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MUSIC INDUSTRYCONFERENCEFRIDAY 13TH & SATURDAY 14TH NOVEMBER 2015ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE

WELCOMEWelcome to Face The Music.

November in Melbourne is a great time for the music industry to gather at Face The Music each year, with so many exciting music and industry-related events in town at the one time.

When Steve Albini’s 2014 Face The Music address on the future of the music business reverberated around the world, it also put Face The Music on the map as a boutique development summit and a forum for ideas.

This year, once again, we bring you contemporary music’s larger-than-life characters, critical thinkers and industry leaders from across the world and Australia. Together we will reflect on 2015’s issues and challenges, keep on top of the ever-changing music business landscape, discuss new ideas and envision new directions in music.

Face The Music is a great opportunity to brush up on your knowledge of current industry issues, share your knowledge and meet some new music people. With 40 different panels, workshops, meetings and parties, there is a lot going on. We encourage you to get out to enjoy some of Melbourne’s live music and continue your Face The Music experience into the night.

Thanks go to Face The Music’s partners and sponsors and to our small organising team who are listed in this program, who help to bring Face The Music alive.

Please download the Face The Music App and join me on the delegate database, find the sessions that are right for you and be part of the conversation.

Don’t forget that The Australasian World Music Expo is also on downstairs at Arts Centre Melbourne and has talks and panels that are free with your Face The Music accreditation. Please come and say hello.

Peter Chellew Conference Director

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FRIDAY 13 NOVEMBERCONFERENCE PROGRAM

MORNING RITUAL WITH ALEXANDER GOW

Presented by Melbourne Music Week, MPavilion, Ali Bird & Face the MusicFriday November 139.00 - 9.45amMPavilion, Queen Victoria Gardens directly opposite National Gallery of Victoria

Each day of Face The Music opens with an early gig in the park, with Morning Ritual presenting two 9am performances at the stunning architecture and design hub MPavilion, slap bang in the middle of Victoria Gardens across the road from Face The Music. Pull up a patch of grass, sip your fresh coffee brewed by Three Thousand Thieves, have a chat with some other Face The Music folk and listen to the indie-rock stylings of Alexander Gow (the beating heart of Oh Mercy) on Friday and the experimental blues loop pop of D.D Dumbo on Saturday.

KEYNOTE: OUR GENERATION - THE MUSIC INDUSTRY’S NEW LEADERS Presented by Face The MusicFriday November 1310.10 - 11.10amArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, The Pavilion (Level 8)

Jodie Regan (Director, Spinning Top) Mardi Caught (General Manager,

Frontline Labels, Warner Music Australia) Susan Heymann (General Manager, Touring,

Chugg Entertainment)

This year’s opening keynote is a powerhouse trifecta. We bring together three top-tier, homegrown legends in the music business - creative, independently-minded, fearless and influential. Mardi Caught, Jodie Regan and Susan Heymann will join forces and delve into their respective fields of the industry, addressing the question: What are the essential steps to building a successful label / band / tour?

Combined, this towering trio working here and abroad steer the careers of one of Australia’s most successful exports in Tame Impala, manage a major label housing the talents of Ed Sheeran, Skrillex and Safia, and handle the coordination and marketing for countless tours, the most recent being Florence + The Machine. Each will share their unique personal experiences, real-life examples and direction for the future, launching Face The Music in high gear!

ECOLOGY OF TRIPLE JPresented by The PushFriday November 13 10.10 - 11.10amNational Gallery of Victoria, Clemenger Auditorium

Moderator: Anita Nedeljkovic (Programming Director, Venue Collective)

Dave Ruby Howe (Music Director, triple j Unearthed)Nicole Cheek (Senior Producer, triple j)Dorothy Markek (Music Director, Double J)Jacinta Parsons (Assistant Music Director,

Double J/ABC Local Radio)

With the tastemaking power of triple j in 2015 more prominent than ever before, we explore the role that national airplay plays, from an artist’s first upload to triple j Unearthed through to play across triple j, Double J and ABC Local Radio networks. Celebrating 40 years of triple j, key decision-makers across the channels explain behind-the-scenes processes that go toward supporting artists, from decisions about playlisting to editorial calls on segments such as Like a Version and Live at the Wireless.

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THE PROMOTERSPresented by MoshtixFriday November 1311.25am - 12.25pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, Pavilion (Level 8)

Moderator: Paul Sloan (Promoter/Agent, Billions Australia)

Marc Sousley (Promoter, Secret Sounds Touring)Travis Banko (Agent, Lunatic Entertainment/

Laneway Presents) Susan Heymann (General Manager, Touring,

Chugg Entertainment)Archie Hamilton (Promoter/Agent, Split Works United)

(CHI)

For one of the most risky gigs in the business, being a tour promoter is hugely popular. So does it pay off? The biggest promoters and festival bookers discuss deals, budgets, visas and how to tell if a band is hype or has genuine paying fans. Do agents pitch bands to festival bookers holding the purse strings? Or are festival organisers and promoters beholden to the carefully crafted touring cycles of acts? What are realistic margins and fair offers? Do festival slots underpin a tour? What do promoters look for in supports? What impact could globalisation of touring and festivals have on the Australian market? And how does this affect growing opportunities in Asia? In a session not to be missed by any band, agent, manager, emerging festival organiser or promoter, local and international experts at the very top of the game dissect the touring and festival circuit.

MUSIC JOURNALISM: THE CRITICAL MASSPresented by CollartsFriday November 1311.25 - 12.25pmNational Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Clemenger Auditorium

Moderator: Jenny Valentish (Music Journalist/Author)

Fred Pessaro (Editor, Noisey)Mathew Coyte (Editor-in-Chief/Publisher,

Rolling Stone Australia) Brodie Lancaster (Music Journalist, Contributor –

Rookie, Pitchfork)Marcus Teague (Music Journalist, Contributor –

The Age, Rolling Stone, The Guardian)

From fan-driven musicblogs, pop-culture websites, Q&A-style transcribed conversations and whimsical listicles, to critical album reviews, ever-present reliable street press, cool and clever historical analyses like the 33 1/3 titles and traditional, longform magazine essays, there are no longer any rules or boundaries for music journalism, except one: Passion. Four very different but hugely successful music writers discuss changing trends in the craft, how would-be scribes can get published (and paid), why some voices are heard over others, and how to become one.

*Fred Pessaro is in Australia with the support of Melbourne Music Week.

WHAT MAKES A MUSIC CITY SUCCESSFUL? Melbourne as an internationally renowned dynamic music city Presented by City of MelbourneFriday November 1311.25am - 12.25pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, Members Dining Room (Level 7)

Moderator: Patrick Donovan (CEO, Music Victoria/ Chair, Australian Music Industry Network)

Amy Terrill (Vice President Public Affairs, Music Canada)Professor Robert Kronenburg (Roscoe Chair of

Architecture, University of Liverpool)Councillor Rohan Leppert (Chair, Arts and Culture

Portfolio, City of Melbourne)

This session explores successful music cities around the globe, Melbourne’s international status as a music city and key findings from the Melbourne Music Symposium 2015. The symposium, held the day before Face The Music, brings together invited international and national academics, economists, journalists and industry reps to discuss challenges affecting music cities around the world including viable venues and spaces, the role of festivals and events, education and employment, research and demographic analysis and resolving tensions between amenity, development and music performance.


PUBLISHING 101: PITCHING FOR FILM AND TV AND WHAT YOUR MUSIC IS WORTHPresented by Native Tongue Music Publishing Friday November 1311:25am - 12:25pmArts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall Building, The Channel

Matt Tanner (A&R/Creative Manager, Native Tongue Music Publishing)

Kate Mills (Licensing, Native Tongue Music Publishing)

We look at the music that makes its way into our lives via ads, TV shows and films. Using real life scenarios and probable examples, one of Australia’s largest independent music publishers explains how they work to present the right music, how royalties are collected, how to identify if a track is used and options if used without permission. They’ll explain calculations used in negotiations, how the length, form and placement of a track determines its monetary value, plus offer tips to get your music placed.

This session has limited capacity. Please check with the Registration Desk on the day for available spaces.

TRIPLE J LISTENING LOUNGE Friday November 1311.25am - 12.25pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, Level 8 Foyer

Dave Ruby Howe (Music Director, triple j Unearthed)Nicole Cheek (Senior Producer, triple j)Dorothy Markek (Music Director, Double J)Jacinta Parsons (Assistant Music Director,

Double J/ABC Local Radio)Josh Merriel (Host, Short.Fast.Loud. triple j)Lochlan Watt (Host, The Racket, triple j)

This high-level session offers delegates the chance to capture the undivided attention of the triple j team. Up to 20 artists and their management have the opportunity to sit down, one-on-one, to pitch their music and to pick the brains of one of six key decision-makers at triple j.

This session is by appointment only. Please check with the Registration Desk on the day for available spaces.

LUNCH @ TESTING GROUNDS WITH ALI BARTERFriday November 1312.25 - 1.25pmTesting Grounds, 1 – 23 City Road, Southbank(Access via footbridge from rear of Arts Centre Melbourne Spire. Disabled access via stage door – see event registration for more details)

Catch some Vitamin D while grabbing a bite from Melbourne’s truckin’ delicious Taco Van and Beat Box Kitchen at Testing Grounds art garden, directly behind the Arts Centre. Pull up a pallet with your new pals and enjoy a live set of dreamy retro rock sounds from singer-songwriter Ali Barter. Check online for exciting additions to the half-time entertainment.

HALL OF FAME EXHIBITION LAUNCHPresented by The Age Music Victoria AwardsFriday November 1312.30 - 1.15pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, St Kilda Road Foyer Gallery (Level 6)

Moderator: Chris Johnston (Senior Writer, Fairfax Media)

Archie Roach AM (Artist) Bill Armstrong AM (Armstrong Studios)Murray Robertson (The Thunderbirds)Carolyn Laffan (Music Curator, Arts Centre Melbourne)

On its 10th anniversary, The Age Music Victoria Awards officially launches a free public exhibition of photography and other memorabilia celebrating the achievements of 2015 Hall of Fame inductees AC/DC, Bill Armstrong, John Farnham, Olivia Newton-John, Palais Theatre, Archie Roach, Stan Rofe, The Seekers, Sunbury Festival and The Thunderbirds. A free public panel discussion featuring some of these legendary architects of Victoria’s contemporary music scene will examine key items in the exhibition, sharing stories along the way.


KEYNOTE: RUTH DANIEL (UK) In her first visit to Australia, the award-winning founder of In Place of War and Un-Convention, the global grassroots music community in 25 countries, will discuss her innovative business models and inspiring projects that span the world, helping artists in war-torn and remote communities develop and promote their music independently.

Presented by Melbourne Music Week Friday November 131.25 - 2.25pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, The Pavilion (Level 8)

Ruth will share knowledge about her pioneering alternative commercial models such as using exchange economies to run music festivals, using technology in new and creative ways to help artists tell their stories to wider audiences and enabling international collaborations between musicians.

Inspired by her recent work with Fora Do Eixo (‘Off Axis’), the revolutionary Brazilian music co-operative responsible for one of the world’s most vibrant independent music scenes, Ruth will discuss Off Axis Network, an audience development and artist networking model for the rest of the world including a pilot project currently running in the UK and what it could mean for independent Australian artists.

MELBOURNE X SYDNEY: LIVE CITIES EXCHANGE PROGRAMPresented by Face The Music and the National Live Music OfficeFriday November 131.25 - 2.25pmNational Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Clemenger Auditorium

Moderator: Mikey Cahill (Music Writer, Herald Sun)

Katie Rynne (Agent, Select Music)Lauren Murray (Agent, WME)John Wardle (Policy Director, National Live Music Office)Andrew Parisi (Venue Booker, The Croxton) Tom Byrnes (Venue Booker, Oxford Art Factory)

A new annual talk that will (eventually) make its way to all major cities, Face The Music rests an index finger on each capital city to take its pulse. We’ll compare: ticket sales; the culture of going out; best rooms to play; licensing; rising bands; people who make the scene tick; and making the most of touring there. An exchange of ideas for a better understanding between Melbourne’s industry and each major touring port as delivered by venues, booking agents and strategy people who live and breathe it. First stop: Sydney, where the impact of the lockouts on earnings, scene development and market confidence is sure to raise its head.

NATIONAL MUSIC ISSUES FORUM – DRIVING AUSTRALIA’S CONTEMPORARY MUSIC DEVELOPMENTPresented by Music AustraliaFriday November 131.25 - 2.25pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, Members’ Dining Room (Level 7)

Moderator: Chris Bowen (CEO, Music Australia)

Patrick Donovan (CEO, Music Victoria / Chair, Australian Music Industry Network))

Yvette Myhill (Executive Director, AAM)Ben O’Hara (Dean, Collarts)Dean Ormston (Head of Membership Services Group,

APRA AMCOS)Millie Millgate (Executive Producer, Sounds Australia) Dan Rosen (CEO, ARIA)

This session will share the work of a unique national partnership to grow our music industry. Capitalising on the creativity and dynamism of Australian contemporary music to strengthen this sector as a key national cultural and economic contributor, a national plan is being jointly developed by all music industry peak bodies. Panelists will discuss this co-operative approach for industry-wide growth, covering creators, jobs, skills, investment, economic contribution and cultural impact.


THE EVOLUTION OF DIGITAL MUSIC PRODUCTION Presented by Yamaha Music Australia and Steinberg Friday November 131.25 - 2.25pmArts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall Building, The Channel

Moderator: Alex Yabsley (Yamaha Music Australia)

M-Phazes (Eminem, Illy, Daniel Johns)Yeo (Hermitude)Dub FX

In a fascinating insight into the world of music production, Grammy Award-winning producer M-Phazes is joined by fellow producers Yeo and Dub FX, as they discuss their pathways into production and the way it shaped their artistic careers. Music production software helped them become who they are as an artist - how do they adapt to an ever-changing playing field? This small group workshop is for future producers and those already at the top of their game.


