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"Share your power and your resources, and make it a community affair. It’s easy for creative pursuits to be very individual, but make them communal. Pass the mic along.”

Lee Coulter's 'We You Me' had under 1,000 Spotify streams. And then, practically overnight, thousands of mums and bubs on Instagram shot it to #1 on iTunes.

"We know the marketing options are endless if the coffers are always full but it is what you do with the money you are given that counts."

Last year, songwriter, producer and artist Andrew Burford landed two tracks in the world’s largest music poll, the triple j Hottest 100. His track for Hilltop Hoods, ‘1955’ ft. Montaigne, hit #4, and…

"These are the acts that show us what's resonating to them and you can kind of chart the ebbs and flows of genres and trends through what comes up through the ranks."

"It's a great opportunity to be the first in Australia to discover the best new talent from our neighbours in Singapore."

"There is nothing anyone can do to change the patterns and phases of the music cycle.”

"They're telling their stories their way rather than trying to have to battle writing English, which might be their third or fourth language."

The concept is simple: put 50 music lovers on a bus and do a 700km run over three days to catch 20 acts at ten events.

A career in music is not an easy journey and has its own unique challenges, and so offering some financial relief to assist an artist along the way with any career momentum that they may have gained to date is effectively the main driver behind the prize.