http://www.tonedeaf.com.au The Home Of Australian Music Thu, 23 May 2013 13:06:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/industry-news/307700/music-publishers-throw-roadblock-into-apples-iradio-plans-as-downloads-dwindle.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/industry-news/307700/music-publishers-throw-roadblock-into-apples-iradio-plans-as-downloads-dwindle.htm#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 02:55:44 +0000 Zoe Kingsley http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=307700 The launch of Google Music All Access last week proved to hammer another nail in the coffin for Apple’s own ill-fated music service, iRadio. On top of the frantically-paced development of streaming services which has seen the likes of Rdio jump into the Vdio arena and Spotify already popping the cork on their Australian one [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/industry-news/307700/music-publishers-throw-roadblock-into-apples-iradio-plans-as-downloads-dwindle.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/industry-news/307666/month-launch-twitter-music-officially-flop.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/industry-news/307666/month-launch-twitter-music-officially-flop.htm#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 02:05:45 +0000 Dylan McCarthy http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=307666 The creators of #tweeting, #hashtags and #trending have ironically failed to make themselves trend. Launched last month, music streaming-discovery service  Twitter #Music was rightfully hyped as a possible rival to the likes of Spotify and Pandora. A month on from its launch however, the service has slipped from the top 100 free music apps on [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/industry-news/307666/month-launch-twitter-music-officially-flop.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/international-news/307636/1-4-indie-labels-earn-streaming-downloads.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/international-news/307636/1-4-indie-labels-earn-streaming-downloads.htm#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 01:02:23 +0000 Zoe Kingsley http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=307636 It seems the streaming services wave is still being ridden, not just by providers, but surprisingly by record labels themselves. Following the launch of the Google Play All Access music service last week and Spotify’s grand reveal of streaming numbers charts yesterday, indie music representatives and global rights agency Merlin has published a survey on Indie [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/international-news/307636/1-4-indie-labels-earn-streaming-downloads.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/307273/liberals-propose-privatising-abc-triple-public-ownership-no-longer-valid-2013.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/307273/liberals-propose-privatising-abc-triple-public-ownership-no-longer-valid-2013.htm#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 23:41:36 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=307273 The recently revealed Federal Budget may have neglected to show support to community radio, neglecting to address the $1.4 million shortfall in enabling up to 37 community radio stations to make the migration to digital, but on the flipside, the Federal Government showed immense support to public owned media bodies ABC and SBS. ABC saw [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/307273/liberals-propose-privatising-abc-triple-public-ownership-no-longer-valid-2013.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/306119/annandale-mayor-pushes-for-rock-n-roll-not-residential-flats-as-sale-enters-11th-hour.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/306119/annandale-mayor-pushes-for-rock-n-roll-not-residential-flats-as-sale-enters-11th-hour.htm#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 23:14:13 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=306119 Legendary Sydney live music venue, The Annandale Hotel, has been on public listing for sale for other a month now and the future of the site as a live music venue remains precarious despite the efforts of Leichhardt Mayor Darcy Byrne to ensure its legacy as a live music site. The Annandale went into receivership in [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/306119/annandale-mayor-pushes-for-rock-n-roll-not-residential-flats-as-sale-enters-11th-hour.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/international-news/305848/google-launches-music-streaming-service-as-apple-fight-with-labels.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/international-news/305848/google-launches-music-streaming-service-as-apple-fight-with-labels.htm#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 01:50:10 +0000 Zoe Kingsley http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=305848 Yesterday it was rumoured that Google were to launch their new subscription-based music streaming service to the masses at their annual I/O conference, which turned out to be entirely accurate, for those anticipating such a launch the wait is officially over- as of yesterday Google has entered the streaming market. Having alluded to launching a [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/international-news/305848/google-launches-music-streaming-service-as-apple-fight-with-labels.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/international-news/305701/google-launching-music-streaming-spotify-killer-this-week.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/international-news/305701/google-launching-music-streaming-spotify-killer-this-week.htm#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 04:33:33 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=305701 As previously reported, Google is looking at competing directly with the likes of Spotify, Deezer, Rdio, and Pandora by launching its own subscription-based streaming music service to complement its online music storage and digital download store Google Music, which recently landed in Australia. According to industry reports, the new music streaming service could be arriving [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/international-news/305701/google-launching-music-streaming-spotify-killer-this-week.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/industry-news/305517/community-digital-radio-services-face-axe-budget-failure.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/industry-news/305517/community-digital-radio-services-face-axe-budget-failure.htm#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 23:37:59 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=305517 The Federal Government unveiled the details of the Federal Budget overnight and despite the ongoing pressures of the Commit To Community Radio campaign to urge Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy to address the $1.4 million shortfall in funding needed to ensure community broadcasters’ survival as they make the migration for digital, with the unveiling of [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/industry-news/305517/community-digital-radio-services-face-axe-budget-failure.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/industry-news/305324/amazon-rumoured-to-launch-music-kindle-streaming-device.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/industry-news/305324/amazon-rumoured-to-launch-music-kindle-streaming-device.htm#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 01:38:58 +0000 Monique Sebire http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=305324 In the increasingly popular game of music streaming, more and more players are stating to appear on the board. Earlier this year, industry reports from England’s IFPI and America’s RIAA showed that the likes of streaming services like Spotify, Deezer, Rdio and Pandora now make significant contributions to the health and financial growth of the [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/industry-news/305324/amazon-rumoured-to-launch-music-kindle-streaming-device.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/305383/melbournes-ding-dong-announces-kitchen-dinner-shows.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/305383/melbournes-ding-dong-announces-kitchen-dinner-shows.htm#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 01:10:34 +0000 Nicholas Jones http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=305383 The sounds, smells, and tastes of the bayou are heading to Melbourne’s Ding Dong Lounge late July, with the arrival of the King Creole kitchen serving Creole and Cajun cuisine. Creole cuisine is based on European techniques and although it has French roots, it has also been greatly influenced by Native America, Germany, England, Spain, [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/305383/melbournes-ding-dong-announces-kitchen-dinner-shows.htm/feed 0