Virgin Australia – Over the past year, Virgin Australia has become the preferred airline for the Australian music industry through the roll out of a number of initiatives aimed as supporting the Australian music industry and artists. From additional free baggage for touring musicians, to support of the annual HOME completion disc and website – that promotes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists – Virgin Australia is committed to continuing to support and promote Australian music around the world. For more information on how you can access the special musicians’ baggage allowance, contact your music industry organisation.
301 is a network of recording, mixing and mastering studios, producers, engineers and technicians, based in Sydney and Byron Bay, Australia. Since the studios were established, 301 has hosted the best of international talent, helped launch the careers of thousands of Australian artists, producers and engineers, and is always playing a key role in the advancement of the art and technology of music.
In recent years 301s services and facilities have been used by Kanye West, Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Muse, Jay Z, Metallica, The Black Eyed Peas, U2, Snoop Dogg, Tiesto, Lana Del Rey, George Michael, Kiss, Powderfinger, Silverchair, Delta Goodrem, Matt Corby, Kimbra, 360, Washington and Angus & Julia Stone.
Dating further back, David Bowie, Prince, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, Duran Duran, The Easybeats, John Farnham, Icehouse, The Divinyls, Slim Dusty, The Angels, INXS and Midnight Oil have all recorded, mixed or mastered at Studios 301.
For questions and/or studio bookings contact Danielle Engen 02 9698 5888 / danielle@studios301.com
SOUNDS AUSTRALIA is Australia’s national export initiative, established to deliver a cohesive and unified platform at international showcase market events, supported through a financial partnership between both Federal and State governments, along with peak music industry bodies. SOUNDS AUSTRALIA is committed to providing the best possible environment for Australian Artists to expose their own unique selling points to their chosen export markets and for the attending Australian delegates to be offered value add networking opportunities in order to stimulate negotiations and real business outcomes, allowing them to meet their international objectives and advance their careers. SOUNDS AUSTRALIA aims to raise the profile and visibility of the Australian contemporary music sector within key international music markets. By centralising efforts through the financial investment from The Australia Council for the Arts, Trade Queensland, Vic Rocks, Department of Culture and the Arts, Arts SA and Industry & Investment NSW, along with peak industry bodies APRA|AMCOS, PPCA and the Australian Music Industry Association (AMIN), Sounds Australia plans to support Australia’s presence at key music markets whilst simultaneously putting Australia’s musical talents on the world map and promoting the nation as a truly creative cultural hub.
B_SPACE is an Australian lifestyle boutique and Billabout.com’s media studio located in downtown Manhattan. We stock various iconic Aussie brands from some of our favourite Aussie designers such as Mambo, Volley, Driza-bone, Ellery et Graz sunglasses, Corbin Harris Element Skateboards and more.
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What started off as a bet over a beer between two friends has now become an internationally recognised label and a dream come true for friends Leith Testoni and Jonathon Yeo of premium menswear label ZANEROBE. When asked how ZANEROBE came to be, they recall seeing a guy dressed in a hideous striped shirt and Jono betting Leith, who originally had the more prominent interest in fashion, that he couldn’t design a better shirt. In Jono’s words ‘it was on’. The unique name was a joint decision between the boys; ZANE from Leith’s longing to be called it as a kid, and ROBE as Jono’s reworking of the French word ‘garde robe’ (an old piece of French furniture that held clothing). In just over a week a business name was registered, logo developed and a 6-8 piece shirting collection designed and hawked to a select few boutique clothing stores in Sydney. Within 2 years, ZANEROBE were presenting full menswear collections and stocking top Australian doors such as David Jones. Today, the name has become synonymous with strength and masculinity and their ranges are well known internationally for their point of difference, quality workmanship and clever, bold designs. In recent times, the label has transformed and embarked on an alternate journeys with their collection designs, paths that explore the realms and nuances of fashion through music and art – a defining moment for the label as popularity for collections intensified globally. Ten years in, ZANEROBE is hanging in the cream of stores including Australia’s David Jones, Japan’s Barneys, the USA’s Nieman Marcus, Nordstrom, Saks and Bloomingdales.