Australian Musician

Australian Musician is an online Australian music magazine, formerly published as a free quarterly print magazine.

History

Australian Musician{{efn|Not to be confused with the magazine of the same name published in Adelaide from 1917 to 1918, full title ''The Australian Musician: A Monthly Newspaper for Bands.{{Citation | title=The Australian Musician: A Monthly Newspaper for Bands [catalogue entry]|via=National Library of Australia | publication-date=1917 | publisher=Printed and published for Albert S. Drew by Shipping Newspapers Ltd | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34785895 | access-date=21 October 2023}}}} was launched by the Australian Music Association in December 1995 as a quarterly, colour publication. It was initiated by AMA executive committee member Alex Bolt, and executive officer Rob Walker became managing editor, a role he retained until Greg Phillips took over in 2001.

The aim of the magazine was "to inform, educate and entertain local musicians of all levels", and the print version was available for free at musical instrument retailers. It has included interviews with musicians such as Tommy Emmanuel, INXS, Kate Ceberano, Wolfmother, Little Birdy, Paul Dempsey, and Dave Graney. In December 2007, an all-female edition was produced by guest editor Clare Bowditch, with every single article was about female artists and every item in the magazine was written by women.{{cite web | title=About Us | website=Australian Musician Magazine | url=https://australianmusician.com.au/about-us-2/ | access-date=20 October 2023}}{{Citation | author1=Australian Music Association | title=Australian Musician | publication-date=1995 | publisher=Australian Music Association |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21698807?keyword=australian%20musician|format=catalogue entry|via=National Library of Australia| issn=1327-4554}} Australian Musician also specialised in covering bands' soundchecks, with rare editorial and photographic access to acts during rehearsals. Artists that have allowed the magazine access include The Rolling Stones, Joe Satriani, The Thrills, Roger Waters', and Sepultura.

It was available free from musical instrument retailers nationally in Australia, similar to other music street press.

Its publication was outsourced from late 2011 until its final publication in print in October 2012. It was, until then, Australia's longest continuously running magazine for musicians.

In March 2014 Australian Musician was relaunched as an online publication, with similar aims, including "artist exposure and information on, and promotion of, the tools that musicians use to create their art".

Today

In July 2023 editor Greg Phillips acquired the magazine,{{cite web | title=Home | website=Australian Musician Magazine | date=19 October 2023 | url=https://australianmusician.com.au/ | access-date=21 October 2023}} trading under the name Mediaville.{{cite web | title=Australian Musician Editor Greg Phillips Takes Ownership of the Magazine | website=Noise11.com | date=23 June 2023 | url=https://www.noise11.com/news/australian-musician-editor-greg-phillips-takes-ownership-of-the-magazine-20230623 | access-date=21 October 2023}}

The website is archived in the Pandora archive by the National Library of Australia,{{Citation | title=Australian Musician | publication-date=2000 |format= catalogue entry| publisher=Australian Musician|via=Trove | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/211312535 | access-date=21 October 2023}}{{cite web | title=Australian Musician, 21 July 2023 | website=Trove | url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20230720140309/https://australianmusician.com.au/ | access-date=21 October 2023}} and the magazine also runs a YouTube and has a presence on Facebook,{{cite web | title=Australian Musician| website=Facebook | url=https://www.facebook.com/australianmusician | access-date=21 October 2023}} Instagram, and X.