Indigenous band gets funds to raise profile. : "Mid-west Western Australian Indigenous band the Bartlett Brothers will use a State Government grant to raise its profile by building a website and shooting a video clip."
We have really got to get behind our indiginous bands and their music. We need to profile it more often and in a better way. I was totally struck dumb when I went into a music store before Christmas to see if they had any new French stuff...and in the international/world music section were our indigenous musicians!! They are Australian. They are us and ours and they belong to us and we belong to them. Oh yes, some of them are world class, some of them are on an international footing...but we should find them with our music. Even when I go up to Noumea the Megastore there has heaps of our indigenous music that I have never even heard of here. They feature it in a big display and it looks cool, sounds cool and is something worth promoting. Our indigenous music is very special and our musicians need to be heard. Wake up , Australia, your country needs you!!
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