Music : Industry Websites

• Arts Law Centre of Australia, legal information for musicians
• Australian Music Centre is dedicated to the promotion and support the artform of music as well as the creators and performers of contemporary classical, improvised jazz, experimental music and sound art in Australia
• Australian Music Industry Network dedicated to providing a national voice for Australian contemporary music. Includes useful info, such as the Music Industry Legal Pack
• Creative Victoria provides government information and funding for artists
• Music Victoria represents musicians, venues, music businesses and music lovers across the contemporary music community in Victoria
• Music Industry Inside Out an Australian Online Professional Development Resource
• Sounds Australia aims to raise the profile and visibility of the Australian contemporary music sector within key international music markets

• APRA-AMCOS stands for the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). These copyright collectives work together to create licences for the public performance, communication or reproduction of a creative work. These licences ensure that composers, songwriters and publishers are rewarded via royalties. 
• Australian Copyright Council is an independent, non-for-profit organisation that advocates and promotes the value of copyright. Check out their info sheets and Music Resources. 
• Music Rights Australia is an organisation that "protects the creative interests of artists within the Australian music community through educational initiatives, government lobbying and the protection of artists’ copyrights." Check out their Copyright FAQs page.
• PPCA a non-profit organisation that provides licences to Australian businesses to play recorded music in public.

Check out the below funding opportunities to get ideas. This is by no means a complete list of available opportunities
TIP: subscribe to funding bodies for updates on funding rounds & important dates

Grants/Fellowships

		*Don't forget your local council will usually have arts grants as well. ArtsHub & Music Victoria also provides lists of available funding opportunities.

Residencies

Look up available artist residencies in over 70 countries.

Fundraising opportunities 

Australian Cultural Fund

Audio Engineering Society's Pro Audio Reference
"The Pro Audio Reference attempts to explain all the various terms commonly used by engineers in the pro audio field."

Los Senderos Studio's Recording Studio Glossary
A clear and comprehensive glossary, with illustrations and interlinks. It's also worth checking the Charts, Graphs & Tables and Calculators section of this website.

Sound on Sound Glossary
"Sound On Sound's indispensible, regularly updated, explanations of technical terms from the fields of Recording, Audio Production, Music Technology, MIDI, Music Software, Audio Plug-ins, Mac and PC Computing, Live Sound, Acoustics, Electronics and more..."