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Playlunch are a seven piece band from Melbourne who describe their music as 'bogan funk'.

We're joined by Liam Bell, Austin Richards, Michael D'Emilio from the band to chat about their sophomore album 'Sex Ed', which has plenty of references to Australian culture.

We chat about the rules of schoolyard handball, explain the term 'monkey grab', and get into the weeds of how a band with seven members can effectively create very good music which is funny at its core.

We also play a round of Aussie nostalgia 'this or that'.

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As promised, we've got a fortnightly dose of music news ready for your dutiful consumption.

In this episode, we kick off with a brief update on the endlessly entertaining lawsuit unfolding between Drake and Universal Music over Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us'. Next, we get into the weeds as the NSW Government's festival funding is accused of backing the wrong horses. Spotify is also back on our radar (it never leaves) as artists like Aussie legends King Gizz stage yet another exodus over CEO Daniel Ek's investment in AI weapons. While we're on the topic, examine ARIA's cozying up to the streaming giant and the implications of that partnership for artists.

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It's another jam-packed music news, and another one full of positive stories!

We start by talking about ARIA's announcement that they are changing the way the top 50 and 20 charts are calculated, an active response to try and make the charts more dynamic. This means songs that have residencies in that charts like Riptide by Vance Joy will make way for newer releases, with the top 50 charts now having a two-year cut-off.

We then turn our attention to Music Australia and their nearly $1m in funding to help export Australian music, and we touch on how the same Government body are trying to tackle climate change through the arts.

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Elaskia is one of the hardest working musicians on the NSW Central Coast, and she joined Homebrewed to chat about her new collab EP with New Zealand group Chores, her touring schedule, and more.

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Last weekend, Rolling Sets Festival and Let The Good Times Roll Festival took place at The Entrance Memorial Park.

Molly Millington is a Central Coast musician on the rise. Beginning her music career at 16 years of age, Molly has consistently shown quirkiness, fun, and dedication to her craft. Joining Homebrewed for the second time, Molly chats to Cam and Eamonn about not taking life too seriously, writing an entire EP on a train ride to Sydney the same day she was set to record said EP, and why she feels she was born to be a musician. Molly also talks about the dark experiences that resulted in her brand new EP, ‘5 Stages’.

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American-based music industry trade union United Musicians & Allied Workers has responded to the elaborate marketing campaign that is Spotify Wrapped with a reminder of Spotify’s payment inequity. “One stat you won’t find in your Spotify Wrapped is how much artists are paid for all that listening on the platform,” UMAW said in a post on social media.

The union revealed that, due to a lack of regulation on streaming, the maximum amount artists can hope to earn from Spotify is $US0.003 per stream. This figure is set to drop even further in 2024. “In 2024, Spotify will stop paying anything AT ALL for 2/3 of the tracks on the platform,” wrote UMAW.

Spotify recently announced that a “Spotify htrack would need to hit a minimum threshold of 1000 plays a year before any money would be paid out. Spotify spun this change as a way to prevent payments from getting lost in the system. osts well over 100 million tracks,” they said. “Tens of millions of them have been streamed between 1 and 1,000 times over the past year and, on average, those tracks generated $0.03 per month.”

Spotify continued, “Because labels and distributors require a minimum amount to withdraw (usually $2-$50 per withdrawal), and banks charge a fee for the transaction (usually $1-$20 per withdrawal), this money often doesn’t reach the uploaders. And these small payments are often forgotten about.”

Musical comic “Weird Al” Yankovic is laughing all the way to the bank, where he’ll be depositing the $12 Spotify paid him for racking up 80 million streams in 2023.

To celebrate the streaming service’s annual “wrapped” campaign that kicked off today, Weird Al has taken advantage of the platform’s feature that allows artists to post a personalised video message to their loyal listeners, where he’s shared his gratitude for the big payday.

“I just want you to thank you all for your amazing support,” he told fans in the video, which you can stream above. “It’s my understanding that I had over 80 million streams on Spotify this year.”

He continued: “So if I’m doing the math right, that means I earned $12, so, you know, enough to get myself a nice sandwich at a restaurant. So from the bottom of my heart, thanks for your support. And, uh, thanks for the sandwich.”

Contrary to popular belief, artists are not paid per stream. Many platforms, Spotify included, use a pro-rata royalty system. Here’s how that works in broad strokes. Imagine that last month, Spotify generated $5,000,000. Imagine that you are an artist and received 100,000 streams on your music in that month. Finally, imagine that there were 8,000,000,0000 streams across the entire platform in that month. Your payout would be (100,000 / 8,000,000,000) * $5,000,000, or $625.

In short, you are paid a share of the total revenue pool based on how many streams you received compared to the entire platform. What this means is that you can receive the same number of streams in two separate months and be paid different amounts.

