Applications are now open for the Accelerate, the British Council’s Indigenous Australian creative leadership programme. The 2013 Accelerate Program was launched at the NIMA Awards at the Sydney Opera House this week. Accelerate offers outstanding applicants a unique opportunity to develop as leaders, through two stages. The first stage entails a leadership intensive in Australia,

The Australia Council of the Arts has funded six record labels (totalling $253,660) as a result of their pilot Recording Initiative Scheme, which is designed to aid labels to develop, produce and market their recordings. Australia Council sorted through 65 applications in total. Paul Mason, Director of Music states: “It’s no surprise that there was significant

Indent, the peak network for all-ages entertainment in NSW, is proud to present FEEDBACK – a full day of music industry guest speakers, panels, take-home resources, live music and networking, especially for 12-25 year olds, held in collaboration with Vivid Ideas 2013! With less than 3 weeks to go, Indent is very excited to announce

MusicNSW, in partnership with the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), is proud to present our latest free workshop: “Music Publishing 101: Sync Or Swim!”, held at 6.30pm on Thursday 23 May at the APRA offices in Ultimo, NSW. Licensing songs to ads, film or TV is a lucrative business. This panel will explore the income

Sound Summit Festival of Independent and Innovative Music is excited to announce some important changes for the festival in 2013. Sound Summit can now confirm that the 2013 festival is to be held in Sydney. Sound Summit will be taking place this year from Thursday November 7 to Sunday November 10. Whilst there are many reasons

Widely considered to the one of the country’s most prominent Indigenous Awards, 2013 The National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs) are returning to celebrate a decade of recognising excellence in Indigenous music. (It’s also their third year being national!) The NIMA Awards will be held this year on August 10 at Darwin’s Garden’s Amphitheatre, and features

MusicNSW, in partnership with the Association Of Artist Managers (AAM), is proud to present our latest free workshop: “Artist Management: What It Means Today”, held at 6.30pm on Tuesday 7 May at venue The Basement: 7 Macquarie Place, Sydney. For professional musicians, a skillful artist manager is a must. With several of our top acts

In a victory for music campaigners, Marrickville Council have made their first steps towards supporting the movement towards boosting Sydney’s live music scene through a Motion which was passed this week. The Motion passed states the following: making Parramatta Road a live music and cultural hub has the potential to revitalise the industry and rejuvenate

The Top 30 Shortlist for the 2013 APRA Song of the Year Award has now been released! “The Top 30 shortlist for the 2013 APRA Song of the Year Award is impressive and illustrates the breadth of talent in this country across the genre spectrum,” said APRA CEO Brett Cottle. “It’s a fantastic list of