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 Association of Indpendent Record Labels
AIR is a non profit, non government association representing Australian record labels and independent artists . AIR's primary purpose is to foster an increasing marketplace for Australian independent music by providing information, advice, and exclusive member services, business development seminars, commercial negotiation, lobbying and advocacy and trade promotion. AIR is a member of the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN), a group of international music associations who collectively advocate for fair, competitive market access for independent music.
Australia Council for the Arts
The Australia Council is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body. It directly supports young, emerging and established artists, as well as new and established organisations. ACA provides over 1,700 grants each year to artists and arts organisations across Australia
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Australian Music Association
The AMA is an industry body representing the music products sector - manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and associated services for musical instruments, pro audio, print music, lighting and computer music.
Australian Music Online
Australian Music Online’ (AMO), sponsored by the Australia Council for the Arts, is a web-based initiative that aimed to advance the marketing and promotion of new Australian contemporary music, across a diverse range of genres, both nationally and internationally. The AMO project ran from March 2003 - April 2007; the site, however, remains archived live on the internet.
 Australian Music Radio Airplay Project
Amrap (Australian Music Radio Airplay Project) is a contemporary music intiative that was established with government funding, and is managed within the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia. The aim of Amrap is to promote Australian
artists and to increase their chances of airplay on community radio stations.
Australian Music Retailers Association
AMRA is an industry body representing the music products sector - manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and associated services for musical instruments, pro audio, print music, lighting and computer music.
 Australasian Performing Rights Association
APRA is a not-for-profit organisation that collects public performance royalties on behalf of its 47,000+ members, and by agreement, for all the copyright owners around the world. Since 1997, APRA has also been able to offer a number of reproduction licences through AMCOS (Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners' Society), a music copyright collection society that represents music publishers and writers from around the world for rights in the reproduction (copying) of their music.
 Australian Recording Industry Association
ARIA's primary objective is to advance the interests of the Australian recording industry and act as an industry advocate both domestically and internationally. ARIA is a focus for industry opinion and compiler of industry information and news. ARIA also collects statistical information from members and retailers to compile the ARIA sales charts. The organisation also stages the highly prestigeous ARIA Awards.
 Australian Music Therapy Association
AMTA is a professional and registration body for music therapy and music therapists. AMTA manages professional registration, runs an annual conference and provides a range of services including professional development for music therapists.
 Australian Music Web Site
AMWS is a resource containing information about Australian bands and artists, online retailers stocking Australian CD, DVD and sheet music titles (both Australian and overseas based), links to reference sites within the Australian music industry and media sites.
 Aus Music
Ausmusic is
Australia
’s premier contemporary music education company, with its own curriculum and resources and is one of the longest operating music education companies, established in 1989.
Australian Music Centre
The Australian Music Centre facilitates the performance, awareness, and appreciation of music by Australian composers and sound artists. Established in 1974, the AMC is now the leading provider of information, resources, materials and products relating to Australian art music.
 Australian Songwriters Association
The ASA is a national, non profit, member organisation dedicated to the support of songwriters and their art. The ASA's mission is to encourage, recognise, educate, support and promote developing Australian songwriters. The ASA also hosts an annual Australian songwriters contest.
Immedia!
Immedia is a diversified entertainment company established by Phil Tripp. Immedia! is most noted for its annual printed and online industry directory the Australasian Music Industry Directory. Immedia! also provides public relations and consultancy services, as well as hosts the In Music and Media online music trade magazine.
 Live Performance Australia
LPA was established in 1917 as an employers' organisation for the live entertainment and performance arts industry. LPA's activities centre around workplace relations, policy, and membership services and events. LPA represents producers, venues, promoters, performing arts companies, festivals and industry suppliers.
 Music Council Australia
The MCA is a peak body for music and arts and represents 50 industry bodies ranging from music managers to music products. The MCA Network is a subscriber service providing a tranche of e-bulletins about music in Australia and the eclectic Music Forum magazine.
Music New South Wales
MusicNSW is a non-profit association set up to represent, promote and develop the contemporary music industry in New South Wales, Australia. Music NSW provides advice, resources and information, develops regional, national and international opportunities for NSW artists, and works to ensure the interests of NSW artists are adequately addressed by the media, government, and cultural bodies.
 New Found Frequency
NFF is a live music network offering a collection of live concerts recorded all over the world. Over 150 exclusive concert recordings including You Am I, Youth Group, and Augie March are available to hear for free on the site with new live music events being added each day.
Popkomm
Popkomm is the fastest growing tradeshow in the European music industry
and attracts key people from businesses both big and small across most genres from European markets and even further a field. Held each September in Berlin, Germany, Popkomm is attended by over 15,000 music industry professionals and 800 exhibitors representing over 55 countries in all sectors of the music industry.
 Queensland Music
Q Music is Queensland's representative body for the contemporary music industry. Q Music develops, services, and represents all sectors of the Queensland contemporary music industry on national and international levels, and has produced a range of events including the Big Sound MusicSummit. Q Music also plays a vital role in government lobby on a range of issues impacting upon the local and national arts industries.
 Roocast
Roocast is Australian music podcasts produced and distributed from South Melbourne. Roocast gives expose to Aussie bands to a bigger audience by offering downloadable content for music exposure.
Songsalive!
Songsalive! is a non-profit organization dedicated to the nurturing, support and promotion of songwriters and composers worldwide. Founded in Sydney, Songsalive is run for songwriters by songwriters, and now has over twenty chapter cities around the world. Songsalive has head offices in Sydney and Los Angeles.
 Songwriters, Composers, and Lyricists Association
SCALA is a non profit, voluntary association from South Australia. SCALA enourages the activity of songwriting and composition by way of workshops, seminars, and regular meetings. SCALA provides member benefits including access to regular SCALA events, discounts to SCALA events and select businesses, and the opportunity to submit works to the annual SCALA compilation CD.
Sonic Bids
Sonicbids has become one of the fastest-growing music communities on the web trusted by over 70,000 artists and over 6,000 festivals, music conferences, and clubs from over 100 countries.Sonic bids allows managers and artists to create electronic press kits (EPKS) and provides a medium for promoters to find new talent.
StarPolish
Starpolish is dedicated to educating and empowering artists, with an emphasis on artist advocacy and artist development. StarPolish is a collaborative effort between artists and music industry professionals providing artist advice, industry resources, and an interface to promote new music.
stimTV
stimTV is the most exciting new development in internet television, and was just recognized earlier this year with an Emmy for best use of video on demand technology. stimTV™ is an online television network that uses a patented video engine to present dozens of videos at a time, in the form of short, three-to-five second clips that are pulled from the full-length videos.
South by Southwest
Held each March in Austin, Texas, SXSW is one of the premier music industry events and tradeshows SXSW has served as the launching ground for numerous Australian artists.
themusic.com.au
Established by IMMEDIA!, themusic.com.au is the ultimate music portal for Australian music, artists and all aspects of the Australian music industry. The In Music & Media e-zine serves as the news nerve centre for Australian music. The site also contains links to Australian recording and performing artists, all types of music businesses, music media and radio, recording studios and producers, touring contacts & facilities, music production, record labels and distribution, venues, professional services and more.
TMN is a weekly publication that has been serving the Australian music industry since 1994. The magazine is read by industry professionals based in Australian and international markets to get an up-to-date snapshot of what is happening in the local business. Subscribers include chairmen of major recording labels, music retailers, radio and TV programmers/music directors, artist managers, concert promoters and more.
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