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Nathan Jolly

Joined 2017504 posts
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Nathan Jolly is a Sydney-based writer and zen master, who also led the Chicago Bulls to six championships in the '90s.

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BMG are "investing heavily in Swedish/Australian creative exchanges"

BMG are "investing heavily in Swedish/Australian creative exchanges"

There appears to be a love affair brewing between Australian artists and Swedish songwriting and production teams of late, and BMG plan to be at forefront of this cultural and commercial synergy, as…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 14, 2017
BMG are "investing heavily in Swedish/Australian creative exchanges"

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BMG are "investing heavily in Swedish/Australian creative exchanges"

There appears to be a love affair brewing between Australian artists and Swedish songwriting and production teams of late, and BMG plan to be at forefront of this cultural and commercial synergy, as…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 14, 2017
APRA AMCOS and Live Music Office launch 'Rockin' The Puburbs' band comp

APRA AMCOS and Live Music Office launch 'Rockin' The Puburbs' band comp

Rockin' The Puburbs, aside from being an excellently-named competition, is giving one band a mighty leg-up, with a run of gigs across some of the leading pubs in NSW on offer. The winning band…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 13, 2017
APRA AMCOS and Live Music Office launch 'Rockin' The Puburbs' band comp

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APRA AMCOS and Live Music Office launch 'Rockin' The Puburbs' band comp

Rockin' The Puburbs, aside from being an excellently-named competition, is giving one band a mighty leg-up, with a run of gigs across some of the leading pubs in NSW on offer. The winning band…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 13, 2017
Taylor Swift's catalogue is now on Spotify, and look how she's spun the news

Taylor Swift's catalogue is now on Spotify, and look how she's spun the news

“I think there should be an inherent value placed on art.” This is what Taylor Swift told Time magazine in November 2014, when being queried on why she decided to remove her music from the service. I…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 9, 2017
Taylor Swift's catalogue is now on Spotify, and look how she's spun the news

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Taylor Swift's catalogue is now on Spotify, and look how she's spun the news

“I think there should be an inherent value placed on art.” This is what Taylor Swift told Time magazine in November 2014, when being queried on why she decided to remove her music from the service. I…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 9, 2017
Harry Styles on Adult Alternative radio? It's a sign of the times

Harry Styles on Adult Alternative radio? It's a sign of the times

When boy bands splinter, there's only ever room for one breakout star. For N*SYNC, it was Justin Timberlake. Take That spawned Robbie Williams. Wham = Andrew Ridgeley. For One Direction, it was…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 9, 2017
Harry Styles on Adult Alternative radio? It's a sign of the times

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Harry Styles on Adult Alternative radio? It's a sign of the times

When boy bands splinter, there's only ever room for one breakout star. For N*SYNC, it was Justin Timberlake. Take That spawned Robbie Williams. Wham = Andrew Ridgeley. For One Direction, it was…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 9, 2017
Radio ratings: FOX FM on top in Melbourne again; smoothFM rules Sydney

Radio ratings: FOX FM on top in Melbourne again; smoothFM rules Sydney

Today's radio ratings saw Fox FM jump to the top in Melbourne again, while smoothFM holds onto its dominance in Sydney. Kyle and Jackie's O's breakfast show on KIIS continues to rule Sydney airwaves,…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 6, 2017
Radio ratings: FOX FM on top in Melbourne again; smoothFM rules Sydney

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Radio ratings: FOX FM on top in Melbourne again; smoothFM rules Sydney

Today's radio ratings saw Fox FM jump to the top in Melbourne again, while smoothFM holds onto its dominance in Sydney. Kyle and Jackie's O's breakfast show on KIIS continues to rule Sydney airwaves,…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 6, 2017
ARIA announce their new Music Teacher Of The Year award

ARIA announce their new Music Teacher Of The Year award

ARIA are introducing a new award at this year's event, and it's one that even Flume won't win - the ARIA Music Teacher of the Year Award. It's a little left-of-centre, but it makes sense. According…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 5, 2017
ARIA announce their new Music Teacher Of The Year award

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ARIA announce their new Music Teacher Of The Year award

ARIA are introducing a new award at this year's event, and it's one that even Flume won't win - the ARIA Music Teacher of the Year Award. It's a little left-of-centre, but it makes sense. According…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 5, 2017
In one huge play, Concord becomes one of the world's biggest music publishers

