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unusual facts about Australian music



Great Southern Spirits

Great Southern Spirits is a composition by Australian composer Stephen Leek.

Michael Gudinski

Michael Solomon Gudinski, AM (born 22 August 1952) is an Australian entrepreneur and businessman currently based in Melbourne who is a leading figure in the Australian music industry.


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AIR Charts

They are officially distributed alongside the ARIA Charts through The Music Network, a weekly subscription based Australian music industry trade magazine.

Alan Crawford

Alan Crawford (music publisher) Australian music publisher who formed the sales and programming company for Radio Atlanta

ARIA Charts

ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report which had been Australia's national charts since 1974.

Ben Glatzer

The West Australian Music Industry Awards (WAMIs) are annual awards presented to the local contemporary music industry, put on by the Western Australian Music Industry Association Inc.

Dyscord

2008 seen the release of their debut full length album Dakota, recorded by West Australian Music Industry Award nominated producer Adam Sparks of Wing Command Studios and Birds of Tokyo.

Mish Mash!

The album was the result of the Band in a Bubble project, a new reality TV-inspired media stunt sponsored and broadcast by Australian music channel, Channel V.

Monks of Mellonwah

The Monks' first music video which was for the song Swamp Groove won an award at Harold's Shorts Film Festival, being judged by Australian music journalist Glenn A. Baker.

Rasa Music

It is the sister record label of AMI (Australian Music International) which was formed in 1991 with the intention of nurturing cultural musicians from Australia and marketing their music internationally.

Richard Letts

2008: The APRA/AMC Classical Music Award for Long-Term Contribution to the Advancement of Australian Music.

Shannon Barnett

Since completing studies at the Victorian College of the Arts, Barnett has become an important contributor to the Australian music scene, performing in ensembles including Vada, The Bamboos, The Black Arm Band, The Vampires, the Bennetts Lane Big Band and as a guest with the Andrea Keller Quartet, on the 2004 ABC Jazz release Angels and Rascals.

Slightly Odway

According to Australian music journalist, Ed Nimmervoll, "The album title Slightly Odway is a comment on the slightly odd way they feel they approach life as well as music".

Susie Elelman

In 2011, Elelman and entertainer Barry Crocker co-hosted the Australian music industry's annual Mo Awards.

Tait Memorial Trust

At inception, the TMT's activities were based in the UK, reflecting a historical tradition of strong institutional links between Australian music academies and British institutions such as the Royal College of Music, Royal Academy of Music, the Royal Northern College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Tear down the wall

a CROSS//the EARTH Tear Down the Walls, the 11th album by the Australian music group Hillsong United

The Sell-In

The Sell-in: How the Music Business Seduced Alternative Rock is a book by Australian music journalist Craig Mathieson.

The Sound of White

In his 2009 book Playlisted: Everything You Need to Know About Australian Music Right Now, Craig Mathieson said that The Sound of White was lyrically "descriptively giving, often heartbroken and occasionally delusional".

Tord Ă˜verland Knudsen

The Wombats appeared on an episode of the Australian music quiz show Spicks and Specks, hosted by Adam Hills.

Zelman Symphony

Founded by the amateur players of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) in 1933, the orchestra remembers the contribution to Australian music of the former conductor and leader, Alberto Zelman (Junior).