NAVIGATING THE LABEL LANDSCAPE Presented by Face The MusicFriday November 13 2.40 - 3.40pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, The Pavilion (Level 8)

Moderator: Paul Cashmere (CEO, The Noise Network)

Timothy Janes (General Manager, Caroline Label Services Australia)

Sophie Miles (Founder, Mistletone Records & Touring) Mardi Caught (General Manager,

Frontline Labels, Warner Music Australia) Frank Cotela (CEO/Director, Onelove Music Group)

The label landscape keeps transforming. Once dominated by the rock solid “Big Five”, seismic shifts in the form of tech and cultural changes have seen the remaining majors varying their investments, more artists choosing to maintain control with DIY options and growing numbers of indies banding together under the banner of digital rights agencies such as Merlin and service partners like Caroline. So what does a record label look like in 2015? Label chiefs from each business model map the changing terrain and discuss what they look for in artists today, who they’ve signed this year, and why.

VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY: HOW THEY WILL SAVE THE MUSIC INDUSTRY Friday November 132.40 - 3.40pmNational Gallery of Victoria, Clemenger Auditorium

Presenter: Joel de Ross (Co-Founder, Australian Virtual Reality Association & Metavents)

Following the excitement of his TEDx talk, Time Travel Will Save The Music Industry, Augmented Reality innovator Joel de Ross will discuss the physiological response of feeling “present” inside 360 Video, experienced through Virtual Reality, and how this type of commercial time-travel matters to the music industry. He will explain how Augmented Reality can turn any sticker, flyer, poster or album cover into a point-of-sale, ways musicians can make a proper living and festivals can generate passive revenue after everyone has gone home.


BETTER GET A LAWYER, SONPresented by Arts Law & Music Victoria Friday November 13Time 2.40 - 3.40pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, Members’ Dining Room (Level 7)

Moderator: Marcus Walkom (Solicitor, Media Arts Lawyers)

Brett Oaten (Principal, Brett Oaten Solicitors)Jennifer Tutty (Principal, Studio Legal)Morris Averill (Senior Lawyer, Arts Law)Darren Sanicki (Principal, GI & Sanicki Lawyers)

When we think of rock, beats, metal, folk … we don’t think offices, suits and highbrow negotiations (unless you’re Client Liaison). But lawyers can be bands’ best friends when it comes to protecting their rights and interests. Arts Law, providers of free legal advice to all Australian artists, and Music Victoria partner up to present a “Legals 101” panel featuring some of Australia’s sharpest music legal minds. They will pull apart some of the legal topics that have served as endless clickbait for the media this year, from royalty rows to illegal download cases, and give some invaluable legal tips.

MUSIC HACKS: DIGITAL MARKETING MASTERCLASSPresented by BolsterFriday November 132.40 - 3.40pmArts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall Building, The Channel

Presenter: Alex Zaccaria (Digital Strategist, Bolster Media)

The music industry has embraced social media with gusto. Digital media agencies often help larger businesses boost their presence, but what about independent artists with smaller budgets who understand they still need to spend money to reach their audience? A music industry promoter-turned-digital strategist explains simple hacks that make the most of regular posts to engage audiences and offer tips on optimising budgets when there’s something significant to share, such as a tour or festival spot.


MANAGING ON AN INTERNATIONAL SCALEPresented by Association of Artist Managers Friday November 133.55 - 4.55pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, The Pavilion (Level 8)

Moderator: Yvette Myhill (Executive Director, Association of Artist Managers)

Jodie Regan (Director, Spinning Top - Tame Impala, Pond)Nick O’Byrne (Artist Manager,

Look Out Kid - Courtney Barnett) Craig Lock (Director,

Five Four Entertainment - Tkay Maidza)Travis Banko (Artist Manager, Lunatic Entertainment –

Gotye, Chvrches, Temper Trap)

Gotye, Tame Impala and Courtney Barnett are three of the most incandescent Australian acts of recent years, blazing triumphant trails around the world with Grammy award-winning releases, sellout shows and festival appearances. Tkay Maidza is capping off a supercharged performance year with a European tour. How did this happen? The managers of all four acts reveal the inside story on breaking into international markets: the deals and opportunities available, which strategies work and which don’t, and what a manager needs to do - or have already done - to nail it.


IN CONVERSATION: ROLLING STONE’S MATHEW COYTE SPEAKS WITH BLUESFEST DIRECTOR PETER NOBLE Presented by Face The MusicFriday November 133.55 – 4.55pmNational Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Clemenger Auditorium

With headline acts such as Kendrick Lamar, The National, Noel Gallagher and Tom Jones set to dominate the Bluesfest stages next Easter, the festival’s legendary boss Peter Noble proves that after 40 years he is still at the top of the game and is continually redefining the genre he has come to represent in Australia. Recently returned from the International Festival Forum in London, the first business-to-business event of buyers and sellers in the global music festival industry, the touring and festival maestro will share his views on the current state of play in the festival world and his predictions for the industry as a whole.

SPEED MEETINGS: MEET THE INDUSTRYPresented by Face The MusicFriday November 133.55 – 4.55pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, Mentoring Lounge (Level 8 Foyer)

Marc Sousley (Promoter, Secret Sounds)Kate Rynne (Agent, Select Music)Timothy Janes (General Manager,

Caroline Label Services Australia)Monique Rothstein (Director Positive Feedback)Ashley Sambrooks (Publicist & Teacher,

Australian Institute of Music) Prue Thomas (Marketing Manager, Moshtix)

Artist management, festivals, bookings, publicity: this intimate session puts you in direct contact with some of Australia’s most successful operators in a 15-minute speed-dating set-up. Want to pitch an idea or pitch your music? Whether you’re in need of some guidance or want to know the services that are available to you as an artist? Register, take a seat and meet the people that make music happen.

This session is by appointment only. Please check for available meeting spots with the Registration Desk on the day for available spaces

FACE THE SCHMOOZIC The Official Face The Music after party with HABITS (DJ set) & secret guest DJ Presented by Face The MusicFriday November 135 – 7pmMPavilion, Queen Victoria Gardens, directly opposite National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)

Face The Music talkfest caps off its first day of industry talks with an afterparty of schmoozy woozy extravagant proportions! Soak in the brooding and exuberant, goth and gorgeous Habits in full DJ mode as they engulf us with their carefree misery. Habits play sad jams for happy parties and on Friday 13 that party belongs to all who’ve Faced the Music.

**Shhhhh! Like all industry events in desperate need of ‘cool’ validation, a secret guest DJ will follow...


TIME THE PAVILION CLEMENGER MEMBERS DINING ROOM

THE CHANNEL MENTORING LOUNGE OTHER VENUES

9-9.45am Morning Ritual with Alexander Gow @ M Pavilion

10am Introduction 10 min

10.10-11.10am

Keynote: Our Generation - The Music Industry’s New Leaders

Ecology of triple j

11.25am-12.25pm

The Promoters Music Journalism: The Critical Mass

What Makes A Music City Successful?

Publishing 101: Pitching for Film & TV

triple j Listening Lounge

12.25-1.25pm

Hall of Fame Exhibition & Launch

Lunch @ Testing Grounds with Ali Barter

1.25-2.25pm

Keynote: Ruth Daniel (UK)

Melbourne x Sydney: Live Cities Exchange Program

National Music Issues Forum

The Evolution of Digital Music Production

2.40-3.40pm

Navigating the Label Landscape

Augmented Reality: How Time Travel Will Save The Music Industry

Better Get A Lawyer, Son

Music Hacks Digital Marketing Masterclass

3.55-4.55pm

Managing on an International Scale

Keynote Conversation: Peter Noble with Mathew Coyte

Speed Meetings: Meet The Industry

5.00-7.00pm

Face The Schmoozic @ M Pavilion

FRIDAY 13 NOVEMBERCONFERENCE PROGRAM


TIME THE PAVILION CLEMENGER MEMBERS DINING ROOM

THE CHANNEL THE CHANNEL MENTORING LOUNGE

OTHER VENUES

9-9.45am Morning Ritual with DD Dumbo @ M Pavilion

10.10-11.20am

Keynote: JD Samson (US)

Music: My Brilliant Career

Music Works: Grant Writing and Music

11.25am-12.25pm

STEP Presents: The Digital Natives

Live Music Frontiers

Vinyl: Record Store Day and Other Pressing Matters

Sounds Australia: It’s A Showcase Not A Show

Speed Meetings: Music Industry Careers

12.25-1.25pm

Lunch: Humblebrag Primo Networking Event @ Testing Grounds

1-2pm Drumming Masterclass

1.25-2.25pm

Streaming: Going With The Flow or Stemming The Tide?

Public Image Unlimited: How Music Publicists Reach Out In The Digital World

Hens In The Cock House…Shake A Tail Feather

Speed Meetings: Meet The Industry

2.40-3.40pm

Q&A: Eye On The Future Of Music

Breaking Down a Big Indie Release: The Rubens' Hoops

Making The Most Of Your Tracks Online: Digital Distribution Masterclass

The Producers Songwriters' Masterclass with Holy Holy

Speed Meetings: Meet The Media

3.55-4.55pm

Music Listening Panel

The Ongo Scale: Understand Your Audience or Die Tryin’

Berlin: City of Exiles

5-7pm Conference Networking @ Testing Grounds

SATURDAY 14 NOVEMBERCONFERENCE PROGRAM


MORNING RITUAL WITH DD DUMBO

Presented by Melbourne Music Week, MPavilion, Ali Bird & Face the MusicSaturday November 149 - 9.45amMPavilion, Queen Victoria Gardens directly opposite National Gallery of Victoria

Each day of Face The Music opens with an early gig in the park, with Morning Ritual presenting two 9am performances at the stunning architecture and design hub MPavilion, slap bang in the middle of Victoria Gardens across the road from Face The Music. Pull up a patch of grass, sip your fresh coffee brewed by Three Thousand Thieves, have a chat with some other Face The Music folk and listen to the indie-rock stylings of Alexander Gow (the beating heart of Oh Mercy) on Friday and the experimental blues loop pop of D.D Dumbo on Saturday.

KEYNOTE: JD SAMSON (US)Face The Music and MMW are proud to present JD Samson, best known as one third of electronic-feminist-punk band Le Tigre (formed by Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna) and one of the world’s most visible, outspoken and inspiring gender queer performer/activists, in a keynote address.

Presented by Melbourne Music Week Saturday November 1410.10 - 11.10amArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, The Pavilion (Level 8)

The highly respected artist/producer will expand upon her TEDx Talk, ‘The Cost of a Token’ on how she has accepted her role as a ‘token’ gender queer artist to ’create awareness and change the way people think’, building supportive, creative communities and making music that creates ’safe spaces for dancing’.

She will also document her rollercoaster ride of experiences as an artist, from experimental punk band to the realities of running a ‘business’ creating and touring in support of a crew and machine who at times earn more than the band.

MUSIC: MY BRILLIANT CAREERPresented by The Push and FReeZA MentoringSaturday November 14 10.10 - 11.10amNational Gallery of Victoria, Clemenger Auditorium

Moderator: Peter Chellew (Executive Officer, The Push)

Phoebe Baker (Performer, Alpine)Rosemary Walton (Producer/Presenter,

Triple M Hot Breakfast/ New Rock at Nights)Melanie Lewis (Director, Spur Presence)Andrew Orvis (Director, Queenscliff Music Festival)Byron Georgouras (Business Manager, Collarts)

Hordes of ambitious, well-educated young go-getters have their sights set on the Australian music industry’s juiciest jobs. Musicians seem to be ‘earning their chops’ at a much younger age too. Meanwhile, the local music job market is extremely competitive and hard to crack. The sector is filling with micro businesses and sole traders providing innovative services but often not hiring. How can you stand out from the job-seeking pack? What music business skills do you need as an aspiring artist so you can give it your best shot? Or should you forget about being employed and start your own business? Industry experts answer your questions and give you tips to get your foot in the door.

SATURDAY 14 NOVEMBERCONFERENCE PROGRAM


MUSIC WORKS: GRANT WRITING AND MUSICPresented by Creative VictoriaSaturday November 1410.10 – 11.10amArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, Members Dining Room (Level 7)

Kirsty Rivers (Manager, Contemporary Music, Creative Victoria)

Dean Linguey (Senior Arts Officer, Creative Victoria)Kate Duncan (Youth Music Development Officer,

City of Darebin)Simon Winkler (Music Coordinator, 3RRR)

It’s an exciting year for contemporary music, with the Victorian Government’s Music Works initiative providing new funding for tours, websites, recordings and more, including new quick-response grants for special opportunities that just need a quick YES. All artists can apply and now music businesses can too, although only about 20% of grant applications can be funded at any one time. In this session, Creative Victoria’s grant team help you think about how your application can cut through, focusing on two areas of grant information that often let applications down - budgeting and marketing.

STEP PRESENTS: THE DIGITAL NATIVESPresented by Society Of Tastemakers and Elegant People (STEP)Saturday November 1411.25am - 12.25pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, Pavilion (Level 8)

Moderator: Zac Abroms (Founder STEP/Viceroyalty)

Lachlan Kanoniuk (Editor, Thump AU)Lucy Dayman (Editor, Tone Deaf)Kish Lal (Writer, Stoney Roads/Poncho/Thump)Maccy Corbett (Editor, Cool Accidents)Laura Semple (Blogger, Semplesize)

Young content creators dominate the music industry’s digital space, punching way above their weight as cultural commentators and influencing major businesses such as Spotify, Sony and mainstream media through the music they champion. The Digital Natives is a conversation about the multi-faceted relationship between music and the Internet, spanning sites, blogs and music criticism online to streaming, social media, content creation and branding in the digital space, with a collection of Melbourne’s most Internet-savvy music nerds.

