Artist Campaign Manager Application close:
11 Jul 2021
Sony Music Entertainment Australia is home to the world’s biggest and brightest local and international artists.
We are looking for an experienced, energetic and passionate music fanatic to join our international artists marketing team as Artist Campaign Manager on an indefinite contract basis, based in our Sydney office. In this role, you will report to the VP, International Artists Marketing & Communications, and to the Director, Marketing.
Responsibilities:
• Develop creative and tailored marketing campaigns, with a digital focus, for an assigned roster of artists across a range of genres, in consultation with all departments.
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The students got a leg up when they took out a national demo competition, then signed to Sony Music Entertainment Australia subsidiary Murmur, and swiftly set about making recorded music history.
Before they could legally drink or drive, the rockers were the hottest act in the country, ruling the national ARIA charts with their grunge-influenced 1995 debut album
Frogstomp and the powerhouse single “Tomorrow.”
Frogstomp went to No. 9 on the Billboard 200, and its followup, 1997 s
Freak Show, peaked at No. 12.
All those years ago, recounts Denis Handlin, chairman & CEO, Australia & New Zealand, Sony Music Entertainment, who pulled the trigger on the deal, “three young boys from Newcastle burst on the scene with amazing music that captured the world. I am so delighted to have the band’s complete catalog with Sony Music. We are really looking forward to some exciting opportunities in the years ahead.”
Sony Music Entertainment secures entire Silverchair catalogue
Young Modern (2007) and
Diorama (2002).
The consolidation of the catalogue, announced today, reunites the band with Sony Music, and irons out some of the band’s previous issues with the label.
The band first signed to Sony’s Murmur in the mid 1990s after winning the national Pick Me competition with their demo of ‘Tomorrow’. As part of the prize, the band – then known as Innocent Criminals – recorded the song with triple j, and the ABC filmed a video.
The band changed its name to Silverchair in the process, and the song sparked interest from both Mushroom Records and Sony’s Murmur.
Ritt Momney reflects on 2020, that viral cover and why pop music gets a bad rap
Words by August Billy
2020 has been the worst year ever, right? But what if that hasn’t been your experience of it? What if this was the year that all of your dreams came true?
That’s more or less how it’s felt for 21-year-old songwriter Jack Rutter, who releases music as Ritt Momney.
Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, Rutter formed Ritt Momney a few years ago. It was initially an indie-rock band that included a bunch of Rutter’s high school friends. However, it gradually morphed into a solo project, which was the case by the time of Ritt’s debut LP, 2019’s