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OP-ED: Music and mental health - why we need a personalised helpline
Music industry workers have a very specific set of mental health concerns. Jeff Crabtree breaks them down.

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OP-ED: Music and mental health - why we need a personalised helpline
Music industry workers have a very specific set of mental health concerns. Jeff Crabtree breaks them down.

Will higher Australian music quotas for radio make people buy Australian?
This week WA Senator Glenn Sterle spoke in parliament about what he deemed "the general decline of interest and support for new Australian music in this great country." He spoke of his shock at…

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Will higher Australian music quotas for radio make people buy Australian?
This week WA Senator Glenn Sterle spoke in parliament about what he deemed "the general decline of interest and support for new Australian music in this great country." He spoke of his shock at…

Punk-O-Rama: a gateway drug
"Try, but you can't bring me down": H20: Everready 1994 was a hell of a year for punk. Offspring's Smash and Green Day's Dookie both came out and sold over 10 million copies each. Bad Religion…

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Punk-O-Rama: a gateway drug
"Try, but you can't bring me down": H20: Everready 1994 was a hell of a year for punk. Offspring's Smash and Green Day's Dookie both came out and sold over 10 million copies each. Bad Religion…

The music world is torn about how to remember XXXTentacion
The key to navigating a conflicting artist XXXTentacion is acknowledgement - of both his contributions and his subtractions to the music industry at large.

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The music world is torn about how to remember XXXTentacion
The key to navigating a conflicting artist XXXTentacion is acknowledgement - of both his contributions and his subtractions to the music industry at large.

Spotify's revolving door - is it crisis or evolution?
What's pushing their heavyweight execs to head for the exit?

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Spotify's revolving door - is it crisis or evolution?
What's pushing their heavyweight execs to head for the exit?

The evergreen value of creating a perennial seller
Author Ryan Holiday wrote an excellent book called Perennial Seller which explores the value of creating something that will sell steadily over time: be it a novel, a record, a movie, or a product -…

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The evergreen value of creating a perennial seller
Author Ryan Holiday wrote an excellent book called Perennial Seller which explores the value of creating something that will sell steadily over time: be it a novel, a record, a movie, or a product -…

Op-Ed: How many tracks are uploaded to streaming services a day anyway?
TMN did a ring-around of music and digital execs to find out, but didn’t get very far.

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Op-Ed: How many tracks are uploaded to streaming services a day anyway?
TMN did a ring-around of music and digital execs to find out, but didn’t get very far.

Kanye's entire album charted on the ARIA singles chart this week
Maybe it was merely driven by curiosity, maybe it's a sign of the times, or maybe it's because it's a deeply-personal, sweet, savage, scattered, seven-track album, but Kanye's entire Ye record…

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Kanye's entire album charted on the ARIA singles chart this week
Maybe it was merely driven by curiosity, maybe it's a sign of the times, or maybe it's because it's a deeply-personal, sweet, savage, scattered, seven-track album, but Kanye's entire Ye record…

Your foolproof guide to writing a song for the season finale of a drama
If you watch as much televised drama (read: soap operas) as me, chances are you're going to start noticing patterns. Like, the smaller the town, the more chance it has of being hit with an avalanche…

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Your foolproof guide to writing a song for the season finale of a drama
If you watch as much televised drama (read: soap operas) as me, chances are you're going to start noticing patterns. Like, the smaller the town, the more chance it has of being hit with an avalanche…

A collection of the least "rock and roll" words included in rock and roll songs
On the weekend I looked up the lyrics to 'Alcoholiday' by Teenage Fanclub (excellent, underrated song) as I was laughing about the fact they used the word 'interim' in it. It turns out I had…

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A collection of the least "rock and roll" words included in rock and roll songs
On the weekend I looked up the lyrics to 'Alcoholiday' by Teenage Fanclub (excellent, underrated song) as I was laughing about the fact they used the word 'interim' in it. It turns out I had…
Reporting from inside the Australian music business since '94.
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