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Corona’s SunSets Festival brought the heat last weekend

Having already held successful parties in Italy, Ibiza, China, Chile, Mexico and UK, the Corona Sunsets Festival finally made its way to our western shores last weekend with revellers partying away to the sounds of Flight Facilities, Nina Las Vegas, George Maple, Crooked Colours, Hayden...

MMAD and their amazing talent deliver a great song and campaign ahead of Xmas

MMAD (Musicians Making A Difference) is the foundation charity partner of the Australian advertising industry’s not-for-profit philanthropic foundation Unltd. Working with 10 young disadvantaged youths enrolled in the organisation and along with the help of Universal Music Australia, MMAD have created a campaign ahead of...

UMG & Foxtel can’t resolve their issues; YouTube shrugs its shoulders

A dispute between Universal Music Australia and Foxtel has extended several weeks now, with music videos from the world’s most commercial and mainstream acts banned from appearing on any of the networks owned music channels. Missed opportunities in royalties and programming confusion could possibly be...

R.I.P. Rdio; slightly more room in a crowded and competitive market space

Struggling online music-streaming service Rdio’s has officially shut shop and is set to file for bankruptcy, with Pandora buying up their key assets for a tidy sum of US$75M. The latest casualty in the rough-and-tumble digital landscape wars leaves behind a substantial debt to various...

Saatchi New York decided to trash its office to make a music video

The New York-based advertising agency was planning to remodel their office space, and in truly flamboyant fashion thought to invite aptly titled electro-pop band Big Data to join them in the destruction. Embracing the notion that you can’t make an omelette without breaking a few...

James Boag’s bespoke eletcro-mechanical instrument: ‘Meteorphonium’

We weren’t sure whether to end with James Boag’s weather machine/musical instrument stunt, or popular French start-up Sounds music discovery app that lets you seamlessly share across social media – the Boag’s symphony from an unexpected place took the lead. Set halfway up a mountain...

21hrs of Reggie Watts = ONE B1G GIG with Virgin Mobile

Last edition it was Australian beat-boxer Tom Thum touting DAB+ digital radio, this week it’s Reggie Watts bringing his unique blend of comedy and musicality for Virgin Mobile’s ONE B1G GIG campaign! The telco provider has teamed up with streaming service Guvera to show just...

Safe & Sound presents: Sound Connections @ EMC 2015

Safe & Sound is hosting a world-first “speed dating” event for music producers called Sound Connections as part of this year’s EMC Masterclass program! It’s a unique networking event that unites up & coming artists with established mentors, giving aspiring producers the opportunity to rub...

AmpMe app links your phones into an interconnected sound-system

Just what we need, more inferior sounding speaker options and kids playing music off their phones! AmpMe have just launched a new app that allows you to ‘merge’ phones into an inter-connected speaker system to remotely reach far-flung locations by pairing up yours and your...