The Urban Music Awards (Australia & New Zealand) UMA will be a celebration of Urban Music and its huge influence within Australia and New Zealand; encompassing the genres of hip hop, R&B and soul, this show will be aimed at YOU, the people actually buying the music and supporting the scene. All UMA nominees will

For the last two years, The Cat & Fiddle Hotel Balmain, and 456 Records in their continuing support for original live independent Australian music have released the ‘all live’ compilation CD ‘Live @ The Cat.’ With the success of 2005’s Volume 2, including national distribution with MGM, a big push on promotion, street press, radio

Labels, artists and managers looking to make the most their attandance at this year’s Popkomm Festival and Conference, can now register with AIR to be part of the Australian stand, organised by AIR and Austrade. With exhibitor packages starting from just $440, this is a very cost effective way to attend one of Europes most

You create original music? You want the people that matter to hear what youve got? The 2006 Musicoz Awards are calling for entries from May 1. Australias biggest Awards for unsigned and independent musicians are now open. Whether youre in a band or doing it solo, if you play original music, we want to hear

MusicNSW the service organisation for the NSW Music Industry has launched VROOM (The Resource of Original Music). VROOM is the one stop essential resource for touring NSW.   VROOM is the brain-child of singer-songwriter Tracy Redhead who came to MusicNSW with the concept of developing an on line venue touring database, after spending many years touring

MusicNSW, with the assistance of Arts NSW, announces the opening of their Regional Touring Grant Program. Grants of up to $5000 are available to NSW Musicians to help fund the regional NSW component of their tours. The MusicNSW Regional Touring Grants aim to relieve the financial burden to NSW musicians of touring to the more

Whichway, in association with The City of Sydney, Redfern Community Centre and Koori Radio, is running an Intensive Introductory course. The course will consist of 5 sessions, running at the Community Centre on June 14, 15, 20, 21 and 23 from 5-8pm. Participants will learn DJ techniques such as beat mixing and scratching as well

The Australia Council – Music Board have a closing deadline of 1st June 2006 for numerous categories: New Work, Presentation & Promotion, Skills & Development, Project Fellowships, Fellowships. They also have International Pathways Grants for those of you who are planning an international tour. The next deadline is 30th June for projects commencing after 9th

Taking place in one of the worlds music capitals, London Calling 2006 is an event that is creating a buzz across the international music industry with its focus on everything that is future looking, cutting edge, fresh and contemporary in the music business – International licensing Showcasing Digital downloading Music to mobile Synch licensing Music

Grant McLennan, co-leader of the Go-Betweens, died Saturday, May 6, in Brisbane at the age of 48. McLennan passed away in his sleep. McLennan, along with Robert Forster, formed the Go-Betweens in 1977 around a shared love of 1960s pop, folk-rock, Television, and the Velvet Underground. The group released six albums of jangly, intelligent, incisive