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Tom Mahler from Central Coast band The Moving Stills joined Cam and Eamonn for the second time to discuss what the band have been up to. In this chat, we cover the new album 'Wabi Sabi', touring with Teenage Dads, doing triple j's Like a Version, and more.

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AI has been building for a long time, but its fair to say it has hit the mainstream over the last couple of years.

Chat GPT - the automated AI assistant thingy - has been a big part of this. But AI’s foray into music, and the moral, financial and legal implications that come with this have also been huge.

AI builds its own knowledge by scouring data - this can be as wide as the entire internet, or as narrow as a specific phrase. The more data AI is exposed to, the more it learns and the more it is capable of. It’s quite staggering what AI can do when it comes to music. We can hear Frank Sinatra 'singing' Get Low, or Linkin Park 'playing' the Pokemon theme song.

The ability and capacity that AI is developing is staggering, and the more data and music it is exposed to, the stronger it will become

We’re pretty much already there, but the opportunities will be endless and basically without limitation

Whether we like it or not, AI is set to become a mainstay in the music industry, we simply cannot ignore it

This is already biggest disrupter to the music industry since MP3s or streaming - once all is said and done, it’ll likely be seen as much bigger

Enter Youtube:

YouTube announced one of this year’s most significant artificial intelligence developments in the music industry this week when it launched its new experimental AI feature that will allow select users to make song clips featuring AI-generated vocals of superstars including Demi Lovato, Sia, John Legend, Troy Sivan, Charli XCX etc.

Dream Track officially launched Thursday as an early beta test available only to about 100 selected creators in the U.S., and YouTube has given no indication if or when the new feature would become widely available. YouTube announced several new AI music tools this week — including one in development that could help turn songwriters’ thoughts into actual music just by humming an idea — though the voice clones were the most noteworthy feature.

Both the labels and YouTube itself have been careful to emphasize that Dream Track is an experiment, and that it isn’t immediately clear how the new feature will develop in subsequent months. But regardless of what happens next, Dream Track marks the first time some of the world’s biggest artists and music companies have granted their music to be used for voice clones — one of the more controversial uses of AI in music creation — a significant step that could pave the way on how the industry handles the technology going forward.

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Cam and Eamonn were joined by Ed Prescott (Double Drummer) and Lou Sawilejskij (Nala Music), two of the masterminds behind TUBULAR Festival and Central Coast Music and Arts to discuss the ongoing commitment to creative projects on the Central Coast.

We will be taking part in a workshop this Wednesday (22nd of November) on helping musicians nail an interview for radio and podcasts! You can register here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/tubular-festival-presents-music-biz-tune-up-tickets-737103435217

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Published this week, the 73-page document is a handguide to live entertainment in Australasia, an exploration of the hot spots, the weak points, and what makes concert-goers tick.

Researchers from Tixel, the “honest” ticket marketplace, and Bolster, the culture marketing agency, tapped almost 4,000 event goers and a panel of music industry exports for the report, the follow-up to 2022’s Ticketing State of Play.

After the doldrums of the pandemic, another set of challenges.

“We’ve weathered a pandemic and are now navigating the threat of a recession,” reads the report. The landscape now is littered with a backlog of events, creating “increased competition right when we’re looking to tighten our belts.”

Splendour In The Grass festival was once a “must-have ticket,” but after the soggy edition in 2022, is “now less elusive,” respondents told researchers.

Almost three quarters of all event-goers who contributed to the study feel that tickets are more expensive this year than last. On the flip side, 53% of event goers are going to more events than they did in 2022.

Live music professionals, it would seem, face more obstacles than a Tough Mudder competitor.

It’s not all gloom. Live shows have a “significant place in our hearts,” and that extends to the sporting cauldron, proof of which was evident when the Matildas made their glorious run into the semi finals of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Staying in the theme of last year’s edition, the report’s authors invite us to consider the range of ticket-buying behaviours, and their impact on the box office. Indeed, “commitaphobes,” “strategic latecomers,” “bet hedgers,” and “vibe chasers” live among us.

The sweet point on ticket pricing is “more critical than ever before,” explains Mushroom Group CEO Matt Gudinski. While Oztix commercial director Seth Clancy notes, “$1-$2 can make the difference between 10-20% of ticket sales.”

Reps from Untitled Group, Live Nation, Secret Sounds, RISING and other leading live music brands contributed to the report.

“This research is a huge undertaking,” comments Jason Webb, cofounder of Tixel. “It helps us more deeply understand ticket buyers and is a much-needed resource as we continuously redefine and recreate how to get more people to live events in sustainable ways, and how we can continue to fuel a thriving live experiences industry.”

