A final note...for 09

Sound Museum will take a three week break from the airwaves to re-charge its batteries. Our first episode for 2010 will take place on Tuesday 12 January at 11pm.

We would like to send out a whole heap of love to our listeners for tuning in each week. There are several people we owe a special mention for their contribution to the show during 2009: David Hunt, Damian Nicholas, Paul Anthony, Jade Gulliver, Jenny O'Joy, David Lim, Chris Jameson, Steve Toms and Dan Vo. To the management, staff and volunteers at JOY 94.9, thanks for your support. Here's to the year ahead!

Petro has written reviews in the brand new edition of "Hear Here", JOY's member magazine. Make sure to check them out.

A safe and fun festive season to all!
Petro and Johno
xo

Episode 23: December 15

Our final episode for 2009! Tis the season to be jolly, so we're hanging up the milestone, decorating the tree and caroling to our favourite pop Christmas tracks.

We discuss the most popular music choices being made by Australian consumers this Christmas. Which album will find itself in a large number of stockings this year? And we take a look at Billboard's end of decade statistics including Artist Of The Decade, and Billboard's Top 20 selling artists of 2009.

DOWNLOAD
PART 1 // PART 2

Episode 22: December 7

Petro goes solo with a playlist consisting of beautiful downtempo, ballady pop numbers. He reveals the Top 10 selling tracks on Australian iTunes for 2009 and goes the major categories of the 52nd Grammy Awards, taking place on January 31 2010. This year Beyonce leads the pack with a whopping 10 nominations.

DOWNLOAD

Episode 21: December 1

We celebrated our 21st episode and go through the winners of the 2009 ARIA Music Awards.

DOWNLOAD
PART 1 // PART 2

Episode 20: November 24

Petro caught up with Australia's top A&R record executive Michael Parisi.

They spoke extensively about the role of A&R, the relationship between artists and their record labels, the attitude of the Australian record buying public, the current state of the music industry and the artists Michael has minded such as Regurgitator, Kylie and Gabriella Cilmi.

Here's a brief timeline of Michael's career in the music industry.

1987-1989: Co-Founded "In Press" Magazine
1990-1992: General Manager of IMAGO Records (Baby Animals, Henry Rollins)
1993-1995: Artist Development Manager for Warner Music, looking after the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers, REM, Snoop Dogg, Ice T, Marilyn Manson
1995-1999: A&R Director at Warner Music Australia. Signed Regurgitator, The SuperJesus and The Whitlams
1999-2002: Formed own label SPUTNIK Records through Festival Mushroom and signed and had #1 albums with the likes of 28 Days, George, Motor Ace and MUSE

Michael signed Gabriella Cilmi at the age of 13. Her debut single "Sweet About Me", from the album Lessons to be Learned, reached #1 in Australia and was a Top 10 hit all over Europe. She won six ARIA Awards in 2008, and is preparing the release of her second album.

2002-2008: Managing Director of Festival/Mushroom Records; signed Eskimo Joe, Gabriella Cilmi, Scribe, re-signed Kylie Minogue and worked with the likes of ONJ, AC DC, Garbage, Tom Jones etc
2009: Formed new company Michael Parisi Management. Signed three new artists. Caterina Torres, Mark Sholtez and METALS. Continues to provide consultation to Warner Music.

Former Killing Heidi members Ella and Jesse Hooper are back with their new band The Verses. Michael is the A&R of their debut EP.

DOWNLOAD
PART 1 // PART 2