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Member Benefits

Quote your APRA AMCOS or AMC member number to get everything from discounted studio time to deals on insurance.

Travel

Your membership card is accessible from the app and can be added to your Apple Wallet.

GoGet Carshare

GoGet are offering APRA AMCOS members access to any of our vehicles at great low rates by the hour or the day, also includes:
• No sign up fees
• No ongoing membership fees
• Add an unlimited number of drivers to your account with no extra fee
• Discounted booking rates
• Only pay for what you use!

Additional details and information at the button below:

Get your GoGet discount

Virgin Australia

Virgin Australia has recently introduced new economy fares including Economy Choice and Economy Flex, each of which will offer different booking options. Travellers will continue to receive 23 kilograms of checked baggage and seat selection when they book an Economy Choice or Economy Flex fare. NB: The Economy Lite fare does not allow for excess baggage.

Individual artists can access up to 64kg of checked baggage complimentary (4 pieces with no piece being over 32kg) when travelling domestically within Australia on Virgin Australia (excludes Economy Lite fares).

How to book

Once you have booked a domestic flight with Virgin Australia, note your booking reference number.

  1. Email [email protected] with your booking reference number and your APRA AMCOS membership number, or APRA AMCOS or OneMusic Australia licensee number. Your digital membership card is available in the APRA AMCOS for Music Creators App - available to download for free on the Apple App Store or the GooglePlay store, Please note this must be done at least 2 business days prior to travel.
  2. To make a group booking of 10 or more guests, please contact Group Sales on 13 67 00 or email [email protected]

Important to note:

  • Band or Musician bookings: An APRA AMCOS member number must be provided for each member of the touring party
  • Festival and/or venues bookings: One APRA AMCOS or OneMusic Australia licensee number can be provided which will cover all members of the touring party
  • You must email your booking reference number and membership/licensee number at least 2 business days prior to travel. This is essential to receive the baggage allowance.

Virgin Australia encourages eligible members to book flights via their music industry travel specialist.

In the event that booking via your music industry travel specialist is not an option, bookings can be made via www.virginaustralia.com
Contact Virgin Australia

QANTAS

Offer for APRA AMCOS members and members of other eligible musical associations: Qantas allows additional baggage allowance for domestic travel within Australia. See all the details and how to book on the QANTAS website.

NOTE: You may be asked by Qantas to provide a membership card to prove your eligibility. Your digital membership card is available in the APRA AMCOS for Music Creators App - available to download for free on the Apple App Store or the GooglePlay store, or get in touch with our member services team 48 hours before you travel and they will help you out.
Learn about Qantas

QT Hotels (Sydney)

Stay in style at QT Sydney.

Sydney's hottest design hotel, QT Sydney, is located in the heart of the city and more than just a place to lay your head, QT Sydney is a creative space to dine, drink and live.

APRA AMCOS member and music licence customer offer: a special discount on accommodation. To access 10% off bookings please email [email protected] and quote your unique 6-digit APRA AMCOS member or client number prior to booking.

For more information, call +61 2 8262 0000 or email QT
Contact QT Hotel

The Standard Hotels (worldwide)

APRA AMCOS member and music licence customer offer: get a 25% discount* at any of The Standard Hotels and Bunkhouse Hotels around the world. Locations include London, New York, LA, Miami, Austin, Maldives, Thailand and much more.

To view a complete list of hotels and take advantage of this discount, head to The Standard website, click on the ‘Book Now’ button and plug in the code APRA in the ‘Promo Code’ field under the 'Special Codes' section of the booking engine.

Book a room or find out more on The Standard website or Instagram @thestandard.

*This offer may not be available during peak times
Book Standard Hotel

DHM Rooms (Nashville)

Looking for short-stay accommodation in Nashville?

APRA AMCOS member offer: Dan Hodges Music (DHM) is pleased to offer APRA AMCOS members the opportunity to stay in historic Music Row.

The space: Each room at DHM headquarters features comfortable furniture and a warm, welcoming vibe.

Rooms are equipped with Murphy Bed (full size) that pulls out of the cabinet on the wall, couch, and small table

US$100 per night, per room

Cable/TV, free internet

Free parking behind the building

One block from good restaurants (Taco Mamacita, Edgehill Cafe, Barcelona, Bella Napoli)
Contact DHM Rooms

Marketing and web services


Bandzoogle

Bandzoogle makes it easy to build a stunning website and EPK for your music in minutes. Choose from dozens of mobile-friendly templates, then customize your design and content in just a few clicks.

