Local artists call for live music pilot project in Nambour The local music industry is calling on the state government to support a pilot project in Nambour in a bid to support a growing culture of live music on the Sunshine Coast. The call follows a meeting of 25 music and business industry leaders held […]

National research conducted by the University of Tasmania and released today by the Live Music Office shows the live music sector contributed $15.7 billion of value to the Australian community in 2014, providing vital commercial, individual and civic benefits. The report, The Economic and Cultural Value of Live Music in Australia 2014, set out to value […]

Costs Inputs that enable and facilitate live music making in Australia and their related outputs come at a cost. Labour, materials and infrastructure are either directly purchased or donated to that end. Furthermore, given the scarce resources of consumers, the diversion of money to live music implies that other opportunities to improve individual welfare are […]

In June 2014, the City of Melbourne adopted the Melbourne Music Strategy 2014-17, a three year plan for how the City will engage with and support the industry to achieve their vision to nurture musicians and venues. Now in August 2015, the City has tabled their year one key achievements and year two plan report […]

The Live Music Office was very pleased to attend and be part of the inaugural meeting of the National Contemporary Music Roundtable held in Sydney on the 6th August. All of Australia’s music business peak bodies and representatives from key music companies and agencies attended the half day forum convened by Music Australia. 50 influential […]