Features

New Adelaide music TV show Jam LIVE is “designed to get people excited about live music”

"The concept of a 'live' music TV show is currently not being featured in the marketplace."

How unsigned artist Sam Phay went from a songwriting session to Sydney Opera House in four months

How independent songwriter Sam Phay went from his home studio to performing to over a million people on triple j's Like A Version in just four months.

5 Questions with Live Nation Australasia CEO Roger Field: 'We as an industry are terrible at educating consumers'

"The only way to really make it in the business with credibility is to start somewhere in the key functioning part of it."

Muki's K-pop songwriting expedition [Photo Diary]

Australian artist Muki has just returned home from MARZ, an exclusive invite-only South Korean pop writing camp.

Kuren: On the Indigenous artists inspiring the next generation

"Proof that if you set your mind to something, you can take on the world.

Shawn Mendes on his new album: “I’ve never felt so attached to a record”

"I think I’ll only continue to be more and more honest as I get older."

Should RCA/Sony drop R. Kelly?

The call is out for the label to distance itself from the controversial R&B crooner.

5 Questions With Merlin CEO Charles Caldas: 'It feels like a really healthy time' in Australia

Report: global EDM industry now worth $7.1b, down 2% but has "sustainable wide-scale appeal”

The percentage drop is also a reflection of EDM’s expansion into the mainstream music culture and blurred genre lines.

Paradigm Agency Roundtable: Breaking Australian bands internationally

TIO chatted to four booking luminaries to gain insight into how international bookers nurture, discover and break local talent.