'Get Well Simmo' Concert - 15 bands on June 13.

One of NT music's much-loved legends Colin Simpson - 'Simmo', mixer extraordinaire and guitarist from Horse Trank - was taken ill last week and is now recovering after surgery in Adelaide.

A concert to wish Colin well will be held on Saturday June 13th at Brown's Mart, 4pm - 1 am. So far 15 NT bands have signed up, including Horse Trank, Drum Drum, Burrfoot, Jigsaw Emdee, Blastcorp, Roy Mackonkey and heaps more. The organizers are also looking for volunteers to assist with the promoting and running the gig.

For more details contact Kris at Happy Yess: 0420 934 872, happyyessmanager@gmail.com

Darwin Festival needs volunteers

Darwin festival is now calling for volunteers. Volunteers are required for a whole range of activities including ticketing, ushers, public liaison, event logistics, administration and more.

Volunteers will receive free entry to various Festival events, a 2009 Darwin Festival T-Shirt, not to mention the satisfaction that comes from being a fundamental part of one the biggest events on the Darwin calendar. For more details click here.

And if you think the beaming rock chick in the photo looks familiar - she is! Zeb Olsen: NT musician, valued Music NT Forum member and this year's 'poster girl' for the Darwin Festival volunteer brigade!

B2M: on their way

As part of the Indigenous Music Emerging Artist Award they received in 2008, 

NT band B2M will undertake a tour from 29th of June to 4th July. It will cover the Granites Mine and the communities of Lajamanu and Yuendemu.

 

The six young band members will also deliver a series of workshops in the communities working with local bands, sound engineers and musicians, to share their experiences of the industry.  

For full details click here.

Regional Arts Fund - Applications Are Open

Opportunities for NT musicians...

Arts NT announced this week that applications are now open for the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government initiative managed and delivered in the Northern Territory by Arts NT through the Arts Grants Program. For more information please click here.

Hot tips for Recordings

This post lists some great tips for those heading into the studio. Always a time when things can either go amazingly well or stunningly bad... Famous last phrases like "fix in the mix", "that'll do", "i like the rawness of it", "can you hear that buzz??" still haunt many musicians. Check it out here for the full lowdown.

Why you shouldnt price your Cd's at Gigs.

This is a great article talking about selling merchandise and how if you don't actually put any prices on them you may actually sell more.... Strange but true. Check it out here

Semishigure on SBS Radio!

Kylie Smith - drummer for Darwin pop-punk band Semishigure - recently gave an interview to the national Japanese Language Program on SBS Radio, about their new EP 'eggs in a twig' - and about playing in the "only Japanese band in Darwin"! The interview is now online. If you can speak and understand Japanese (!) - you can download it from this link.