New York’s largest music festival CMJ Music Marathon (October 16-20, 2012) attracts more than 120,000 music professionals, artists and music enthusiasts to the City every year, with 2012 seeing over  1,300 performing live in over 80 of NYC’s greatest music venues. It’s an incredible showcase opportunity for any solo artist or band looking to get

Getting your single placed in an ad is no longer selling out, it’s an essential part of making a living from your music. The next workshop in the MusicNSW series is an in-depth look at sync deals, publishing deals, what these things mean, and how to get them! SPEAKERS Katie Brown GaGa Music Greg Carey

Indent is a project of MusicNSW. The purpose of Indent is to empower young people – provide the platform, support and resources necessary to create, access and sustain free all ages live music events in regional and metropolitan NSW. Indent are currently reviewing their project to develop a 3 year strategic plan. To help review the project and build the plan, we have developed an

Nominations are now open for The 18th International Deadly Awards will be held on September 25 at Sydney Opera House in 2012. Often referred to as The Deadlys, the award aim to recognise the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to the Australian society and communities. The Deadlys showcase a diverse range of outstanding

For the The Drum Media 29/5/12 by Meg Williams This week’s edition comes from all the way from Brighton for the 2012 Great Escape. The Great Escape is a showcase conference and is known for launching new music to the UK and European markets. Dubbed the UK’s answer to SXSW, this humble (only in comparison)

The British Council have announced the 14 shortlisted finalists for the third year of ACCELERATE-an incredible opportunity for Indigenous Australian’s trying to build their creative careers. This year ACCERLERATE received 40 applications from across the country which were judged by the British council and several Australian arts funding bodies. The applications represented a diverse range

The 2012 APRA Music Awards were held last night in red carpet style at the Parkside Ballroom in the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, hosted by Jonathan Biggins and Missy Higgins. The 30th anniversary of the annual awards night celebrated songwriters and composers across 12 categories, recognising their exceptional achievements in song writing. The most

The 2012 National Indigenous Music Awards are approaching, and they have officially revealed that their first two acts will be The Medics from Queensland and the Yabu Band from Western Australia. The award show will be held on August 11 at the Gardens Amphitheatre in Darwin and will be revealing the rest of the lineup

The 2012 Art of Music fundraiser is a unique event filled with visual art and live music to be held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Saturday June 2nd. All proceeds from the fundraiser go directly to the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy foundation who works directly with children and adults who have physical

The British Council’s Realise Your Dream awards are celebrating 10 years this year, and the 2012 awards are proving to be  bigger and better than ever! Realise Your Dreams is known for recognising Australia’s most promising emerging talent by fostering artists through career development in the UK creative industries, allowing Australian creatives to build networks