EBM - JMC Academy Melbourne

True words. You're not doing the artist a favour by sugar coating reality

'The greatest asset a manager can give an artist is honesty' - Music Business Worldwide Meet Peter Rudge: the Vector man looks after James and has managed The Rolling Stones

Terrible outcome for songwriters, particularly in the USA

U.S. Dept. Of Justice Deals Crushing Blow To Songwriters 'This would create Armageddon in the professional songwriter community.'

How You Can Get More Female Acts On Aussie Music Festival Lineups The issue of female representation in Australian music has once again been thrust to the forefront of the industry dialog, precipitated by the criticism recently levelled at the organisers of Spilt Milk Festival. As Tone Deaf reports, punters as well as triple j alumni KLP and Nina Las Vegas critici...

This is an excellent article for those considering touring their act into the USA https://t.co/MsCUXbDVs7

It costs an international band $15,000 to tour America, and it's only getting worse

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PANACEA >>VOLUNTEER APPLICATION Volunteer application for the inaugural Panacea music and lifestyle festival.

You're better off having agent than an A&R rep

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People doing EBM understand the value of music http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/02/bjork-pulls-new-album-from-spotify-its-not-about-the-money-its-about-respect/

Björk pulls new album from Spotify: "It's not about the money; it's about respect" Icelandic singer respects her work too much to offer it up on the "insane" streaming service.

Another step towards the future
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Why Are MTV and Spotify Joining Forces? What the cable giant and streaming service's partnership means for music fansAs stream­ing takes over from down­load­ing, ser­vices from Spo­ti­fy to Beats Music to Google are scram­bling to answer a key ques­tion: What do lis­ten­ers want to hear next? Spo­ti­fy's new move in that direc­tion involv…

Feeling very happy for my current and ex students that are taking over the industry one job at a time;
Holly Myers event manager at the soon to reopen very cool Terminus Hotel Abbotsford
Anthony Barton working with Paul Cashmere/Noise 11 and at Splendour
Jeremy Stones managing the mighty The Delta Riggs
Sam Perovich working at Village Sounds
Harry Upton working on The Falls Festival
Hannah Lewington and Mandy Wightman living in London
Oey Phonsgobbin A&R@Golden Journey Records and booker of the Silverlake Festival in Pattaya
Jason Roger Moore-Otte up to his neck at Corner Presents
Egle Januskevicius interning at ATP
Emma Jenkins interning at Secret Sounds in Sponsorship
Kate Elrington works at Live Nation
Dougie Harvey Tour Managing acts on the Warped Tour (Aust and US)
Phil Bodey site coordinator at Stereosonic
Lenni Eloranta tour managing bands all over Europe and the UK
Alistair Kelly working at KISS.FM
Bree Coker interning at Sony
Courtney Austin interning at Universal
Stephen Rumph blogger and founder of "So Much Power"
Dana Brokheuizen Event Manager at Club Med Indonesia
Eugene Young Booking Agent at Earth Agency London
And there's a bunch of them that have worked for companies like American Apparel, Johnston Audio, Mushroom, Spring Fling Festival, Strawberry Fields, Revolver and the list goes on. My biggest problem is keeping track of them.
Not bad for a course that's only six years old...just sayin'

This Saturday 12th July Andrew Watt will be hosting his excellent workshop for those wanting to get a foot into the music industry. This is a highly informative day long session and Dont forget the special price for students: Usually $95 but the student price of $55 also includes admission on the day. info at www.musicbusinesseducation.com.au

Music Business Education - Navigating the Music Business in Australia The essential textbook for the Australian music industry, with interviews from the biggest names and smartest operators in Australia's music industry.

New Director of Education, Adrian Bennett, doing his thing with all of the Heads of Department and the lecturing staff. Education is definitely heading into the 21st century