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So, you wanna be discovered? You want an A R guy in a bright bold jacket to wine you and dine you and tell you tales of future riches, of industry respect and first-week chart projections, and…

Following the global success of 4x Platinum track ‘High feat. Nicole Millar’ - which became the #1 most played song on triple j in 2014, placed #2 on the Hottest 100, and won the ARIA for Best Dance…

If you clicked, you've probably got a venue in mind. Well, it's time to vote for your favourite live venue in The Industry Observer Awards. It's the only award of the night that is publicly voted,…

Late last year, during the swift rise of the #MeToo movement, Isabella Manfredi from The Preatures spoke out about the rampant sexual assault, abuse, and generally terrible behaviour within the music…

Bandcamp, the online music marketplace for indie artists and labels, posted double digit growth across all parts of its business last year and paid out about US$70 million to musicians, the company…

If you've been scrambling to get your entry in for the Vanda Young Songwriting Competition, then the planning gods are truly on your side, as organisers have extended entries by a week, meaning you…

Perth duo The Money War formed during a road trip in the US when Dylan Ollivierre and Carmen Pepper were deciding what to do following the breakup of their respective bands Rainy Day Women and The…

Downtown Music Publishing is set to add to its already global reach, announcing an expansion which will see offices in Sydney an Paris open up under the DMP name. As Billboard notes, Downtown Music's…

The copyright lawsuit filed against Taylor Swift claiming the lyrics to her 2014 track 'Shake It Off' infringed on a 2001 hit by American girl group 3lw has been dismissed by the federal court of…

Well, you may have noticed that on Monday evening we released the shortlist for the inaugural The Industry Observer Awards, presented by TicketWeb. Not surprisingly, we have heard a lot of opinions…