LIVE MUSIC FRONTIERSPresented by Music Australia and the National Live Music OfficeSaturday November 1411.25am - 12.25pm National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Clemenger Auditorium

Moderator: Yvette Myhill (Executive Director, AAM)

Ruth Daniel (Co-Director, Unconvention/In Place of War)Damian Costin (Director, 123 Agency) Damian Cunningham (Audience & Sector Development,

National Live Music Office)Sharlene Harris (Entertainment Manager, ALH Group)

As live performance and touring become increasingly central to artists’ financial survival, new and innovative models are being developed for bands to play in live scenarios. From international models of artist collaboration and DIY projects to regional touring opportunities, repurposing existing venues and halftime entertainment at the footy, this panel explores initiatives and shares examples of clever ideas being used to push the frontiers of live music.


VINYL: RECORD STORE DAY AND OTHER PRESSING MATTERSPresented by Melbourne Music Week Saturday November 1411.25am - 12.25pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, Members’ Dining Room (Level 7)

Moderator: Nicholas Jones (Co-Founder & Managing Director, Tone Deaf)

Nic Warnock (RIP Society and Repressed Records)Paul Rigby (Owner, vinyl plant Zenith Records)Sara Hood (Manager, Record Store Day Australia)Chris Gill (Northside Records)

The resurgence of vinyl has helped resuscitate another flagging music business - the independent record store. The international phenomenon of Record Store Day has breathed new life into a bricks-and-mortar retail experience prematurely consigned to history. But commercial success has seen the popular event cause headaches for the very industry it’s trying to support, as mass orders for the big day jam up pressing facilities, stalling small orders for indie bands. We brainstorm ways our industry can get the most mileage out of worldwide RSD and safeguard against becoming victims of the album-less album launch.

SOUNDS AUSTRALIA: IT’S A SHOWCASE, NOT A SHOWPresented by Sounds AustraliaSaturday November 1411.25am - 12.25pmArts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall Building, The Channel

Presenters:Millie Millgate (Executive Producer, Sounds Australia)Glenn Dickie (Export Music Producer, Sounds Australia) Louis Cornell (Sound Engineer) Client Liaison (Artists) Adam de Cata (Artist Manager, Run It Wild) Money For Rope (Artists) Wally ‘Meanie’ Kempton (Artist Manager, Cheersquad)

Australia’s music export-experts attempt to bring international showcasing to life with a live demonstration & chat with bands who’ve recently showcased and their engineers. An invaluable practical guide to understanding how an international showcase differs from playing a regular show, advice includes what songs to play, how to modify your stage plot for a streamlined set-up and tips on how to spend your time while you’re over there. We’ll even throw in a few fun road stories!


SPEED MEETINGS: MUSIC INDUSTRY CAREERSPresented by Face The Music Saturday November 14 11.25am – 12.25pm MentoringLounge, 8th Floor Lobby

Sarah Hamilton (Client Manager Australia, Ditto Music)Rosemary Walton (Producer/Presenter, Triple M Hot

Breakfast/New Rock at Nights)Melanie Lewis (Director, Spur Presence)Phoebe Baker (Performer, Alpine)Chrissie Vincent (Associate Entertainment Management

Program Leader, Collarts & Director, Chrissie Vincent Publicity)

Cassie Walker (Director, Peachy Entertainment)

Meet one-on-one with band managers, publicists, performers, label managers and media to discuss different options you can take to get your dream job.

This session is by appointment only. Please check for available meeting spots with the Registration Desk on the day.


LUNCH: HUMBLEBRAG PRIMO NETWORKING EVENT @ TESTING GROUNDSSaturday November 1412.25 - 1.25pmTesting Grounds, 1 – 23 City Road, Southbank(Access via footbridge from rear of Arts Centre Melbourne Spire.Disabled access via stage door – see event registration for more details)

After a highlight event at BigSound in Brisbane, HUMBLEBRAG comes to Face The Music to give attendees a cool space to come together and meet new industry representatives, discuss opportunities and reflect on the best parts of the conference. Get to HUMBLEBRAG early for free refreshments and food-truck lunch and a lineup of Melbourne electronic artists to bring the vibes, including Null.

DRUMMING MASTERCLASS Presented by The SoundLab Saturday November 14 1.00 - 2.00pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall Building, The Channel

Presenters: Jeff Consi (Extreme, The Badloves, Mark Seymour) Alejandro Adams (Fuck The Fitzroy Doom Scene,

The SoundLab)

If you’ve ever dreamed of turning the “money beat” into money and making a living from slappin’ the skins, this drumming masterclass is presented by two of the hardest-working professional drummers around. Veteran New York ace Jeff Consi and The SoundLab’s local maestro Alejandro Adams will give invaluable tips on how to: get gigs; get work on recording sessions; pick up snappy shorthand for learning new songs quickly to go on the road or into the studio at short notice; juggle playing in multiple bands; and learn some edgy techniques taught in their drum clinics.

This session has limited capacity. Please check with the registration desk on the day for available spaces.

STREAMING: GOING WITH THE FLOW OR STEMMING THE TIDE?Presented by APRA AMCOSSaturday November 141.25 - 2.25pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, The Pavilion (Level 8)

Moderator: Ian James (Managing Director, Mushroom Music Publishing)

Andrew Harris (Principal Analyst, APRA AMCOS)Dan Nevin (CEO, AIR)Sarah Hamilton (Client Manager Australia, Ditto Music)Harvey Saward (Co-Founder, Remote Control Records)

Our choice of music has never been more accessible, portable, inexpensive and convenient. With streaming services, we can all walk around with our dream record collection in our pocket. Masses of new data about domestic downloads and new streaming services are still being analysed by experts at peak bodies and collection agencies. Meanwhile, we ask them what the research seems to be showing and whether promised revenue streams and benefits are actually finding their way to artists and other rights holders. And we explore options available to the industry so we can better understand advances in technology and don’t get left behind in its wake.


PUBLIC IMAGE UNLIMITED: HOW MUSIC PUBLICISTS REACH OUT IN THE DIGITAL WORLD Saturday November 141.25 - 2.25pmNational Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Clemenger Auditorium

Moderator: Larry Heath (Editor, the AU review)

Fred Pessaro (Editor-in-Chief, Noisey) (US) Ben Preece (Director, Mucho Bravado)Monique Rothstein (Director, Positive Feedback) Heidi Braithwaite (Director, Riot House Publicity)

Like every pillar of the music business, the digital revolution has been a game-changer for music publicists. Traditional media like print, radio and television still hold sway, as do well-written press releases and eye-catching press shots. But digital platforms - from streaming and social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, to cool musicblogs and aggregators like Hypemachine - have transformed the way music publicists present their clients. Music’s top communicators discuss strategy - how to choose the right platform, how to get your pitch right and how to maximise publicity opportunities for a band, venue or tour.

HENS IN THE COCK HOUSE … SHAKE A TAIL FEATHERPresented by Face The Music and Melbourne Music Week Saturday November 14 1:25 - 2:25pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, Members’ Dining Room (Level 7)

MC: Glenn Dickie (Sounds Australia)

JD Samson (Artist) (US)Joanna Cameron (Co-Founder, One of One)Cassandra Pace (Vice-Chair, Music Victoria) Anna Laverty (Producer)Mel Krause (Event & Project Manager, The Push) Chloe Turner (Listen Records)

Feathers flew during robust debate at Face The Music’s “Hens In The Cock House” session last year about gender equality in music. Here we analysed the challenges facing the music community to increase equal access for women to industry opportunities. It was an uncomfortable yet powerful discussion that sparked some new ideas. One year on, discourse around this issue has only intensified, with Pitchfork editor Jessica Hopper’s recent Twitter campaign highlighting problems on an international scale. We revisit the space with fresh eyes, looking at some of the initiatives that have since sprung up, accelerating conversation to action.


SPEED MEETINGS: MEET THE INDUSTRYPresented by Face The MusicSaturday November 141.25 – 2.25pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, Mentoring Lounge (Level 8 Foyer)

Archie Hamilton (Director, Split Works United) (CHI)Marihuzka Cornelius (Label Manager, Ivy League)Damian Costin (Director, 123 Agency)Nicholas Albanis (Writer Services, APRA AMCOS)Andrew Orvis (Director, Queenscliff Music Festival)Joel Connolly (Artist Manager, Umbrella)

Artist management, festivals, bookings, publicity, labels and writer services: this intimate session puts you in direct contact with some of Australia’s most successful operators in a 15-minute speed-dating set-up. Want to pitch an idea or pitch your music? Whether you’re in need of some guidance or want to know the services that are available to you as an artist, register, take a seat and meet the people that make music happen.

This session is by appointment only. Please check for available meeting spots at the registration desk on the day

Q&A: EYE ON THE FUTURE OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRYPresented by Australian Institute of Music (AIM) Saturday November 142.40 - 3.40pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, Pavilion (Level 8)

Moderator: Larry Heath (the AU review)

Paul Sloan (Promoter, Billions)Frank Cotela (Director, Onelove Music Group)Archie Hamilton (Director, Split Works United) (CHI) Monique Rothstein (Director, Positive Feedback)Joel de Ross (Co-Founder,

Australian Virtual Reality Association & Metavents)

The 21st century music industry is in a perpetual state of flux, forced to respond to innovations in technology at an ever-increasing rate. We ask some of the industry’s most experienced operators and creative thinkers to gaze into their crystal balls and predict the future. Who are the next big things? Where will technology lead us? How will business models adapt? What will be the biggest challenges? And where do new opportunities lie?


BREAKING DOWN A BIG INDIE RELEASE: THE RUBENS’ HOOPSPresented by The Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR)Saturday November 142.40 – 3.40pmNational Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Clemenger Auditorium

Moderator: Dan Nevin (CEO, AIR)

Chris Maund (Managing Director, Ivy League)Marihuzka Cornelius (Label Manager,

Ivy League Records)Joel Connolly (Founder/Artist Manager, Umbrella) Lauren Murray (Agent, WME)

Following up the huge success of The Rubens’ certified platinum self-titled debut release was always going to be challenging, so the Menangle five-piece decided to completely change the way they work to produce their second album Hoops. Renting a country hideaway near Woollongong for five months, they regrouped there every tour break and wrote together. The result was a new sound, with different instrumentation and alternative voices – and a #1 debut on the AIR charts. Join AIR boss Dan Nevin and the team behind the scene as they divulge the strategy behind the success of this chart-topping sophomore indie release.

MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR TRACKS ONLINE: DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION MASTERCLASSPresented by Ditto MusicSaturday November 142.40 – 3.40pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, Members’ Dining Room (Level 7)

Presenter: Sarah Hamilton (Client Manager Australia, Ditto Music)

Love it or hate it, music streaming is front and centre of the music listening sphere. As an emerging or independent artist, how do you get your tracks to streaming services and how do you maximise the potential of this medium? This masterclass provides a practical guide to digital distribution - what might work for your band, how it works and what to expect, which platforms to choose, and how to market yourself once you’re on them.

THE PRODUCERSPresented by Music Victoria Saturday November 14 2.40-3.40pmArts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall Building, The Channel

Moderator: Tim Dalton (Industry Liaison Co-Ordinator, SAE Creative Media Institute)

Casey Rice (Dirty Three, Ponyface)Anna Laverty (Meg Mac, Cut Copy,

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)Andrei Eremin (Chet Faker, Hiatus Kaiyote,

Japanese Wallpaper)JD Samson (Christina Aguilera, Cobra Starship, Yuksek) (US)

Producers who have worked on releases with artists ranging from the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds to Christina Aguilera to Chet Faker will select will select one production piece from their career catalogue and dissect it before a live audience. The panel will reveal insight into the inner workings of the producer’s brain - the techniques, artist relationship, technology and decision-making - which have informed the outcome of their selected track.

This session has limited capacity. Please check with the registration desk on the day for available spaces


TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE

SONGWRITERS MASTERCLASS WITH HOLY HOLYPresented by APRA AMCOS Saturday November 14 2.40-3.40pmArts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall Building, The Channel

Moderator: Nicholas Albanis (Writer Services Representative Vic/Tas, APRA AMCOS)

Oscar Dawson (Songwriter, Holy Holy)Matt Redlich (Producer, Band Member, Holy Holy)

Led by Holy Holy’s Oscar Dawson and producer Matt Redlich, APRA AMCOS hosts a unique masterclass in writing and the art of arranging. Participants will strengthen their understanding of the evolution of a song, from the initial build of ideas to the all-important final arrangement. Holy Holy are part of the latest Australian indie explosion with their 2015 debut release, When the Storms Would Come, receiving critical acclaim at home and overseas.

This session is by appointment only. Please check with the registration desk on the day for available spaces

SPEED MEETINGS: MEET THE MEDIAPresented by Face The MusicSaturday November 142.40 – 3.40pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, Mentoring Lounge (Level 8 Foyer)

Fred Pessaro (Editor-in-Chief, Noisey) Mikey Cahill (Music Journalist, Herald Sun)Simon Winkler (Music Coordinator, 3RRR)Lucy Dayman (Editor, Tone Deaf)Mathew Coyte (Editor-in-Chief & Publisher,

Rolling Stone Australia)

How do you get a great story about your band or review of your release in the media? How do you get airplay? How do you launch your music writing career or get your work published? Or start your own publication? This intimate session puts you in direct contact with some of the industry’s most important tastemakers and powerbrokers in a 15-minute speed-dating set-up. Register, take a seat and meet the people that make the media cycle go round.

This session is by appointment only. Please check for available meeting spots with the registration desk on the day for available spaces

MUSIC LISTENING PANELPresented by Face The MusicSaturday November 143.55 – 4.55pmArts Centre Melbourne, Theatres Building, Pavilion (Level 8)

Face The Music gives participants the opportunity to submit an unmarked CD with one song for consideration, through a submission box at the registration desk or submitted earlier online. Songs will be played at random for a 45+ second snippet while label executives, radio presenters and music producers give their feedback on possible radio play, syncing, label release suggestions, recording quality, song styling and originality.


