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Coldplay @ Optus Stadium
Has Perth Turned The Corner As A Live Music Destination?
hard rock Destroy All Lines commented, “Perth crowds are embracing more diverse sounds than before. A lot of the tours we’ve taken there, whether The Offspring or Evanescence , have ... Main Parade Grounds capable of holding 2,354 punters. According to Live Performance Australia’s May 2023-released attendance and revenue report, WA’s live sector is the fourth largest
Industry / Opinion
The Real Shame Of CRA's 'Toys Out Of The Cot' Submission
million per year from commercial radio). The second bait-and-switch in Commercial Radio Australia’s submission comes from continually using the figure of $40 million in copyright fees ... APRA fees are paying the songwriter, while the PPCA fee pays for the sound recording. This is akin to arguing that you shouldn’t need to pay producers and tech
Reviews / Live
Christina Aguilera
Live Review: Christina Aguilera @ Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne
with Ain’t No Other Man and Candyman showcasing the influence of old-school sounds of vintage jazz, soul and blues drawing on inspiration from musical greats. She holds some ... been an incredible welcome back for me tonight. I love you so much Melbourne, Australia,” Aguilera shouts as Let There Be Love sets off with a display of confetti cannons
Features / Music
Paul McCartney @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
The Million Questions I Asked Myself Before Asking Paul McCartney One
During his recent tour of Australia – which finished on the Gold Coast last Saturday (November 4) – Paul McCartney swung by Studio 10 for a rare TV appearance on The Project ... daily life, human emotion, the art of hand holding? I digress. Do all songs sound the same? Are they all variations on his own work? Where does imitation
Features / Music
Doubling Down with Delilah Holliday
really guess what my next piece of work is going to sound like, which is pretty daunting sometimes as it's a series of inspirational events and alignments ... drop in that song so much. When will we see you down in Australia? Manifesting to be there in 2024 so fingers crossed. What’s coming
Industry / Feature
Radio Lashes Back At Record Industry: No Cap? No Quotas!
music. In July, the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA), on behalf of recording artists and labels, called for a change to the Copyright ... result.” The Cap The rate for sound recordings is 0.4 percent. The ABC pays $0.005 multiplied by the total population of Australia. There is no cap for songwriter royalties
Industry / News
2023 UNIFIED Grant Recipients Announced: Bush Music Fund, Solar Sessions, RELEASR & More
parts of the country”. The program’s team are devoted to celebrating the sounds of rural Australia, giving artists in those areas the resources they need to create great music
Features / Interviews
Chris Shiflett
Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett On Making Country Music Influenced By ‘The Stones, KISS & Bad Religion’
that dynamic.” Embedded Content In between playing nine headline shows with Foo Fighters across Australia and New Zealand, Shiflett will be headlining The Worker’s Club in Melbourne (5 December ... adjust to it was really hard.” Shiflett elaborates, “It's such a different sound than the guitar sound I had spent literally my whole guitar playing life doing, and then
Industry / Feature
Michael Gudinski
‘How Could You Play Music That Loud?’ Michael Gudinski’s Life Story In 13 Songs
Fame in 2005, Gudinski called her “the greatest female singer of my lifetime in Australia... yes, you’re a difficult woman, but you’re bloody fantastic”. Embedded Content 7. Hunters ... going to work. Luckily for me, I had a great ally, partner and sounding board in Michael Gudinski.” Barnesy invited Gudinski to Sydney, where he was working on his debut
News / Music
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge Announces 2024 Australian Tour
finds her embracing “success, love, joy, contentment, freedom, and release”. Etheridge last toured in Australia in 2018 in a powerful co-headline tour with Sheryl Crow – she also performed ... show, “Although the only guitarist on stage, Etheridge created a huge wall of sound with her 12-string guitar. Each song was lengthy and featured long instrumental sections and killer
Features / Music
Coal Chamber
Coal Chamber: How Nu-Metal Charged The ‘00s Soundtrack & The ‘Sway’ Legends Made History
done with it. “And to be honest with you now, and it sounds strange, but we're just now gearing up getting ready for the real ride. Like ... future goes, All I know is that I'm coming to Australia in February, and I can't wait. And secondly, like I try not to think about anything other
Features / Music
Track x Track: Old Mervs - Give It Up EP
before finding the final version. We definitely get attached to how the original demos sound, so it takes time to get three different ideas for songs into an  arrangement ... came about from a writing trip down on the south coast of West Australia. At that point we were having pretty shit luck at coming up with any songs