Oliver Hall (Bolster) was lead author and researcher on the project, with Gemma Pollard on board as co-author and research support. Sylvie Maclean (Tixel) Darren Levin (Bolster) were project support.

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Jack McEwan from Psychedelic Porn Crumpets joins Cam and Eamonn for a third time to discuss the release of their sixth album 'Fronzoli', launching a record label and everything in between. It's a busy time for the WA Psych outfit and you can catch them on the Central Coast at Let The Good Times Roll Festival at The Entrance Memorial Park on December 10!

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Since 1988, Australia's charts have been run by ARIA — the industry body for record labels — and calculated from music sales at retailers and, more recently, digital streams.

While a decade ago you would typically see at least 10 Australian albums in the top 50 each week, now it's not uncommon for there to be just one or two.

In fact, the first Australian in the charts comes in at number 32. The artist? Vance Joy. The song? Riptide!!! Yes, the 2013 smash hit Riptide is still charting in Australia, and we break down why.

Taylor Swift also out-ranks Australian acts 25 to 6 this year.

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Milly Mcpherson joins us for this one, and in doing so creates a streak of Sydney artists with alliterated names gracing our podcast.

Milly and her band dropped their debut album Avoca just over a month ago, grabbing a bunch of attention and support in the process. We dive into that release in this episode along with the formation of Milly's project, the creative lessons she's learned and is still learning, and the healthy spaces she's determined to foster for creativity.

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The so-called “nanny state” laws that govern Sydney’s live music venues and bustling pubs in the heart of city will be overhauled in proposed changes being introduced to the New South Wales parliament.

The raft of changes proposed by the NSW government will make it easier for venues to host events – and more difficult for noise complaints to lead to them being shut them down.

The reforms are essentially an untangling of a bureaucratic mess created and dumped by successive, previous administrations, the outcome of which is a streamline system which should “put the age of lockouts and over-regulation behind us.”

The NSW government is spending upwards of $58 million in 2023-24 on facilitating this campaign, and will be looking for co-funding from the hospitality and entertainment sector.

As it stands, seven agencies accept noise complaints. The government’s proposed changes will would create a single source for handling noise complaints against licensed venues — the Liquor & Gaming NSW.

Also, the new measures would create “higher hurdles” imposed for those complaints to progress, and no recourse for a single complainant to close venues.

Gone are the days when a single killjoy could shut down a venue leaking music.

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TRIGGER WARNING: A sexual assault survivor-advocate is urging the New South Wales government to mandate safe spaces at music festivals.

Safe spaces are on-site, secure areas for people impacted by sexual assault or harassment that include trauma-informed counselling, reporting facilities and medical services.

Sarah Williams founded not-for-profit What Were You Wearing (WWYW) following her experience with drink spiking in 2021.

During her work on the issue, Ms Williams said she heard thousands of stories of abuse at festivals.

"It is a massive issue, and it needs to be spotlighted as just as big an issue as alcohol and drug prevention at festivals," she said.

In June, Ms Williams presented a petition with more than 20,000 signatures to state parliament, forcing a debate on a call for mandatory drink spiking and sexual assault training for security and bar staff in all licensed venues in NSW.

The debate secured support for an amendment to the state's Responsible Service of Alcohol guidelines.

Now she wants to turn to focus on improving safety at music festivals.

"They aren't trained properly to deal with reports, or the right resources aren't being offered," Ms Williams said.

"If a festival is going to get a harm minimisation service that looks after a whole range of things like drugs and alcohol and first aid, sexual violence is always swept under the rug and forgotten about."

WWYW has attended more than 30 festivals across Australia since creating its own Safe Space program, offering the service free-of-charge through state government support.

Ms Williams said her organisation had received "quite scary" anecdotes from festival-goers and believed the support services currently available were "too busy" to properly address sexual violence.

With the festival season ramping up, she urged the state government to add a section to the NSW Festivals Act of 2019 mandating sexual assault services.

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Currently, there is an absence of research on the nature and prevalence of sexual assault, harassment and broader issues of public safety at music festivals, making it very difficult to develop evidence-based policy. A recent UK-based study suggests that sexual harassment and assault are common experiences for young adults attending music festivals (YouGov, 2018). The study, conducted by YouGov (2018), reported that 30% of young women and 14% of young men had experienced some form of sexual harassment or assault at a music festival, with unwelcome forceful dancing and verbal harassment being the most common experiences. Younger participants were more likely to have encountered this behaviour, with 44% of those aged 18-24 reporting having experienced some form of sexual harassment or assault, compared to 24% of those in the 25-49-year age bracket. However, this emerging data tells us little about how and why sexual violence occurs at music festivals, and of course does not provide insight into the Australian context

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Today, it's Musicians Making A Difference Day, or MMAD Day for short. MMAD are a music-based charity with the aim of transforming young lives through music.

