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Often when watching a band, you'll notice the members communicating with each other -- or some invisible spirits side of stage -- through a series of complicated signs. It is its own language, and…

INAUGURAL MELTDOWN ANNOUNCES FULL LINEUPS The inaugural alt and heavy music festival Meltdown has announced the full lineup for its three dates (May 12, 19 and 26). Seven acts - Gay Paris (pictured…

This article is the second in a series that looks at accounting issues relevant to musicians and industry professionals. Read Part One here. For many people who work in the industry, it’s rare that…

:: This story originally appeared in The Brag magazine and online It’s midday on a Friday, and Georgia Maq has barely slept. “I had a Tinder date,” she enthuses down the line from her home in the…

Photo credit: Amanda Rose Photography Ahead of FastForward Sydney (taking place April 12-13), here’s a smidgen of what we took away from FastForward Amsterdam last month, as reported by APRA AMCOS…

If Holly Rankin was an athlete, she’d play every position. It's early days but her resume already covers off singer, songwriter, producer and festival owner. And she’s about to add “public speaker”…

When you’re one of the buzz acts at BIGSOUND and supported by the likes of triple j, that can be a lot of pressure to live up to for an emerging artist. But Danzal Baker, better known as Baker Boy,…

Come tax time, it can be difficult to know what expenses you’re allowed to claim back, particularly if you work in a creative industry such as music. To make things a little easier, we got some…

ULTRA MELBOURNE SUCCESS PAVES WAY FOR 2019 EXPANSION The success of Ultra’s much-anticipated launch in Melbourne has been praised by organisers as a huge success on all levels, and has “paved the way…

An overnight success can be years in the making. Vance Joy’s career, by any casual observation, blasted off like a SpaceX rocket: it fired up immediately, made a stratospheric trip with the world…