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Six60 dominate 2018 NZ Music Awards
For now they remain mainly a Kiwi phenomenon, but their haul NZ’s premiere awards event at Spark Arena in Auckland capped off what has been another hugely successful year for Six60.

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Six60 dominate 2018 NZ Music Awards
For now they remain mainly a Kiwi phenomenon, but their haul NZ’s premiere awards event at Spark Arena in Auckland capped off what has been another hugely successful year for Six60.

Auckland joins UNESCO creative cities network
Auckland, the newest UNESCO City of Music, is keen to develop new partnerships with its Australasian counterparts under the United Nations program.

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Auckland joins UNESCO creative cities network
Auckland, the newest UNESCO City of Music, is keen to develop new partnerships with its Australasian counterparts under the United Nations program.
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Alison Wonderland inks global deal with BMG [Exclusive]
Off the back of TIO's announcement yesterday that BMG had signed local hip hop act Illy, the publishing giant has now inked Alison Wonderland to a worldwide publishing deal.
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Alison Wonderland inks global deal with BMG [Exclusive]
Off the back of TIO's announcement yesterday that BMG had signed local hip hop act Illy, the publishing giant has now inked Alison Wonderland to a worldwide publishing deal.

Screen composer Caitlin Yeo: "It felt like no body had been talking about the lack of women represented"
Caitlin Yeo offers insight into the male-dominated screen composer industry, the gender equality initiatives she helps run, why her score for The Butterfly Tree was such a big challenge, and the fascinating relationship between director and composer.

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Screen composer Caitlin Yeo: "It felt like no body had been talking about the lack of women represented"
Caitlin Yeo offers insight into the male-dominated screen composer industry, the gender equality initiatives she helps run, why her score for The Butterfly Tree was such a big challenge, and the fascinating relationship between director and composer.
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BMG inks exclusive global deal with Illy [Exclusive]
BMG Australia has signed an exclusive global publishing deal with multi-platinum, ARIA and APRA Award-winning artist Illy, TIO can exclusively reveal.
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BMG inks exclusive global deal with Illy [Exclusive]
BMG Australia has signed an exclusive global publishing deal with multi-platinum, ARIA and APRA Award-winning artist Illy, TIO can exclusively reveal.

7 things you didn’t know about composing for film
Prolific songwriter, film composer, and session musician Munro Melano knows a thing or two about composing for film. In the past year alone the Melbourne-based artist composed the synth and live…

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7 things you didn’t know about composing for film
Prolific songwriter, film composer, and session musician Munro Melano knows a thing or two about composing for film. In the past year alone the Melbourne-based artist composed the synth and live…

Sampology and Gilles Peterson talk innovation, Aus' club scene and navigating the label sector
Sampology picks Gilles' brain on the cusp of his keynote address and Sampology's EMC Studio workshop at EMC this week.

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Sampology and Gilles Peterson talk innovation, Aus' club scene and navigating the label sector
Sampology picks Gilles' brain on the cusp of his keynote address and Sampology's EMC Studio workshop at EMC this week.

Kasey Chambers to make history as ARIA Hall Of Fame inductee
Kasey Chambers’ exceptional career will be celebrated at this year's ARIA Awards.

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Kasey Chambers to make history as ARIA Hall Of Fame inductee
Kasey Chambers’ exceptional career will be celebrated at this year's ARIA Awards.

Trump still might be able to use Rihanna's music
The music licensing realm is a lot trickier than you would expect, and Rihanna's effort to ban Trump from using her music may just be in vain.

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Trump still might be able to use Rihanna's music
The music licensing realm is a lot trickier than you would expect, and Rihanna's effort to ban Trump from using her music may just be in vain.

Flying Lotus to score new Netflix series
Flying Lotus, aka musical polymath Steven Ellison, is executive producing and composing the score for an upcoming Netflix series.

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Flying Lotus to score new Netflix series
Flying Lotus, aka musical polymath Steven Ellison, is executive producing and composing the score for an upcoming Netflix series.

EMC 2018 to take on Night Time Industries Association, media integrity, ticket reselling, and more
Next week, the 2018 Electronic Music Conference is set to take over Sydney once more; and in true form, its full program pushes all the right buttons.

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EMC 2018 to take on Night Time Industries Association, media integrity, ticket reselling, and more
Next week, the 2018 Electronic Music Conference is set to take over Sydney once more; and in true form, its full program pushes all the right buttons.
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Sydney's Planet sign to Mac Demarco's booking agency [Exclusive]
When you've got BIGSOUND Programmer Maggie Collins and Esti Zilber, Associate Producer at Sounds Australia in your corner, you know you're doing something right.
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Sydney's Planet sign to Mac Demarco's booking agency [Exclusive]
When you've got BIGSOUND Programmer Maggie Collins and Esti Zilber, Associate Producer at Sounds Australia in your corner, you know you're doing something right.
Reporting from inside the Australian music business since '94.
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