It’s that time of the year again – my oh my does time fly by. The MusicNSW team would like to wish you a very safe and happy holiday, and we can’t wait to see what 2014 will have in store for our thriving industry. See you in the new year!

Being the impassioned music lovers we are, naturally we have kept our ear to the ground when NSW musicians and bands released new records. Recently we embarked on a listening party in the office, and compiled a list of our favourite releases by NSW-based artists in 2013. Here are the results (in no particular order):

City of Sydney have announced they will be fast-tracking the initiatives outlined in the Live Music action plan which was revealed earlier this month. “We’ve already received positive feedback from the community on our taskforce’s action plan, with people telling us it has the potential to breathe new life into the sector and transform the cultural life of our

The nominees for the 2013 FBi SMAC Awards have been announced! We’re thrilled to see our festival project Sound Summit nominated for Best Music Event of the Year! Congratulations to our co-directors Nic Warnock, Liza Harvey and Daniel Gottlieb,  and congrats to all the other excellent nominees! Some tough competition this year! The nominees are: RECORD

The winners for the 27th annual ARIA Awards were announced on Sunday night! Congratulations to all those who were nominated this year and to those who walked away with the prize! 2013 ARIA Award Categories Album of the Year Birds Of Tokyo – March Fires Flume – Flume Guy Sebastian – Armageddon Nick Cave &

The new professional development program RELEASE: The Business Of Music Management has announced the 15 independent label owners from Australia and New Zealand who will participate in the six month program. From NSW the winners include Deanne Hardwick, Jaclyn Hurst, Joel Rapaport, Michael Solo and Belinda Webster, from Victoria Guy Blackman and Blake Byron Smith, Queenslanders include Simon Homer and Luke Dalton, Mark Grose from the Northern Territory, Dave Brewer from South

Register for our recording masterclass – as part of ARIA Week 2013, in conjunction with Studios 301 and MusicNSW. Australian Recording Industry Association Ltd (ARIA) and Studios 301 have teamed up with MusicNSW to create a special workshop for emerging musicians and producers. Less Auto / More Tune is a 2-part Masterclass on how to maximise

The latest Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) National ?Listener Survey has revealed that over 350 community radio stations in Australia ?are getting increased listenership. On average, 29% of all radio listeners tune in ?each week to community radio, which is a rise of nearly 15% (from 4,446,000 community radio listeners) since 2012. The survey

triple j has announced which six Australian music videos are nominees in the 2013 Australian Music Video Of The Year. The music videos will be judged by triple j on creativity, originality and technical excellence. The winners will be revealed at the triple j Awards ceremony in Sydney next Friday, November 22. Here are the nominees

The Live Music Task force have released action plan of 57 recommendations to foster live music in Sydney. The action plan, which was launched at Goodgod Small Club this week in Sydney, is a result of a year worth of consultation and development by the Live Music Task Force. The Lord Mayor Clover Moore and