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NSW Premier’s pledge to ban Defqon.1: The industry and health experts react
Sniffer dogs, no amnesty, dob in a drug dealer, the “dance of death.” Recreational drug use is, by most accounts, a factor in many young people’s lives. Discussion has progressed, intellectual…

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NSW Premier’s pledge to ban Defqon.1: The industry and health experts react
Sniffer dogs, no amnesty, dob in a drug dealer, the “dance of death.” Recreational drug use is, by most accounts, a factor in many young people’s lives. Discussion has progressed, intellectual…

"It's a weak and easy way out" - Music industry slams Berejiklian Government over Defqon.1 response
"Pointing the finger of blame at a music festival is much easier than risking your political credibility to take a course of action that has scientific evidence behind it and would actually save lives."

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"It's a weak and easy way out" - Music industry slams Berejiklian Government over Defqon.1 response
"Pointing the finger of blame at a music festival is much easier than risking your political credibility to take a course of action that has scientific evidence behind it and would actually save lives."

EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s first all-female booking agency launches: “We need to band together and create that change"
Alpha Booking Agency is Australia's first all-female and LGBTQI+ inclusive booking agency - run by female agents, employing all-female freelancers - leading the charge to empower women's success in the electronic sector.

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EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s first all-female booking agency launches: “We need to band together and create that change"
Alpha Booking Agency is Australia's first all-female and LGBTQI+ inclusive booking agency - run by female agents, employing all-female freelancers - leading the charge to empower women's success in the electronic sector.

How Lost Lands music festival found its clothing in nature
TMN speaks to Simon Daly, co-creator of Lost Lands festival and the original Falls Festival, about environmental sustainability, gender balance and the joy of hearing lions roar at a music festival.

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How Lost Lands music festival found its clothing in nature
TMN speaks to Simon Daly, co-creator of Lost Lands festival and the original Falls Festival, about environmental sustainability, gender balance and the joy of hearing lions roar at a music festival.

Debunking Job Titles: Studio Manager
We chatted to the big cheese at Forbes Street Studios about what he does all day besides listen to the sweet, sweet sound of tunes being born...

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Debunking Job Titles: Studio Manager
We chatted to the big cheese at Forbes Street Studios about what he does all day besides listen to the sweet, sweet sound of tunes being born...

NZ festival duo eyeing up international opportunities
Mitch Lowe and Pato Alvarez have established themselves as major players on the New Zealand festival market – and are now keen to explore new opportunities in Australia and other overseas markets.…

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NZ festival duo eyeing up international opportunities
Mitch Lowe and Pato Alvarez have established themselves as major players on the New Zealand festival market – and are now keen to explore new opportunities in Australia and other overseas markets.…

The shame of making mistakes in the music industry
Why do music industry professionals always feel the pressure to both never make a mistakes, and always put up a front that all their projects are killing it? This only makes failure feel impossible…

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The shame of making mistakes in the music industry
Why do music industry professionals always feel the pressure to both never make a mistakes, and always put up a front that all their projects are killing it? This only makes failure feel impossible…

Why R U OK? isn’t enough
Don’t just ask once. Don’t settle for “I’m fine.” Don’t give up the conversation so damn easily.

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Why R U OK? isn’t enough
Don’t just ask once. Don’t settle for “I’m fine.” Don’t give up the conversation so damn easily.

Lah Lah's adventures in crowdfunding - meet the band trying to return Aussie kids TV to its former glory
"The zero to five year age bracket is really the age range where children are developing the sense of identity and self most profoundly. To only feed them with unlocalised content, it just seems like a really crazy thing to do."

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Lah Lah's adventures in crowdfunding - meet the band trying to return Aussie kids TV to its former glory
"The zero to five year age bracket is really the age range where children are developing the sense of identity and self most profoundly. To only feed them with unlocalised content, it just seems like a really crazy thing to do."

How Aussies are embedding themselves in the Tokyo music scene
The whole trope of a foreign band being “big in Japan” is one that’s been done to death. In the 1960s surf garage rockers The Ventures were arguably the instigators of the cliche. They were a pop…

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How Aussies are embedding themselves in the Tokyo music scene
The whole trope of a foreign band being “big in Japan” is one that’s been done to death. In the 1960s surf garage rockers The Ventures were arguably the instigators of the cliche. They were a pop…
Reporting from inside the Australian music business since '94.
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