indies – the 2007 Independent Music Awards. The event will kick off the CMW 07 festivities held in Toronto on Wednesday, March 7,

Whichway night at the Sydney Opera House MusicNSW and Whichway in conjunction with the Sydney Opera House Studio will be presenting a night of the Best of NSW Indigenous contemporary music artists on Thursday February 15th 2007. The night will showcase the best in Soul, funk and Hip Hop with a dash of country. performers

FBi’s BLOCK PARTY IS ON NOW – a massive ‘call to arms’ for FBi listeners to take the plunge and become FBi supporters. FBi isn’t a commercial radio station, but they still pay commercial rates for everything. It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to keep FBi on air, and nearly half of