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The Rolling Stones Australia 2014: six under-rated Stones classics
So, the Stones are coming to Australia next year, it would seem. Instead of pulling out your old 45 of My Satisfaction in celebration, hooking up the record player, remembering the left speaker…
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The Rolling Stones Australia 2014: six under-rated Stones classics
So, the Stones are coming to Australia next year, it would seem. Instead of pulling out your old 45 of My Satisfaction in celebration, hooking up the record player, remembering the left speaker…
AMIN announces 15 label owners for Release program
The Australian Music Industry Network (AMIN) has selected 15 independent label owners to participate in its Release program. Set to run for six months, the program was set up to provide indie label…
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AMIN announces 15 label owners for Release program
The Australian Music Industry Network (AMIN) has selected 15 independent label owners to participate in its Release program. Set to run for six months, the program was set up to provide indie label…
Frontier Touring and AEG Live to bring the Rolling Stones to Australia in 2014
Frontier have announced that unbeatable icons The Rolling Stones will be heading to Australia in March next year. So far only one date has been announced, March 22 for the opening of Adelaide Oval,…
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Frontier Touring and AEG Live to bring the Rolling Stones to Australia in 2014
Frontier have announced that unbeatable icons The Rolling Stones will be heading to Australia in March next year. So far only one date has been announced, March 22 for the opening of Adelaide Oval,…
Madonna and producer win ‘Vogue’ sampling lawsuit
Madonna and producer Robert "Shep" Pettibone have won a lawsuit that claimed they illegally sampled a tune on her 1990 international hit Vogue. Last July, US company VMG Salsoul sued, claiming that…
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Madonna and producer win ‘Vogue’ sampling lawsuit
Madonna and producer Robert "Shep" Pettibone have won a lawsuit that claimed they illegally sampled a tune on her 1990 international hit Vogue. Last July, US company VMG Salsoul sued, claiming that…
Industrial Strength: November 20, 2013
Joan Warner to keynote at country music radio seminar Commercial Radio Australia CEO Joan Warner is the keynote speaker at the third Country Music Radio Seminar. Organised by the CMA Australian…
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Industrial Strength: November 20, 2013
Joan Warner to keynote at country music radio seminar Commercial Radio Australia CEO Joan Warner is the keynote speaker at the third Country Music Radio Seminar. Organised by the CMA Australian…
Inertia’s Colin Daniels joins international Merlin board
Colin Daniels, Managing Director of Inertia, was voted on the 15-seat board of Merlin, London-based global rights agency for the independent label sector. Daniels is the second Australian on the…
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Inertia’s Colin Daniels joins international Merlin board
Colin Daniels, Managing Director of Inertia, was voted on the 15-seat board of Merlin, London-based global rights agency for the independent label sector. Daniels is the second Australian on the…
APRA AMCOS examines Spotify prices
Is Australia an expensive market for digital music streaming? A new whitepaper from APRA AMCOS examines Spotify prices in 35 markets, with the organisation’s principal analyst Andrew Harris…
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APRA AMCOS examines Spotify prices
Is Australia an expensive market for digital music streaming? A new whitepaper from APRA AMCOS examines Spotify prices in 35 markets, with the organisation’s principal analyst Andrew Harris…
Jetstar expands their musician-friendly baggage policy
Any touring musician knows that one of the very worst aspects (aside from the lukewarm, 2am truck-stop pies) is having to check your outrageously expensive musical instrument, then rattle nervously…
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Jetstar expands their musician-friendly baggage policy
Any touring musician knows that one of the very worst aspects (aside from the lukewarm, 2am truck-stop pies) is having to check your outrageously expensive musical instrument, then rattle nervously…
The right to erase: music, information ownership, and the Internet’s long memory
The music industry was one of the earliest and most aggressive adopters of the Internet as a means of communication and marketing. Accordingly, many of the legal dilemmas thrown up by the digital age…
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The right to erase: music, information ownership, and the Internet’s long memory
The music industry was one of the earliest and most aggressive adopters of the Internet as a means of communication and marketing. Accordingly, many of the legal dilemmas thrown up by the digital age…
Reporting from inside the Australian music business since '94.
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