OUR BAND BIZ – Cairns Music Industry Workshop for emerging ATSI & Pacific Islanders
PROUDLY PRESENTED BY A-VENUE, CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AND TANKS ARTS CENTRE. Are you feeling like you want to play music for a living or even for fun and you don’t know where to start? Then this is the music industry workshop for you. 2013′s “Our Band Biz” will be an informal and inspirational guided question and ..
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Cold Water Band play ‘Cold Classic Odds’ at Brisbane Powerhouse.
Cold Water Band is a 5 piece infusing RnB & Reggae, their infectious and upbeat sounds are seeing them attract some big shows and festivals throughout Far North Qld. A Venue is excited to announce that they are playing at this month’s PLANET World Music & Dance Series presented by BEMAC and Brisbane’s Powerhouse on ..
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JORDAN BRODIE WINS QUEENSLAND MUSIC AWARD
17 year old instrumental guitarist Jordan Brodie has won the 2012 Regional Queensland Music Award with his composition ‘Rainstorm’. Jordan is the phenomena from Cairns who performs a cross section of musical genres, ranging from tasty blues to swinging jazz arrangements, and everything in between. Jordan has been impressing audiences in leading venues in Cairns ..
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RAY-LEE’S OFF TO HOLLYWOOD!
16yr old Cairns songstress Ray-Lee has been singing since she could talk and playing music since she was 7. Her debut EP ‘Life Is Different’ was released in December 2011 with several tracks shortlisted for the Australian Songwriters Contest, “Starting Line” finishing in the Top 10 of the Youth category. Drawing on influences such as ..
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Little BIGSOUND
With the world’s music elite descending on Brisbane for this year’s BIGSOUND in September, QMusic has teamed up with Youth Music Industries (YMI) to create the second annual Little BIGSOUND, a one-day forum for young people 14-25 looking to break into the music industry. The first lineup of speakers was announced today for the September ..
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Wanna play the SONIC BIDS stage at BIGSOUND?
Sonicbids will be hosting a stage at BIGSOUND, and 5 artists will be selected to perform on the Sonicbids stage with 1 lucky artist selected to receive travel assistance and a showcase slot at the prestigious CMJ Music Marthon in New York. This is a free opportunity, so even if you have already submitted to ..
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THE A-GAME! Music Industry Workshop Series
You’re in a band. You’ve played gigs in and around Cairns. You’ve got the bio, the online presence and you’ve got some pretty schmick publicity photos. What next? How do you secure funding to make that elusive album or EP? How do you get your band that all important media coverage? What do you need ..
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“FACETIME” OPPORTUNITY WITH NATIONAL TOURING ACT, DREAM ON DREAMER
May 26th – not only are skyrocketing Metal band, Dream on Dreamer performing an all ages show at Tanks Arts Centre, and not only are high school band from St Mary’s, Jimmy The One,supporting … BUT there will also be ‘facetime’ with some members of Dream on Dreamer before the whole shebang kicks off. Can ..
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A-VENUE BAND SHOWCASE AT BIGSOUND LIVE
BIGSOUND in Brisbane this September. QMusic and A-Venue have allocated a special session for 5 bands from the A-Venue program – one band from each of the five participating regional areas! Applications are open now, and close on midnight, Monday 4th June 2012. Head straight to the showcase application form!
SPOTLIGHT CAIRNS SHOWCASES THE MONTGOMERY BROTHERS
Move over The Voice, Australia’s Got Talent and Australian Idol (is that even still on?) Get on down to Cairns Civic Theatre, Friday 4 May to watch the best emerging talent Far North Qld has to offer with the A Venue sponsored “Spotlight @ Civic”. A great opportunity for our talented artists to get out ..
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