Christie Eliezer

Images: The Shires and J Motor BMG AUSTRALIA KICKSTARTS J MOTOR BMG Australia finalised a global publishing deal with rising Sydney artist J Motor. His debut single Jungle Daze was picked up by MTV s…

SONY ACTS HELP FOUNDATION RAISE $1.1M FOR CANCER Sony Music Australia acts Jessica Mauboy, Guy Sebastian, Mark Vincent, Marina Prior and Daryl Braithwaite along with visiting UK act Rag n Bone helped…

The Association of Artist Managers (AAM) has appointed Leanne de Souza as its new Executive Director. The highly respected de Souza is an entrepreneur, arts advocate, facilitator and artist manager.…

Image: Surfers Paradise In addition to working on a $37 million music and cultural precinct on a 16.9-hectare site, the Council of the City of Gold Coast has released a draft of a Live Music Action…

Image: Courtney Barnett’s label shares in the funding for its subscription series The Victorian Government s arts department Creative Victoria’s latest Music Works Major Funding round sees 46…

Image: Dune Rats have joined the Mountain Sounds bill QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC SELLS OUT Queenscliff Music Festival officially sold out earlier this week. The festival runs November 25 27 and has 80 acts on…

LANTERN HOTELS TO SELL ITS PORTFOLIO The ASX-listed Lantern Hotels, having sold The Commodore in North Sydney for $14.5 million and putting The Ambarvale and Uncle Bucks in western Sydney, approached…

SONY/ATV PROMOTES BRIAN MONACO Sony/ATV Music Publishing promoted Brian Monaco to the expanded role of President, Global Chief Marketing Officer. Based in New York, under his guidance, the company…

KATE CEBERANO RECEIVES ORDER OF AUSTRALIA MEDAL Kate Ceberano received her Order Of Australia medal last Friday at Melbourne s Government House from Governor Linda Dessau. The medal came during her…

Image: Kurt Cobain SONY/ATV SIGNS ABC S MARTIN FRY Martin Fry, the lead songwriter and lead vocalist of iconic British band ABC, has inked a worldwide deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Covering…

SOUND PROOFING GRANTS FOR 25 VIC VENUES 25 music venues in Victoria will get soundproofing grants from the State Government as part of its new Good Music Neighbours initiative. The team-up of…

Image: Melbourne band Clowns NEW HEAVY ROCK GATHERING FOR HUNTER VALLEY NSW s Hunter Valley gets a new outdoor heavy music gathering called Thrashville, from the same promoters who also stage The Gum…