In one huge play, Concord becomes one of the world's biggest music publishers

In one huge play, Concord Bicycle Music joins the head pack of the world’s biggest music publishers. Concord has acquired Netherlands-based independent publisher Imagem in a deal reportedly worth…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 5, 2017
In one huge play, Concord becomes one of the world's biggest music publishers

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In one huge play, Concord becomes one of the world's biggest music publishers

In one huge play, Concord Bicycle Music joins the head pack of the world’s biggest music publishers. Concord has acquired Netherlands-based independent publisher Imagem in a deal reportedly worth…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 5, 2017
Guns N’ Roses’ Greatest Hits has been on the U.S. charts for 400 weeks

Guns N’ Roses’ Greatest Hits has been on the U.S. charts for 400 weeks

Guns N' Roses notched up an impressive record this week, with their Greatest Hits collection's latest appearance on the Billboard 200 albums chart being the record's 400th non-consecutive week on the…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 5, 2017
Guns N’ Roses’ Greatest Hits has been on the U.S. charts for 400 weeks

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Guns N’ Roses’ Greatest Hits has been on the U.S. charts for 400 weeks

Guns N' Roses notched up an impressive record this week, with their Greatest Hits collection's latest appearance on the Billboard 200 albums chart being the record's 400th non-consecutive week on the…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 5, 2017
Hit songwriter sues Suge Knight for taking financial advantage of his drug addiction

Hit songwriter sues Suge Knight for taking financial advantage of his drug addiction

In 2006, Scott Storch had a string of hit records to his name, $70 million in the band, and a niggling cocaine addiction. By 2015 he had filed for bankruptcy, burnt many of his industry connections,…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 5, 2017
Hit songwriter sues Suge Knight for taking financial advantage of his drug addiction

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Hit songwriter sues Suge Knight for taking financial advantage of his drug addiction

In 2006, Scott Storch had a string of hit records to his name, $70 million in the band, and a niggling cocaine addiction. By 2015 he had filed for bankruptcy, burnt many of his industry connections,…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 5, 2017
Universal Music Group gifts $500,000 to Manchester victims

Universal Music Group gifts $500,000 to Manchester victims

Universal Music Group provided the bulk of the talent at yesterday evening's One Love Manchester benefit show, which has (so far) raised over $9M for the victims of last fortnight's terrorist attack.…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 5, 2017
Universal Music Group gifts $500,000 to Manchester victims

News

Universal Music Group gifts $500,000 to Manchester victims

Universal Music Group provided the bulk of the talent at yesterday evening's One Love Manchester benefit show, which has (so far) raised over $9M for the victims of last fortnight's terrorist attack.…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 5, 2017
James Corden won't be hosting the Carpool Karaoke spin-off series

James Corden won't be hosting the Carpool Karaoke spin-off series

James Corden's segment Carpool Karaoke will be spun off into a weekly show, to be hosted on Apple Music from August 8. Apple promises "many of today’s biggest names in music, television, film, sports…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 1, 2017
James Corden won't be hosting the Carpool Karaoke spin-off series

News

James Corden won't be hosting the Carpool Karaoke spin-off series

James Corden's segment Carpool Karaoke will be spun off into a weekly show, to be hosted on Apple Music from August 8. Apple promises "many of today’s biggest names in music, television, film, sports…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 1, 2017
Fanning, Frenzal, and a little band called The Beatles to storm the ARIA Charts

Fanning, Frenzal, and a little band called The Beatles to storm the ARIA Charts

Two Aussie acts from quite different ends of the musical spectrum will be competing against Ed Sheeran for #1 on next week's ARIA Albums chart: Byron Bay metalcore band In Hearts Wake, whose fourth…

By Nathan Jolly - May 31, 2017
Fanning, Frenzal, and a little band called The Beatles to storm the ARIA Charts

News

Fanning, Frenzal, and a little band called The Beatles to storm the ARIA Charts

Two Aussie acts from quite different ends of the musical spectrum will be competing against Ed Sheeran for #1 on next week's ARIA Albums chart: Byron Bay metalcore band In Hearts Wake, whose fourth…

By Nathan Jolly - May 31, 2017
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