THE ONGO SCALE: UNDERSTAND YOUR AUDIENCE OR DIE TRYIN’Saturday November 143.55 – 4.55pmNational Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Clemenger Auditorium

Presenter: Paul Sloan (Promoter/Agent, Billions)

The Ongo Scale was born as a result of one promoter’s efforts to put some science behind the gut feelings that can propel you to total success or utter failure - or somewhere in between. After thousands of shows with hundreds of artists, promoter/agent Paul Sloan, whose Billions outfit represents dozens of huge acts including Arcade Fire, Bon Iver and Sufjan Stevens, developed his own cultural system for analysing artists, industry folk and punters to help him make key decisions. Sloany shares his brave new world of decision-making confidence and understanding audiences in any cultural field.

BERLIN: CITY OF EXILES Presented by the Goethe-InstitutSaturday November 143.55 - 4.55pmArts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall Building, The Channel

Moderator: Stuart Grant (Primitive Calculators)

Jochen Arbeit (Musician, Einstürzende Neubauten and Automat)

Dr Motte (Founder, Love Parade)Dr Stuart Braun (Author, City of Exiles: Berlin From The

Outside In)David Haberfeld (aka Honeysmack, Artist/Producer/

Lecturer)

Immersed in punk and electronic subcultures, Berlin has long held a creative allure for Melbourne’s music makers – attracting acts such as The Birthday Party, Ash Wednesday, Mick Harvey and the late James Cruickshank in the early ‘80s and influencing Melbourne’s rave scene in the ‘90s. This captivation is still evident in the artistic pilgrimages that continue today. We are joined by Dr. Motte, founder of Berlin’s Love Parade, Jochen Arbeit (Einstürzende Neubauten / Die Haut / Automat), Berlin-based writer of City Of Exiles Stuart Braun and electronic producer and lecturer David Haberfeld (aka Honeysmack) to discuss the grit and glitz of musically-inspired urban subcultures. The session will also explore the influence of Geniale Dilletanten, Germany’s formative era of musical upheaval 1979-84, the subject of a visiting exhibition currently at RMIT Gallery. Presented by the Goethe-Institut as part of the Urban Subcultures series.

SATURDAY CONFERENCE NETWORKING Presented by Face The MusicSaturday November 135 – 7pmTesting Grounds

Join the whole cast and crew of speakers and delegates for Face The Music’s fabulous finale. Have a drink and reflect on a huge two days of conversations, corner someone who said something cool, dream up a new collab or kick off the start of a big night out with a warm up boogie and a bevy! DJ set by Alice Ivy, delegates, divas, dance-floor and likely some Devo.


DATE LINE UP GENRE VENUE ADDRESS PRICE

Friday 13th November (9AM) Morning Ritual, MMW & Face the Music present Alexander Gow (Oh Mercy)

Indie MPavilion Queen Victoria Gardens (opposite Art Centre) Free

Friday 13th November (12:30-1:30PM)

Face The Music Lunchtime gig: Ali Barter Indie Pop Testing Grounds, Art Centre

1–23 City Road, Southbank (Access via footbridge from rear of Arts Centre Melbourne Spire.)

Free

Friday 13th November Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird Folk Evelyn Hotel 351 Brunswick St, Fitzroy $10.00

Friday 13th November The Vernons Blues Rock Grace Darling Hotel 114 Smith St, Fitzroy $13.30

Friday 13th November Dylan Joel Hip Hop Howler 7–11 Dawson St, Brunswick $15+bf

Friday 13th November AWME presents Henry Wagons and The Only Children + Ruby Boots + Cash Savage and the Last Drinks

Country / Blues / Rock Max Watt's 125 Swanston St, Melbourne $30+bf

Friday 13th November MMW presents Gypsy & The Cat + The Harpoons + Dorsal Fins Indie / Electronic Melbourne Music Week Hub

Former-Royal Women's Hospital $35+bf

Friday 13th November Sampa the Great Rnb / Hip Hop Northcote Social Club 301 High St, Northcote $15+bf

Friday 13th November Shit Sex, The Nuclear Family, Overtime Garage Punk Old Bar 74–76 Johnston St, Fitzroy $10.00

Friday 13th November AWME presents Kutcha Edwards Indigenous Australian Shebeen Bandroom 26 Manchester Ln, Melbourne $15+bf

Friday 13th November The Rebelles + Jason & The Night Owls Soul Spotted Mallard 314 Sydney Rd, Brunswick $10.00

Friday 13th November Wildeornes + Motherslug + Merchant Heavy The Bendigo 125 Johnston St, Collingwood $10.00

Friday 13th November Wolfpack + Release the Hands + Brittle Bones Heavy The Public Bar 238 Victoria St, North Melbourne $15.00

Friday 13th November Mangelwurzel + Breve + Sunbeam Sound Machine Indie The Tote 71 Johnston St, Collingwood $20.00

Friday 13th November Going Swimming + Ross de Chene Hurricanes and more Garage Rock The Workers Club 51 Brunswick St, Fitzroy $10+bf

Saturday 14th November (9AM) Morning Ritual, MMW & Face the Music present DD Dumbo Indie MPavilion Queen Victoria Gardens (opposite Art Centre) Free

Saturday 14th November (2PM) The Goon Sax Indie MPavilion Queen Victoria Gardens (opposite Art Centre) Free

Saturday 14th November Kingfisha Roots Ding Dong Level 1, 18 Market Ln, Melbourne $18.00

Saturday 14th November Crayon Fields + Totally Mild+ The Goon Sax Indie Howler 7–11 Dawson St, Brunswick $15+bf

Saturday 14th November Ngaiire + Ella Thompson Soul / Rnb Max Watt's 125 Swanston St, Melbourne $22+bf

Saturday 14th November Black Vanilla Indie / Electronic The Curtin 29 Lygon St, Carlton $15+bf

Saturday 14th November Slum Sociable Indie / Electronic Northcote Social Club 301 High St, Northcote $15+bf

Saturday 14th November Hybrid Nightmares Heavy Prince Bandrom 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda $15+bf

Saturday 14th November Mathas Hip Hop Shebeen Bandroom 26 Manchester Ln, Melbourne $15+bf

Saturday 14th November Annihilist + The Levitation Hex + internal nightmare Heavy The Bendigo 125 Johnston St, Collingwood $15.00

Saturday 14th November WILSN Soul The Gasometer 484 Smith St, Fitzroy $12+bf

Saturday 14th November Paper Arms + Foxtrot + Beaver Rock The Public Bar 238 Victoria St, North Melbourne $20.00

Saturday 14th November T.V. + Hollow Everdaze + Monnone Alone Indie The Tote 71 Johnston st, Collingwood $10.00

Saturday 14th November AWME presents Mick Thomas + Jess Ribeiro + Archer Folk Rock Toff in Town Level 2, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne $20+bf

Shows not included in FTM ticket. Contact venues or their websites for tickets.

MELBOURNE, WHERE THE SHOWCASE NEVER STOPS!


DATE LINE UP GENRE VENUE ADDRESS PRICE

Friday 13th November (9AM) Morning Ritual, MMW & Face the Music present Alexander Gow (Oh Mercy)

Indie MPavilion Queen Victoria Gardens (opposite Art Centre) Free

Friday 13th November (12:30-1:30PM)

Face The Music Lunchtime gig: Ali Barter Indie Pop Testing Grounds, Art Centre

1–23 City Road, Southbank (Access via footbridge from rear of Arts Centre Melbourne Spire.)

Free

Friday 13th November Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird Folk Evelyn Hotel 351 Brunswick St, Fitzroy $10.00

Friday 13th November The Vernons Blues Rock Grace Darling Hotel 114 Smith St, Fitzroy $13.30

Friday 13th November Dylan Joel Hip Hop Howler 7–11 Dawson St, Brunswick $15+bf

Friday 13th November AWME presents Henry Wagons and The Only Children + Ruby Boots + Cash Savage and the Last Drinks

Country / Blues / Rock Max Watt's 125 Swanston St, Melbourne $30+bf

Friday 13th November MMW presents Gypsy & The Cat + The Harpoons + Dorsal Fins Indie / Electronic Melbourne Music Week Hub

Former-Royal Women's Hospital $35+bf

Friday 13th November Sampa the Great Rnb / Hip Hop Northcote Social Club 301 High St, Northcote $15+bf

Friday 13th November Shit Sex, The Nuclear Family, Overtime Garage Punk Old Bar 74–76 Johnston St, Fitzroy $10.00

Friday 13th November AWME presents Kutcha Edwards Indigenous Australian Shebeen Bandroom 26 Manchester Ln, Melbourne $15+bf

Friday 13th November The Rebelles + Jason & The Night Owls Soul Spotted Mallard 314 Sydney Rd, Brunswick $10.00

Friday 13th November Wildeornes + Motherslug + Merchant Heavy The Bendigo 125 Johnston St, Collingwood $10.00

Friday 13th November Wolfpack + Release the Hands + Brittle Bones Heavy The Public Bar 238 Victoria St, North Melbourne $15.00

Friday 13th November Mangelwurzel + Breve + Sunbeam Sound Machine Indie The Tote 71 Johnston St, Collingwood $20.00

Friday 13th November Going Swimming + Ross de Chene Hurricanes and more Garage Rock The Workers Club 51 Brunswick St, Fitzroy $10+bf

Saturday 14th November (9AM) Morning Ritual, MMW & Face the Music present DD Dumbo Indie MPavilion Queen Victoria Gardens (opposite Art Centre) Free

Saturday 14th November (2PM) The Goon Sax Indie MPavilion Queen Victoria Gardens (opposite Art Centre) Free

Saturday 14th November Kingfisha Roots Ding Dong Level 1, 18 Market Ln, Melbourne $18.00

Saturday 14th November Crayon Fields + Totally Mild+ The Goon Sax Indie Howler 7–11 Dawson St, Brunswick $15+bf

Saturday 14th November Ngaiire + Ella Thompson Soul / Rnb Max Watt's 125 Swanston St, Melbourne $22+bf

Saturday 14th November Black Vanilla Indie / Electronic The Curtin 29 Lygon St, Carlton $15+bf

Saturday 14th November Slum Sociable Indie / Electronic Northcote Social Club 301 High St, Northcote $15+bf

Saturday 14th November Hybrid Nightmares Heavy Prince Bandrom 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda $15+bf

Saturday 14th November Mathas Hip Hop Shebeen Bandroom 26 Manchester Ln, Melbourne $15+bf

Saturday 14th November Annihilist + The Levitation Hex + internal nightmare Heavy The Bendigo 125 Johnston St, Collingwood $15.00

Saturday 14th November WILSN Soul The Gasometer 484 Smith St, Fitzroy $12+bf

Saturday 14th November Paper Arms + Foxtrot + Beaver Rock The Public Bar 238 Victoria St, North Melbourne $20.00

Saturday 14th November T.V. + Hollow Everdaze + Monnone Alone Indie The Tote 71 Johnston st, Collingwood $10.00

Saturday 14th November AWME presents Mick Thomas + Jess Ribeiro + Archer Folk Rock Toff in Town Level 2, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne $20+bf

Shows not included in FTM ticket. Contact venues or their websites for tickets.

MELBOURNE, WHERE THE SHOWCASE NEVER STOPS!


SPEAKERSADAM DE CATA, ARTIST MANAGER, RUN IT WILD

Adam’s management roster includes Owl Eyes, Client Liaison and two singer-songwriters Flynn Francis and Tim Metcalfe. He has experience in marketing at Warner Brothers with studio

licensing and in events with The People’s Market. Adam places high importance on branding, marketing and the live show with his roster.

ALEJANDRO ADAMS, DRUMMER

US-born Alejandro has been a professional drummer for more than 15 years. Formally trained by Russell Coleman (Bon Scott, AC/DC) and John Watson (Australian Crawl, Renee Geyer), he performs

every weekend, playing a diverse range of genres. He has toured extensively with artists including Austin-based James McMurtry and Johnny Burke, composed music for films and television, played on countless recordings and been endorsed by major drum manufacturers. He currently plays with F**k The Fitzroy Doom Scene and teaches at The SoundLab.

ALEX YABSLEY, DIGITAL & CRM COORDINATOR, YAMAHA MUSIC AUSTRALIA

Alex has been involved in music and technology since leaving school and honed his skills completing a Bachelor of Music Technology at Queensland Conservatorium of Music. Alex

worked for Queensland’s largest Pro-Audio retailer, dealing with large recording studio installs and technical support for customers such as Powderfinger and Lee Kernaghan, and then moved to Melbourne and joined the Yamaha team, working on its electronic range including Steinberg’s recording software Cubase. He now co-ordinates Yamaha’s digital marketing.

ALEX ZACCARIA, DIGITAL STRATEGIST, BOLSTER MEDIA

Alex is a Melbourne digital strategist. He grew up around his parents’ music store and was running parties by the time he was a teenager. These quickly evolved into events around

Australia, a label and a booking agency. With his brother Anthony, he runs Bolster, an Artist Management company and a digital agency which handles strategy and media buying for music and event brands including Splendour In The Grass, Future Music Festival, Laneway Festival, Chugg, Mushroom Group and Onelove.

ALEXANDER GOW, OH MERCY

It’s a big year for Alex Gow, with his fourth Oh Mercy album, When We Talk About Love, collecting accolades to add to an EG Award, an AMP Award and ARIA nominations. At 27, Gow is already

a veteran of lush pop poignancy in the vein of Bacharach, Cohen, The Go-Betweens and a little bit of Raymond Carver. Gow has toured with Crowded House, Father John Misty and The Triffids, and played festivals from Splendour in the Grass to SXSW.

ALI BARTER, ARTIST

The former triple j Unearthed winner has spent the last few years honing her sound, collaborating with friends and strangers, Ali found her musical soul mate in Oscar Dawson (Holy

Holy) and the pair recorded and toured throughout 2013-14. After supporting The War On Drugs, Phosphorescent and Husky, she hit the studio and produced a highly lauded six-track EP, entitled ‘AB/EP’.


