Celebrating our brightest emerging artists and established legends, the QMAs are a state-wide search for Queensland’s best music. Spanning 13 self-nominating categories including Pop, Rock, Blues / Roots, Country, Hip-Hop / Rap, Electronic / Dance, Heavy, Video and Schools.
Queensland songwriters have today been gifted a one-week extension to enter their songs & videos in the 2019 Queensland Music Awards.
The new deadline is midnight Monday November 19, 2018, providing a grace period for those racing to the finish line on new work.
Already the 2019 awards have enjoyed a flood of published and unpublished entries across 13 self-nominating genre categories. And with the recent announcement of a $20,000 promotional prize, courtesy of The Music & NOVA 106.9, the QMAs present a unrivalled opportunity for musicians from across the state, to catapult their careers onto a national stage.
Adding to the appeal, over 70 music industry executives have been enlisted to uncover Queensland’s best new music, including programmers and tastemakers from across Australia. Songwriters will have their music heard by representatives from BIGSOUND, Double J, Woodford, Bluesfest, Dew Process, Billboard, Native Tongue Music Publishing, and Frontier Touring to name a few.
“Queensland artists shouldn't miss this rare opportunity to showcase their gifts to the world. The QMAs have a rich history of unearthing hitherto completely unrecognised talent - we never know what new faces will grace the stage on the awards night, and go on to bigger and better things.”
Joel Edmondson
QMusic CEO
Emerging musicians and duos are also encouraged to apply for the 2019 Billy Thorpe Scholarship. Funded by the Queensland Government, the scholarship has a long history of supporting Queensland’s most promising songwriters including Sam Hales (The Jungle Giants), AYLA, Jeremy Neale, and this year, Greta Stanley from Far North Queensland. Now in its 11th year, the grant provides $10,000 to record with an established producer, and receive career-planning advice from Chugg Entertainment. Applications are free, and the deadline has also been extension until midnight Monday 19 November, 2018.
The 2019 Queensland Music Awards, will take place at Royal International Convention Centre at Brisbane Showgrounds on Tuesday 19 March, 2019.
Supported annually by APRA AMCOS, the 2019 QMA self-nominating categories are Pop, Rock, Electronic / Dance, Blues / Roots, Heavy, Jazz, Schools, Hip - Hop / Rap, Country, World / Folk, Soul / Funk / R’n’B, Video, Singer Songwriter.
Entries for both the Queensland Music Awards and the Billy Thorpe Scholarship now close midnight Monday November 19, 2018.
A recording grant for early career artists, the scholarship, named in honour of the late Billy Thorpe was designed to help develop the future of rock and roll. The Scholarship is for an emerging musician or band over 18. You must be a Qld resident and in the early stages of developing your career.
ARIG
MAMA SAID
Bayview Terrace
These Days
Wildheart
We Are
The Dennis Sisters
Complicated Thing
Jade Holland
Single So Good
Being Jane Lane
Next Step
Band of Frequencies
SUNRAY
clawmachine
Notion
Suicide Swans
Don't Fade On Me
Bayley Pearl
About You
High Tropics
You Never Made it Easy
Leonie Kingdom
Night Terrors
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