Homebrewed: An Australian Music Podcast

Holiday bonus episode! We're still on break, but we couldn't miss the opportunity to chat to the guys behind the Homebrewed soundtrack (Hoops by The Rubens). Cam and Eamonn were joined by Zaac and Sc…

From AI music to festival cancellations, from strip searching to ticket buying behaviour - we recap some of the biggest news stories we covered in 2023 for our last Music News of the year.

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Elaskia is one of the hardest working musicians on the NSW Central Coast, and she joined Homebrewed to chat about her new collab EP with New Zealand group Chores, her touring schedule, and more.

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Molly Millington is a Central Coast musician on the rise. Beginning her music career at 16 years of age, Molly has consistently shown quirkiness, fun, and dedication to her craft. Joining Homebrewed …

American-based music industry trade union United Musicians & Allied Workers has responded to the elaborate marketing campaign that is Spotify Wrapped with a reminder of Spotify’s payment inequity. “O…

Tom Mahler from Central Coast band The Moving Stills joined Cam and Eamonn for the second time to discuss what the band have been up to. In this chat, we cover the new album 'Wabi Sabi', touring with…

AI has been building for a long time, but its fair to say it has hit the mainstream over the last couple of years.

Chat GPT - the automated AI assistant thingy - has been a big part of this. But AI’s…

Cam and Eamonn were joined by Ed Prescott (Double Drummer) and Lou Sawilejskij (Nala Music), two of the masterminds behind TUBULAR Festival and Central Coast Music and Arts to discuss the ongoing com…

Published this week, the 73-page document is a handguide to live entertainment in Australasia, an exploration of the hot spots, the weak points, and what makes concert-goers tick.

Researchers from Ti…

Jack McEwan from Psychedelic Porn Crumpets joins Cam and Eamonn for a third time to discuss the release of their sixth album 'Fronzoli', launching a record label and everything in between. It's a bus…

Since 1988, Australia's charts have been run by ARIA — the industry body for record labels — and calculated from music sales at retailers and, more recently, digital streams.

While a decade ago you w…

The so-called “nanny state” laws that govern Sydney’s live music venues and bustling pubs in the heart of city will be overhauled in proposed changes being introduced to the New South Wales parliamen…

TRIGGER WARNING: A sexual assault survivor-advocate is urging the New South Wales government to mandate safe spaces at music festivals.

Safe spaces are on-site, secure areas for people impacted by se…

Today, it's Musicians Making A Difference Day, or MMAD Day for short. MMAD are a music-based charity with the aim of transforming young lives through music.

Local musician and ambassador for MMAD, F…

Announced in May this year, plans were scheduled to come into effect with the November 2023 royalty distribution but have been pushed back into the second half of 2024.

At the August APRA Board meeti…

Little Quirks join Cam and Eamonn in studio for the fourth time! The Central Coast band are hot off the back of a big international tour, an appearance for Homebrewed Studio Sessions, and they have a…

What is this report?

• It has been described as a “collaborative review undertaken by the NSW Police Force and the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission”. 

• Just for some clarity, the Law Enforcement C…

Marshall Cullen is an experienced sound engineer and studio manager. He currently tours with Hoodoo Gurus and manages Damien Gerard Studios in West Gosford. Marshall joined Homebrewed to talk about…

Music is one of the winners of the New South Wales state Budget, the first by a Labor government in more than a decade.

The 2023-24 Budget includes $1.2 billion in investment music, arts, events and …