AMY TERRILL, VICE PRESIDENT PUBLIC AFFAIRS, MUSIC CANADA

Amy has been instrumental in Music Canada’s efforts to unite a broad coalition of industry members in Ontario in a bid to promote live performance, music tourism and Toronto as a Music

City. Amy is the lead author of The Mastering of a Music City, Key Elements, Effective Strategies and Why it’s Worth Pursuing, launched by Music Canada and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in June 2015.

ANDREI EREMIN, PRODUCER

Working behind the scenes with some of Australia’s most promising musical talents, Andrei, 23, has rapidly earned a reputation as one of the most trusted names in production,

mixing, and mastering. A natural audio mastermind, he began applying his production skills behind the mixing desk of friends’ musical endeavours and has since gone on to earn mixing and/or mastering credits on releases by artists including Chet Faker, Hiatus Kaiyote, Oscar Key Sung, Closure In Moscow, Banoffee, Japanese Wallpaper and Wafia.

ANDREW HARRIS, PRINCIPAL ANALYST, APRA AMCOS

Andrew is the analyst at APRA AMCOS, the non-profit organisation that collects and distributes songwriting royalties to over 85,000 songwriter, composer and music publisher

members throughout Australia and New Zealand. He has over 15 years experience in the economics of the music and technology industries across the US, Europe and Australasia. He is also a regular commentator on the intersection of music and technology, appearing in The Economist, The Australian, AFR and Sydney Morning Herald.

ANDREW ORVIS, DIRECTOR, QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL

Andrew has been the Festival Director at the Queenscliff Music Festival since 2014, and has been involved with QMF in various other roles since 2003. He has been involved in artist

management, bookings and promotion, as well as extensive event management experience.

ANDREW PARISI, VENUE BOOKER, CROXTON BANDROOM

Andrew has 30 years’ experience in the entertainment industry. He was editor of Beat in the early ‘90s, booked the HiFi Bar & Ballroom and was promoter for several international tours. He

later managed successful Australian acts including 1200 Techniques, Rail and Automatic. In time away from the music industry, he ran film distribution and game development companies. Recently, he has overseen the rebranding and relaunch of The Croxton Bandroom in Thornbury.

ANITA NEDELJKOVIC, PROGRAMMING DIRECTOR, VENUE COLLECTIVE

Anita is part of The Venue Collective, an independent programming / marketing entity working with venues nationally. These include The Corner, 170 Russell, Max Watt’s, Woolly

Mammoth, Shebeen and Northcote and Newtown Social Clubs. She also programs the St Kilda Festival, is a former host of RRR FM’s only drive time Australian/New Zealand show Test Pattern, and is the curator of Brisbane Festival.


ANNA LAVERTY, PRODUCER / ENGINEER

Anna has been behind the desk for some of the most lauded releases of the last few years, including The Peep Tempel, Courtney Barnett, Cut Copy and Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.

More recently, her creative and technical skills were called on to produce debut albums for Melbourne bands Warmth Crashes In and Voltaire Twins. When not in a studio, she often tours with APRA as one of their Songmakers mentors.

ARCHIE HAMILTON, MANAGING DIRECTOR, SPLIT WORKS UNITED

Archie is a China-based promoter, booking agent, festival owner, conference organiser and brand consultant. Over the last decade, his Split United group has launched 4 festivals, created 2

online communities, set up Asia’s first regional booking agency, run more than 400 tours and created music-based campaigns in China for brands including Apple, Vans and Levis. Artist associations include Sonic Youth, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Ludacris, Godspeed You!, Black Emperor, Grimes, Gang of Four, Frank Turner, Jose Gonzalez, Caribou, Battles and Japandroids.

ARCHIE ROACH, SINGER/SONGWRITER

Archie’s career has spanned three decades, releasing 10 albums. He has shared the stage with some of the world’s most iconic artists including Leonard Cohen, Rodriguez, Bob Dylan, Tracy

Chapman, Billy Bragg, Paul Simon, Joan Armatrading, Suzanne Vega and Patti Smith. As a member of the Stolen Generations, he is one of Australia’s greatest storytellers and his song, Took the Children Away, was added to the National Film and Sound Archive’s Sounds of Australia collection in 2013

ASHLEY SAMBROOKS, PUBLICIST/TEACHER, AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MUSIC

Ashley is a veteran of the local music scene, with experience at online digital aggregator The Orchard, and music publisher Fable Music. He has run PR for labels, artists and festivals for the

past 7 years and recently set up Higher Plains, specialising in local and international PR. He also manages Andrei Eremin and Tiny Little Houses.

BEN O’HARA, DEAN, COLLARTS

Ben is currently the Dean of Collarts. Prior to his current position, he was Head of Music Business at Box Hill Institute, where he introduced Australia’s first music business masters

degree. He has published 6 textbooks covering copyright and publishing, event management, music marketing, artist management and budgeting, available at www.thebiz.com.au. Along with his music industry experience, Ben holds a Bachelor of music, a Masters of Business and is currently completing a PhD.

BEN PREECE, DIRECTOR, MUCHO BRAVADO

Ben founded management and publicity company Mucho Bravado in 2007 and has helped forge the careers of an array of artists including Ball Park Music, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Eves The

Behavior, WAAX and I Know Leopard. He has helped reboot The Basics, Andy Bull and Katy Steele (Little Birdy), has an impressive PR roster and dabbles in event management and loungeroom DJing.


BILL ARMSTRONG, ENGINEER, ARMSTRONG STUDIOS

Bill Armstrong began recording music in the late 1940s and his extraordinary career has spanned wire recordings, discs of all sizes, cassettes, CDs and now digital. In the ‘60s and ‘70s, Armstrong

Studios became the largest in the southern hemisphere, helping launch the careers of John Farnham, Brian Cadd, Russell Morris, Daddy Cool, Skyhooks, Spectrum, The Sports, Models and the Little River Band. He also recorded landmark albums by international artists, including Cleo Laine.

BRETT OATEN, PRINCIPAL, BRETT OATEN SOLICITORS

Brett Oaten established his legal practice during the grunge era and specialises in music and other entertainment matters. In the music industry, he principally represents artists and current

clients include 360, Angus & Julia Stone, Empire Of The Sun, Lorde, and Troye Sivan. He is also a founding board member and life member of FBI Radio.

BRODIE LANCASTER, MUSIC JOURNALIST

Brodie is a Melbourne-based writer, editor and critic. She is the founder of Filmme Fatales, a print zine about film and feminism, and a senior editor at The Good Copy. Her writing has appeared on

websites and in magazines including Rolling Stone, Rookie, Pitchfork, Hello Mr, Noisey, Vulture and The Pitchfork Review.

CAROLYN LAFFAN, CURATOR, MUSIC, ARTS CENTRE

Carolyn Laffan is Curator of Music at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Performing Arts Collection. Since 1990, Carolyn has been actively involved in building the Performing Arts Collection to best

reflect Australia’s vibrant musical heritage. She is an experienced researcher and exhibition curator and this year Carolyn has worked with inductees to The Age Music Victoria Awards Hall of Fame to create an exhibition that celebrates their unique contribution to Australian music both at home and on the international scene.

CASEY RICE, ENGINEER/PRODUCER

Former Chicago-based engineer/producer Casey Rice, best known for his work with Tortoise and his solo electronic music under the name Designer, moved to Melbourne in 2002. He has

worked with acts including the Dirty Three, Liz Phair, Ben Lee, Caribou, Holy Fuck, Ground Components, Bird Blobs, Pikelet, Guy Blackman, Tic Toc Tokyo, Songs, Aleks and The Ramps, Ponyface, Witch Hats, Ryan I and Orbweavers.

BYRON GEORGOURAS, BUSINESS MANAGER, COLLARTS

Byron’s background in the music industry includes artist management and liaison, music marketing, lecturing and journalism. He has managed bands who’ve performed at major

festivals, signed artists to Atlantic Records, Future Classic, Universal, Neon Records and Mushroom Group, worked in artist liaison for LCD Soundsytem, Cake, Portishead, TV On The Radio, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and The Killers and produced collaborations with Tïesto, Flume, Rüfüs and Baio (Vampire Weekend). Byron managed Sydney’s famous REC Studio and created the VICE website OneTrickPonyTV.


CASSANDRA PACE, DEPUTY CHAIR, MUSIC VICTORIA

Cassandra is passionate about enabling culture creators and brings a decade of public policy experience to her volunteer roles in the music industry. As a board member of Music Victoria, she

played a key role in drafting position papers to the Government on regulatory reform and strategic priorities for the industry. She recently led a research project to better understand the barriers women face to their participation and career development in the Victorian music industry.

CASSIE WALKER, DIRECTOR, PEACHY ENTERTAINMENT

Director of Peachy Entertainment, Cassie Walker is a freelance music publicist, project coordinator, marketing manager, booking agent and manager, with more than ten years experience in

the Sydney, Melbourne and American music industries. Cassie brings a wealth and variety of knowledge to this event.

CHLOE TURNER, LISTEN / MUSIC VICTORIA

Chloe completed a Music Industry degree at RMIT in 2014. During her final year, she interned at Music Victoria, Chapter Music and The Old Bar. Recently joining Music Victoria full-time, she also

works for feminist music organisation LISTEN and has recently co-founded LISTEN Records, a feminist record label. Chloe also works for Deaf Ambitions record label featuring Melbourne bands Leisure Suite, Zone Out and Crepes.

CHRIS BOWEN, CEO, MUSIC AUSTRALIA

Chris is the CEO of Music Australia, a 50-member national peak music body whose activities include advocacy, news and information, sector engagement and a national school music

program. He is currently leading an industry-wide partnership to develop a National Music Business Development Plan for contemporary music. Previous roles include director of Dance and Music at Arts Queensland and general manager of the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane Powerhouse and Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre.

CHRIS GILL, SOUL AMBASSADOR, NORTHSIDE RECORDS

Chris runs Northside Records, the soul of Melbourne. More specifically, it’s a soul store in Melbourne that’s been pushing the goodness for more than 13 years. The store’s aim is to grow

soul music down under. It’s doing a good job, stocking hip hop, jazz, latin, dub, reggae. Chris also does radio on 3RRR and ABC. Northside hosts instores and other events and is an important part of the neighbourhood and city in which we dance.

CHRIS JOHNSTON, WRITER

Chris Johnston is a senior writer for Fairfax Media at The Age covering culture, crime and current affairs.


CHRIS MAUND, MANAGING DIRECTOR, IVY LEAGUE

Chris has worked in the music industry for over 15 years. He currently occupies two positions, one as the Managing Director of independent label Ivy League Records (home to The Rubens,

Cloud Control and Alpine) and the other as Director of Business Affairs for the Mushroom Group of Companies. Prior to his time with The Mushroom Group, Chris was an artist lawyer at Brett Oaten Solicitors.

CHRISSIE VINCENT, ASSOCIATE ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM LEADER, COLLARTS & PUBLICIST

With 34 years experience in the music industry including 5 years at Virgin Records Worldwide in LA, Chrissie has worked with some of the biggest names including The Rolling Stones, Lenny Kravitz,

David Bowie, Sex Pistols, Smashing Pumpkins, Rod Stewart, The Living End, Pete Murray, Don Walker, Jeff Lang, Tim Rogers and Tex Perkins. Chrissie has worked in publicity, artist management, TV production, record promotion, radio and television. In 1999 she opened her own publicity & management company, working on campaigns for festivals including Falls, St Kilda, Pyramid Rock, Boogie and AWME.

CLIENT LIAISON, ARTIST

Given their shared appreciation for story-telling and dignified belief in the Australian identity, Harvey Miller and Monte Morgan naturally found themselves writing music together. From the

studio to the top end of town, Client Liaison’s sound plays out like a long lunch followed by a round of cocktails. Describing their sonic palate as ‘dance electric’, ‘new jack swing’ and ‘pop ballad’, this multisensory experience will feed any listener’s appetite. International in flavour, cosmopolitan in style – this is Client Liaison.

COUNCILLOR ROHAN LEPPERT, CHAIR ARTS AND CULTURE PORTFOLIO, CITY OF MELBOURNE

Rohan was elected to Melbourne City Council in 2012 and is chair of the Arts and Culture portfolio and deputy chair of the Finance and Governance portfolio. He also chairs the Music Advisory

Committee, made up of industry representatives. An Australian Greens member, his focus is on planning policy reform to ensure Melbourne’s sustainability for future generations. He is passionate about supporting Melbourne’s vibrant arts scene, cultural and built heritage, indigenous and emerging artists and creating new public art.

CRAIG LOCK, MANAGING DIRECTOR, FIVE FOUR ENTERTAINMENT

Craig Lock is the co-director of Adelaide-based music stable 5/4 Entertainment, producer of St Jerome’s Laneway Festival in Adelaide and manager of Tkay Maidza, Jesse Davidson and L.K.

McKay. During his time as a musician, artist manager, tour and festival promoter and venue booker, Lock has obtained a wide range of skills and experience pertaining to all facets of the music industry.

DAMIAN COSTIN, DIRECTOR/FOUNDER, 123 AGENCY

Damian started out in Australian rock band Motor Ace, who performed over 8 years with the Foo Fighters, Oasis and Blink 182, scored number 1 ARIA-winning records and toured extensively

here and overseas, After Motor Ace disbanded, Damian worked with the Mushroom Group for 5 years before starting his own booking agency, 123 Agency, in 2013. He now represents acts including Stonefield, Guy Pearce, Kingswood, The Delta Riggs, Darren Middleton (Powderfinger), Calling All Cars, The Veronicas and At Sunset.


DAMIAN CUNNINGHAM, AUDIENCE & SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL LIVE MUSIC OFFICE

With more than ten years experience in the Australian live music industry, Damian has worked in booking and logistic roles for festivals including Big Day Out, Splendour In The Grass,

Peats Ridge, Surry Hills Festival and Newtown Festival. He also runs his own live music services company Elastic Entertainment. Over the years he has handled tour support for Lorde, The Griswolds, Jon Cleary and The Good Lovelies.