Local musician and ambassador for MMAD, Fletcher Pilon, joined Homebrewed to talk about MMAD Day. Fletcher was an active participant of MMAD when he was 12, and has since gone on to become an ambassador and even run workshops of his own for the charity.

In this chat, Fletcher tells Cam and Eamonn about how MMAD helps children who have dealt with loss, homelessness, drug addictions, and more, and reveals some future plans for his own music.

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Announced in May this year, plans were scheduled to come into effect with the November 2023 royalty distribution but have been pushed back into the second half of 2024.

At the August APRA Board meeting, an amendment was approved for a new start date. As a result, changes to the distribution practice for major concerts will be effective for all setlists provided after June 1, 2024.

The go-slow was the result of discussions with members and managers, after which APRA’s directors acknowledged the planned rollout “did not take into consideration negotiations on guaranteed fees for support acts that were underway prior to the announcement.”

One of those sticking points, TMN understands, was Tones And I’s support for Pink, on the U.S. star’s 2024 Summer Carnival tour of ANZ, produced by Live Nation. With the activation date for the new split pushed back, APRA will now apply equal weighting to the trek.

When news broke of the new royalty split, one artist manager told TMN that the changes meant a “massive difference” in the performance royalties generated by Aussie support acts.

That proposed 80/20 split, APRA explains, brought the society into alignment with other countries and collecting societies with the purpose to retain revenue and preserve royalties in Australia and New Zealand for local artists.

The “overwhelming majority” of international affiliate societies distributed on a basis of 90/10, APRA reports, based on the assumption that the vast majority of punters in the room are there to see the top billed performer, and not the curtain raisers.

Despite the gloom spread by the pandemic, APRA AMCOS reported all-time high revenues and distributions to members in its most recent recent-full year report.

Public performance collections are APRA AMCOS’ oldest business; results in that sector were up by 23.2% to $77.5 million in its 2021-22 financial period.

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Little Quirks join Cam and Eamonn in studio for the fourth time! The Central Coast band are hot off the back of a big international tour, an appearance for Homebrewed Studio Sessions, and they have an album due before the year is out! You'll have plenty of chances to catch Little Quirks live in and around the Central Coast in the next few months, so check their socials (and ours) for that and more. Thanks for listening! Be sure to subscribe for more content. Learn more about Little Quirks here

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What is this report?

• It has been described as a “collaborative review undertaken by the NSW Police Force and the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission”. 

• Just for some clarity, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commision's primary role is to detect, investigate and expose misconduct and maladministration within the NSW Police Force.

• But the NSW Police force was involved in this review of its own practices.

• Essentially, this data was released after better police record-keeping and audits of strip-search data were among the recommendations made by the LECC in its landmark two-year inquiry into strip-searches in NSW handed down in December 2020.

• So this report  itself includes the Commission’s 2020 Inquiry and a follow-up report published this week which has data from strip search practices in 2021 and  2022. And we’re mainly talking about strip searches at music festivals here.

Can you step us through some of the report findings?

• Less than half of the officers who carried out strip searches at the music festivals in the sample had completed the specialist music festival training. 28% of officers did not complete the training at all.

• NSW police complied with rules to protect dignity in just 27% of strip-searches

• The report also found that officers performing searches at the festivals had not used a “music festivals field processing form” designed to help police comply with person searching law and policy. Which resulted in only 35% of records being clear and consistent.

• Adding some more insult to injury… only 30% of strip search records reflected consideration of seriousness and urgency.

What have the NSW Police said in response to the finding?

• The NSW Police Force acknowledged the results were below the expected standard. It said this may have been because the new training and process form were not communicated to the field effectively. 

• In a media release from the LECC, Acting Chief Commissioner Anina Johnson highlighted training and policies alone are not enough to change conduct.

• Saying… “It is critical that new processes are effectively communicated to all police officers and reinforced with proper supervision on the ground.”

• Another document stated, “The NSW Police Force has since re-communicated the music festivals training and guidelines throughout the state.” But I can’t find anything firmer on what else they’re doing to improve these results.

So, going into festival season. What are the strip search laws?

• So this is NOT legal advice. But, the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (LEPRA) gives police powers to search people in certain circumstances. LEPRA also requires officers to follow certain rules to preserve a person’s privacy and dignity.

• An officer may conduct a person search if the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person has in their possession any stolen, prohibited, dangerous or otherwise unlawfully obtained item. So in a musical festival setting we’re mainly talking about illicit drugs.

• A person search means the officer may quickly run their hands over the person's outer clothing and require the person to remove coat, jacket, shoes, socks, gloves and hat, pass an electronic metal detection device over a person's outer clothing or anything removed from the person. 

