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Music Business and the Experience Economy is the first book on the music business in Australasia from an academic perspective. In a cross-disciplinary approach, the contributions deal with a wide-range of topics concerning the production, distribution and consumption of music in the digital age. The interrelationship of legal, aesthetic and economic aspects in the production of music in Australasia is also highlighted as well as the emergence of new business models, the role of P2P file sharing, and the live music sector. In addition, the impact of the digital revolution on music experience and valuation, the role of music for tourism and for branding, and last but not least the developments of higher music education, are discussed from different perspectives.

From cult heroes the Saints and the Go-Betweens to national icons Powderfinger and international stars Savage Garden, Brisbane has produced more than its share of great bands. But behind the music lay a ghost city of music and corruption.

For the first time Bernard, Darren, Ian, John and Jonathan look back and tell their whole story – from childhood to their final farewell. They are five ordinary Aussie blokes who produced far from ordinary songs, many becoming the soundtrack for a generation. Their astonishing 22-year career saw them achieve 5 ARIA number one albums, 18 ARIA awards, 3 APRA awards and sales of over 2.5 million albums in Australia. You know the lyrics and the music. Now, get to know them. For the first time ever, this tight-knit, very private group has teamed up with respected journalist Dino Scatena to tell their story. They, along with their support team, family and mates open up to reveal how they all came to music, their influences, the early years of the band, their slow rise to music dominance and the reasons behind their break-up. Taking us from their high school days in the mid 1980s to their final farewell concert on the Riverstage in their home town, POWDERFINGER: Footprints includes exclusive access to hundreds of never-before seen pictures from their private collections. Explore the friendships and frictions, the fun times, the hard times and all their rock and roll misadventures, this is a must-have chronicle of Australia’s most beloved band. Dino Scatena has known and reported on the members of Powderfinger since the 1990s. As part of the research for Footprints he travelled with the band on their farewell ‘Sunsets’ tour.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKPEOPLE ADULT FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 'Joyous storytelling at its best. I was enthralled' SARAH WINMAN, author of Still Life 'Beguiling and entertaining' PETER LALOR, Weekend Australian 'I bloody loved this - a gorgeous, heartbreaking examination of so much more than cricket' ROBBIE ARNOTT, author of Limberlost Reader Cricket Bats, one of the last traditional batmakers back in England, has a contemporary home in the Antipodes, with Allan Reader keeping the family business alive in a small workshop in Melbourne. When Todd Harrow, a gifted young batter, catches Allan's eye, a spark is lit and Allan decides to make a Reader bat for him, selecting the best piece of willow he's harvested in years to do so. As Harrow charts a meteoric rise to the highest echelons of the sport, leaving his equally talented sister's dreams in his wake, Allan's magical bat takes centre stage as well, awakening something in him. But can Allan's fledgling renaissance - hanging as it does on the magic of that bat - carry on after Harrow is stricken by injury and a strained personal life? With Willowman, award-winning author Inga Simpson has written a love letter to the art and beauty of cricket and a meditation on the inner lives of certain kinds of men and women, for whom it is a way of life. 'Willowman may well be the perfect Australian novel' Readings 'Not since Jasper Jones have I been so utterly spellbound by the next ball, the state of the pitch and the intricacies of scoring' KATE MILDENHALL, author of The Mother Fault 'What a wonderful book. What a read. A love story to cricket, to families, to craft and to music. Beautifully written' MICHAEL BRISSENDEN 'A fabulous novel. Inga Simpson brings all her craft and sensitivity to a story that has never been told, and now that she has done it, it feels like this was a story that was needing to be told' MALCOLM KNOX 'Delightful' JOHN DOYLE (aka Rampaging Roy Slaven) 'A six all the way: Willowman is a novel off the middle of the bat' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 'These charismatic characters, through good and ill, rise memorable from the page, stroke by inspired stroke, ball by crafty ball, living vividly through cricket history' COURIER MAIL 'A book for the summer, one to throw in the kitbag to read during rain delays, or between overs in the stands, to read even if you're not a fan of the game' Canberra Times 'Heartfelt . . . Uplifting . . . Simpson explores family, priorities, the pain of making difficult choices and the knowledge that it's never too late to start over. This is an uplifting book' Books+Publishing 'Told authentically and with consummate affection' Good Reading 'Moving, gripping, authentic, so tenderly told; at once a page-turner and a life-giving meditation - Willowman is just magic' BROOKE DAVIS

The Hottest 100 is a national institution. For 30 years, triple j has held an annual countdown of its listeners' 100 favourite songs of the year, as voted by the public. It has evolved into the single most anticipated musical event of every year for millions of Australians. The Hottest 100 is so much more than music. It's beaches, barbeques, and bonfires. It's joy and despair, drama and debate, friendship and community. This book is a celebration of everything that makes the world's greatest musical democracy so damn iconic. Shoulda Been Higher is the definitive account of the Hottest 100 - a comedic chronicle and love letter. It's the complete picture from Augie March to Ziggy Alberts, 'Amazing' to 'Zombie'.

TheInternational Who's Who in Popular Music 2002offers comprehensive biographical information covering the leading names on all aspects of popular music. It brings together the prominent names in pop music as well as the many emerging personalities in the industry, providing full biographical details on pop, rock, folk, jazz, dance, world and country artists. Over 5,000 biographical entries include major career details, concerts, recordings and compositions, honors and contact addresses. Wherever possible, information is obtained directly from the entrants to ensure accuracy and reliability. Appendices include details of record companies, management companies, agents and promoters. The reference also details publishers, festivals and events and other organizations involved with music.