DAN NEVIN, CEO, AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT RECORD LABELS ASSOCIATION (AIR)

Dan started his career in music over 20 years ago, managing an independent record store, before heading to Shock Entertainment for a 12-year stint running their award-winning Export Division.

He then helmed the e-commerce operations for REDgroup Online (Borders’ websites), before a stint at the AFL as Digital Marketing & Subscriptions Manager, which included overseeing the AFL’s international streaming. Directly before joining AIR, Dan was Digital Music Manager for JBHi-Fi, which included running their music streaming service.

DAN ROSEN, CEO, ARIA

Dan has experience in digital media, law, policy and music. Before joining ARIA as CEO, he worked as head of Americas for KIT Digital in New York, as advisor to former Minister of

Communications Richard Alston and as a media and technology lawyer. His band ‘Second Dan’ won triple j Unearthed in 2003 and independently released two albums and toured the US and Australia. He still writes and produces music.

DARREN SANICKI, PRINCIPAL, GI & SANICKI LAWYERS

Darren is principal of Melbourne boutique law firm GI & Sanicki Lawyers, specialising in music, entertainment and the arts. He acts for many of the biggest names in the music industry in

addition to young and emerging artists, representing bands, performing artists, managers, composers, indie labels, and producers. Around the music industry most of his life, he’s best known for penning Channel 9’s The Footy Show theme song “It’s More Than a Game”.

DAVE RUBY HOWE, MUSIC DIRECTOR, TRIPLE J UNEARTHED

Dave Ruby programs the triple j Unearthed digital radio station with the best unsigned and independent discoveries that come through triplejunearthed.com. Before the launch of the

station in 2011 Dave supported emerging Australian musicians, and maybe a few international ones too, as a music journalist and editor of websites inthemix and The Cool Hunter.

D.D. DUMBO, ARTIST

D.D Dumbo (aka Oliver Hugh Perry) is the most exciting artist to come out of Castlemaine in some time. His debut release is a five-track self-titled EP, aptly described as ‘experimental blues

loop pop’. It’s available as a limited edition 12” and a digital bundle via The Blue Rider, a Trans-Atlantic singles label boasting Jagwar Ma and Kilo Kish. Lead single ‘Tropical Oceans’ has already made its mark on numerous blogs around the world including Line of Best Fit, Abeano, The Guardian and NME.


DEAN LINGUEY, SENIOR ARTS OFFICER, CREATIVE VICTORIA

Dean Linguey has co-managed project funding at Creative Victoria since 2011, including VicArts Grants, the Victorian Public Sculpture Fund and currently Music Works Grants. Prior to this he was

an arts practitioner, musician and organiser, participating in and organising exhibitions and performances in Australia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia. He has had both successful and unsuccessful Creative Victoria and Asialink grants giving him some indication of life on the “other” side of the funding equation.

DEAN ORMSTON, HEAD OF MEMBERSHIP SERVICES GROUP, APRA AMCOS

Dean oversees the company’s Membership, Distribution, International, Communications and Government Relations portfolios. He works closely with Federal and State Governments,

lobbying for the recognition and support of creators’ rights and securing investment for a range of initiatives including Sounds Australia, the National Live Music Office, song-writing residencies in high schools and international collaborations for Australian songwriters. Dean initiated research about venue-based live music’s economic contribution and tax-offsets for the commercial music industry.

DOROTHY MARKEK, MUSIC DIRECTOR, DOUBLE J

Dorothy Markek is the Music Director of Double J, a digital radio station relaunched in April 2014 as the older sister to triple j. Dot oversees the music programming of the station,

whose focus is on sharing new music discoveries and reliving the music that sound tracked your life. Prior to her work at Double J Dot worked at EMI, Channel [V] and MAX TV as content editor, music director and co-creator of eight-part music doco series Great Music Cities of the World.

DR MOTTE, FOUNDER, LOVE PARADE

Dr Motte was born in Berlin as Matthias Roeingh. In the early 1980s he was a member of various bands with colourful names including Deutsch-Polnische Aggression (DPA).

During this time he co-authored the book Geniale Dilletanten. Matthias soon discovered dance music, and in 1989 he co-founded what later became the world’s most important dance music festival: The Love Parade. The first edition of the festival was attended by 150 people. By 1997, attendance had climbed to one million people.

DUB FX, ARTIST

DUB FX (Benjamin Stanford) is a worldwide street performer and studio recording artist from Melbourne. His trademark is creating rich live music using only his voice aided by live looping and

effect pedals. His music took off when Bristol filmmaker BD filmed “Love Someone” on the street and posted it on his YouTube account, collecting 30 million views. He has several releases out and travels the world performing.

FRANK COTELA, CEO & DIRECTOR, ONELOVE MUSIC GROUP

Frank is a key figure behind Australia’s global dance music push, having worked behind the scenes on some of the most successful EDM brands for over 30 years. He worked as a digital

engineer in recording studios in the early ‘80s and later as a creative director in advertising, specialising in music and fashion. In 2000 he co-created Onelove, a dance brand and record label. In 2008 he co-founded Stereosonic, one of Australia’s biggest festivals, later sold to US events company SFX in a reported $75M deal.


FRED PESSARO, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, NOISEY

Noisey’s Editor in Chief has served as a writer, DJ, and photographer in various different incarnations for as far back as he cares to remember. You may have seen his work at places like NPR, the New

York Times, Decibel, VICE, Terrorizer, BrooklynVegan, Time Out, MetalSucks, InvisibleOranges, East Village Radio, Village Voice, FUSE, or one of a hundred other places over the years.

GLENN DICKIE, EXPORT MUSIC PRODUCER, SOUNDS AUSTRALIA

Glenn joined Sounds Australia in 2013 after 13 years at EMI Music working across A&R, promo and marketing, working with artists including Katy Perry, Lily Allen, You Am I, Sigur Ros, JET, Miami

Horror, Ricki-Lee, Oh Mercy, Grey Ghost, 360 and PEZ. In 2003 he co-founded Stage Mothers and The Aussie BBQ, the biggest showcase of Australian live music outside Australia. He spent 12 years from the ‘90s at 3RRR hosting a show called Best of the Brat.

HARVEY SAWARD, CO-FOUNDER/MANAGING DIRECTOR, REMOTE CONTROL RECORDS

In 2001, Harvey established Remote Control Records, the Australian home for the Beggars Group of labels including XL Recordings, Young Turks, 4AD, Rough Trade and Matador. It has

released Gold & Platinum selling albums by the White Stripes, Basement Jaxx, The National, The xx, Vampire Weekend, Radiohead, Queens Of The Stoneage and Adele. Remote Control has also worked with Courtney Barnett, Saskwatch, Chet Faker, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Banoffee and Client Liaison.

HEIDI BRAITHWAITE, DIRECTOR, RIOT HOUSE PUBLICITY

Heidi founded Riot House Publicity in 2006 from her kitchen table while her baby boy was napping. The company has since expanded (and now inhabits an actual office) and includes two other employees.

The team has worked with a vast and eclectic range of clients, including CW Stoneking, Helmet, Courtney Love, Iggy & The Stooges, Marlon Williams, and Oh Mercy, to name a few.

DAVID HABERFELD (AKA HONEYSMACK), ARTIST

David has more than 20 years experience as an electronic dance music producer, composer, performer, DJ, promoter, academic and educator. As Honeysmack, he appeared on various labels and

was an 1999 ARIA finalist. He launched several independent labels, performed live electronica at festivals around the world and earned co-writing credits with Burt Bacharach. He has worked in music publishing, journalism, radio, IT, direction and creative consulting. He currently lectures in music at Melbourne Polytechnic while studying for his PhD in music composition at Monash University.

IAN JAMES, MANAGING DIRECTOR, MUSHROOM MUSIC PUBLISHING

Ian James has run Mushroom Music Publishing, the most successful independent music publisher in Australia, for the past 29 years, representing many of the most prominent songwriters in

Australia and New Zealand. He is also the Deputy Chairman of APRA (where he managed the licensing department and southern region office for 10 years) and Chairman of AMCOS. In 2014 he was appointed Adjunct Professor at the Victoria University College of Business.


JACINTA PARSONS, ASSISTANT MUSIC DIRECTOR, DOUBLE J/ABC LOCAL RADIO

Jacinta works with the Double J team to program music for the Local Radio network across Australia. Jacinta began broadcasting at Triple R in 2007, hosting local music show Local and/or General. She hosted a

number of programs throughout her 8 years at the station, including their flagship breakfast program Breakfasters. As well as broadcasting at Triple R, from 2009 Jacinta was the Assistant Music Coordinator and Live Broadcast Coordinator.

JD SAMSON, ARTIST (US)

Best known as one third of electronic-feminist-punk band Le Tigre and one of the world’s most visible, outspoken and inspiring gender queer performer/activists, JD is acknowledged as an

androgynous sex symbol and “icon of nerdy-cool” (New York Times). She has featured in countless magazines including Vogue Hommes International and Interview Magazine. She has written for Huffington Post, Talkhouse and Creative Review and hosted documentaries for Vice’s Broadly. A DJ/producer and lead singer of MEN and Sharer, she’s performed with Gossip, Peaches and The Rapture and recently completed a project with Pussy Riot. Her songwriting/production credits include Christina Aguilera, Cobra Starship and French producer Yuksek.

JEFF CONSI, DRUMMER

The son of a New York studio engineer, Jeff hit his first drumkit aged 5. Best known for his work with guitarist Nuno Bettencourt from Extreme, over 30 years he has played live and recorded with

artists including The Badloves, Mark Seymour, Kate Ceberano, Guy Sebastian, Leo Sayer, Joe Camilleri, Russel Morris, Daryl Braithwaite, Anthony Callea, Chantoozies, Wilbur Wilde, Björn Again and Natalie Bassingthwaighte. A sought-after session drummer, he also plays on movie and TV soundtracks.

JENNIFER TUTTY, PRINCIPAL, STUDIO LEGAL

Jennifer Tutty is the founder and principal of Studio Legal, a boutique law firm based in Windsor, Melbourne. An experienced entertainment, IP and commercial lawyer, Jennifer

represents individuals and businesses working in the music industry including managers, touring agents, labels, musicians, song-writers, festivals, nightclubs and radio stations.

JENNY VALENTISH, MUSIC WRITER

Jenny spent 8 years as an editor with triple j’s Jmag and Time Out Melbourne. She now freelances full-time, contributing to The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, The Saturday Paper and Rolling Stone.

Her first book, Cherry Bomb, follows an over-hyped band in the Australian music industry, and she currently writing a non-fiction title. She is a board member of The Push, and as committee member behind Amphlett Lane, she is organising a Divinyls-themed concert during Melbourne Music Week.

JOANNA CAMERON, CO-FOUNDER, ONE OF ONE

Joanna co-founded website One of One, a platform shining the spotlight on women in the Australian music industry. Launched in March 2015, it features profiles of about 40

women including Jane Gazzo (triple M), Kate Vale (head of Spotify AU/NZ), Linda Bosidis (Mushroom Publishing), Lorrae McKenna (Remote Control Records) and artist Airling (Hannah Shepherd). Previously the communications manager at AIR (Australian Independent Record Labels Association), she now works on the annual AIR awards.


JODIE REGAN, DIRECTOR, SPINNING TOP MUSIC

Jodie helped establish the Norfolk Basement venue in Fremantle in 2004, developing and showcasing local talent. After discovering young locals Mink Mussel Creek, the seeds of POND and Tame

Impala, she began managing them and launched Spinning Top Music in 2007. She now includes Cameron Avery, Peter Bibby, Fascinator, Felicity Groom, Gunns, Mink Mussel Creek, Nicholas Allbrook, POND, Shiny Joe Ryan, Tame Impala, The Growl and The Silents in her roster and started a record label in 2014.

JOEL DE ROSS, CO-FOUNDER, AUSTRALIAN VIRTUAL REALITY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Joel is a social entrepreneur working in application and game development and virtual/augmented reality. He has spent more than a decade in the entertainment industry as a record

label owner, event organiser, promoter, graphic designer, music producer and DJ. During this time he developed an intimate understanding of the challenges the industry faced. His search for solutions has led him to application development and immersive reality.

JOHN WARDLE, POLICY DIRECTOR, NATIONAL LIVE MUSIC OFFICE

John is the Federal Government’s Live Music Office policy director. He has played a strategic role in several states’ liquor law reforms, as well as the NSW Place of Public Entertainment (PoPE)

regulation and associated Building Code of Australia provisions. In 2013, he was appointed Chair of the City of Sydney’s Live Music and Performance Taskforce. Later that year, the national LMO was established, where he works closely with the live music sector and governments to develop venue-based live music policy.

JOSHUA MERRIEL, HOST OF SHORT.FAST.LOUD, TRIPLE J

Starting at age 13 on now gone (but not forgotten) radio station Street FM, Josh has spent half his life involved in various radio platforms. He ran Punk/Metal night on SYN FM for several years

before joining triple j. Joshua is also a music video producer, videographer and photographer for Three Collective and has worked with bands including Killer Be Killed, Deez Nuts, Young Lions and Jack The Stripper, as well as producing a retrospective documentary for the first Unify festival.

JOCHEN ARBEIT, ARTIST (GER)

Jochen is best known as the guitarist of seminal German industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten. He also played in Die Haut, and recently formed his new band Automat with Achim Färber

(Project Pitchfork, Prag) and Georg Zeitblom (Sovetskoe Foto). Jochen has toured the world many times and collaborated with countless artists in music, performance, dance, radio and theatre. Automat is visiting Australia this year as guests of the Goethe-Institut and will perform their dub-inspired post-rock grooves at the John Curtin Hotel on November 20.

