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Features / Interviews

The Whitlams

Tim Freedman On 'Love This City': 'It’s All Over The Shop, But It Has The Whitlams’ Trademark Of Inner-City Romance'

their toes into the major label world by signing a distribution deal with Warner Music Australia . Freedman explains that this was a resoundingly positive experience for the formerly diehard independent ... what it was like on a major label, and I ended up being on Warners for three years and made a lot of friends. It was a very positive experience

Ben Lee Dishes On 'Insane' Facts About The Australian Music Industry

point where they can only play six or seven gigs a year in Australia, Lee continued, “That just seems insane. Nobody gets into our industry to do less work ... into music—to play music.” You can check out the video below. Embedded Content Lee’s thoughts on the music industry come after the drop of his latest single

Features / Music

CYRIL

From Darwin To Deutschland, CYRIL Eyes A Bright Future: ‘There's A Lot Of New Music Coming’

whisky in there, just to make people think about it.” However, Australia's newest dance music superstar isn't an overnight sensation – nor has he had an easy ride. Battling ... really, just for six months, grinded on how to produce good house music – and good music – and how to change it up when things get boring.” Moving into

Industry / News

Rhoda Roberts, Mardi Caught, Beau Neilson & Michael Hutchings Join MusicNSW Board

almost 30 years of experience within the music industry, Mardi Caught has held senior roles at Warner, EMI , and Sony in Australia and the UK. In 2018, she grew another ... been a key member of Creative Australia and APRA AMCOS . Another achievement Hutchings can hold to his name is producing Creative Australia’s First Nations Arts and Culture Awards

Jessica Mauboy Records Theme For Aus Olympic Team

Paralympic dinner in Melbourne, Higher is available to pre-order/pre-save here via Warner Music Australia . Mauboy’s Olympics anthem was written by Australian songwriters Shannon Busch (better known ... Paris belting this out, some better than others.” Dan Rosen , the President of Warner Music Australasia, added, “Warner Music is proud to celebrate the dedication and spirit of our Olympians

Features / Music

G Flip / Flowerkid / Alex The Astronaut / Charlotte Le Lievre / Forest Claudette

The Future Of Australian Music Is Queer & Gender-Diverse

proud, and to be loudly queer, and make openly queer music, and have people listen to it.” Since then, Peach's songwriting has fearlessly channelled her queer identity – Like ... Indie wunderkind Flowerkid is also prepping an album, and with major label backing from Warner Music, we’re expecting it to be a smash-hit. And we’ve already begun

Industry / Feature

Why International Markets Should Be A Crucial Focus For Australian Artists

home to large volumes of incredibly enthusiastic, expressive and loyal music fans. Some of Australia’s closest neighbours are some of the largest and most influential markets in the region ... Music Matters in Singapore. India is another very valuable market for Australasians, as it has completely opened up to international music across all genres post-covid. India is YouTube Music

Features / Music

AC/DC, Delta Goodrem, Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen

12 Career Changing Masterstrokes By Rock Managers

happening, this is shit.” The heads of Mercury in Europe and Warner Music Australia had been equally unimpressed. “What the fuck are Andrew and Michael doing?” said the Mercury

Features / Interviews

Hayley Warner

Hayley Warner On Returning To Music As A Solo Artist: 'It's The Best Struggle Ever'

while. That doesn’t mean she ever stopped her music career. Embedded Content In fact, Warner went on to sign a worldwide publishing deal with Sony ATV and ended ... around the globe, and in 2013, was already named one of Australia’s most accomplished songwriters . With Warner at the songwriting helm, the songs she’s written have totalled over

Industry / Opinion

Industry Opinion

14 Music Industry Problems That Should Get More Press

Australia, we have our own radio woes, with PPCA currently fighting for the lifting of the 1% royalty cap . #6 Spotify “Podcasts” are Filled with Illegally Uploaded Music Music streaming ... uploading music that they don’t own the copyrights to. Mostly. In 2020, Variety reported that people were uploading music illegally to Spotify by marking that music as a podcast

Features / Music

The 10 Best Tunes of the Week | 2024 Week 22

single, featuring Paak’s unmistakable vocals and samples from CHIKA. Out now via Warner. Hiatus Kaiyote - Love Heart Cheat Code Embedded Content With their hotly anticipated new album ... Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin made their long awaited return this week, releasing their first music since 2021’s Mercurial World and yep, it was more than worth the wait! Showcasing

Industry / Feature

Flyying Colours @ the Crown & Anchor

Are Community-Owned Music Venues The Solution? We Look At Some Options

closure is just the beginning,” he said. “With dozens of small music festivals closing up too, live music all around Brisbane is in trouble. “I'm calling ... artists such as Ed Sheeran and bodies such as Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music , and Amazon Music , while Arts Council England provided a grant of £500,000 ($953,242.65). Mark

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