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Why 100% of your royalties is potentially a bad deal [op-ed]
Arlo Enemark on how the rise of digital distributors has changed the music landscape.
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Why 100% of your royalties is potentially a bad deal [op-ed]
Arlo Enemark on how the rise of digital distributors has changed the music landscape.
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What's in a name: Katy Perry and the Aussie designer [op-ed]
An Aussie designer is suing Katy Perry for trademark infringement. So does she have a case?
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What's in a name: Katy Perry and the Aussie designer [op-ed]
An Aussie designer is suing Katy Perry for trademark infringement. So does she have a case?

Are Guns N' Roses setting copyright traps for their fans?
In recent months, a number of the heavy Guns N' Roses bootleggers have been hit with legal notices.

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Are Guns N' Roses setting copyright traps for their fans?
In recent months, a number of the heavy Guns N' Roses bootleggers have been hit with legal notices.
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Why I dedicate my time and resources to bringing music to regional cities [OP-ED]
They say all good ideas start over a beer with your mate, at least that’s exactly how A Hitch To The Sticks was born. In 2016 I was invited to be a part of the Victorian Music Crawl an initiative run…
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Why I dedicate my time and resources to bringing music to regional cities [OP-ED]
They say all good ideas start over a beer with your mate, at least that’s exactly how A Hitch To The Sticks was born. In 2016 I was invited to be a part of the Victorian Music Crawl an initiative run…
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Hang on, did the NSW festival laws actually just get worse? [op-ed]
'Not surprisingly, the Australian music industry isn’t happy,' writes TMN's Nathan Jolly.
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Hang on, did the NSW festival laws actually just get worse? [op-ed]
'Not surprisingly, the Australian music industry isn’t happy,' writes TMN's Nathan Jolly.

Green Noise: The challenges in creating an environmentally responsible event
Green Noise started with us questioning what else we could do, as musicians and individuals, to combat climate change. The catalyst for the idea came from witnessing a growing movement of climate…

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Green Noise: The challenges in creating an environmentally responsible event
Green Noise started with us questioning what else we could do, as musicians and individuals, to combat climate change. The catalyst for the idea came from witnessing a growing movement of climate…

Is there inclusive visibility in Australian hip hop?
Hip hop is a culture that has resonated across the world to combat oppression since its inception. Women have always been there, but they have also been made to feel like they have to lead with their…

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Is there inclusive visibility in Australian hip hop?
Hip hop is a culture that has resonated across the world to combat oppression since its inception. Women have always been there, but they have also been made to feel like they have to lead with their…
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Music piracy is thriving in the age of streaming [op-ed]
'Turns out the best way to stop music piracy wasn’t to fight the march of technology,' writes Nathan Jolly
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Music piracy is thriving in the age of streaming [op-ed]
'Turns out the best way to stop music piracy wasn’t to fight the march of technology,' writes Nathan Jolly

So you want to play Fuji Rock Festival? Read this first
An intro by Vaughan Allison, a music promoter and cafe denizen who moved from Melbourne to Tokyo over 10 years ago. The sun was shining bright when I was back in Australia earlier this year touring…

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So you want to play Fuji Rock Festival? Read this first
An intro by Vaughan Allison, a music promoter and cafe denizen who moved from Melbourne to Tokyo over 10 years ago. The sun was shining bright when I was back in Australia earlier this year touring…
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TMN went inside the chaos & euphoria of Kanye West's NY listening party [exclusive]
'The mystery, deception and messiness of the whole ordeal is something that would anger most fanbases,' writes Sam Murphy.
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TMN went inside the chaos & euphoria of Kanye West's NY listening party [exclusive]
'The mystery, deception and messiness of the whole ordeal is something that would anger most fanbases,' writes Sam Murphy.
Reporting from inside the Australian music business since '94.
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