JOEL CONNOLLY, FOUNDER/ARTIST MANAGER, UMBRELLA

Joel is the co-founder of Umbrella Artist Management, which manages The Rubens, Cloud Control, Urthboy, Elizabeth Rose, Fishing, PVT, Winterbourne and others. Collectively, Umbrella’s

bands have been nominated for ARIA awards and launched successful careers in North America, UK, Europe and Australia. They’ve won AMP awards, AIR Awards, SMAC Awards and critical acclaim from publications including NME, Rolling Stone and Pitchfork. Joel is also Festival Director of Sydney Craft Beer Week and Young Henrys Small World Festival.


KATE DUNCAN, YOUTH MUSIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, DAREBIN CITY COUNCIL

As a youth worker for Darebin City Council, Kate is employed to develop and facilitate youth music programs for young people aged 12-25 within the Darebin community. She oversees a

youth-run record label Decibels Records and the FReeZA all-ages events committee.

KATE MILLS, LICENSING CREATIVE, NATIVE TONGUE MUSIC PUBLISHING

After a number of years spent as a management and touring assistant for Phil Stevens management (John Butler Trio, The Waifs), Kate entered the world of music publishing in 2010.

She is currently a licensing creative for Native Tongue Music Publishing where she is passionately involved in all aspects of synchronisation and licensing.

KATIE RYNNE, AGENT, SELECT MUSIC

Katie is a senior agent at Select Music, a Sydney-based booking agency whose roster includes The Preatures, Japanese Wallpaper, Patrick James, Montaigne and Tora. She has worked with acts

including Boy & Bear, Passenger (UK), RÜFÜS, Seth Sentry, San Cisco and Josh Pyke. She also runs the agency’s social media and international touring company Select Touring. Previously she worked in publicity and management and has tour managed acts including Lior and Passenger.

KIRSTY RIVERS, MANAGER, CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, CREATIVE VICTORIA

Kirsty has recently taken on this new role, managing and developing the Government’s Music Works initiatives. Prior to this, she was the Writer Services National Manager at APRA

AMCOS for 17 years, where she also ran the Grant Unit. She has received and acquitted funding from various bodies including The Australia Council. Kirsty worked in various roles in the recording industry, was founding Vice Chair of Music Victoria and serves on several not for profit boards including PBSFM.

KISH LAL, MUSIC JOURNALIST

Synonymous with traction, Kish Lal is a low level, D-grade Kim Kardashian in the making. Having spent her entire adult life writing for blogs, taking photos for blogs and making blogs famous, she

now uses her talents getting famous people to follow her back on Twitter. Starting on Wordpress in 2008, she has written for Stoney Roads, Thump and FACT Mag, has worked for Strawberry Fields, Novel Tours and Events and Viceroyalty and makes the Club Angels podcast.

LACHLAN KANONIUK, ANZ EDITOR, THUMP

Lachlan is a music writer and editor based in Melbourne, having contributed to publications including Noisey, FasterLouder and The Big Issue. He is currently the singles columnist for Beat

Magazine. A penchant for honest insight and an ability to dunk on any standard 10-foot basketball ring have established him as one of the most respected musical authorities in the country. Formerly the editor of Mess+Noise, Lachlan is now the Australia/New Zealand editor for VICE’s electronic music channel, THUMP.


LARRY HEATH, FOUNDER, THE AU REVIEW

Larry is the founder and editor-in-chief of popular independent music & arts publication the AU review, which made its name supporting emerging writers, photographers

and musicians. He travels the world supporting great Australian music and bringing the music of the world back to the ears of his Australian readers. He has published four music-related books, launched a digital radio station, started live acoustic sessions in Sydney, spoken at SXSW and Music Matters and launched music video festival Captured.

LAURA SEMPLE, BLOGGER, SEMPLESIZE

Laura moved to Melbourne from Queensland in 2013 and began working with pop-culture PR and Digital Marketing Agency raraPR. She left to focus on running her music, fashion and lifestyle blog

SEMPLESIZE, which she founded age 20, and pursue a career in the music industry. She freelances full-time for Handsome Tours, Shadow Electric and Viceroyalty as a publicist and digital marketing coordinator while completing her Masters in Communication at RMIT.

LAUREN MURRAY, AGENT, WME

Lauren is an agent in WME’s music division based in Sydney. She works with a variety of artists including Angus & Julia Stone, CHVRCHES, Matt Corby, Empire Of The Sun, Paul Kelly, Jagwar

Ma, and Raury. She joined WME in 2015 after the agency acquired leading booking agency Artist Voice. She has worked at Modular records and graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney.

LOCHLAN WATT, THE RACKET, TRIPLE J

Lochlan is the host of triple j’s heavy music program The Racket and has worked with metal and hardcore music for the last decade. He has worked for Century Media Records, Skull and

Bones Records, The Music and Death Before Dishonour Magazine. He has also worked as a booker and promoter for Brisbane venues Sun Distortion Studios and Rosies. In addition to running his own label/touring agency MONOLITH, he has been a member and manager of several bands.

LOUIS CORNELL, SOUND ENGINEER/TOUR MANAGER

Louis is a sound engineer/tour manager/production manager based in Melbourne, Australia. Since 2009 he has worked his way around the Melbourne music scene, sometimes being taken on

tours both nationally and internationally. Currently working as production manager at Shebeen, tour manager for The Harpoons and part of the production team for Paradise festival.

LUCY DAYMAN, EDITOR, TONE DEAF

Lucy is the editor of Tone Deaf, one of Australia’s leading authorities on local and international music culture and industry. With more than 500,000 unique visitors a month, it

provides breaking news and in-depth forward thinking features to music obsessives everywhere. Melbourne-based, she has worked as a music publicist for PR outfits Show Off Services, Higher Plains and freelance.


M-PHAZES, PRODUCER

Drawing inspiration from legendary producers such as Battlecat, Pete Rock and the late J-Dilla, M-Phazes formulated his own sound defined by soulful melodies and loose, smacking

drums. In 2008 he won Sha Money’s prestigious One Stop Shop Producers Conference Beat Battle, in Arizona, judged by a panel of legendary producers. He won an ARIA Award and gold record for production on Bliss N Eso’s “Flying Colors” album and landed major hip-hop label placements with artists including Pharoahe Monch, CL Smooth and Emilio Rojas.

MARC SOUSLEY, PROMOTER, SECRET SOUNDS

Marc is a promoter at Secret Sounds and has booked acts for festivals including Splendour in the Grass, Falls Festival and the late, great Big Day Out. Before moving to Australia, he was a

promoter in the US for C3 Presents, producers of Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits. Secret Sounds is currently touring Mumford & Sons, upcoming dates with Father John Misty and many more in 2016.

MARCUS WALKOM, SOLICITOR, MEDIA ARTS LAWYERS

Marcus has experience in all facets of entertainment and commercial law and as a litigator, having practised both in Australia and the UK. Specialising in the music industry, Marcus has represented

high profile artists, managers, labels, publishers, festivals, start-ups and producers throughout the world, and with a particular interest in working with new and emerging talent he has assisted in procuring, negotiating and advising on local and international deals for his clients. Marcus also runs independent label and management entity ‘We Are Golden’.

MARDI CAUGHT, GENERAL MANAGER, FRONTLINE LABELS/WARNER MUSIC AUSTRALIA

Coming from Adelaide, Mardi started her career in music writing for Rip It Up magazine. She quickly joined the major label side of the business at Sony Music before accepting a role in the UK

in international marketing at EMI. While there, she joined Virgin as Marketing Director before heading to MTV as the VP of Talent and Music. In the mid 2000s, she became General Manager of Columbia Records at Sony before returning to Australia to work with the local company. She is currently the General Manager of Frontline Labels at WMA, responsible for such talent as Illy, Thelma Plum, TKST & SAFIA.

MARIHUZKA CORNELIUS, LABEL MANAGER, IVY LEAGUE RECORDS

Marihuzka (aka MC) has been with Ivy League Records since 2011. In that time she has managed the album releases of artists including The Rubens, Cloud Control, Lanie Lane, Alpine, Josh Pyke and Bad//

Dreems. She has a background in A&R and online music publishing, having worked for Warner Music, Nine MSN and Myspace. She is also actively involved in the local music scene through her own band, Bloods.

MATHEW COYTE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF & PUBLISHER, ROLLING STONE AUSTRALIA

Mathew worked as a magazine editor and music reviewer before joining Rolling Stone as editor-in-chief in 2008. He began publishing the magazine himself in 2013 and during this time has

launched rollingstoneaus.com, their annual awards and pop-up music venues. First published in 1967, Rolling Stone is the world’s most recognisable music title, launching the careers of Hunter S. Thompson, P.J. O’Rourke, Tom Wolfe and Cameron Crowe. The Australian edition, first appearing in 1972, is the magazine’s longest-running international version.


MATT REDLICH, PRODUCER

Surrounded by both music and recording technologies from an early age, it was inevitable Matt would find ways to bridge them. While building custom audio electronics at JLM Audio, he

produced debut albums for Ball Park Music and Hungry Kids of Hungary in his parents’ basement. He moved to a dedicated facility in 2012 where he made records with Emma Louise, Ball Park Music (again), Holy Holy, The Trouble With Templeton and recently Ainslie Wills. He currently plays in Holy Holy.

MATT TANNER, CREATIVE AND A&R MANAGER, NATIVE TONGUE MUSIC PUBLISHING

Traversing most corners of the music world over a 25 year career, Matt has a rounded knowledge of touring, promoting, labels and publishing. Starting out at while still at high school putting on all

ages shows, followed by touring and tour managing various artists across the globe and a 12-year stint running a management company and a record label, Matt has called the publishing world home for the last 6 years as Creative and A&R Manager at Native Tongue Music Publishing.

MEL KRAUSE, EVENT & PROJECT MANAGER, THE PUSH

Hailing from regional Victoria, Melinda is the Event and Project Manager at The Push. She runs the FReeZA Mentoring Program, is the Event Manager for Face the Music and works on a range of

other projects for young people such as training and development for FReeZA. Prior to this Melinda worked on a range of festivals and large scale events including the Big Day Out.

MELANIE LEWIS, PUBLICIST/MANAGER, SPUR

Mel has worked as a music writer for Australian Hysteria, FasterLouder and MX, music editor at Beat, editorial & operations manager at Tone Deaf and managing publicist for

Heapsaflash. Campaigns included tours and releases for Ngaiire, Thundamentals, Kerser, Nahko & Medicine For The People, Jon Cleary, Cash Savage & The Last Drinks, and Graveyard Train. She now runs her own PR and management agency, SPUR, and manages Ngaiire.

MIKE CORBETT, CREATIVE CONTENT MANAGER & COOL ACCIDENTS EDITOR, WARNER MUSIC AUSTRALIA

Mike ‘Maccy’ Corbett is a pun-loving Melbourne-based member of Warner Music’s digital team. Originally From Sydney, he has been involved in the music industry for over 15 years as

artist, in music retail, sales reppin’ and creative marketing. More recently he developed Warner Music Australia’s ‘Cool Accidents’ channel, creating unique and engaging content.

MIKEY CAHILL, JOURNALIST, ROCK CITY HERALD SUN

Mikey got his start with Buzz Mag in 1997 but it wasn’t until he gave Inpress 20 Mentos sticks, his resume & a Big Day Out A-Z Survival Guide that things started happening. Since then he’s

scribed for Time Off, 3D World, DJ Mag, Mix Mag, Time Out, The Australian, j mag, Cleo & Resident Advisor. Now he’s News Corp’s Rock City columnist. Gives great massages too.


MILLIE MILLGATE, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, SOUNDS AUSTRALIA

Millie represents the Australian music industry at key international events including SXSW, The Great Escape, Canadian Music Week, MIDEM, CMJ and Music Matters. She has been instrumental in the

growth of Sounds Australia worldwide, having overseen the marketing, networking and showcasing activity at 74 events in 6 countries since 2009. In 2012 she received Sydney’s FBi Radio’s SMAC of Year Award, in recognition of her efforts with Australian musicians internationally.

MONIQUE ROTHSTEIN, DIRECTOR, POSITIVE FEEDBACK

Founder and director of boutique Sydney-based PR and artist management agency Positive Feedback, Monique has run successful local and global PR campaigns for Angus & Julia

Stone, Alison Wonderland, Beck, Imogen Heap, Little May, Spinning Top Records, Porter Robinson, SAFIA and The Presets. She previously worked as a freelance music journalist and ran the PR and marketing team at indie record label Creative Vibes (Stones Throw, Tru Thoughts, One Little Indian). She also co-manages Little May.

MORRIS AVERILL, SENIOR LAWYER, ARTS LAW CENTRE

Morris Averill is a senior lawyer at the Arts Law Centre of Australia and advises about any legal issues that happen to songwriters, band members and recording artists, including working with early career

artists with band partnership agreements and recording contracts. Morris has worked on contracts for musical theatre, licensing grand rights, film soundtrack contracts with composers and synchronising licencing of musical works and sound recordings.

MURRAY ROBERTSON, THE THUNDERBIRDS

The Thunderbirds formed in 1957 and soon became a mainstay of Melbourne’s burgeoning rock ‘n’ roll scene, achieving huge popularity as resident group at St Kilda’s Earl’s Court. The varying

line-up included Harold Frith, Murray Robertson, Graham Lyall and Charles Gauld. In 1961 they signed with W&G and recorded many singles including the very successful “Wild Weekend”. They supported Roy Orbison, Dion, Johnny Chester, Cliff Richard and the Shadows, Fabian, Lonnie Lee, Johnny O’Keefe and The Bee Gees. The band ended in 1965 but reformed for successful revivals in the 1990s.

NIC WARNOCK, RIP SOCIETY / REPRESSED RECORDS

Nic founded R.I.P Society Records, was previously a co-director of Sound Summit festival and is a member of several bands. He works at Repressed Records, who this year curated a successful but

controversial concert at the Sydney Opera House as a part of Vivid Festival. Last year, R.I.P Society celebrated its fifth birthday with an eight-hour concert, also at the Opera House as part of Vivid, and has released records by Woollen Kits, Royal Headache, Zond and Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys.

