This year’s list will likley not just reflect what we consider “Aussie” music – but also challenge it. And that’s a good thing.
- Lecturer in Music Industry and Popular Culture, RMIT University
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours album has been in the Top 50 albums chart for more than 400 weeks – but it won’t be there for much longer.
The newly launched Australian Music Venue Foundation is partly modelled on the United Kingdom’s Music Venue Trust, but the UK model has a more radical approach.
Ticket revenue is booming in Australia, yet the music sector is in crisis. Could market concentration be to blame?
Thanks to dynamic pricing, tickets for Green Day reached $500. Is this the new normal for live music?
We recently ran a roundtable to find out how the climate emergency is impacting events, and what is needed to adapt.
The Australian live music industry is in crisis. Is $8.6 million for Revive Live enough to turn things around?
Groovin’ the Moo is the latest in a long line of Australian music festivals to be cancelled. It is the new normal in our age of ‘deep uncertainty’.
With ticket prices rising alongside demand, live concerts can be a major investment.
The climate crisis will necessitate change to business-as-usual approaches to the arts.
End of year celebrations will be very different for the class of 2020. Thanks to COVID, they are missing out on more than just the chance to party.
Australian musicians make it work by balancing music and non-music jobs, self-employment, contracts, and a love for the art.
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