All the features you need for a professional website and EPK are already built-in, including:

  • Tools to sell music and merch commission-free, right on your website
  • Stream your music, with flexible options for music downloads
  • Commission-free crowdfunding and fan subscription features
  • Mailing list tools to grow your fan list and send professional newsletters
  • Integrations to pull in content from your online profiles including YouTube, Twitter, and SoundCloud
  • And live support from their musician-friendly team, 7 days a week

APRA AMCOS member offer: receive a 3-month free trial, plus 15% off membership! Plans start at just $8.29/month (USD), which includes hosting and your own free custom domain name.
Start Bandzoogle trial

The A&R Department's Song Doctor

Established in 2007 The A&R Department is Australia’s longest running label services platform dedicated to supporting emerging Australian artists, ensuring that their creative and business practices align with their musical ambition. They're constantly seeking out new ways to expand the reach of Australian independent music and to find the ears of audiences around the globe.

APRA AMCOS member offer: have a song of your choice analysed by their A&R Manager, covering areas such as artistic direction, arrangement, performance, instrumentation and melody. You will also receive advice on positioning your song for radio.

For your FREE consultation please contact Nicholas and quote your 6 digit APRA AMCOS member number.
Book A&R Department

SoundsLikeCafe

Want your music played in over 1200 outlets in Australia?

SoundsLikeCafe distributes quality music to cafes and coffee shops throughout Australia on a not-for-sale digital compilation. The original CD service built a loyal and supportive café database and driven by their preference for digital distribution, SoundsLikeCafe has moved entirely to an online service. They create a playlist of new music for regular distribution to their café database.

APRA AMCOS member offer: an exclusive 10% discount off.
Contact SoundsLikeCafe

Hyper-Active Merchandising

Hyper-Active Merchandising specialise in event merchandise, clothing and promotional items.

With in-house screen printing, transfers and embroidery services, combined with a creative art department, Hyper-Active can provide a full range of merchandise to suit your needs. Whether you require a novel item to promote a new release, branded merchandise to sell at events, or a specialised company to control, design and fully manage your merchandise, Hyper-Active is your 'One Stop Shop' for all your requirements.

Hyper-Active products include: t-shirts, caps, sweatshirts, jackets, keyrings, stubby holders, coffee mugs, bags, inflatable items or just about anything that can have a logo.

APRA AMCOS member offer: receive 15% discount on all merchandise. To get a quote email or call 02 9572 5222
Contact Hyper-Active

Dead Horse Branding

Dead Horse Branding is an artist branding and promotional boutique agency. Their services range from designing your personal image that reflects your sound to promoting you and your music via publicity & digital marketing efforts.

APRA AMCOS member offer: custom artist brand building and promotional packages to help kickstart, revamp and energize your brand. Package offer:

  • A 60 day publicity campaign
  • A social media consultation and strategy
  • An artist development strategy

All for $5,000 - that's 50% off the regular price.
Visit Dead Horse Branding website

The Annex

The Annex is a marketing strategy agency that specialises in working with talent, management and labels to tailor and deliver bespoke campaigns.

Since it's launch in 2018, the company has run campaigns for Pnau, Genesis Owusu and Royel Otis, whilst also working on the Number 1 album rollouts for Illy, Sheppard, Violent Soho and Lime Cordiale and top 10 albums for Passenger, Adam Lambert and Triple One.

APRA AMCOS member offer:

Emerging Artist Package (COST - $500)

  • 1 hour consultation determining key needs, ambitions and general questions
  • Social and branding health check
  • 2nd 1 hour session where feedback is given on health checks and suggested next steps are given

Established Artists Package (COST - $600)

  • 1 hour consultation discussing previous history, current issues in terms of catalogues and new releases
  • Social, branding and catalogue health check
  • 2nd 1 hour session where feedback is given on health checks and suggested next steps are given

Visit The Annex website

Music courses & songwriting


The Songwriting Academy

The Songwriting Academy has launched a new free creative community!
for all emerging and professional songwriters, artists, producers, composers, musicians and
entrepreneurs.

The Songwriting Academy has a 9 year track record in educational excellence, supporting, training and mentoring emerging artists, songwriters, composers and producers, and took the bold move to build a comprehensive networking platform for creatives across the world to come
together quickly, easily and at zero cost.

As part of the new initiative, all community members are invited to free monthly Meet-Ups, live on zoom with speed-dating style networking rooms, with the chance to meet top hitmakers and business executives from the faculty of The Songwriting Academy.

Join the Songwriting Academy Community

I Heart Songwriting Club

Do you suffer from writer’s block? Do you struggle to find time to write songs in your busy schedule? Do want to be a better songwriter?

I Heart Songwriting Club is a totally online songwriting club for all songwriters. Yes, this club is about writing songs, it’s about getting unstuck, it’s about becoming creatively free, but it’s even more than that. This is a global community of songwriters supporting each other to keep creating, to share music and to be totally creatively satisfied. And the result of all this is amazing songs that can change your life. Don’t believe us?

“I LOVE I HEART SONGWRITING CLUB! It shook me out of my writing block and taught me new ways to write. I have it to thank for most of my songs on my latest album (that was nominated for a 2018 ARIA Award!).” - Mama Kin of Mama Kin Spender

Imagine how it would feel to be writing songs every week, sharing them with peers, getting feedback and being a part of something bigger. Don’t do this alone. Do this with I Heart Songwriting Club.

