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Any touring musician knows that one of the very worst aspects (aside from the lukewarm, 2am truck-stop pies) is having to check your outrageously expensive musical instrument, then rattle nervously…

Melbourne’s Box Hill TAFE has announced a Master of International Music Business course, becoming the first further education provider to do so. Although the institution has been offering Bachelor…

There’s a bluesy sound to your EP. I assume you started with The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, but how far back did you trace this? The best thing with listening to guys like The Beatles, the Stones and…

Iconic nineties media player Winamp will shut down on December 20, with AOL announcing the desktop player will no longer be available for download. "Winamp.com and associated web services will no…

A number of publications and software developers are warning those who use their iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch to create music not to upgrade to iOS7, as it has a number of serious bugs which will…

The UK House of Commons Culture Media and Sport Committee has released a report that slams Google for their reluctance to block websites that infringe copyright. The report, Supporting The Creative…

AJ Maddah has pushed back at Blur after the band announced they had pulled out of next year’s Big Day Out. The Soundwave/Warped Tour/Harvest promoter, who was brought in to jointly run Big Day Out…

After an extensive build up, the music streaming service spearheaded by Interscope/Geffen Chairman Jimmy Iovine, rap mogul Dr. Dre and Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails, How To Destroy Angels) has been…

Proving yet again that New Zealand are light-years ahead of the rest of the world, licensing agencies APRA and PPNZ Music Licensing have introduced the Single Music License, which is a catch-all…

As part of its inaugural sponsorship of the awards, Carlton Dry is offering a $50,000 grant to an emerging act to boost its profile overseas. The money is only to help tour, showcase, record, or…