Australian Music Festival

Australia continues to hit up the international music scene. I wrote a blog back in July about Queensland’s initiative to promote their local bands overseas as part of an ‘art fund.’ The initiative had a great response and has been a big help to Australian bands looking to build a presence overseas.

Now, the Australian city of Perth has just become the new home for the International Music Business Conference titled One Movement Festival which will be held from October 16-18, 2009. This will really be great for the Australian music industry as it will bring music business professionals together from around the world. The conference topic will be how to survive in the drastically changing music business.

Local Australian artists will also have a great chance to showcase their music as each night will contain live music. Many of the artists will be from the Australian/Asian region.

As Sat Bisla from A&R Worldwide out of Beverly Hills said:

“One Movement Festival Perth will bring the local, national and international communities together for the purpose of experiencing the creme de la creme of live music, discovering new creative and business solutions and opportunities for a fast-changing worldwide music industry, as well as interacting with fans who support our common passion for all things music.”

Michael Chugg of Chugg Entertainment added:

“One Movement Festival Perth is long overdue and gives the music business worldwide a massive opportunity to gather and exchange ideas on all facets of the changing face of our industry, including the booming live scene, IT and telcos, recording, digital music and copyright. This festival will give the Australian and Asian-Pacific music industries a platform for inter-action and bonding like never before.”

I will continue to follow the exciting events in the Australian music industry.

Stay tuned,
Erik
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