Music in Exile

Music in Exile is a not-for-profit artist services organisation and registered Australian charity supporting musicians with lived experience of migration or displacement. Our organisation is artist-led, working collaboratively with artists to realise their own vision according to their wants and needs. In undertaking this activity, we hope to contribute to a contemporary Australian music industry that more accurately represents the many voices in our community.

We envision a contemporary music industry in which all voices are heard and valued, contributing to greater social cohesion, shared understanding, and empathetic connection in our society. We will achieve this by providing access to services, resources and opportunities in the music and arts sector for culturally and linguistically diverse artists in Australia, working collaboratively and creatively to empower them to share their stories and develop new opportunities in the arts.

We operate on the principle of ‘artist first’, allowing artists to guide the process and ensuring that our work at all times responds to individual artists’ personal and professional goals.

Since 2019, we have:
– Paid $792,455 directly to artists
– Released 36 albums & EPs
– Recorded more than 100 original songs
– Received 1,000,000 streams annually on all major platforms
– Supported 300+ live performances across Australia

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