Opinion

I have been penning a letter about detaching from the pressures of the music industry for the past few years, but I didn’t consciously start to detach until I recently went to London. Right now I…

I often wonder why developing artists invest $5,000 - $15,000 on video clips. Judging by the view counts some of these videos get, it looks like they're paying $2-$4 per view?!? Wow, what a waste of…

That old joke about visiting Brisbane, and how you’ll need to set your watch back 20 years... it was lame at the time. Don’t even bother with it now. Brisbane is a dynamic, modern city with a lot…

Yes, Facebook Ads also have their own algorithm, not just Facebook posts. Welcome, to everything you need to know about the Facebook Ad Algorithm. Here's the punchline; Facebook Ads no longer work…

24 years ago the UK Government attempted to make rave culture illegal with a law that banned public performance of music “wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of…

Midway through this month, the MBL announced their plans to do away with both electronic and paper ticketing. First they will implement fingerprint technology, then facial scanning. "Safe, simple and…

As I have aged, I have noticed the darnedest thing: triple j no longer appears to be appealing to the youth. Back when I was a teenager, triple j was really in the pocket, playing song after song…

The NSW State Government just unleashed the worst round of arts funding to date. Given their attitude towards the once-thriving night economy in the country's largest city, most of which was built…

Tracing the invention of any artform is messy. For every perceived ground zero, there is someone who was doing the same thing, earlier and independently. Often, artists arrive at the same idea at the…

The thing about humans is we are quite terrible at keeping a steady beat without prompts, despite the metronome inside our chest keeping us alive. Tell someone to tap their desk every 0.6 seconds for…