APRA AMCOS

What an incredible honour – congratulations, Rachel Perkins! APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) have named writer, director, producer and AFTRS Council Chair Rachel Perkins as the recipient of the 2024 Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen Award! With over 30 years in the industry, Rachel has created iconic works across film and television, including Bran Nue Dae, Jasper Jones, Mabo, Mystery Road, One Night the Moon, Radiance, Redfern Now, The Australian Wars, and Total Control. Catch the 2024 Screen Music Awards happening today at Forum Melbourne, Naarm. Read more about Rachel’s outstanding contributions to Australian screen culture: https://lnkd.in/gCa7tksB

Celebrating the extraordinary screen music community! We wholeheartedly congratulate all the nominees and award recipients and want to thank everyone who joined us for a wonderful evening.   A special thank you to Erkki Veltheim for curating an outstanding night of performances. Joining Erkki onstage were the incredible Screen Awards Orchestra, along with the talented Missy Higgins, Mia Leo, and Mary Peter.   A massive shoutout to our amazing host & co-hosts Susie Youssef, Heather Mitchell and Elaine Crombie! 📸 https://lnkd.in/gCX2g9pK

Global creators’ collections are up 7.6% to a new high of EUR13.1 billion in 2023. The increase was driven by continued steady growth in digital income and a strong recovery in live concerts and public performance, which became the last sector to recover fully from the pandemic. The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) has published its 2024 Global Collections Report, providing comprehensive data and analysis of collections across all repertoires, including music, audiovisual, visual arts, literature and drama. To read the full report, visit https://lnkd.in/d4mTUvyz

Who are the rising stars making waves on streaming services and platforms like TikTok and YouTube Shorts? Our annual ‘Year In Review’ report has highlighted it all. These new members are building dedicated fanbases and accumulating impressive streaming numbers + featuring in countless short-form videos created by fans. Data shows that what connects on the platforms is not often heard in the mainstream. Many are from diverse backgrounds and getting discovered by local audiences, hungry for local content ranging from: Joel Sunny’s cinematic 'Luminary' That Gurl Bella’s collab 'Why' with SkuX, Myshaan’s breezy 'Sway', Teo Glacier’s major label debut 'close with desires (right person wrong timing)' Thelma Costolo's co-release with Alex Yurkiv 'Take Me To The River (I Will Swim)', co-written with Konstantin Kersting (Concord Music Publishing). Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/gHRijuhs

APRA AMCOS Aotearoa celebrated the 2024 Silver Scrolls this month at the St James Theatre in Wellington, Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 APRA Silver Scroll | Kaitito Kaiaka: Anna Coddington, Noema Te Hau III, Ruth Smith, Kawiti Waetford for their song "Kātuarehe," performed by Anna Coddington. The award was presented by Jenny Morris, and the song was reinterpreted that night by @ajaofficialmusic and their incredible band. Another big congratulations to all the other award recipients and finalists of the APRA Silver Scroll Award | Kaitito Kaiaka, as well as the three songs nominated for the APRA Maioha Award | Tohu Maioha! 📸 Stijl Photography

Vale Diana Torossian We were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of music industry veteran, Diana Torossian. Torossian was a huge supporter of local music and managed some of Australia’s biggest songwriters through her company, DT Talent Management, including Sarah Aarons, Lindsay Rimes, David Musumeci and Anthony Egizii (DNA), who wrote hits for The Veronicas, Samantha Jade, Dami Im, Jessica Mauboy and Delta Goodrem, to name a few. Prior to going independent, she worked for a number of major record labels and was manager of A&R and Licensing at BMG Music Publishing, signing some of Australia’s most successful songwriters like Baby Animals, Hoodoo Gurus and Diesel. Dean Ormston, CEO of APRA AMCOS, says: “Di was an incredible force, finding and nurturing some of Australia’s most prolific songwriters. Our thoughts go out to her family and friends at this difficult time, and to all of our songwriter members who had the benefit of working with such a powerhouse talent.” Image courtesy of Anthony Egizii

📰🤖 CISAC backs the Statement on AI training signed by Björn Ulvaeus and thousands of creators across many repertoires. “The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.” Nobel-winning authors, Academy Award-winning actors, Oscar-winning composers, and multi-platinum selling musicians have joined in signing the statement. #musicnews #ainews #artificialintelligence #creators #creativeindustry

A huge congratulations to the team at APRA AMCOS for your 2023/24 record breaking results, collecting over $740 million in revenue. It was brilliant to see incredible continued growth within Public Performance at 43.3% since FY19 across retail, hotels, bars, nightclubs, restaurants and fitness. We have been proud to work with you rolling out our technology across Australia and New Zealand. Together we delivered: ·      370k hours analysed with 94% average device uptime ·      6.7m total plays with 100% ISRC coverage ·      608k unique tracks with 70% ISWC coverage ·      155k artists together making it a 90% APRA Match rate We are excited about the year ahead... #Audoo #APRA #OneMusic #RoyaltyRevolution Full detail can be read here: https://lnkd.in/eUMJNFtD

🗣️ Björn Ulvaeus, President of CISAC, speaks about the impact of AI on copyright and human rights in the 2024 Global Collections Report: "I have always believed we can only ever embrace new technology, not try and stop it - but there is a rock-solid caveat: this must never be at the cost of compromising copyright and human rights." ➡️ Learn more today: https://lnkd.in/dKu2wJqM #cisac #royalties #music #creators #audiovisual #digital #collectivemanagement #copyright #musicnews #musicbusiness

DJ/producer/singer sister duo Briony and Savannah Osei, known as Kinder Sounds, are entering a new era with their track "Far From Home," which is the inaugural release on Idris Elba’s new UK house label “Sound International” The track was created across four continents, with Chukwuma Martin Okoye and David Mackay. Earlier this year, they had a week-long residency with Spotify UK X SongHubs, where they worked on new music at Spotify’s West London Studios. Big ups to Kindersounds for this incredible collaboration!