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Got game? The 2019 Vanda Young Global Songwriting Competition could be your field of dreams. The annual songwriting contest carries a first place cash prize of $50,000, courtesy of APRA AMCOS,…

The saga of the NSW Government vs. the live music scene has continued to rage on, with Live Performance Australia pleading for a halt to "rushed regulations". The cancellation of Mountain Sounds over…

First, the lockouts. Now festivals. These are nervous times for music fans in Sydney and across NSW, with harsh new licensing conditions set to be applied to festivals from March 1. Two events have…

After two years of exhaustive negotiations, lobbying and drafts, the European Union has agreed to update its copyright laws for the digital age, paving the way for artists to get a healthier cut of…

Martin Foley loves live music almost as much as he loves shading the Liberals. The Victorian MP has been tweeting up a storm, with his political counterparts in NSW taking a thrashing over their…

Universal Music Group, the world’s biggest music company, is swallowing up another indie distributor, Ingrooves. UMG has been a client, partner and minority investor since 2006, when it snapped up…

In the wake of the Mountain Sounds cancellation, a new initiative is calling on NSW music-lovers to come out and show their support at the Don't Kill Live Music rally. Over the last few days, there…

The war on festivals rumbles on, but there are signs of a truce. Following intensifying pressure from the live industry, artists and a scathing open-letter penned by Bluesfest director Peter Noble,…

The amount of Grammy awards given to female artists spiked massively this year, just 12 months on the some controversial comments by the president of The Recording Academy. Back in early 2018, the…

Just days after the beloved Mountain Sounds festival was cancelled as part of New South Wales' "war on festivals", NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has offered her first public response. On Saturday,…