Applications are now officially open for musicians and speakers to take part in this year’s Sound Summit! Sound Summit ‘festival of independent and innovative music’ is set to take place in Newcastle NSW over the Labour Day long weekend (September 27th – 30th) and alongside inter-arts festival TINA (This Is Not Art). Now in it’s 13th
2013 Arts NSW Funding Program Guide
Arts NSW released the 2013 NSW Arts Funding Guide yesterday, a document which contains important information about the funding opportunities offered by Arts NSW next year. The 2013 Arts Funding Program offers a range of amazing opportunities to support artists and arts organisations across the state. If you’re looking to apply for a funding opportunity
Parliament investigates high iTunes prices
Australian prices for Apple’s Itunes are higher than those overseas. The House of Representatives is now doing an official inquiry later this year into technological companies who sell digital content who will now have to answer up as to why their music downloads are so expensive!
Shooting Tunes
Newcastle has launched it’s first ever music video competition and doing a call out to all young video makers, bands and animation artists aged between 13-25 years.
2012 APRA Music Award Nominees Announced
APRA has announced today the nominees for the 2012 APRA Music Awards to be held on Monday 28th May at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. Now in it’s 30th year, the awards are an annual celebration of Australian finest contemporary songwriters and their publishers. This year’s nominees have been selected over nine categories and
ARIA welcomes court decision over sporting broadcasts
Last Friday the Federal Court ruled that phone giant Optus had breached copyright law by streaming near-live broadcasts of football matches, a decision welcomed by ARIA.
The International Space Time Concerto Competition
Organisers waive competition entry fee to make it more accessible to entrants nation wide.
Missy Higgins joins Song Summit 2012
APRA/AMCOS announced today that singer-songrwriter Missy Higgins will be joining Song Summit 2012.
The Seed Fund 2012
Applications are now open for The Seed Fund 2012, a grant initiative that aims to help emerging musicians, artists and art workers. Applications close May 9, 2012. This year the Seed Fund will be broken down into two music categories. Management Workshop A workshop that aims to provide practical strategies to manage artists in the establishment
Inertia and Hub join forces
Inertia and Hub Artist Services have joined forces to launch a new label called HUB.