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ACMF National Songwriting Competition
The Australian Children’s Music Foundation (ACMF) is currently running their National songwriting competition with a closing date of 24th September 2010. As in the past this competition is being supported by AMPAL and a copy of the media release is attached.
Australian author and journalist, Georgia Blain has written a series of articles about the impact of new technology on the rights of songwriters and its potential for creating new income streams.
ACMF Noational Songwriting Competition MEDIA RELEASE
The Australian Children’s Music Foundation (ACMF) has launched the 2010 National Songwriting Competition.
ACMF Founder, Don Spencer OAM says “research has categorically proven that music is of vital mportance in the cognitive development of children. Music inspires creativity, imagination, self expression and stimulates learning, self esteem, discipline and brings great joy” Read more...
The times, they are a changin’
The last thirty years have brought major changes to the music industry, and, according to three men who know the business, music publishing has had to adapt to thrive.
After 25 years working for both record companies and publishers, Bob Aird, Managing Director of Universal Music Publishing, feels the relationship between publishers and writers is much closer and more professional than ever before.
Country pairings bear fruit
For country singer songwriter Felicity Urquhart, the results were immediate: a stint at a writing workshop organised by her publisher and she had a new song that she performed within days.
From ukuleles to diplomacy: the art of music supervision
Research, negotiation and tracking down a 1920s Hawaiian ukulele piece are all part of a day in the life for Kim Green, Norman Parkhill and Gary Seeger.
Australian music publishers have begun the hunt for a new song to be played in schools across the nation as part of a major campaign to boost music education for kids.
Most artists and publishers wouldn't even dream of having more than 30 million people sing their song each week, but the considerable export success of many Australian Christian and gospel songwriters have made this dream a reality for some.
Each year more than 100,000 people flock to Tamworth’s annual country music festival to celebrate and enjoy music that now accounts for about $10 million in record sales in Australia.
Each January publishers from across the globe make their annual pilgrimage to Cannes - and its not for the weather.
With airplay for New Zealand music increasing from less than 2% to around 20% since the late 90s, a strong culture of Government support for the local industry has been paying dividends.
With the popularity of music education courses on the increase, there has been a growth in demand for books about the business – and two musicians turned teachers have joined forces to meet this need.
With a healthy live music scene crucial to the continuing emergence of new Australian artists, the issue received considerable attention at the recent Music Council of Australia (MCA) Assembly.
With the announcement of the APRA AGSC Screen Music Awards this week, music in film has been in the spotlight. The awards honoured some of our top screen composers, including Francois Tetaz, who won Feature Film Score of the Year for Wolf Creek; Paul Grabowsky, who won Best Music For a Documentary for his score for Unfolding Florence – The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst; and David Bridie, who won Best Soundtrack Album for R.A.N. | 
