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In 2002 after years 5 years worth of of local shows we received a call from EMI records. They had heard our latest demo’s, loved them and wanted to fly us to Sydney to meet and play a show for them. What the hell?! EMI! Love us!! We’d never even played a show out of […]

  One of the most common questions I get down at The Hen House is “How does our band get more shows?” Its a great question to ask because playing more shows is the single most important thing a band can do, if they want to give themselves every chance of being successful. Playing live […]

  Did you see the Age’s article on Triple J last week? The basic premise of the story was that Triple Js playlist is leading to a homogenisation of australian music. The theory being that bands are writing a particular style of song to fit in with JJJs format and ignoring pure self-expression in favour […]

How did Nightmare Effect start out? – Well many of us guys have been friends for a long time and we all jammed out music together long before we started Nightmare Effect. Though we made sure that we had a very formal start to this band so that it wouldn’t just become a casual jam […]

I felt a huge sense of pride last year when Karnivool’s 3rd album ‘Asymmetry’ debuted at number 1 on the ARIA charts. As a fan of the band I thought I’d share my thoughts on their success and highlight what your band can learn from the way Karnivool have grown their career. Karnivool are so important […]