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Nathan Jolly

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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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Exclusive: Max Watt's expands with a new booking and marketing team

Exclusive: Max Watt's expands with a new booking and marketing team

Max Watt's operates successful venues in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, and to cope with the very welcome flood of extra work, they have appointed new booking and marketing teams. Nathan Farrell of…

By Nathan Jolly - May 16, 2017
Exclusive: Max Watt's expands with a new booking and marketing team

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Exclusive: Max Watt's expands with a new booking and marketing team

Max Watt's operates successful venues in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, and to cope with the very welcome flood of extra work, they have appointed new booking and marketing teams. Nathan Farrell of…

By Nathan Jolly - May 16, 2017
Hayley Williams settles songwriting lawsuit with ex-Paramore bassist

Hayley Williams settles songwriting lawsuit with ex-Paramore bassist

Hayley Williams has settled a lawsuit with Jeremy Davis, ex-bassist for Paramore, who claimed she and the band's guitarist Taylor York removed his name from official writing credits, therefore…

By Nathan Jolly - May 15, 2017
Hayley Williams settles songwriting lawsuit with ex-Paramore bassist

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Hayley Williams settles songwriting lawsuit with ex-Paramore bassist

Hayley Williams has settled a lawsuit with Jeremy Davis, ex-bassist for Paramore, who claimed she and the band's guitarist Taylor York removed his name from official writing credits, therefore…

By Nathan Jolly - May 15, 2017
China's biggest EDM festival is set to storm the Australian market

China's biggest EDM festival is set to storm the Australian market

While a number of international music festivals have attempted to enter the massive Chinese market over the past few years, China's largest homegrown EDM festival, Budweiser Storm, is looking to…

By Nathan Jolly - May 15, 2017
China's biggest EDM festival is set to storm the Australian market

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China's biggest EDM festival is set to storm the Australian market

While a number of international music festivals have attempted to enter the massive Chinese market over the past few years, China's largest homegrown EDM festival, Budweiser Storm, is looking to…

By Nathan Jolly - May 15, 2017
Early MP3 pioneers eMusic are back with a new indie-friendly model

Early MP3 pioneers eMusic are back with a new indie-friendly model

Back in the dark ages of 1998, eMusic offered up one of the first online music subscription services: you would pay a monthly fee, and be able to download a number of DRM-free MP3s straight to your…

By Nathan Jolly - May 12, 2017
Early MP3 pioneers eMusic are back with a new indie-friendly model

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Early MP3 pioneers eMusic are back with a new indie-friendly model

Back in the dark ages of 1998, eMusic offered up one of the first online music subscription services: you would pay a monthly fee, and be able to download a number of DRM-free MP3s straight to your…

By Nathan Jolly - May 12, 2017
Aussie musicians can now insure themselves against injury or illness

Aussie musicians can now insure themselves against injury or illness

APRA AMCOS have announced a new insurance policy which will take some of the worry and uncertainty out of being a musician. Through insurance agency Aon, the Musicians Support Policy offers…

By Nathan Jolly - May 12, 2017
Aussie musicians can now insure themselves against injury or illness

News

Aussie musicians can now insure themselves against injury or illness

APRA AMCOS have announced a new insurance policy which will take some of the worry and uncertainty out of being a musician. Through insurance agency Aon, the Musicians Support Policy offers…

By Nathan Jolly - May 12, 2017
Niall Horan and Nick Cave set for top ten debuts

Niall Horan and Nick Cave set for top ten debuts

It's shaping up to be a fairly uneventful week on the ARIA charts, with no real splashes from new entries, nor noteworthy surges up either chart. The only probable top ten debut on the Albums Chart…

By Nathan Jolly - May 10, 2017
Niall Horan and Nick Cave set for top ten debuts

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Niall Horan and Nick Cave set for top ten debuts

It's shaping up to be a fairly uneventful week on the ARIA charts, with no real splashes from new entries, nor noteworthy surges up either chart. The only probable top ten debut on the Albums Chart…

