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News Items

Australian Music Finds its Alamo on Texan Stages
From The Age. By Andrew Murfett
March 15, 2008

CDs Are Stuck, Live Acts Shining
From The Age. By Andrew Murfett
March 17, 2008

No Guitar or Product is Left Unplugged
From The Age. By Andrew Murfett
March 18, 2008

Australian Accent at World Music Fest
From The Age. By Andrew Murfett
March 18, 2008

The Who's Who of Music Head for Southwest
From The Age. By Andrew Murfett
March 15, 2007

South by Southwest Coverage
From The Age. By Andrew Murfett
February 3, 2007

Sticky Carpet--Aussie barbie in Austin
From The Age. By Andrew Murfett
January 26, 2007

Getting on the Band Wagon
Austrade is an unlikely innovator in the work of contemporary music.
From The Business Review Weekly (February 1, 2006)
By Simon Lloyd
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Aussie Government to Boost Music Exports
The Australian government is stepping up its support for music exports, particularly to the United States.
By Christie Eliezer
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Australian Talent Rocks on Over to Texas
The Australian Financial Review's issue (December 9, 2005) has a special section on the Music Business with several articles that do not appear on their website. With views on independent distribution, online issues, retail, marketing, export strategies and an analysis of the Idol phenomenon, it's an interesting read to pick up at the newsagent today. If the articles are placed online, we'll issue their URLs but it appears unlikely.
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Aussies Plan Strong Presence for SXSW 2005 - from Billboard
"After six acts scored label and management deals following showcases at this year's South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Australia's government and music industry plan to step up their profile at SXSW 2005."
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2008 Logos & Graphics

Logos for media available on request (mark@immedia.com.au).

SXSW Film, Interactive & Music Platinum Logo

SXSW Music Primary Logo

SXSW Interactive Primary Logo

SXSW Film Primary Logo

'Australians at South By Southwest' Logo Download BW 672 KB EPS or Download Colour 1.8MB EPS

For other file formats or artwork queries contact: Mark Berry mark@immedia.com.au

2007 South by Southwest Photos

All photos copyright Lisa Treen. To reproduce these photos you must credit Lisa Treen.

To view the image, its title or download a press quality version click on the image, select 'open in a new window', then 'see different sizes', located under the 'Additional Information' heading.

Key Contacts

Phil Tripp--co-ordinates Australian & New Zealand participation.

Register your interest here or contact Phil on the following details:
PH: (011) 61-2-9557-7766;
E: tripp@sxsw.com
He is an expat Yank with 23 years in Australia, publishes the AustralAsian Music Industry Directory & served as a government adviser on music export strategy. The relevant Australian website for this is http://www.themusic.com.au/sxsw.

Lisa Treen--IMMEDIA!
Running the Australian Music Stand at SXSW, she's also run Australian stands at MIDEM, New Music Seminar, MIDEM US and MIDEM ASIA.
PH: (011) 61-2-9557-7766
E: treen@immedia.com.au

Key Websites

Australians @ SXSW http://www.themusic.com.au/sxsw
South by Southwest http://www.sxsw.com
Aussie Music Online http://www.amo.org.au
APRA--http://www.apra.com.au
EMI Music Australia http://www.musichead.com.au
West Australian Music http://www.wam.asn.au
Austrade http://www.austrade.gov.au