Share your tune!

Have your original song/tune shared on this website.
The only two requirements are that
1. The composer is Australian
2. The tune/song is folky-ish (note: I don’t actually know how to define folk music so really anything goes)

Just tell me a little bit about yourself and your tune in the form below, then upload your audio recording/sheet music and/or video to the Melbourne Tune Collection google drive folder. I’ll endeavor to get it published online as soon as possible

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Name

Composer Name

State/Territory

Tune/Song Title

Year of Composition

Story Behind the Tune (optional)

About the Composer (optional)

Any further comments/questions

I give Melbourne Tune Collection permission to share my work

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About Melbourne Tune collection

Melbourne Tune Collection records and publishes original folk tunes and songs from around Australia.

I started this project after realising that I barely knew any Australian folk tunes, even though I’ve been playing the fiddle for almost two decades. It wasn’t that Australians weren’t writing tunes, it’s just that there was limited publishing opportunities for them.

I thought maybe if I collect these tunes and put them together, they would have a better chance of getting played. So in early 2019 I set off with my camera and recorder, first around Melbourne, then across Australia.

This site is the result of these travels. Its purpose is to make Australian folk music as accessible as possible and promote the incredible music that’s being written today. I genuinely believe that there’s something special happening in the Melbourne and Australian folk music scenes right now.

I hope you enjoy playing through these tunes as much as I have!

Katherine Oleinikov