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Andrew Burford has a gift. He takes the tumult of his artists’ noisy vision and turns it into songs that have the power to top charts, win awards, cement a concept and most importantly, marvel an audience.

"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.

"I think if you did that process again, nine times out of ten... I reckon it'd blow up in your face.”

A new study shows that some old school media platforms across the Tasman are holding up reasonably well in spite of the streaming revolution.

McNicol recently featured on the list of the most influential radio music minds in Australia.