Arts NSW and the Australia Council for the Arts invite you to learn more about our grants – and how to apply for them – by attending a free information session coming to a city or regional centre near you. Through March and April, representatives from Arts NSW and the Australia Council will be travelling
APRA PDA WINNERS ANNOUNCED
APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association) is proud to announce the winners of its bi-annual PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS (PDAs). Eight Australian songwriters and composers, including four from NSW, will get a massive leg-up as they each receive career-boosting prizes worth over $25,000. From a talented pool of more than 2500 music artists, the list of submissions
FBi Social launching soon
FBi are hugely excited to announce plans for their first ever pop-up live music venue, on the second level of the refurbished Kings Cross Hotel. Launching Friday 25th March, FBi Social will add a new dimension to FBi’s mission of helping emerging local bands break through to larger audiences. Eight years ago FBi Radio went
New Independent Managers Initiative
Calling all Independent Producers including music managers! A new initiative is here for you. If you: are based in Australia and have permanent resident status have a minimum of three separate independent Australian artists, works or projects within your producing portfolio are independent of a funded venue, festival or already subsidised arts company You can
CLOUD CONTROL WIN 6TH AMP
The 6th Australian Music Prize (The Amp) is proud to announce CLOUD CONTROL as the winner of the $30,000 cash prize courtesy of PPCA. CLOUD CONTROL’S stellar album “Bliss Release” was chosen by a panel of judges from media, retail and fellow musicians as the stand out release of 2010. The Sydney band beat eight
Career Fertiliser for Creative Arts Graduates
Applications for the next batch of ArtStart grants are now open for recent creative art graduates to help fund their new arts business – and launch their artistic career. The grants – dubbed as ‘career fertiliser’ – gives artists who have graduated from an accredited artist-?training scheme within the last three years up to $10,000
AMP Nominations Announced
The Australian Music Prize nominations have been announced today with The Sydney Opera House as the backdrop. The nominations come as a great nod to these artists, all of whom are released through independent labels. Check out the nominees: Cloud Control – Bliss Release Dan Kelly – Dan Kelly’s Dream Eddy Current Suppression Ring –
Rock N Roll Auction to Raise Money for Flood Affected Queenslanders
A VIP trip to the massive Coachella Festival in the USA and a chance to meet Katy Perry or Rammstein are just some of the ‘money-can’t-buy’ experiences and collectables going under the hammer to support Queensland’s flood relief efforts. The Queensland Music Network (Q Music) has today launched an online Rock N Roll Auction to
APRA PDA Finalists Announced
RECORD NUMBER OF ENTRIES FOR APRA’S 2011 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS Finalist List Published With Winners To Be Announced on Monday March 14th! Wally De Backer (Gotye), Vassy, Mia Dyson, Michael Yezerski, Abbe May, Amira Pyliotis, Laura Jean Englert, Dianna Corcoran and others have had their early music careers boosted by receiving a PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD.
Yabun Festival
Koori Radio 93.7FM proudly invites Sydney and Australia to celebrate the survival of Aboriginal cultures at the Yabun Festival in Victoria Park on 26 January 2011. Now in its ninth year, Yabun is Australia’s premier one-day festival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture presenting the best in music, dance, sport and so much more.