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Need $15,000 to record your next musical masterpiece?
PPCA and the Australia Council have announced they will be offering another series of $15,000 grants, to assist Australian artists with new sound recordings. The successful applicants of the 2016…

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Need $15,000 to record your next musical masterpiece?
PPCA and the Australia Council have announced they will be offering another series of $15,000 grants, to assist Australian artists with new sound recordings. The successful applicants of the 2016…

The 7 best Aussie songs you haven’t heard, with Edge Radio Music Director Aeron Clark
The Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (Amrap) invites music directors to highlight new Aussie tunes that you might have missed. Community radio music directors often have an encyclopedic…

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The 7 best Aussie songs you haven’t heard, with Edge Radio Music Director Aeron Clark
The Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (Amrap) invites music directors to highlight new Aussie tunes that you might have missed. Community radio music directors often have an encyclopedic…

Rihanna now has more top 10 singles than Michael Jackson
Rihanna has the third-most top 10 hits now, trailing Madonna at 38, and The Beatles at 34. It seems like only yesterday that radio DJs everywhere were forced to say ‘Pon De Replay’ after a…

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Rihanna now has more top 10 singles than Michael Jackson
Rihanna has the third-most top 10 hits now, trailing Madonna at 38, and The Beatles at 34. It seems like only yesterday that radio DJs everywhere were forced to say ‘Pon De Replay’ after a…

Rock legends dragged into a messy legal battle over decades-old recordings
One of the biggest collections of historical rock and roll material in the world has become embroiled in a legal dispute with some of rock’s biggest names. We generally look pretty favourably on any…

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Rock legends dragged into a messy legal battle over decades-old recordings
One of the biggest collections of historical rock and roll material in the world has become embroiled in a legal dispute with some of rock’s biggest names. We generally look pretty favourably on any…

An event in Melbourne thinks artists should work for free, and musos are losing it
Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE), think musicians should work for free. UPDATE 21/2 4pm: In a statement issued to Tone Deaf, Simon Coburn, Show Director at GM Events said the decision to…

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An event in Melbourne thinks artists should work for free, and musos are losing it
Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE), think musicians should work for free. UPDATE 21/2 4pm: In a statement issued to Tone Deaf, Simon Coburn, Show Director at GM Events said the decision to…

Midnight Oil have got a master plan to stamp out ticket scalping
Frontier Touring has pointed to seven steps intended to bring scalpers to a screeching halt. Needless to say, the announcement of Midnight Oil’s first tour in 15 years last week had their fans pretty…

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Midnight Oil have got a master plan to stamp out ticket scalping
Frontier Touring has pointed to seven steps intended to bring scalpers to a screeching halt. Needless to say, the announcement of Midnight Oil’s first tour in 15 years last week had their fans pretty…
Reporting from inside the Australian music business since '94.
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