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A New Era Begins

From The Chair

We can announce today that the ALMBC has been awarded organisational funding from Music Australia - a significant outcome for such a young organisation and a showcase of the work that all of the previous Board Members, Staff and Volunteers have contributed.

Thanks for your support as we continue to work for you, our members.

Also very happy to announce that Round 2 for the ALMBC International Conference Support program opens today as well as new Professional Partners.

Check out all the news below and lets get ready for a big big 2025!

Howard Adams

Chair

ALMBC Receives organisational funding from Music Australia.

The ALMBC is proud to announce it is the recipient of organisational funding from Music Australia.

The funding will enable the ALMBC to continue its role in supporting grass roots live music industry businesses – especially those from regional and remote Australia.

The two year organisational funding will support monthly in-person professional development and thought-leadership sessions in partnership with State Music Industry bodies, other national music industry organisations and our growing list of professional partners.

ALMBC Chair Howard Adams says, “There has been many years of very hard work by key people – some still involved in the ALMBC and some who have retired their services. On behalf of the Board I want to say a huge thankyou to all those who have been involved in the ALMBC since its inception as volunteer Board members, staff and volunteers.

I want to also thank Music Australia for this funding and for the ongoing excellent work they provide.”

More info here

NOW OPEN!

ALMBC International Conference Support Program Round 2

Attention Agents Bookers & Programmers!

Round Two of the ALMBC International Conference Support Program is now open and closes 20 Feb 2025.

Funded by Music Australia and in partnership with Sounds Australia, the ALMBC International Conference Contribution Round 2 is for Agents, Bookers & Programmers to travel to international conferences between 1 May and 30 June 2025.

Conferences include Nashville Music Biz; Music Matters Singapore; The Great Escape Brighton, UK; Classical Next Berlin; Canadian Music Week Toronto; CMA Fest 2025 Nashville; International Indigenous Music Summit Toronto; A2IM Indie Week New York – or tell us the conference you want to attend!

Contributions of up to $5000 AUD will be awarded to selected professional businesses to help cover essential costs associated with their attendance and international activity at their chosen event, such as travel expenses, accommodation and event registration costs.

Check out the successful applicants for Round 1, read more information including eligibility and selection criteria and complete your application here.

Federal Budget Submission - we need your thoughts

The ALMBC is competing a pre-budget submission to the Federal Treasury in the lead up to the next budget, focussing on building outcomes for our members - particularly in regional and remote parts of this continent.

Things like more certainty for Music Australia funding, building touring circuits, supporting tax credits for live music venues, mentoring for emerging regional live music businesses and more.

We are seeking your feedback and ideas. More info here.

Hearing Protection for Music Workers

The ALMBC is interested in supporting ear/hearing protection for music workers.

ALMBC Board member, previous Chair and Owner of Select Music agency, Stephen Wade, says, “There are thousands upon thousands of music industry people who all have tinnitus from years of being exposed to volumes that are damaging from day one. In the aviation industry or any heavy mechanical industry they have signage everywhere and people must wear ear protection. Its common sense & time we start to warn our workers the same way – its not high risk for people attending shows as most don’t go to enough shows to do any long term damage. It’s the artists on stage, the crew, the managers, agents, crew, label reps, publicists, promoters, staff working the bars at live music venues.”

To get the ball rolling, the ALMBC wants to hear from any of you that have developed Tinnitus or hearing damage from working in the industry. We want to hear your stories and your thoughts about what should be done.

More info here.

New Professional Partner & Opportunity for you

Introducing ROSTR.

Through the ALMBC and ROSTR partnership, ALMBC financial members have the opportunity to access 50% off an individual annual ROSTR Pro membership. In addition, members will have access to educational opportunities surrounding use of ROSTR and platform features. ROSTR maps the largest database of artist teams including hundreds of thousands of relationships between artists, managers, agents, labels & publishers.

With ROSTR Pro, members will have access to contact information for thousands of booking agents & music managers, ability to search artists through a variety of filters, access to artist audience demographic breakdowns, music release activity, signing tracker, tour maps, tour & festival directories, data-driven insights and much more.

More info here.

Combined Action On Insurance Premiums

FEAT. is an artist-led climate innovations agency that mobilises the cultural and financial power of the entertainment industry to better our world. They are science-backed, results-oriented, and spearhead innovative approaches to solving the sustainability challenges of our time. 

FEAT have the backing of the ALMBC, AFA, Folk Alliance, and CMAA to assist with engaging the festival groups to share their liability premiums and claims for analysis in order to test a potential solution through an alternative insurance solution for our sector - specifically, the potential benefits of collective insurance models, such as a Mutual.

A Mutual is a not-for-profit, member-owned collective, designed to provide long-term premium stability, and industry-tailored insurance to serve the unique needs of an industry.

More info here.

Unfair Trading Practices

Recently the Federal Government consulted on a proposal to amend the Australian Consumer Law to introduce general and specific prohibitions on unfair trading practices.

As part of this consultation, Treasury sought feedback from the ALMBC specifically on drip pricing and dynamic pricing issues relevant to ticketing. The Treasury also sought feedback on unfair practices that impacted other businesses negatively - our detailed response delved into the impact on sole traders, micro-business and small business by unfair practices sometimes employed by the industry's major players.

Here is our full response.

Thankyou to all our partners...

The Australian Live Music Business Council (ALMBC) acknowledge the First Nations people of these unceded territories we live, create and work on. We recognise, respect and celebrate one of the world’s oldest continuing holders of song and the cultural distinctions of First Nations people and value their rich and positive contribution to the music industry and more broadly Australian society. We the Australian Live Music Business Council pay our respects to all of the Traditional Owners and keepers of this land and acknowledge all Elders past, present and future.