Marrickville Council will be meeting tonight to vote on their own own ‘Live Music on Parramatta Road’ Motion’ and to discuss the state Marrickville council’s live music scene and the issues it’s currently facing. In the meeting they will be discussing the continual struggles of “illegal” warehouse venues that operate within the general industrial zoned

MusicNSW, through support received by Arts NSW, is pleased to announce that Round 1 of the 2013 Quick Response Grant program is now open to support artists and artist managers in developing export opportunities whilst attending Australian industry conferences, trade fairs and other career defining opportunities in 2013. Artists and artist managers are invited to

Roving regional festival Groovin The Moo has teamed up with MusicNSW to create a special workshop for emerging MCs and producers: a backstage songwriting masterclass with Seth Sentry! The sold-out GTM takes place on Saturday 27 April at Maitland Showground. This workshop is a great opportunity for emerging musos to score feedback from the guy behind

Leichhardt Council have unanimously voted for an investigation to go ahead for the proposed Live Music & Cultural Precinct on Parramatta Road. The vote was held during a public council meeting at Leichhardt Town Hall, which was attended by many prominent music industry representatives and stakeholders. The proposal for the Precinct was initiated by Leichhardt Mayor Darcy Byrne

Applications are now open for The Seed Fund 2013. The Seed is a great initiative that was established in 2005 by Australian musician John Butler. It is aimed at supporting emerging Australian musicians, arts workers and artists to pursue a successful career in their chosen field and project. This year The Seed Fund will provide

Vivid Festival have just announced the Vivid LIVE program for 2013. Vivid Festival will be kicking off on May 24th and will run until June 10th, with the festival program bringing forward new ideas through innovative talks, inspiring panels and workshops, plus stunning light shows and projection mappings with be featured on city centre buildings,

Artist showcase submissions for the 2013 Australasian Worldwide Music Expo (AWME) are now open! AWME is a music conference based in Melbourne which presents and showcases artists and expert panelists from Australia and the wider region to potential buyers across all areas of the  local and international music market. AWME also provides punters with a

Sound Summit Festival of Independent and Innovative music is delighted to announce the appointment of their new Co-Director. Liza Harvey will? work on the 14th annual program of events alongside ongoing Co-Directors Daniel Gottlieb and Nic Warnock to form an expanded team of highly skilled and passionate individuals. Liza Harvey has been an active member of the independent music community both in Sydney

APRA/AMCOS have announced their 36 Australian songwriter finalists and composers for the 2013 Professional Development Awards. These artists are now in the running to receive one of eight PDAs when they are announced on Monday, March 25. Hundreds of applications were submitted last month and the shortlisted artists were judged by an expert panel made up

Sounds Australia, AIR and the PPCA are inviting independent Australian labels to submit expressions of interest to participate in an Australian delegation to the American Association of Independent Music’s (A2IM) Indie Week 2013 in New York City in June! Indie Week 2013 is member-only conference that will be focused on the specific needs of independent