It’s ARIA’s time again and this year New South Welshmen and women are dominating the nominations. Across all the nominations a mixed collective of emerging, established and legendary artists are placed on level playing field competing for the coveted gong.MusicNSW would like to congratulate each nomination, and will all the NSW artists in the running
Free workshops for emerging Indigenous Artists, thanks Whichway.
Whichway, a project of MusicNSW, exists to assist in the development of the Indigenous music industry in NSW. On October, 20-22 and 27-29, Whichway will host two series of workshops for emerging Indigenous artists interested in taking their music that one step further. The introduction workshops will be split over two weeks by style of
AMRAP launch AirIT at Big Sound
The Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (AMRAP) launched AirIT today at Big Sound Music Summit in Brisbane. AirIT is a brand new online music catolgue for community radio stations and a spankin’ digital distribution service for record labels You may know AMRAP from distribution services like their monthly mailout to community radio stations that would
MusicNSW and Arts NSW send artists to Big Sound
MusicNSW with support from Arts NSW have committed funding to assist NSW artists to attend the 2009 Big Sound conference. Big Sound is an industry summit and showcase of Australian artists to an international market and is a beacon of emerging talent and hungry music fans. Staged across six venues in Fortitude Valley, Brisbanes entertainment
Get It In Writing!
Navigating band agreements By Darren Sanicki From The Arts Law Centre of Australia I am often asked by young bands whether they should enter into an agreement among themselves. Whilst my legal training says “Yes”, I am also conscious that this may open a can of worms. Recently a client of mine, the charismatic and
Vanda and Young Songwriting Competition
Got a great song? Feeling charitable? Enter the Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition to win cash & prizes and give back! Open to aspiring and established songwriters, the Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition provides an outstanding opportunity for a talented songwriter to make their mark, and support music therapy charity, Nordoff-Robbins. Dont miss the chance
Nominees for 2009 Deadlys announced
Nominees for the 15th annual Deadly Awards – the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music, Sport, Entertainment and Community Awards – have been announced. This is your chance to let your favourite Indigenous achiever know that you think theyre totally deadly! We’ve got a bunch of Whichway artists nominated in various music categories –
The iBand (pt 2)
HOW ARTISTS ARE USING SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES TO PROMOTE THEIR MUSIC ACROSS THE WORLD. This blog is Part 2 of our look at Social Media sites and their ability to promote and market artists across the world. Introduction to Music Streaming Sites The popularity of sites that allow users to stream, learn, chat and share
Sound Summit 2009: a festival of Independent and Innovative music
Held annually as an integral part of This Is Not Art (TINA), Sound Summit will celebrate it’s 10th birthday in 2009 over the October longer weekend – October 1 – 5, in Newcastle, NSW. Traditionally an electronic and hip hop conference and festival, in 2009 Sound Summit will drop it’s genres and broaden it’s scope,
Save The Scene, Indent’s 2009 Workshop Tour
Free Music Industry and Songwriting Workshops in August and September EVERYWHERE Indent is hitting the road for the 2009 installment of ‘Save the Scene – a series of free music industry workshops for youth. Throughout the series Indent will be talking music industry specs and songwriting techs with some of the best in the business.