APRA AMCOS member offer: join I Heart Songwriting Club now and receive 30% off your first 10-week term.

*Applies to your first 10-week term of The Club.
Join I Heart Songwriting Club



Songwriting Courses For Kids and Adult Beginners

Enrolments are open for the next term of I Heart Songwriting Club's fully online and mentored songwriting course for kids and adults.

These courses were created by the team at I Heart Songwriting Club for people who wanted to write songs, but didn't know where to begin. The program is aimed at absolute beginners and will give them the tools, support and confidence to write their first 10 songs - complete with bite-sized video lessons, real time mentorship and community.

“I just wrote 10 songs in 10 weeks - my first songs ever!! It’s life changing. A few times I had tears of wonder and joy when I listened back to my song. I am now, at 50, a song writer. No one showed me how as a child. They have now. I have a goal to write 50 songs in 50 weeks.” - Adrienne (Brisbane)

“All of the lessons and changing themes allowed me to learn the skill of songwriting quickly and write what I felt at that time. My favourite part was receiving the encouraging constructive feedback from my mentor. I tried to take that feedback and use it in my next song. I even wrote a song for my dad during the week of Fathers Day which he loved. It was an amazing experience, I enjoyed all of it so much! I can’t wait to do it again!” - Emma L. 12 year old songwriter (Ipswich)

APRA AMCOS members offer: enrol in I Heart Songwriting Club’s Songwriting Course and receive 20% off. That’s a huge $100 savings!

Enrol in the kids or adult beginners course


Music Production for Women

Music Production for Women (MPW) is an online education platform which aims to encourage and empower women who are taking their first steps into music production. Founded in East London by artist, producer and Top 50 East London Innovator of 2020, Xylo Aria, MPW aims to provide an environment where individuals identifying as women can feel comfortable and supported through their production journey.

MPW offers an Introduction to Music Production course which is a hands-on initiative designed to demystify the basics of electronic music production in an accessible and easy-to-follow manner, as well courses and workshops in other areas of music production and mixing.

In this Intro to Music Production Package, you get the following:

- Lifetime access to the MPW Intro to Music Production Course with 6 modules, Drums, Synths, Sampling, Recording Audio Effects and Mixing
- Invites to monthly group catch-up calls to chat through your production questions, general music question or just have a chat with other great musicians
- E-mail support directly from MPW founder, Xylo Aria
- Monthly track feedback from an Industry audio professional
- A special discount for Ableton Live, only available to MPW students
- Access to our Industry List of Mixing and Mastering engineers and discounts for their service
- Access to their collaborators list
- Monthly goal setting and accountability

APRA AMCOS member offer: 20% off Introduction to Music Production. Discounts can be redeemed using the discount code "APRA20"
Redeem your MPW Introduction to Music Production discount


Wild Heart Creatives

Wild Heart Creatives is a creative industries company comprised of 5 divisions, providing both professional training, and industry services in music, entertainment and arts sectors. From coaching to stage productions, song production to original exhibitions – Wild Heart Creatives leads the CAPA industries of tomorrow, today.

Music industry training division, Wild Heart Music Studios, provides industry-standard coaching, programs and workshops in fields of voice, instrument, songwriting and production, and artist development for current in-industry and upcoming artists. With coaches vetted and trained in the Voiceful Method of Voice Coaching, our Music Studios coaches performing artists through tour preparation and performance, album recording, technique training and vocal performance recovery.

APRA AMCOS member offer: 20% per booking off 10+ sessions of Vocal Coaching (offer may be applied to any coaching area cross Wild Heart Creatives divisions).
Contact Wild Heart Creatives to secure your discounted booking



School of Synthesis

Learn Music Production at School of Synthesis. Compose and create your own music, produce and remix others or simply explore the creative possibilities of Modern Music Production using Digital Audio Workstations such as Logic Pro and Ableton Live. Or take your music to the next level by studying Music Theory, Sound Design, DJing and Mixing and Mastering using powerful software and hardware taught by industry professionals.

Whether you’re a composer, DJ, garage musician or aspiring producer, School of Synthesis courses are designed to get you working smarter and deliver results. The school is Australia’s only Ableton Certified and Native Instruments certified training centre.

APRA AMCOS member offer: receive an exclusive 10% off all School of Synthesis individual courses. Send an email with your full name and 6-digit APRA member number and they’ll create a coupon code for you to claim 10% discount on any School of Synthesis course.

Find out more about the School of Synthesis and their courses.
Contact the School of Synthesis



American Songwriter
- contests

Enter American Songwriter's contests for the chance to win prizes including a Nashville 'Dream Day on Music Row', mentoring, equipment and gear, a feature in American Songwriting and more. APRA AMCOS members, enter the promo code APRALOVE to receive 25% off your entry fee. (Eligible for all of 2023).

For more information and to enter your songs, visit the below.
Lyric Contest
Song Contest