• An officer may strip search a person in the field (i.e. any place that is not a police station) if the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that: 

• a strip search is necessary for the purposes of the search, and that 

• the seriousness and urgency of the circumstances make the strip search necessary. 

• And there are sections on additional privacy and dignity rules which officers must follow during a strip search.

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Marshall Cullen is an experienced sound engineer and studio manager. He currently tours with Hoodoo Gurus and manages Damien Gerard Studios in West Gosford. Marshall joined Homebrewed to talk about his decorated career. He also shares his thoughts on how commercial radio can better support the Australian music scene, and he offers some insight into the future of Damien Gerard Studios. Thanks for listening! Be sure to subscribe for more content. Like Homebrewed on ⁠Facebook⁠

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Music is one of the winners of the New South Wales state Budget, the first by a Labor government in more than a decade.

The 2023-24 Budget includes $1.2 billion in investment music, arts, events and the night-time economy. includes $31.2 million invested over one year for contemporary music, including developing a Music Scene Plan, establishing Sound NSW and a venue support plan.

Across 2023-24, the Minns government will put aside $41.3 million for events including Narooma Oyster Festival and Great Southern Nights, as well as additional supports to existing funding for events in Sydney and across the state, which include Vivid, the Mardi Gras and Sydney Festival.

Other beneficiaries of the Budget are night-owls in Wollongong, the Central Coast and Newcastle. A sum of $26.8 million will be invested to support the Office of the 24-Hour.

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Eamonn recorded a conversation with Falls, Lost Lands and now Wanderer Festival founder, Simon Daly. Simon has been in and around Australian music for the best part of 30 years. In this conversation, you'll hear all about Simon's latest event - Wanderer festival - as well as the lessons he has learned across his career running some of Autralia's biggest festivals. Wanderer is a multi-day experience gracing Pambula Beach on the South Coast from September 29-October 1.

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This That Festival will not be going ahead in 2023. The two-date festival tour was due to visit Sandstone Point, Queensland, and Newcastle, New South Wales, over the first two weekends of November.

In a statement posted to social media, the event organisers said:

the “difficult decision” to cancel was a response to “challenging economic conditions”. They explained that, due to “many factors that have been impacted” by the economic conditions, they weren’t confident they could provide the “THIS THAT experience you have come to know and love, and that we pride ourselves on offering.”

Everyone who bought tickets to THIS THAT will receive a refund. Ticketholders can expect to hear from Oztix, who’re handling the refund process. “Keep an eye on your inbox for updates regarding this,” said THIS THAT’s statement.

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Sydney (not Central Coast) singer songwriter Haley Holgate made the trip up to Sonora Studios to join us for this episode. In this conversation, we hear of Haley's musical philosophy, her journey through theatre and music and grapple with the idea of authenticity.

Haley Holgate joins us having just dropped a beautiful new track Lavenders Bridge. We dive into the background of that release, Haley's 2024 EP Your Madonna and are treated to some exciting news...

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Calvin Cheater is a singer, songwriter, producer and multi instrumentalist hailing from the Central Coast. Calvin has been on the show before, but under a previous project - Substance Practice. This time around, Calvin is bringing new energy to uncharted musical territory, drawing on a range of punk, hip hop, emo and dream pop influences for his latest work.

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Beloved Melbourne venue The Tote has officially been saved as a live music space, following a massive crowdfunding campaign that raised more than $3 million. The Pozible campaign was spearheaded by Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar owners Shane Hilton and Leanne Chance, who announced in May that they’d attempt to reach the $6.6 million sale price through the campaign – with half the money coming from their own funds.

Pozible stated that the crowdfunding campaign could be the “biggest in live music history“. As part of the campaign, Hilton promised to get inked with the names of people who’d donated $1000 (life membership donors); the SMH revealed that means he’ll have 1600 names up his legs.

Meanwhile, the lineup for Let The Good Times Roll festival has been announced!

Grinspoon

Royal Blood (UK)

Skegss

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets

Bad//Dreems

The Buoys

Tiali

SIX60

The Cat Empire

The Bamboos

Coterie

Little Quirks

Gang Of Brothers

A fair chunk of Australia’s community of music producers and engineers is either overstretched or underemployed, and many are experiencing stress from their behind-the-scenes vocation.

Those are some of the findings from MPEG’s inaugural survey report, published last week (Aug. 30) and based on a survey of members conducted between March and April of this year.

Among the key findings:

• almost one third (31.1%) of respondents characterised themselves as underemployed, while 13.3% work 60-hours weeks or more.

• Also, it’s a predominantly white, male industry.

