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Does the man behind Australian Music Week have the best job in music?
Geoff Trio has a pretty sweet job. Every year the music industry titan and founder of Australian Music Week sits back, straps on a pair of headphones, and listens to hundreds of hours of music…

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Does the man behind Australian Music Week have the best job in music?
Geoff Trio has a pretty sweet job. Every year the music industry titan and founder of Australian Music Week sits back, straps on a pair of headphones, and listens to hundreds of hours of music…

'Music Wars: The Untold Story of Central Station Records' (excerpt)
From its inception as a tiny Melbourne store in the 1970's, to becoming the linchpin that paved the way for electronic dance music in Australia and New Zealand, Central Station Records' status as an…

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'Music Wars: The Untold Story of Central Station Records' (excerpt)
From its inception as a tiny Melbourne store in the 1970's, to becoming the linchpin that paved the way for electronic dance music in Australia and New Zealand, Central Station Records' status as an…

Fast Five: Starley on staying indie, Spotify and why that Call On Me remix blew up
The story’s notorious now: in early 2016, Sydney songwriter Starley Hope was about to give up on trying to make it as a songwriter, having tried to make a go of it in London, Sydney and LA, when she…

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Fast Five: Starley on staying indie, Spotify and why that Call On Me remix blew up
The story’s notorious now: in early 2016, Sydney songwriter Starley Hope was about to give up on trying to make it as a songwriter, having tried to make a go of it in London, Sydney and LA, when she…

Meet the co-founder of Six8, the Aussie start-up making it easy to book bands
Keith Sue is the polar opposite of what you’d expect a tech startup founder to be. Earlier this year, the ex-research scholar and his friend Saurabh Das launched Six8, the platform making it easy to…

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Meet the co-founder of Six8, the Aussie start-up making it easy to book bands
Keith Sue is the polar opposite of what you’d expect a tech startup founder to be. Earlier this year, the ex-research scholar and his friend Saurabh Das launched Six8, the platform making it easy to…

Could the new Apple HomePod triple artist revenues?
During its Developers Conference (WWDC) in California, Apple announced HomePod, its voice-activated loudspeaker powered by its virtual assistant Siri. Apple's first new device in almost three years…

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Could the new Apple HomePod triple artist revenues?
During its Developers Conference (WWDC) in California, Apple announced HomePod, its voice-activated loudspeaker powered by its virtual assistant Siri. Apple's first new device in almost three years…

5 Questions with award-winning music video director Warren Fu
Daft Punk, The Weeknd, Snoop Dogg, Pharrell Williams, Mark Ronson; they’ve all hit the top, and they can all thank Warren Fu for helping them get there. Fu is the award-winning music video director…

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5 Questions with award-winning music video director Warren Fu
Daft Punk, The Weeknd, Snoop Dogg, Pharrell Williams, Mark Ronson; they’ve all hit the top, and they can all thank Warren Fu for helping them get there. Fu is the award-winning music video director…

Falcona's Director Chris 'Muz' Murray: "There are never any issues until you start making money"
From not taking a salary for years, to growing Falcona into a music management and booking company that now has its own touring and corporate events arms - and even runs its own festivals - we could…

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Falcona's Director Chris 'Muz' Murray: "There are never any issues until you start making money"
From not taking a salary for years, to growing Falcona into a music management and booking company that now has its own touring and corporate events arms - and even runs its own festivals - we could…

Meet Chromatic, the expert behind some of the most mind-blowing festival stages in the world
"Blood, sweat, no sleep. Nothing has changed." Matt Chromatic is referring to the very first stage he designed in the late '90s; before his world-renowned Defqon festival stages made the definitive…

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Meet Chromatic, the expert behind some of the most mind-blowing festival stages in the world
"Blood, sweat, no sleep. Nothing has changed." Matt Chromatic is referring to the very first stage he designed in the late '90s; before his world-renowned Defqon festival stages made the definitive…

BMG's Heath Johns: "We're seeing iconic artists being largely ignored by their labels"
When Heath Johns left his role as Director of A R at Universal Music Publishing Australia in January 2016, he had grown restless with his hopes for the music industry. His move to set up BMG…

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BMG's Heath Johns: "We're seeing iconic artists being largely ignored by their labels"
When Heath Johns left his role as Director of A R at Universal Music Publishing Australia in January 2016, he had grown restless with his hopes for the music industry. His move to set up BMG…

A detailed history of Purple Sneakers, from the creator
Somewhere back in the midst of the mid-2000s, Martin Novosel had a vision – if the Beastie Boys had fought for his right to party, then it was his responsibility to ensure the party went on. Purple…

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A detailed history of Purple Sneakers, from the creator
Somewhere back in the midst of the mid-2000s, Martin Novosel had a vision – if the Beastie Boys had fought for his right to party, then it was his responsibility to ensure the party went on. Purple…
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