Poppy Reid

The tightening consumption model in the music industry eco-system, building global communities, throwaway culture and urban loneliness, and the right life-stage to maximise revenue from vinyl. These…

"I am saying now, Bluesfest will leave NSW. We have no choice; it's a matter of survival. Will the last festival to leave NSW please turn out the light of culture in this soon to be barren state?"…

Music technology veteran Hazel Savage, previously of Shazam in London, Pandora and Universal Music in Sydney, and BandLab in Singapore, has raised US$1 million to tackle music discovery and curation…

New rules in Spotify's updated Terms of Service policy state that those who use ad blockers could see their accounts immediately terminated or suspended. The rules state that “circumventing or…

I think I was destined to end up in the music industry, one way or another. My mother being the owner of a big dancing institution, and dad once owning a pretty big music hall in Melbourne home to…

After the sudden closure of iconic jazz venue The Basement in Sydney last March, the music industry let out a collective sigh at what it might signify after servicing fans with 45 years of live…

Falcona Agency's latest signing came with a laundry list of accolades long before they even signed to Sony Music Australia late last year. Happiness is Wealth (HisW) is the multi-dimensional music…

With this year's triple j Hottest 100 being the biggest on record (a 15% increase from 2017), Australia is still feeling the wake of the world's biggest publicly voted music poll. Not only can we…

'Big data' is already becoming a problem in the music industry. The sheer amount of data collection and analysis opportunities that we do have puts emerging entrepreneurs in line with some of the…

Content Warning: This article discusses sexual assault, and rape. If you or someone you know are affected by the following story, you are not alone. To speak to someone, you can call Lifeline on 13…

Cyrus Meher-Homji, General Manager, Classics and Jazz, Universal Music Australia is among those awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) today as part of the Australia Day 2019 Honours List.…

Multi-award winning Sydney artist Elizabeth Rose is already making waves with her new project, BRUX. Following the releases of the project's dark, appositely titled, debut single 'I’m Back' in 2018,…