• 85.8% of respondents are male

• 1.3% are female

• two respondents chose non-binary, or 1.9%

• no-one specifically identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

• 2.8% of respondents preferred not to say or don’t know
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Cam and Eamonn are joined by Scott Horscroft and Owen Butterworth from The Grove Studios, a state-of-the-art recording studio and music academy located at Somersby on the NSW Central Coast. Scott has owned the studio for over 10 years, while Owen started as an intern and is now managing the studio. In this chat, Cam and Eamonn chat about the studio itself, as well as the impact the Grove Academy is having on inviting people into the industry. Scott and Owen also share details of an upcoming open day this Saturday, the 9th of September.

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Last Tuesday (Aug 22) the Music Australia Council was announced. It was up and running as of Thursday (Aug 24), upon commencement of the Creative Australia Act 2023, reps say.

As previously reported, the advisory council (effectively the board of Music Australia) is loaded with music industry experts, including Michael Chugg, Nathan McLay, Petrina Convey, and Dr Sophie Payten (aka Gordi), among others.

ARIA and PPCA CEO Annabelle Herd said the Council “is very welcome news, particularly given the great deal of knowledge, experience and proven ability between those appointed."

“Now it all comes down to execution,”

“Now is the time to think big, consult wide, and deliver the solutions that Australian recording artists and industry professionals deserve; restoring the infrastructure to help them achieve sustainable careers at home and providing a greater platform for them to reach new audiences by cutting through an increasingly saturated market.

“Australia’s contemporary music industry is an incredible incubator for world-class talent. But for the world to discover that talent, we need the right strategic support and investment. There’s no time to waste.”

A 55-year-old “cap” on the copyright fees the creative industry and rights holders are entitled to from sound recordings played on commercial radio is finally back on the political agenda.

David Pocock, the former Wallaby star-turned independent senator, has tackled the thorny issue, by way of the Fair Pay for Radio Play Bill, unveiled in Canberra.

Pocock’s Bill is an attempt to rectify what the recording industry has termed an “anomaly,” initially legislated as a “temporary” measure in the 1968 Copyright Act

A cadre of Australia’s leading artist managers and industry professionals support Senator Pocock’s Bill, including John Watson, Jaddan Comerford, Cath Haridy, Greg Carey and more.

Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA), which represents the interests of the commercial radio sector, has other thoughts. They have reacted to the news stating that the removal of the long-standing 1% cap on copyright fees will put the sustainability of local regional radio stations at risk and may undermine attempts to increase financial support for Australian music artists.

Fusion are an exciting emerging band from the NSW Central Coast. Will all the band members just 14 and 15, the high school band have surprisingly already been playing together for four years. Certainly one to keep an eye on!

Rolling Sets is returning to the Central Coast in 2023 with a mega line up! We dissect it all and more.

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Jack Nigro is an experienced producer/engineer who was recently opened up his own recording studio in Tuggerah, called Sonora Studios. Jack talks to Cam and Eamonn about his passion for music, his role in developing young talent (both musicians and producers/engineers), and he shares who are his tips to be the next big acts in Australian music.

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Central Coast duo Winterbourne joined Homebrewed for the third time, and discussed running barefoot through the Gold Coast, the toll touring takes on the body, and how they plan on dominating the Grammy's.

We promise numerous times not to get bogged down, but we may spend a decent chunk of this podcast to maths. It's genuinely shocking, we know...

When we aren't blowing our minds with our math knowledge, we discuss a bunch of new Creative Australia reports which show the Australian Music industry generated over $8 billion for the economy. Not bad, right?

We then turn our attention a different report which shows that just under half of the suveyed Aussies said they would pay for a local music streaming service.

To wrap up, we predict what songs and artists might make an appearance in the top 10 for triple j's Hottest 100 of Australian Music next month.

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The organisers behind one of Australia's largest music festivals say lessons have been learnt after last year's disastrous event, but hip pocket pressures are hitting ticket sales.

Ten years ago, demand for Splendour in the Grass tickets was so high, the three-day festival sold out within an hour of going on sale. It was also the first time festival organisers had to contend with ticket scalping

But on the eve of the festival's 2023 iteration, the Byron Bay event hasn't captured the attention of punters, and has failed to sell out for the first time since 2011.

Splendour is going into this year's festival seeking to rehabilitate from last year's troubles following two years of cancellations due to COVID.

Last year’s event:

Days before the event was about to start, new laws were put into play meaning under-18 attendees were required to be accompanied by an adult at all times, with police promising to enforce the new rule.

The first day, featuring headliners Gorillaz, was cancelled because of poor weather. The increased patronage of 50,000 meant some people were waiting upward of 12 hours for busses.

After the event, a man who attended the festival died from meningococcal.

The trouble didn’t stop there. The parent company, Secret Sounds, was forced to pay $100,000 for failing to comply with its traffic management plan at the 2022 event.

