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APRA AMCOS is to launch a programme to develop, support and nurture Aboriginal musicians across NSW, funded to the tune of $65,000 by the NSW Government. The funding for the project has come from the…

Australian management company Milton Archer – who helm the careers of The Aston Shuffle, Sneaky Sound System and Hook N Sling – has teamed with American management firm Deckstar. Deckstar was…

After the disastrous $87.1m funding cut to the arts in the federal budget, Music Victoria received some good news, with the Victorian Coalition Government providing a funding boost of $150,000 to the…

Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment have each bought $3 million in shares in Shazam Entertainment, as the private company reportedly prepares for an IPO. The three…

Rdio has announced its expansion into nine new territories, including Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Greece, Croatia, Cyprus, Slovakia and Slovenia. Rdio says that along with the…

Australia Council has selected folk rock musician Ben Wright Smith to spend three months in the US later this year as part of its Nashville Songwriter Residency. The initiative, now in its second…

The four original members of The Seekers and jazz pianist Paul Grabowsky were among those made Officers of the Order of Australia (AO) in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. The Seekers’…

Alberts has announced that it has acquired the publishing catalogue of songwriting legend Hal David, through its representation of selected BMG-controlled catalogues in APRA territories. The…

The South Australian Government has committed $3.09 million over the next four years to set up a creative precinct in Adelaide. Announced as part of the 2013 budget, the St.Paul’s Creative Centre and…

This year’s guest speaker at the Cooper’s Australian Music Prize’s pre-winner’s Amped Up In Conversation lunch is producer Steve Lillywhite. Lillywhite will present a keynote speech and take part in…

A new rock-focused conference created by A R Worldwide President Sat Bisla is slated to debut this April in Hollywood. The Global Rock Summit will be held at the famed Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on…

If the idea of hanging in the Rdio Den at Future Music Festival, watching Pharrell, Tinie Tempah, Deadmau5, Phoenix, Hardwell, Macklemore and more sounds ideal, then you should probably enter this…