Music Australia's 2025 Listening In research found particularly high enthusiasm for an Australian-only streaming platform among First Nations Australians.

This finding sits with us seriously. Indigenous artists produce some of the most significant, inspiring and just plain bloody awesome music being made in this country right now. They do so inside a streaming ecosystem that was not built with them in mind — one that frequently fails to surface their work or route revenue appropriately.

The Pack's user-centric payment model has a specific implication here: when you listen to a First Nations artist, your subscription dollars go directly to them.

Cultural sovereignty isn't something we plan to get around to. It's built into the architecture - from launch and forever.

Always was, always will be…

We're crowdfunding to build this. can you support us?

https://crowdfunding.startsomegood.com/thepackmusiccoop #FirstNationsMusic #ThePackMusic #IndigenousArtists

There's a particular pleasure in discovering that the person who made the music you've had on repeat lives three suburbs away.

This kind of discovery is almost impossible on major streaming platforms - and it isn't a scale problem that will solve itself. It's a design choice.

Music Australia's 2025 research shows that 71% of Australians feel pride hearing Australian music. 66% want to hear more. Only 31% actively seek it out - not because the desire isn't there, but because the infrastructure doesn't support it.

The Pack's geofenced discovery is being designed to let you surface artists from your suburb, your city, your region. When a regional artist is discovered by someone in their own community, it has different consequences than being added to a global playlist.

You can help us build this. Our crowdfunding campaign is live. https://crowdfunding.startsomegood.com/thepackmusiccoop

#LocalMusic #MusicDiscovery #RegionalAustralia #FirstNationsMusic

Music Australia's 2025 Listening In research found particularly high enthusiasm for an Australian-only streaming platform among First Nations Australians.

This finding sits with us seriously. Indigenous artists produce some of the most significant, inspiring and just plain bloody awesome music being made in this country right now. They do so inside a streaming ecosystem that was not built with them in mind — one that frequently fails to surface their work or route revenue appropriately.

The Pack's user-centric payment model has a specific implication here: when you listen to a First Nations artist, your subscription dollars go directly to them.

Cultural sovereignty isn't something we plan to get around to. It's built into the architecture - from launch and forever.

Always was, always will be…

We're crowdfunding to build this. can you support us?

https://crowdfunding.startsomegood.com/thepackmusiccoop #FirstNationsMusic #ThePackMusic #IndigenousArtists

There's a particular pleasure in discovering that the person who made the music you've had on repeat lives three suburbs away.

This kind of discovery is almost impossible on major streaming platforms - and it isn't a scale problem that will solve itself. It's a design choice.

Music Australia's 2025 research shows that 71% of Australians feel pride hearing Australian music. 66% want to hear more. Only 31% actively seek it out - not because the desire isn't there, but because the infrastructure doesn't support it.

The Pack's geofenced discovery is being designed to let you surface artists from your suburb, your city, your region. When a regional artist is discovered by someone in their own community, it has different consequences than being added to a global playlist.

You can help us build this. Our crowdfunding campaign is live. https://crowdfunding.startsomegood.com/thepackmusiccoop

#LocalMusic #MusicDiscovery #RegionalAustralia #FirstNationsMusic

Music Australia's 2025 Listening In research found particularly high enthusiasm for an Australian-only streaming platform among First Nations Australians.

This finding sits with us seriously. Indigenous artists produce some of the most significant, inspiring and just plain bloody awesome music being made in this country right now. They do so inside a streaming ecosystem that was not built with them in mind — one that frequently fails to surface their work or route revenue appropriately.

The Pack's user-centric payment model has a specific implication here: when you listen to a First Nations artist, your subscription dollars go directly to them.

Cultural sovereignty isn't something we plan to get around to. It's built into the architecture - from launch and forever.

Always was, always will be…

We're crowdfunding to build this. can you support us?

https://crowdfunding.startsomegood.com/thepackmusiccoop #FirstNationsMusic #ThePackMusic #IndigenousArtists

There's a particular pleasure in discovering that the person who made the music you've had on repeat lives three suburbs away.

This kind of discovery is almost impossible on major streaming platforms - and it isn't a scale problem that will solve itself. It's a design choice.

Music Australia's 2025 research shows that 71% of Australians feel pride hearing Australian music. 66% want to hear more. Only 31% actively seek it out - not because the desire isn't there, but because the infrastructure doesn't support it.

The Pack's geofenced discovery is being designed to let you surface artists from your suburb, your city, your region. When a regional artist is discovered by someone in their own community, it has different consequences than being added to a global playlist.

You can help us build this. Our crowdfunding campaign is live. https://crowdfunding.startsomegood.com/thepackmusiccoop

#LocalMusic #MusicDiscovery #RegionalAustralia #FirstNationsMusic

Music Australia's 2025 Listening In research found particularly high enthusiasm for an Australian-only streaming platform among First Nations Australians.

This finding sits with us seriously. Indigenous artists produce some of the most significant, inspiring and just plain bloody awesome music being made in this country right now. They do so inside a streaming ecosystem that was not built with them in mind — one that frequently fails to surface their work or route revenue appropriately.

The Pack's user-centric payment model has a specific implication here: when you listen to a First Nations artist, your subscription dollars go directly to them.

Cultural sovereignty isn't something we plan to get around to. It's built into the architecture - from launch and forever.

Always was, always will be…

We're crowdfunding to build this. can you support us?

https://crowdfunding.startsomegood.com/thepackmusiccoop #FirstNationsMusic #ThePackMusic #IndigenousArtists

There's a particular pleasure in discovering that the person who made the music you've had on repeat lives three suburbs away.

This kind of discovery is almost impossible on major streaming platforms - and it isn't a scale problem that will solve itself. It's a design choice.

Music Australia's 2025 research shows that 71% of Australians feel pride hearing Australian music. 66% want to hear more. Only 31% actively seek it out - not because the desire isn't there, but because the infrastructure doesn't support it.

The Pack's geofenced discovery is being designed to let you surface artists from your suburb, your city, your region. When a regional artist is discovered by someone in their own community, it has different consequences than being added to a global playlist.

You can help us build this. Our crowdfunding campaign is live. https://crowdfunding.startsomegood.com/thepackmusiccoop

#LocalMusic #MusicDiscovery #RegionalAustralia #FirstNationsMusic

Charlie Woods is a proud GuriNgai woman and is no stranger to Australia’s thriving live music scene, her talents as a trumpeter are widely known, from sharing stages with the likes of The Teskey Brothers, Gang of Youths, The Seven Ups, and TEK TEK Ensemble which have taken her across the globe.

Charlie Needs Braces is a solo project featuring live looping and original compositions inspired by her new braces and learning about her family’s Aboriginal heritage.

She says, “I wanted to use language as inspiration. A lot of the words have deeper meanings and have stories themselves – particularly the names of places.”

Charlie relates her music to community and connection through all that she puts out into the world. A recent film clip was filmed on a “sacred area called, Karyung (meaning meeting place)” and included her sister, mother and grandmother.

#947thePulse #Radio #CommunityRadio #TempoOnThePulse #Geelong #Australia #MusicReview #CharlieNeedsBraces #CharlieWoods #FirstNationsMusic

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