News : Record YR MusicOZ Awards entry LIVE in Melbourne!

VicMUSIC writes"The Musicoz Awards are open and what better way to enter than record your entry live! There’s limited places to record your entry live at the Noise bar in Brunswick every Thursday night in July & at Zudio Studio in Clayton on Sunday the 16th & 23rd July!

In partnership with VicMUSIC, NoiseTV and Zudio Studio, Musicoz is excited to announce that Melbourne’s unsigned artists have the opportunity to lay down their tracks to enter the annual Musicoz Awards – Australia’s biggest Awards for unsigned artists.

Recording in a professional studio can produce excellent results for bands but there are those bands and solo artists who are currently either just starting off and can’t afford studio time or haven’t got home recording facilities. Not only that, but some performers tend to play better live and so what better way to get your songs on a CD and enter the Musicoz Awards at the same time?

“It’s cheap means of recording and it’s a great way to hear how you sound live,” said Kimberley Hopkins, Publicist for Musicoz. “It costs $25 per song to enter the Musicoz Awards and like all entries, if you record a fourth song at Noise bar, it’s for free. So in a nutshell, the recording is free and you enter those songs into the Musicoz Awards. It’s that easy!”

By entering the Musicoz Awards, artists are in the running to win over a hundred thousand dollars in cash and prizes and industry opportunities including instruments from Turramurra Music, mastering at Turtlerock, production deals with Faultline Records, Tone Market and Central Station Records (to name just a few). Plus other awesome prizes like recording time at Trackdown, Velvet Studios, Mainstreet and Studio 301. Check out the website for the humongous list.

Julie Kilpatrick, President of VicMUSIC heard about the Musicoz live recordings that were happening in Sydney and wanted to offer the service to musicians in Melbourne. “I thought it was a great idea and VicMUSIC wanted to get involved. Our aim is promote the growth and development of original contemporary music in Victoria, both as an art form and as an industry, so it was a perfect fit,” said Julie.
So get ready! Contact VicMUSIC now to make a booking on a particular date. Remember, it’s first in, first recorded for this amazing opportunity.

Entries for the Musicoz Awards are open until July 31 and the Awards are held on December 7th in Wollongong, NSW and broadcast on national television.

Performance Bookings: VicMusic: 0410 564 364 (between 9am - 7pm) or info@vicmusic.org.au
www.musicoz.org for rules and regulations on entering Musicoz

With thanks and support from VicMUSIC, NoiseTV and Zudio Studio."

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Bands & Artists : karl beesley

bigtimerockboy writes"solo acoustic music. dark folk and country style of original songs performed with an acoustic guitar. i also have songs played on keyboard.

check my website: http://www.geocities.com/karlbeesley

or myspace at http://www.myspace.com/karlbeesley

i am also planning to re-start my band the vortexans at
a later date.
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Bands & Artists : Debra Manskey

siren writes"
Debra Manskey was born into a musical family in South Australia. In fact, for the first ten or twelve years of her life, Debra thought everyone lived in a home where music was on the menu most nights of the week. “Growing up, it was a revelation for me to discover that some families didn’t play music together or even own a musical instrument. We used to sit around the kitchen table and just do it! Looking back, it’s a gift I can’t thank my parents enough for.” Her older brother Ivan was a gifted jazz drummer and her father, Charles Manskey was a fine performer, music teacher and multi-instrumentalist. Making her debut at age 6, Debra got a taste for live performing very early that hasn’t ever really left her. Throughout her long career, Debra has graced many concert stages and festivals across Australia, including Pt Fairy Folk Festival, Moomba, Cygnet Folk Festival and Tasmania’s jewel, 10 Days on the Island. In recent years as a solo performer she has also supported other outstanding artists such as The Stiff Gins, Neil Murray, Sophie B Hawkins, Mick Thomas and the inimitable Dave Graney. One of the founding members of Australian 80’s indie darlings Wild Pumpkins at Midnight, Debra’s trademark, soaring vocals contributed to the Pumpkins’ 1990 ARIA award for “This Machine is Made of People” (Best Independent Release). Debra is also highly regarded as an arts administrator and educator. She regularly conducts specialist workshops for adults and children in voice, songwriting and music business competencies. In 2006, Debra has performed with Sophie B Hawkins, supported The Bat Band, conducted workshops on King Island in western Bass Strait and produced ‘Sampler’ – a live CD from The Pea***** Theatre which should be available commercially in the later half of this year. For further booking/scheduling information, please contact: Phone: 0406 6940662Email:
sirensongs@bigpond.com
debra.manskey@gmail.com Internet: http://www.myspace.com/debramanskeyhttp://debramanskey.blogspot.com/
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Tuition : Creative Vision Music School

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News : New chillout music by HughMiddleton!

HughMiddleton writes"Brand new chillout music by melbourne based musician Hugh Middleton is available now on mySpace!
www.myspace.com/hughmiddleton
Please check it out and send some feedback!"

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