By Nathan Jolly - May 10, 2017
UK rock bible Kerrang! sold, with new owners looking to go global

UK rock bible Kerrang! sold, with new owners looking to go global

Publisher Wasted Talent bought UK rock bible Kerrang! as part of a rush of new acquisitions, which includes long-dormant style and fashion magazine The Face, and the excellently-named brewing mag The…

By Nathan Jolly - May 10, 2017
UK rock bible Kerrang! sold, with new owners looking to go global

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UK rock bible Kerrang! sold, with new owners looking to go global

Publisher Wasted Talent bought UK rock bible Kerrang! as part of a rush of new acquisitions, which includes long-dormant style and fashion magazine The Face, and the excellently-named brewing mag The…

By Nathan Jolly - May 10, 2017
Pandora subscriptions are up, but active users are down

Pandora subscriptions are up, but active users are down

Pandora presented their first quarter figures yesterday, and -- despite spinning things in a positive light, mostly due to a recent $150M cash injection -- it would seem that users are moving away…

By Nathan Jolly - May 9, 2017
Pandora subscriptions are up, but active users are down

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Pandora subscriptions are up, but active users are down

Pandora presented their first quarter figures yesterday, and -- despite spinning things in a positive light, mostly due to a recent $150M cash injection -- it would seem that users are moving away…

By Nathan Jolly - May 9, 2017
A beer has been created using urine collected at Roskilde Festival

A beer has been created using urine collected at Roskilde Festival

Imagine. You're drunk at a music festival with your stupid mates, and you spot something cleverly named ‘From Piss to Pilsner’ - an initiative which aims to collect 25,000 litres of urine from…

By Nathan Jolly - May 9, 2017
A beer has been created using urine collected at Roskilde Festival

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A beer has been created using urine collected at Roskilde Festival

Imagine. You're drunk at a music festival with your stupid mates, and you spot something cleverly named ‘From Piss to Pilsner’ - an initiative which aims to collect 25,000 litres of urine from…

By Nathan Jolly - May 9, 2017
Crisis time: WA event suppliers owed almost $3m by festival promoters

Crisis time: WA event suppliers owed almost $3m by festival promoters

Western Australia's live music scene is in crisis, due to millions of dollars in debts owed by promoters of summer festivals. The President of the Events Industry Association of WA, Cassandra…

By Nathan Jolly - May 8, 2017
Crisis time: WA event suppliers owed almost $3m by festival promoters

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Crisis time: WA event suppliers owed almost $3m by festival promoters

Western Australia's live music scene is in crisis, due to millions of dollars in debts owed by promoters of summer festivals. The President of the Events Industry Association of WA, Cassandra…

By Nathan Jolly - May 8, 2017
Adobe hikes up Creative Cloud prices for Australian students

Adobe hikes up Creative Cloud prices for Australian students

Humans are creatures of habit, and once a habit is formed -- let's say, regarding what creative suite we master and use daily -- it is awfully hard to get us to change this behaviour without a very…

By Nathan Jolly - May 8, 2017
Adobe hikes up Creative Cloud prices for Australian students

News

Adobe hikes up Creative Cloud prices for Australian students

Humans are creatures of habit, and once a habit is formed -- let's say, regarding what creative suite we master and use daily -- it is awfully hard to get us to change this behaviour without a very…

By Nathan Jolly - May 8, 2017
Twitter moves further into video streaming with a rush of new partnerships

Twitter moves further into video streaming with a rush of new partnerships

After this week's announcement of a partnership with Live Nation to stream a run of big name music concerts, Twitter are moving further from their 140-character beginnings with a host of other media…

By Nathan Jolly - May 5, 2017
Twitter moves further into video streaming with a rush of new partnerships

News

Twitter moves further into video streaming with a rush of new partnerships

After this week's announcement of a partnership with Live Nation to stream a run of big name music concerts, Twitter are moving further from their 140-character beginnings with a host of other media…

By Nathan Jolly - May 5, 2017
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