The Co-Ordinator’s Blog

While looking around and reading about the ABC Music Awards for my last post, I came across The Co-Ordinator’s Blog, written by…yes, you guessed it, the co-ordinator (who’da thought?!) of the Music Awards, Natasha Schaad. It looks like it has only been started recently but is interesting in that it gives a bit of insight and ‘behind the scenes’ action into how the awards are progressing. Natasha’s latest entry indicates that the talent is certainly still alive and kicking in and around Newcastle. There is also an entry about Local Music Month, which again strongly demonstrates ABC’s committment to unearthing local talent, for which they should be applauded. As Schaad mentions, Local Music Month involves eacg 1233 program playing tracks daily from local artists, ones that have not been unearthed yet, or have previously been finalists or winners in the Music Awards.

Again, this is a site that I will come back and have a look at again, and I’d recommend it to anyone who is interested in finding out more about local musicians. There are heaps of resources out there, but the ABC are right up there in terms of passion, and encouragment of local artists. So check it out. Three cheers for the ABC, I say!