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Why Media Liability Insurance Should Be in Every Music Service Pro’s Toolkit

As a music producer, AV tech, photographer or videographer, your work is just as much in the spotlight. When you’re creating, recording, shooting or editing content with and for musicians, there’s a raft of legal risks you need to consider.

Samantha Forkas
19.10.2025
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Touring the USA? What You Need to Know About Liability Insurance

Got yourself some gigs in the USA? Yeehaw, how exciting. Perhaps less exciting is that insurance should be on your pre-departure checklist, because things can get complicated fast if something goes wrong.

Samantha Forkas
19.10.2025
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Why Musicians Should Care About Media Liability Insurance

Media liability insurance isn’t just for rockstars. Whether you’re producing beats in your bedroom or earning money touring the world, making music means putting yourself (and your work) out into the world.

Samantha Forkas
16.10.2025
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Thinking About Starting a Record Label?

Setting up a record label is a bit like going to a theme park: you sign up for the thrills, but end up spending more time queuing than on the rides. Here’s 5 tips to start a record label.

Kate Sloane
07.10.2025
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Taking Your Tour Overseas? Here’s What You Need to Know

Thinking about taking your live show to an international audience? Touring overseas is a massive milestone and something most artists dream of. After 15 years helping artists, bands and their managers navigate this journey, I can tell you it’s not as simple as grabbing your guitar and taking her for a ride on a big jet plane.

John Atkins
29.07.2025
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Top 5 Ways Artists’ Royalties are Underpaid

In the music royalties game, CDs magically turned into free downloads, which then turned into paid downloads, and are now more like audio-streams-for-rent. It’s tough for artists and labels, big and small, so here’s what you need to know.

Matt Bird
16.07.2025
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White Sky Charts a New Path with BlueRock

We have some big news to share! After more than 20 years of supporting the Australian music industry, White Sky has been acquired by BlueRock, an award-winning, certified B-Corp, multidisciplinary advisory firm based in the Melbourne CBD.

Tom Harris
26.02.2025
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Kelis vs Beyonce (Or Sampling vs Interpolation)

90’s RnB legend, Kelis, took to social media to express her unhappiness at the fact that a portion of her mega-hit, “Milkshake”, has been used on the new Beyonce track “Energy”. Should Kelis have a writer credit on “Milkshake”? Probably. Read more about sampling vs interpolation.

Matt Bird
09.08.2022
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