The experience left revellers with mixed responses, reconciled by full and partial refunds for the day-one cancellation.

Splendour in the Grass co-producer/co-founder Jessica Ducrou says sales were down from 50,000 tickets to 35,000.

"I think it is a reflection of the current economy," she said.

"We are seeing a lot of people buying single-day tickets rather than three days and that is very much a reflection on the budget."

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2nd Story Window are a fresh band from the NSW Central Coast. With two of the members still in high school, 2nd Story Window display maturity above their years. Their music is heavily influenced by 90's grunge, as demonstrated with the live acoustic performance at our Homebrewed studios.

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Siobhan Cotchin joins Homebrewed from Perth, Western Australia! Siobhan tells Cam and Eamonn about how she's trying to break through genre stereotypes with country music and how the genre is typically reflected within politics. She also talks touring, new music, and more!

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We've seen it time and time again, when a global superstar embarks on a tour, videos will immediately go viral following its first date. Some of the most memorable moments from these iconic global tours are 'spoiled' in an instant.

Taylor Swift began her Eras Tour in Glendale, Arizona and surprised concert-goers by diving beneath the stage floor while graphics above the stage project her swimming before appearing in a brand-new outfit. A video posted of the moment by @cruzboy909 has amassed 5.6 million views, while @domcielak's video from another angle is now sitting on 5.5 million views

Unlike movies or TV shows, spoilers online for concerts are somewhat unavoidable. The nature of social media's algorithms mean that fans of any artist will continue to be fed content from their favourite artists whether they choose to or not.

Rather than simply taking a social media detox for the day or two before you get to watch the latest episode of a TV show, fans often need to wait months or years for their favourite artist to land in their city.

Similar iconic moments have also been spoiled, from Beyoncé's entire Renaissance tour show having gone viral following its first date.

After the first few legs of Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia tour, fans clued on to the fact that she would dedicate her track, 'Good In Bed' to a lucky fan member before perfectly posing in the middle of a catwalk.

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APRA is proposing a new distribution practice for promoted concerts, which would lift the rate of royalties passed on to the headliner, and reduce the cut earned by the support acts.

These performing rights payments are a cornerstone of APRA’s activities. APRA pays royalties from live performances to its members through collections from license fees paid by promoters

In an email to members, seen by The Music Network, the organisation is switching to a new 80/20 split in favour of the headliner, for those concerts in Australia and New Zealand that are licensed by APRA.

The new arrangement has been approved by the APRA board, and will come into effect with the November royalty distribution.

Currently, the split is roughly 66/33 in favour of the headline act vs. support act — although those guidelines aren’t carved in concrete. In scenarios with multiple support acts and various other situations, the splits can shift.

The process for determining the payouts is based on “equal weighting,” where each song performed at a concert receives an equal share of revenue — whether it’s a 60-second power punk track or a 10-minute prog-rock epic.

However, reads a message from APRA to members, the practice has come under question from both local and international headlining artists, their management and societies as it’s plausible (in some circumstances) for the headline act to receive less than 50% of the royalties.

Also, based on the current model, it’s impossible to predict the likely payouts prior to the show.

Reps for APRA point out its system “is inconsistent” with the split applied by international affiliate societies where the “overwhelming majority” of performing right organisations distribute on a basis of 90/10, based on the assumption that the vast majority of punters in the room are there to see the top billed performer, and not the curtain raisers.

It’s good to be the headliner – outside of ANZ, at least.

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The music industry has launched a campaign, including a petition, calling for radio companies to pay more royalties to artists.

The new campaign, spearheaded by PPCA, is called Radio Fair Play.

An accompanying petition calls on the House of Representatives to remove the broadcast radio caps on sound recordings from the Copyright Act, to ensure artists and rightsholders are paid fairly for the use of their music.

The current cap limits the amount Australian radio broadcasters are required to pay artists and labels to no more than 1% of the station’s gross annual revenue.

“Radio has built a successful business playing music, yet artists and rightsholders are not being paid a fair market rate when their music is played on the radio,” the petition says. “Artificial caps, set in the Copyright Act over 50 years ago, limit how much radio stations pay to play their music (specifically sound recordings). There are no caps in any other form of copyright, and numerous reviews have recommended the removal of these limits.

“The radio caps are unfair and uncompetitive. The caps should be removed allowing the market to determine an appropriate rate so artists and rightsholders are paid fairly for their music.”

Data from PPCA indicates commercial radio paid approximately $4.4 million a year for all music sound recordings used in the 2022 financial year, and that the ABC pays approximately $136,000 per year for all sound recordings used across its radio networks.

