History
ARCA release Dead Livers Live at the Espy 1986 desk tape.
“Looking back maybe we should have tried a bit harder. But we were having too much fun!”
Read MoreThe Gaffa Tapes: Death of a Salesman
“It’s amazing what they can do these days isn’t it?” Paul McCartney marvelling at the rhythm box 1975.
Read MoreThe Gaffa Tapes: Kidz Biz
“I really like the one about the octopus.”
Read MoreThe Gaffa Tapes: Don’t shoot me, I’m only the sound engineer!
Witnessing a waitress fleeing in tears after two off-duty Manila cops dumped bullets as payment on her serving tray was a stark reminder that I was working in a country with a gun control problem
Read MoreWOMADelaide 2022
WOMADelaide is the most extraordinary live music environment I have ever experienced. It’s so fitting that this is the first major festival back as pandemic restrictions fade
Read MoreFoo Fighters, Friday 4th March 2022, Kardinia Park, Geelong, VIC
They built it, and they came; all 36,000 live music deprived souls. Sadly, just three weeks later, Foo’s beloved drummer Taylor Hawkins would pass away
Read MoreMad March – We’re Back, Baby!
Gigs are back, touring is possible, borders are open, and we suddenly have A LOT of work to do
Read MoreAustralian Road Crew Association Withdraws Its Music From Russia In Protest
ARCA has notified the distributor of its in-house record label Black Box Records to withdraw from sale, download or streaming its entire catalogue of artist’s recordings within the Russian Federation
Read MoreVale Colin Stevenson
Col was irrefutably a TV audio pioneer, a guy who came from radio and was right there when television actually started
Read MoreThe Gaffa Tapes: Fifty Ways To Lose Your Agent
My first band gig was with a 17-year-old bass player who refused to wear shoes, and a stand-in drummer who’d drank half a bottle of Jack Daniel’s and took a loaded weapon into the venue.
Read MoreThe Gaffa Tapes: Puttin’ on the Glitz
To some, it might have been as much fun as a funnel web spider, but for me it was a fitting finale to go out amidst the glitz, glamour and complexity of cabaret in the Starlight Room at Wenty Leagues
Read MoreAusmusic T-Shirt Day 2021 – Friday 19 November
Today’s the last day to get your premium Ausmusic Day T-Shirt for Support Act!
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