Face The Music - First Speakers announced!

The first 12 speakers for Face The Music 2017 have just been announced and the line-up is IMPRESSIVE!
(10% discount tix for Music Victoria members - read on):

Music Cities Convention announced - early bird discounts available

Sound Diplomacy are bringing their amazing Music Cities Convention to Melbourne in April 2018 and we're going to be working closely alongside Creative Victoria on the programming.
We've got the inside scoop on early EARLY bird discounts too (offer valid til 30th Sept)...

New digital project puts St Kilda's jazz heritage on the map

The St Kilda Jazz Heritage Tour is a digital project conceived and created by writer and filmmaker Kaye Blum. It documents St Kilda's significant jazz history through its venues from the 1920s to today with an interactive map pinpointing key locations. Users can self-navigate a walking tour with a mobile device or explore the website from a desktop. A click on each of the map’s 37 pins leads to details of St Kilda’s key jazz places and people.

Second Victorian Music Crawl to explore regional music opportunities

A delegation of Victoria’s leading music artists, managers, booking agents and peak body representatives will be visiting the Mornington Peninsula, Bass Coast and Southern Gippsland region in August for the second Victorian Music Crawl – a contemporary music bus tour across Victoria.

A Victorian Government initiative led by the state’s peak body for contemporary music, Music Victoria, in partnership with local government including Mornington Peninsula Shire, the tour aims to build connections between Melbourne-based music industry figures and bands, venues, bookers, events, promoters, media and more based in regional Victoria.

The Age Music Victoria Awards - Submissions are now open!

Award submissions for The Age Music Victoria Awards are NOW OPEN!

Categories open for submissions now include Best Regional Venue, Best Venue, Best Festival and ALL genre categories!

Head over to our submissions form and lodge your nomination! http://www.musicvictoria.com.au/submissions

CEO Report - July 2017

Dear members and subscribers,

Australia is one of the most regulated countries in the world, which makes it difficult to maintain a thriving visitor economy.
 
Festivals need to navigate their way through a complex web of laws around planning, liquor licensing, visas, occupational health and safety, security and parking. This can be a huge cost burden on promoters.

CEO Report - June 2017

Dear members and subscribers,

Earlier this year we asked our members and subscribers to answer some questions in our annual survey about the biggest issues and opportunities facing their careers and businesses.
 
The key findings were:

Music Victoria statement re: Victoria Police to get stop and search powers in 'bush doof' drug crackdown

Safety of music fans, musicians and industry is paramount at any music event. Drug use is a broad societal issue and while promoters and venues need to acknowledge their duty of care to patrons, drug use is a matter for the police.

We urge the police to be wary of any moves that could force patrons to take dangerous amounts of drugs quickly to avoid detection.

We encourage police to promote education to patrons rather than prohibition and to adopt progressive interventions that have proven effective in European countries.

Leaps and Bounds announce full program 2017

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is just around the corner!

We're looking forward to some of the workshops put on by The Push Inc including the DIY Merchandise workshop AND this workshop on "Converting MP3 into booking fees".

There's also this sweet party feat. BILLY DAVIS, Cool Out Sun, MzRizk (DJ) and Jordan Dennis happening at The Night Cat.

Check out the full program below. We'll be announcing some more workshops in the coming days too.

Music Victoria are hiring! Office & Membership Coordinator and Project / Marketing Manager roles available

We're hiring!

We're looking for:

• a Project / Marketing Manager to assist in marketing and project management of The Age Music Victoria Awards and our annual membership drive; and
• an Office & Membership Coordinator to provide support to management and be responsible for office administration including front line office support, phone queries and membership queries.

Do you have these skills? Check out the position descriptions below. Applications close COB Friday 7 July 2017.

Office & Membership Coordinator PD HERE

Project / Marketing Manager PD HERE

Richard Moffat and Chelsea Wilson join the Music Victoria Board

We're excited to welcome the wonderful Richard Moffat and Chelsea Wilson to the Music Victoria board! 
They have both been co-opted and will serve on the board until our AGM in December.

We'd also like to extend heartfelt thanks to Chrissie Vincent and Cat McGauran for their time on the MV board.

Read about our board members here.

JOB ALERT - Revolver Upstairs, Prahran

Revolver Upstairs on Chapel Street in Prahran has a great 320 person live music space which historically had live music 5 nights a week.

Revolver wants to start programming more live music and is seeking a passionate and connected booker to help us book great local content. Please email jobs@revolverupstairs.com.au to express your interest.