2010 JUMP participants in Australia’s mentoring program for young and emerging artists

Eastside Fm in Sydney have an interesting initiative to get more young people in the driver’s seat as presenters and producers of jazz radio programs. It is led by a group of volunteer broadcasters from the station that have seen a need for more young people to engage with the music and the medium of radio.  They are looking for high school students and young adults with an interest in this music to become involved.

This is specific to the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, but it might inform people wanting to do similar things (for any genre of music) around the country, particular in community radio.

Indent’s 2168 series of workshops has had a name change! The Youth Underground workshops will now be serving to answer all your music business questions and help you get some fresh perspective on the ins and outs of the music industry.

There are two workshop programs happening in Sydney As part of Song Summit 2010, Backstage Pass will give secondary school students an amazing opportunity to learn from , and hone their musical skills with some of Australia’s leading music artists.

Britain has taken action against illegal downloading of music (among other things), with its Digital Economy Bill.  They have been through a very heated debate about whether individuals and households should be prosecuted and/or banned from Internet access for illegally downloading or sharing Copyright-protected material, including music, games, movies and so on.

There are some exciting new projects in contemporary art music, led by some proactive young Sydney-based composers.  The Commissioner’s Circle and Emerging Composers Library are two of these recent initiatives.

National Youth Week is being held right now: 10-18 April.  The week-long celebration includes countless local activities, and of course since music is such an important part of youth culture there is plenty of music happening across the country.

See the National Youth Week website for more info or go straight to their events page to find our what is happening in your area.

Announcing winners of Fair Play Anti Corruption Youth Voices

Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI) and the World Bank Institute are pleased to announce the 3 winning bands of Fair Play Anti-Corruption Youth Voices.

The Australian Youth Affairs Coalition has initiated a blog for Youth Week to highlight positive messages about young people.

http://youngpeoplegettingagoodwrap.blogspot.com/

Triple J are searching for the best school band in this year’s Unearthed High competition

Young bands should record some original music, submit it to JJJ and you could win a recording of your song in Sydney as well as a gig at your school with your band plus British India

This competition closes at 5pm AEST Sunday 16th May 2010.  Check out the Unearthed website for all the details