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This week's 9 awesome jobs in music that could be yours
Some of the Australian music world’s biggest names often leave doors of opportunity ajar, just waiting for the right kind of professional music lover to come knocking. Our regularly-updated jobs…

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This week's 9 awesome jobs in music that could be yours
Some of the Australian music world’s biggest names often leave doors of opportunity ajar, just waiting for the right kind of professional music lover to come knocking. Our regularly-updated jobs…

Entries are open for the third annual South Australian Music Awards
Entries are now open for Music SA's South Australian Music Awards, marking the third year of SA's celebration of its flourishing music industry. SA artists and music-related businesses have until…

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Entries are open for the third annual South Australian Music Awards
Entries are now open for Music SA's South Australian Music Awards, marking the third year of SA's celebration of its flourishing music industry. SA artists and music-related businesses have until…

BIGSOUND announces its second lineup of speakers for 2017
BIGSOUND's list of industry speakers was already looking flush, but it's just been bolstered even further by the addition of some serious international muscle. Leading the second announcement are…

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BIGSOUND announces its second lineup of speakers for 2017
BIGSOUND's list of industry speakers was already looking flush, but it's just been bolstered even further by the addition of some serious international muscle. Leading the second announcement are…

EXCLUSIVE: Brisbane's PS Music Group adds two new names to its booking roster
Brisbane's PS Music Group, a booking agency, promoter and management company, has added two noteworthy names to its growing bookings roster in NSW-based quartet Morning TV and Zimbabwean-born R B…

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EXCLUSIVE: Brisbane's PS Music Group adds two new names to its booking roster
Brisbane's PS Music Group, a booking agency, promoter and management company, has added two noteworthy names to its growing bookings roster in NSW-based quartet Morning TV and Zimbabwean-born R B…

Sony Music will press its own in-house vinyl records for the first time since 1989
It's been almost three decades since in-house vinyl pressing was on the agenda at Sony, but with vinyl sales outstripping digital downloads for the first time ever last year, the company has…

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Sony Music will press its own in-house vinyl records for the first time since 1989
It's been almost three decades since in-house vinyl pressing was on the agenda at Sony, but with vinyl sales outstripping digital downloads for the first time ever last year, the company has…

NT Song of the Year 2017 finalists revealed, and voting is open
MusicNT’s has announced the Northern territory's 'Song of the Year' finalists, with the winners set to be announced at the awards ceremony on July 8th at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern…

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NT Song of the Year 2017 finalists revealed, and voting is open
MusicNT’s has announced the Northern territory's 'Song of the Year' finalists, with the winners set to be announced at the awards ceremony on July 8th at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern…

BIGSOUND announces its first round of artists for 2017
Australia's biggest music industry conference and artist showcase, BIGSOUND Festival is back for its 16th year, and has just revealed its first lineup of over 60 acts who'll be performing across 17…

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BIGSOUND announces its first round of artists for 2017
Australia's biggest music industry conference and artist showcase, BIGSOUND Festival is back for its 16th year, and has just revealed its first lineup of over 60 acts who'll be performing across 17…

Frontier Touring announces Paul McCartney's first Australian tour dates in almost 25 years
Yes, it's actually happening - Paul McCartney is touring Australia and New Zealand this year for the first time since 1993. The music legend and former Beatle made the announcement during a live Q A…

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Frontier Touring announces Paul McCartney's first Australian tour dates in almost 25 years
Yes, it's actually happening - Paul McCartney is touring Australia and New Zealand this year for the first time since 1993. The music legend and former Beatle made the announcement during a live Q A…

Labels can soon buy their way into Spotify playlists with 'Sponsored Posts'
With Spotify's 2016 financials out in the open as of last week and showing increasingly heavy losses, Spotify is no doubt looking at every avenue it can to increase ad revenue, and it seems that the…

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Labels can soon buy their way into Spotify playlists with 'Sponsored Posts'
With Spotify's 2016 financials out in the open as of last week and showing increasingly heavy losses, Spotify is no doubt looking at every avenue it can to increase ad revenue, and it seems that the…

Spotify turned over $3 billion last year, but still saw its losses double to $581m
Spotify has become many people's go-to platform for music streaming, but as more and more listeners jump on board, the losses continue to pile up. The company has today declared a net loss in 2016 of…

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Spotify turned over $3 billion last year, but still saw its losses double to $581m
Spotify has become many people's go-to platform for music streaming, but as more and more listeners jump on board, the losses continue to pile up. The company has today declared a net loss in 2016 of…

Get to know triple j Unearthed's new Executive Producer, Tommy Faith
Yesterday it was announced that triple j Unearthed had found itself a new Executive Producer to replace the outgoing Lachie Macara, who left the position last month having been with the station since…

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Get to know triple j Unearthed's new Executive Producer, Tommy Faith
Yesterday it was announced that triple j Unearthed had found itself a new Executive Producer to replace the outgoing Lachie Macara, who left the position last month having been with the station since…

triple j Unearthed has a new Executive Producer: Tommy Faith of Mushroom Music Publishing
Triple j itself had a shakeup recently with the news that it had a new Music Director in Nick Findlay, following the long-serving Richard Kingsmill's move to Group Music Director. Now, triple j…

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triple j Unearthed has a new Executive Producer: Tommy Faith of Mushroom Music Publishing
Triple j itself had a shakeup recently with the news that it had a new Music Director in Nick Findlay, following the long-serving Richard Kingsmill's move to Group Music Director. Now, triple j…
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