Christie's Music News
Posted: 3:08PM, Tuesday 17th November, 2009

ARIA launches two new charts

ARIA this week launched two new Top 50 charts — Digital Album and Catalogue. ARIA’s January to June 2009 figures showed that digital album sales doubled in the first half of this year from the year before and in mid-year represented 8% of overall sales, compared to 4.7% the year before.

• Music Directory Listings
• NX leads in Newcastle
• Beenie Man dropped from Big Day Out
• Caveman! embraces atomic age
• Looking Back On and Looking Forward To Leaving The Music Biz Game
• Jordin Sparks on promo
• ISPs boosting movie downloading
• Federal court ruling helps clubs
• Buzz grows on Sorbello
and much more...

Christie's Gig Guide
Posted: 4:09PM, Tuesday 17th November, 2009

Jimmy Barnes, Shannon Noll, Adam Brand

Regional Touring puts Jimmy Barnes, Shannon Noll and Adam Brand on the six-date Red Hot Summer Tour.

• Placebo
• James Taylor and Carole King: Troubadour Reunion
• Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro
• “Wild Summer 10” tour: Gemstar & Lauryn
• Tumbleweed
• Camera Obscura
• The Books
• Latino NYE Carnival
• The Poor
and much more...

Pollstar's Gigs & Bytes
Posted: 4:31PM, Tuesday 17th November, 2009

• Psychoacoustic Killer
• Lilith’s Talent Search
• Universal / TuneCore’s Indie Project
• Simple Minds Get On The Stick

Phil Tripp's Loose Cannon
Posted: 4:16PM, Tuesday 10th November, 2009

Looking Back On and Looking Forward To Leaving The Music Biz Game

Do you want to know how dumb I am? I was reviewing today's sales sheets of people ordering books, the print directory and the real gold mine, the online dirctory, and I noticed an order where someone had bought two copies of AMID 43.

Guest Editorial
Posted: 4:09PM, Tuesday 20th October, 2009

The War is Over, the troops are on the ground. By Paul Gildea

I had a call from Phil Tripp last week asking me what the URL for our new business is (since he had forgotten it and only had my email from the AMBC)– I was happy to provide him with http://dtailnoisemakers.com.au/ and report that the initial response to this venture has been strong – particularly from independent bands and record labels but we are finding interest from industries on the periphery of the creative arts.