Live music in hotels, clubs and restaurants generated gross revenues of $1.21...
Some licensed venues generate revenue through ticket sales, however most performances are not ticketed. When surveyed about their events, venues indicated the main reason for staging live music was to...
View ArticleAt over $2 billion, Australian households spend more on music than they spend...
In 2009-10, each Australian household spent an estimated $380 on music-related goods and services, totalling over $2 billion economy-wide. As a point of comparison, other items of household spending of...
View ArticleThe Australian market favours international artists, to a higher degree than...
International acts dominate the top selling albums in Australia. Local acts accounted for 30 of the national top 100 albums in 2010, up from 26 in 2009, led by Angus and Julia Stone’s Down the Way at...
View ArticleWhilst large in size, there are challenges in relation to the Japanese and...
Recent Austrade profiles of music export opportunities focus on potential opportunities in Japan and China. According to Austrade, the proportion of international music products sold in Japan is low...
View ArticleAustralia’s spending on international music products exceeds our exports –...
In 2005-06 Australia spent a total of $239 million on music imports and earned $12.8 million on recorded music exports. Included in this is $1.8 million earned on printed music or manuscript exports in...
View ArticleA large and growing number of Australians work in music as a second job or...
Between 1997 and 2007, the number of people who do some kind of work (paid or unpaid) in the music industry has increased from 260,300 to 335,100 in 2007 (up 29 percent). Work in the rest of the...
View ArticleMusic funding represents just a fraction of government spending on culture –...
In 2009-10, ABS figures show funding at the national and state level was over $160 million for music performance, music theatre and opera, and music composition and publishing. This represented 2.4...
View ArticleKey music products consumed by Australian households are concert tickets,...
The largest single items of expenditure on music related to music concert fees and charges, with Australian households spending almost $100 per year. Other notable items included portable music...
View ArticleEngagement in the music industry, with many involved as live performers
Most of those involved in music industry work are live performers. In 2007 over 250,000 people performed music live, and a further 80,000 worked in another music-related role. The radio sector involved...
View ArticleAfter growth in 2007-08, public funding for music has stabilized
Public funding at the federal and state government levels remained stable in 2010-11, after growth in previous years. 2010-11 saw a slight decline in funding for music performance and music theatre and...
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