FBi Radio’s annual SMAC Awards (Sydney Music Art and Culture Awards) announced their nominees this morning, once again celebrating some of the best local talent Sydney has to offer. The SMAC’s are awarded each year to the artists, musos, venues, promoters, creators and culture makers who keep Sydney’s creative heart beating. Have your say! Vote here for

Drum Media Column – November –2011 Let’s Discuss Radio Content Quotas By Kirsty Brown Recently in the press, there has been a lot of discussion around radio content quotas and Commercial Radio Australia attempting to abolish the guidelines that dictate the level of Australian music that needs to be programmed. For many reasons, this is

The J Awards have been running for seven consecutive years now, and have gained a reputation for discovering and exposing the best Australian talent this country has to offer. Each year the J Awards acknowledge the outstanding creative output by some of our homegrown artists. Past J Award winners include Tame Impala, Wolfmother, The Presets, Hilltop

The 2012 Sydney Festival is upon us with an impressive line-up to date. Every January, Sydney Festival opens with the unique Festival First Night – a night of  of music, dance and visual spectacle on the streets and in the parks of central Sydney, attracting over 200,000 people. Festival first night is always a free event and

The 2012 FBi Radio’s annual SMAC Awards (Sydney Music Art and Culture Awards) are open again for nominations! The SMAC’s are awarded each year to the artists, musos, venues, promoters, creators and culture makers who keep Sydney’s creative heart beating. Last years winners included Cloud Control, Guineafowl, Heaps Descent, Laneway Festival, and Changing Lanes Festival.

Innovation & Business Skills Australia (IBSA) has conducted some incredibly significant research that supports recent findings into the live music industry and estimates that live music in smaller venues generates $988.5million in revenue per year. This study confirms that the small venues live performance workforce is large enough to deliver an independent economic benefit to

Australian Artists Run This Town. By Kirsty Brown This month, I have the privilege of writing this column from the CMJ Conference in New York City. The CMJ Music Marathon is a hosted by the College Music Journal, an incredible organisation that represents college radio stations across America. College radio is the lifeblood of independent

The Jagermeister Independant Music Award Winners were recently announced at the awards ceremony held at Revolt in Melbourne’s Inner West. The ceremony featured amazing performances by awesome local acts Illy (featuring Owl Eyes), Call All Cars, Emma Louise and The Holidays. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners! BEST INDEPENDENT ARTIST THE JEZEBELS BREAKTHROUGH INDEPENDENT

It’s Voxies time of the year again, the annual Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) Awards are distributed amongst those who have demonstrated excellence in community radio. The awards recognise the achievements of stations and their volunteers, both on and off-air. The awards are designed to encourage and assist community broadcasters and acknowledge the accomplishments

The 2012 Partnership Grant Applications are now open! Funding teams of young people to stage their own all ages, drug and alcohol free music events throughout NSW. This year the grants saw festivals, band nights, talent competitions, rock the all ages entertainment calender to date! Indent is a project of MusicNSW and has grown to