Songhubs

The 12th and final SongHubs for the year began Sunday.

The velvety-quiet halls of Studios 301 quiver intermittently with a rogue thump of bass. A muted vocal trill escapes from under a heavy soundproof door; laughter can be heard through the walls.…

Tushar Apte had no manager, no agent, no publisher. He had applied for an APRA SongHubs writing camp in Toronto but with hitmaker names like The Monsters Strangerz (Kanye West, Rihanna, Britney…

To date, SongHubs releases have generated $1.5 million in songwriting royalties for the collaborators.

SongHubs outcomes over its five years have been 143 commercial releases globally, over $1.4 million in songwriting royalties, and have led to opportunities at home and overseas.

"Share your power and your resources, and make it a community affair. It’s easy for creative pursuits to be very individual, but make them communal. Pass the mic along.”

Since 2013, more than 300 Australasian artists have worked with over 200 internationals across more than 40 SongHubs events.

Seven Australian singer-songwriters will today meet at London's RAK Studios for APRA AMCOS' first international Songhubs workshop.

The intensive songwriting sessions begin tomorrow.