Please Note: The radio station is currently broadcasting a mix of tracks, mostly not australian independent . We do not yet have enough Australian Independent tracks to play to make up a complete playlist.

About The Radio Channel

AussieIndependentMusic is an internet radio channel linked to this site. The actual channel is a Live 365 channel. Live 365 is the world's largest internet radio company. DJs can set up their own channel through them for a monthly fee. There is a sliding scale of rates according to how many listeners can be accomodated at one time.
Live 365
At the moment, we're setup to stream to 25 listeners at a time. That may not sound like much, but remember that that runs 24/ 7 /365. So there are 4200 listening hours a week. Compare that to a public radio show that runs for one or two hours a week. Also, the potential listening audience is international.

Unfortunately, under the rules that Live 365 operates by (the US Digital Millenium Act) we are not allowed to publish a schedule of what we are going to play in advance. So we can't tell you exactly when we are going to play your tracks. However, you can still publicise the show to your fans, including any international fans. And if you listen yourself you might hear many bands that you'd be interested in gigging with or otherwise hooking up with.

Aussie Independent Music (why "Aussie"? Because "Australian" wouldn't fit) is a channel set up by us to create exposure opportunities for Australian independent musicians. To get airplay on the channel, do the following:
1. Read the conditions and explanation here in full.
2. Contact us via email to tell us you're sending tracks. Contact Us.
3. Read, print and fill out the CLEARANCE FORM here (once for each track). Mail (not email NEWS FLASH: OK, OK, YOU CAN EMAIL THEM TO US! SEND THEM TO THE ADDRESS ON THE CONTACT PAGE) us your two most suitable tracks in MP3 format: 192 k < actually, since we broadcast in 32k anyway, 64k is a better option space wise, joint stereo. Send the MP3s as data on CD, together with the clearance forms. DON'T send us an album- we won't have time to listen to it. Give us contact details, website details, and availability of the tracks for physical purchase/ legal download (including Weed). If people can't buy the tracks, that's OK. It's just going to be of limited benefit to you. Send it together with the clearance forms to: PO Box 292, Glen Iris, VIC, 3146.
4. We will decide on the suitability of the track. We will screen according to the conditions below. We don't have to like the tracks, though, they just have to pass the conditions.
5. We make no guarantee of airplay after tracks have been played for a certain period. Tracks we really like we'll keep playing. Tracks we don't we probably won't program much after a certain point.
6. Publicise your airplay to your fans and mailing list. Link to the show on your site and send out the link in emails.
7. Remember that there is a potential international audience.

Conditions And Explanation.

Tracks should fulfill the following criteria.
1. A reasonable standard of recording. They don't have to be professionally recorded and mastered, but no boom-box demos.
2. No rampant obscenity. It's too much hassle. Alanis Morisettes' "You Outta Know" would pass, but not Frank Zappa's "Broken Heart's Are For Assholes". Then again, Frank Zappa's "Bobby Brown" might pass. But nothing by G. G. Allin.
3. No racism, homophobia, incitement to violence, etc. etc. Sarcasm is acceptable.
4. No Metal. Why? Because you guys should start your own Live 365 station. Think about it..."The Australian Metal Channel". 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. You KNOW you should do it. It's not expensive. Anyone asking, "so what's the metal scene like in Australia?" could be directed to the radio channel. You could publicise it on all the international metal forums. If you get motivated enough to do it, contact us and we'll help you.
So how do you know if you're Metal? Well, if you're proud to be metal- you probably are.
5. No Hip-Hop or R'nB. See above. "The Australian Urban Channel"....by the way, Hip-Hop and R'nB channels seem to be the most popular channels on Live 365. You KNOW you should set up your own station...
6. No Mainstream Jazz. See above. "The Australian Jazz Channel"...
7. No electronic Dance music. (Techno, House, Drum n'Bass, etc.) See above.
8. So we're left with everything else- punk, experimental, latin, gothic, funk, world, would-be commercial, etc.
9. No tracks over 10 minutes.
10. You need to be independent, ie, not signed to a label. We're prepared to deal with small labels, but we'd want to deal with the label direct, not the artist (to get clearances, etc.)

11. You need to control all rights in the tracks, so you can sign the clearances for us. Please only send us tracks for which you own the songwriting AND the rights in the sound recording. This should be no problem...you wrote the music and paid for the recording yourselves, didn't you?

Here's the extended explanation of this condition...the Performing Rights in a track are owned by the songwriters. These are the rights to play the song live, broadcast it over the radio, play it off CD in cafes, play it over the internet etc. The Mechanical Rights in the song are also owned by the songwriters, these are the rights to make copies of the song in recorded form, as in making CDs, making digital copies etc. The songwriters control these rights unless they have signed them over in part to a publisher. So if you wrote the song and don't have a publishing agreement, no problem. You can send us the track.

If you're signed with APRA, no problem. You can send us the tracks...still fill out the clearance form, though.

IMPORTANT NOTE: We can't broadcast anything that contains sampling, except sampling from copyright cleared sources like sound libraries or drum loop CDs. Have you sampled "When The Levee Breaks"?...(just like everyone else on the planet)...then we can't use the track.

The rights in the sound recording are a separate right, and are usually owned by whoever financed the recording. In the case of record company artists, that's the record company. In your case that's you...right? If you are actually signed to a small label we have to deal with your label, not you. Get the label to contact us...

If you're confused about the distinction between the song copyrights and the rights in the sound recording, don't be. It's quite simple. Consider the case of Van Halen's cover of "Pretty Woman" (from "Diver Down"). Roy Orbison and Bill Dees own the song. Van Halen's record company own the sound recording. See? Roy and Bill get paid song royalties. The record company gets to sell the CD. They pay Roy and Bill out of that money, and keep the rest...well, I'd hope Van Halen get some. How much Van Halen get would be specified in their contract with the record company.

So you wrote the song and paid for the recording ...so send the track to us.

First, though, go here to fill out the release form. This is the document where you give us permission to play your tracks and where we cover our asses.