Music Network

Telstra -- the music and entertainment powerhouse. Don’t laugh. Though it hasn’t yet come to pass, it’s a strapline which is no joke. The Australian telco has serious ambitions to become a player in…

Songl has finally flicked the switch. The major-label backed streaming music service was presented at a function in Sydney last Thursday, a week after going live. It’s built by Digital Music…

Daniel Glass has something of a Midas touch. It seems everything he signs turns to a precious metal -- usually Platinum. Glass is the founder and president of Glassnote, one of the most important…

Jack Flanagan isn’t a fair-weather guy. Having faced repeated issues with various majors and independent labels, Flanagan and the U.S. rock band he manages, Clutch, figured they’d bring on the fight,…

Australia’s live scene is big business. It’s a booming sector which generates $1.2 billion, services almost 42 million punters and creates almost 15,000 full-time jobs, according to a 2011 study…

Simon Halliday is a music man, a brand steward and a raconteur. They’re all requisite skills for the executive charged with running 4AD, an independent label whose legacy is greater than all but a…

EDM is an “overnight sensation,” twenty years in the making. Patrick Moxey knows all too well the path that finally got electronic music into the U.S. mainstream – because he helped get it there.…

Sudeep Gohil knows brands. He knows music. And, importantly, he has ideas on how both can get together and play much nicer. A former DJ and promoter, Gohil is chief executive of Droga5, an ad agency…

There’s something quintessentially “Australian” about A Day On The Green. It’s an outdoors summer experience which combines picnics, wine and live music. And it’s built within Australia’s winery…

The Perth Arena finally opened for business last November, giving W.A. a sorely-needed international venue - and a strategic bridge into Asia. The 15,500-capacity site was a decade in the making,…

Something was different. Four songs in, after the aching opener, and the double-shimmy of Good Morning and Mr. Milk, it became apparent what this point of difference was: no camera-phones. No…

Ticketmaster meets with NSW ministers, while Viagogo report finds 500,000 Aussies have been scammed Ticketmaster’s MD of International Resale, Christoph Homann, was in Australia to meet with NSW…