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Spotify Wrapped ghosted NZ music again. Local artists and audiences deserve more

Spotify has just released Spotify Wrapped, its annual end-of-year viral promotional exercise. For New Zealand musicians, however, there was little to get excited about.

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NZ’s small music venues are struggling – but there are ways to help them thrive

Grassroots music venues are essential to the development of new talent and audiences. But right now, those small clubs and spaces are struggling, putting Aotearoa New Zealand’s local live music sector at risk.

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Music is at the forefront of AI disruption, but NZ artists still have few protections

Was the recent Velvet Sundown phenomenon a great music and media hoax, a sign of things to come, or just another example of what’s already happening ?

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Discovering new NZ music in the streaming age is getting harder – what’s the future for local artists?

New Zealand Music Month turned 25 this year, and there’s been plenty to celebrate – whether it be Mokotron’s Taite Prize-winning Waerea, Lorde’s recent return (though not to New Zealand – yet), or the fact that live performance revenues post-COVID have been strong.

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NZ’s Broadcasting Act is as old as Video Ezy. We need media reform for the streaming age

One year after Video Ezy opened its first store in Aotearoa New Zealand, the Broadcasting Act 1989 was introduced. It established frameworks and funding for local content that largely still exist.

The Conversation

Hitting the wrong note: musicians say AI will take jobs

Thousands of musicians say they will no longer be able to support themselves due to the impact of Artificial Intelligence, according to a major survey.

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Alex Lahey, Gordi create residency to revive live music

Alex Lahey and Gordi have launched a curated residency in Melbourne to give emerging artists a leg-up after COVID-19 decimated the live music industry.

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Australia’s live music scene ‘decimated’, with 1,300 venues lost since pandemic

Apra Amcos boss calls for tax incentives to revive the sector, after report reveals number of venues for small to medium gigs shrank by a third over three years

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Feature jobs: APRA AMCOS, WNDRR The Atticism

APRA AMCOS are a music loving, locally invested, and globally facing music rights management organisation that delivers fair, transparent and efficient services to music creators and music users. They have more than 111,000 members who are songwriters, composers and music publishers. They license organisations to play, perform, copy or record…

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‘The government has listened’: Australia’s peak bodies praise $300m federal arts policy

Launched by Anthony Albanese at Melbourne live music pub the Espy, the policy offers welcome support for the beleaguered industry

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Aust musicians bank $534m in royalties

Australian music creators have received more than half a billion dollars in royalties over the past year, with digital sources boosting artists' payments.

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Featured jobs: APRA AMCOS, The Talent Büro Sarah and Sebastian

APRA AMCOS is a key business partner to Australasian music creators. They have more than 111,000 members who are songwriters, composers and music publishers. They license organisations to play, perform, copy or record their members’ music, and they distribute royalties to their members. APRA AMCOS is currently looking for a…

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