Despite the cap being 1%, PPCA said commercial radio broadcasters currently pay an all-industry fee of 0.4% of gross industry revenue to PPCA. Globally, the industry body said, rates are around 1.5% to 4%.

It also cited numerous reviews which had endorsed the removal of the cap. In addition, in 2006, then Attorney General Phillip Ruddock announced the caps would be removed, but this never eventuated.

The PPCA has recruited former Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA) CEO, Joan Warner, to consult on the initiative.

TMN understands the PPCA and Warner are currently securing meetings with the Attorney General and relevant ministers, and looking to launch the campaign properly in June with prominent artists.

In addition, it has launched proceedings in the Copyright Tribunal of Australia, where it will seek a determination on the appropriate and fair amount for royalty payments. Unless the existing 1% cap is removed from the legislation, however, the Tribunal will not be able to grant more than 1%, even if it determines a higher percentage would be a “fair fee”.

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The Federal Government has introduced the legislation to Parliament which will see the formation of Creative Australia and Music Australia.

The drafted legislation has provided more of a picture of how Music Australia would operate, including its structure and its Board, which will actually be known as the Music Australia Council.

The Music Australia Council will consist of eight representatives with “relevant and appropriate experience in music”, the Australia Council for the Arts said.

Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke, will make the appointments, which will run for four years.

The Council will be charged with advising the Board of Creative Australia – which will remain known as the Australia Council Board

Falls Festival have announced that the festival won't be going ahead this year as they need to take a break. In this Music News, we digest whether there's more to the story, and what implication it could have on the music industry in Australia.

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Central Coast singer/songwriter Chelsea Berman joined Cam and Eamonn in the Homebrewed studios for a 4th time!

In this episode, Chelsea reveals the somewhat controversial responses to her music, and how some people aren't happy having songs written about them. She's also finally off to Nashville, a career highlight in the waiting for the emerging country/pop star.

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It's been a long time coming, but we finally got to sit down with Billy and Darcy of The Big Drive.

The Central Coast duo joined us to talk about their upcoming single, their musical influences, and how they nearly gave up on the project entirely.

Darcy opens up about his insecurities when it comes to singing, while Billy reflects on his high school acoustic performance of LMFAO's 'Sexy and I Know It' and his Just Bieber-style haircut.

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Homebrewed is a podcast dedicated to supporting the Australian Music Industry. Cameron Smith and Eamonn Snow have been presenting Homebrewed since November 2017 and have received excellence awards and the admiration of local bands for their presentation of Homebrewed and their continued support of the Australian music scene. This podcast is designed so you can enjoy conversations with musicians, industry representatives and music media personalities.

DICE are a band, we believe, that you just simply have to listen to. Emerging from the Perth music scene during the COVID-19 pandemic, DICE have forged their path both in WA and across Australia.

DICE are touring the nation at the moment and you can see their shows here

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A music venue in Melbourne is facing criticism after fans and a nearby venue raised $6million to purchase The Tote - however, the asking price remained $6.6 million dollars".

What is The Tote? a legendary live music venue in Collingwood, Melbourne

How long has it been around? Over 40 years

Who has played there? You Am I, Paul Kelly, Hoodoo Gurus, Silverchair, The White Stripes

Back in March, Tote co-owners Jon Perring and Sam Cupri announced the Collingwood pub had been put up for sale, saying they had “no petrol left in the tank” to continue operating the venue, citing the stress of navigating it through the COVID-19 pandemic in recent years.

The same month, Shane Hilton and Leanne Chance - owners and operators of nearby venue The Last Chance - launched a crowdfunding campaign on Pozible in an attempt to buy the venue

Hilton and Chance explained that they were able to independently raise 50% of the “6 to 6.6 million dollar” asking price, but were reaching out to the community to crowdfund the remaining half. The target was set at $3 million dollars.

Around the same time, the Perring and Cupri shared a statement on the Tote’s social media, thanking those that pledged to the campaign but affirming that the current asking price for the venue is $6.65 million, a figure “based on the land value” and “backed by a recent independent valuation.” As a result of the shortfall between the asking price and the $6 million the Last Chance were able to raise, the Tote’s current owners said the venue has not yet been secured by Hilton, Chance and the community.

“The asking price allows for the mortgage, all liabilities and the current owners to be paid out fairly. As a way of background, the Tote has refinanced several times to get it through the pandemic, the cost of which is factored into this price,” Perring and Cupri added. “It wouldn’t be here today if these steps hadn’t been taken to get the Tote through this crisis. Hence, the reserve price was set to be fair but also realistic. The price is possibly even conservative by some measures.”

“The Tote is open to such a discussion and is also keen to make this sale occur. In the meantime, by necessity, The Tote remains for sale until an agreement can be reached. Discussions will continue in good faith with Last Chance so stay tuned.”

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