NICK O’BYRNE, MANAGER, LOOK OUT KID

Nick is the owner/director of Look Out Kid, an artist mangement company representing Courtney Barnett, Fraser A. Gorman and Milwaukee Banks. He is also the co-owner of independent label

Barely Dressed Records. He is also the Executive Programmer of BIGSOUND, Australia’s largest music industry conference and artist showcase.


NICHOLAS ALBANIS, WRITER SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE, APRA AMCOS

Nicholas’ job is to help songwriters and composers maximise their royalties and help them navigate the world of performing and mechanical rights. In addition to his work with APRA

AMCOS, Nicholas also has more than 10 years’ experience in international touring and releases as the multi-instrumentalist, producer, co-writer and manager of Melbourne band Dandelion Wine. He has worked with other artists, including cult French post-punk band Object.

NICHOLAS JONES, CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR , TONE DEAF

Nicholas is the co-founder and Managing Director of Tone Deaf - a forward-thinking music company with divisions in media, festival & events, as well as a creative agency. Their flagship

product, tonedeaf.com.au, is one of Australia’s fastest growing and most respected music publications and is a proud supporter of the local music scene.

NICOLE CHEEK, SENIOR PRODUCER, TRIPLE J

Nicole Cheek is triple j’s Senior Producer and has been working in radio and multiplatform for the best part of a decade. She currently oversees all of triple j’s music programs and live music

output, was previously the Senior Producer at triple j Unearthed, and has worked in triple j’s music programming department. She casts a watchful eye (and ear) over what’s going on musically around the country, and makes laboured puns when she can.

OSCAR DAWSON, ARTIST

Oscar is a composer, songwriter and musician based in Melbourne. He formed HOLY HOLY with Timothy Carroll in 2013, receiving extensive triple j support and critical acclaim for their debut

album (2015). They supported The Preatures and Boy & Bear, sold out their own national tours and played at Splendour In The Grass, Primavera Sound (Spain) and The Great Escape (UK). Previously a member of ARIA-nominated Dukes Of Windsor, he writes/produces with singer-songwriters Ali Barter and Ben Wright Smith and writes music for film and TV.

PATRICK DONOVAN, CEO, MUSIC VICTORIA / CHAIR, AUSTRALIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY NETWORK

Patrick Donovan is the CEO of Music Victoria, Chair of the Australian Music Industry Network, co-convener of the National Contemporary Music Roundtable, member of the Live

Music Roundtable and City of Melbourne’s Music Strategy Committee and the music industry’s representative on the State Government’s Liquor Control Advisory Council. He is the singer of a punk band and an all-round music fanatic.

PAUL CASHMERE, CEO, THE NOISE NETWORK

Paul Cashmere is an Australian rock music journalist and media executive. Starting at Double J in 1976, he co-founded digital music CD-ROM magazine Undercover in 1994 with photographer Ros

O’Gorman. In 2011 they founded the independent Noise Network and established music news and interviews channel Noise11.com where Australian independent artists are given a voice. In 2014, the Noise11 radio channel launched on ARN’s iHeartRadio, where Paul hosts a weekly 2-hour program talking to Australian and international artists about their new music.


PAUL RIGBY, DIRECTOR, ZENITH RECORDS

Paul has committed to the future of vinyl in Australia by buying into and relocating the Zenith vinyl pressing plant. With increased capacity coming on line, Paul sees the need for a high quality, larger

capacity Australian pressing plant, rather than importing shipments from Europe and the USA, especially now that lead times for vinyl offshore exceed 3-4 months.

PAUL SLOAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR / BOOKING AGENT, BILLIONS AUSTRALIA

Paul is the managing director of Billions Australia booking agency. His clients include Nick Cave, Bon Iver, King Gizzard, Karnivool, St Vincent, Sharon Jones, Sufjan Stevens and Death Cab. Since

1993, he has produced more than 5000 shows including the boutique Wave Rock Weekender festival, Special Occasions and Rock It. He established (and then sold) pioneering independent WA ticketing company Heatseeker and has consistently toured and recorded with his own deadbeat bands for 25 years.

PETER CHELLEW, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, THE PUSH

Peter is the Conference Director of Face The Music. As the Executive Officer of The Push, he is part of a team that actively supports younger people in their music career pathways, through

training, mentoring and music programs. Active in music sector development, Peter is a Councillor of Music Australia and member of the Victorian Government Live Music Roundtable 2012 – 2015. His previous roles include President of Music Victoria, Manager of 3PBS FM and FBi Radio Sydney, and Artistic Director of Melbourne Fringe.

PETER NOBLE, DIRECTOR, BLUESFEST

Peter Noble is the legend behind the multi award-winning Bluesfest. A music industry veteran with over 40 years experience, he recently earned the Rolling Stone Award for services to Australian Music. He

played bass in rock and blues bands during the ‘60s & ‘70s and set up Portland’s first International Jazz Festival. He pioneered blues touring in Australia in the ‘80s, booking international acts for Byron Bay’s East Coast Blues Festival in 1990, becoming a director in 1993. He has worked in record producing, touring, artist management and Indigenous arts.

PHOEBE BAKER, ARTIST, ALPINE

Phoebe is co-frontwoman, vocalist and songwriter of Melbourne indie-pop band Alpine. Signed to Ivy League Records in Australia and Votiv in the US, the band has released an EP and two albums.

Alpine’s music has appeared in the triple j Hottest 100, had over 6 million views on YouTube, topped iTunes, been nominated for ARIA, AIR, EG and triple j Awards and been featured by Pitchfork, Jimmy Kimmel Live, NPR, Rolling Stone, Daytrotter and Vice. Alpine has played many festivals and is currently touring their latest album ‘Yuck’.

PROFESSOR ROBERT KRONENBURG, ROSCOE CHAIR OF ARCHITECTURE, UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

Robert is Professor of Architecture at Liverpool School of Architecture with interests in and expertise on innovative forms of architectural design, film and popular music. He will present a case study in

Liverpool as a music city in Sound Cities: Popular Music Performance as a Catalyst for Urban Change. His books include Live Architecture: Venues, Stages and Arenas for Popular Music and Flexible: Architecture that Responds to Change. His current project is The History of Popular Music Architecture.


PRUE THOMAS, MARKETING MANAGER, MOSHTIX

With over 10 years’ marketing experience, Prue’s role at moshtix is to help feed the appetite for live music events and ensure Australia’s leading ticketing provider constantly contributes to

the live music eco-system. Dedicated to innovative marketing and ticketing services for music and entertainment events, moshtix continues to help artists connect with their fans by removing the barriers to ticket purchase and allowing artists or event organisers to use ticketing to make data-driven marketing decisions.

RUTH DANIEL, MUSIC ACTIVIST (UK)

Ruth is an internationally renowned music activist, cultural producer and entrepreneur who founded global grassroots music event Un-Convention. She is also co-director of In Place of War, the

Times Award-winning enterprise at University of Manchester, supporting artists in sites of war, revolution and conflict. Pioneering the development of creative entrepreneurial programs delivered in the world’s most challenging contexts to give artists skills to make a sustainable living, Ruth calls this project ‘academic punk rock’. Last year she was awarded UK Artist and Managers’ Pioneer Award for exceptional individuals forging new pathways in music (previous winners incude Amanda Palmer and Imogen Heap). She played in local Manchester bands and launched Fat Northerner Records in 2003.

SARA HOOD, MANAGER, RECORD STORE DAY AUSTRALIA

Sara has been running Record Store Day Australia since it began. Her background is in marketing communications with companies including Sony, Ericsson, Philips and Yamaha

Music. She works for AMRA, the Australian Music Retailers Association. Sara is also a blogger.

SARAH HAMILTON, CLIENT MANAGER, DITTO MUSIC (AUSTRALIA)

Sarah runs Ditto Music’s Australian office and helps independent artists distribute their music globally to platforms including iTunes, Spotify and Shazam. With offices in London,

Liverpool, Nashville and now Melbourne, Ditto Music has helped more than 70,000 independent artists with social media, PR and marketing campaigns, distribution, chart registration and VEVO channel setup. With a background in digital distribution since the industry’s start in Australia, she understands the constantly changing digital world.

SHARLENE HARRIS, ENTERTAINMENT MANAGER, ALH GROUP

Sharlene started out in pubs and clubs when the Seaview was the Crystal Ballroom and managed venues with live rooms for 30 years before heading up Victorian Entertainment for the ALH Group.

She has collaborated with promoters to re-tune the Croxton into a viable alternative for live acts in Thornbury, and develop the Urban Spread brand in suburban venues to bring cool acts in many genres closer to music lovers across Melbourne’s sprawling outskirts.

SIMON WINKLER, MUSIC COORDINATOR, TRIPLE R

Simon began as a writer and reviewer for street press in Sydney before moving into broadcasting at FBi radio station. He went on to work as a producer, music director and executive

editor on the SBS youth arts, music and talks program Alchemy for 5 years before working as a freelance producer in London and Berlin for six months. Returning in 2008, Simon began his dream job at Triple R.


SOPHIE MILES, MISTLETONE RECORDS AND TOURING

Sophie started out as a PBS announcer and still does the occasional Triple R fill. After a decade as a respected music journalist for The Age and others, she worked as an artist manager

before co-founding Mistletone almost 10 years ago. A much admired indie label, home to HTRK, Luluc, The Orbweavers and others, Mistletone also boasts a touring roster of the highest calibre including Beach House, Kurt Vile, Sharon Van Etten and Parquet Courts.

STUART BRAUN, WRITER

Stuart Braun was born in Sydney and completed a doctorate in history before living across Asia, Australia and Europe and publishing widely as a journalist and writer. Moving to Berlin in

2009, he soon started working on his ode to his adopted city, City of Exiles: Berlin from the outside in (2015), a book that explores why Berlin has long held a special allure for visionary artists, musicians and free spirits from around the world – including Iggy Pop, who graces the cover.

STUART GRANT LECTURER, MONASH UNIVERSITY / MUSICIAN, PRIMITIVE CALCULATORS

Dr. Stuart Grant is old enough to know better but too stupid to listen. He is the singer/guitarist with noisepunk legends The Primitive Calculators. He is also a site-specific performer with the

Urban Water Performance Group. He lectures in Performance Studies at Monash University, specialising in performance phenomenology and ecological performance. In his spare time, he waits to die.

SUSAN HEYMANN, GENERAL MANAGER - TOURING, MICHAEL CHUGG ENTERTAINMENT

Susan started out in part-time jobs and internships including concert promotion at Michael Chugg Entertainment, artist management with Black Yak Management, music retail and

ticketing with Fish Records, sales with EMI Music Australia and writing for The Music Network. She joined MCE full-time more than 10 years ago as the GM’s assistant, later becoming a tour co-ordinator and marketing manager. In 2010, Susan became General Manager - Touring, bringing in tours and managing the touring team. Career highlights include working with Radiohead, Coldplay, Robbie Williams, Tame Impala, Wave Aid and Sound Relief.

TIM DALTON, INDUSTRY LIAISON CO-ORDINATOR, SAE CREATIVE MEDIA INSTITUTE

Tim joined the music industry in 1979 at 16 and spent 36 years working as a producer, engineer, tour manager, artist manager and A&R consultant with acts including Atomic Kitten, Elvis Costello,

Simple Minds, Transvision Vamp, Public Enemy, The Beastie Boys, Run DMC and Faith No More. At 30 he did his first degree as a mature student and loved education so much he decided to become an educator, with several postgraduate research degrees.


TIMOTHY JANES, GENERAL MANAGER, CAROLINE LABEL SERVICES AUSTRALIA

Tim heads up Caroline, a new division of Universal Music set up to partner with independent labels. Current partners include Spunk, Cooking Vinyl, Popfrenzy, Dine Alone, Resist, Turnstyle, Nuclear

Blast and Good Manners. Current international artist roster includes Laura Marling, Glass Animals, St Vincent, Spoon, Mac DeMarco, Slayer, Parkway Drive, HEALTH, City and Colour, Highasakite and The Maccabees. Local artists include C.W. Stoneking, Fraser A Gorman, Gold Class and Marlon Williams. Previously Tim was GM of Cooperative Music Australia and worked at Shock Records.

TOM BYRNES, BOOKER, OXFORD ART FACTORY

Tom is head bookings manager at the Oxford Art Factory, overseeing all aspects of venue management, marketing and event production. Recently he helped bring the Volumes music festival to life on

Oxford Street and produced Sydney events for Kele and the upcoming tours of Kelela and Empress Of. He has worked in many music venue industry roles in Sydney since 2007 when he began at Century Venues (Enmore, Metro and Factory).

TRAVIS BANKO, MANAGER/AGENT, LUNATIC ENTERTAINMENT

Travis splits his time between artist management at Lunatic Entertainment, booking and programming with St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival and Laneway Presents and A&R at AND

Publishing. In artist management, he is currently working with acts including CHVRCHES, Gotye, The Temper Trap, Mansionair and D.D Dumbo and he co-manages DRELLER. He holds a Bachelor of Business (Music Industry) from Victoria University.

YEO, ARTIST

Yeo is a Brisbane-raised, Melbourne-based musician whose broad range of influences bring together soul, electronica, R&B and good ol’ fashioned rock’n’roll. Fresh pop sensibility is a high

priority on this artist’s agenda and has been since his debut in 2006. Yeo writes, records and produces his own music and is backed by Andrew Congues on drums for his bulletproof and ever-changing live act. He plays Cubase and Ci1.

YVETTE MYHILL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ASSOCIATION OF ARTIST MANAGERS

Yvette runs the Association of Artist Managers (AAM), the peak body representing the interests of artist managers in the Australian music industry. Previously she worked in management roles at

Twilight at Taronga, Showbiz, Newtheatricals, Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA), Splendour in the Grass and Village Sounds. She co-chairs Music Australia’s National Music Industry and Careers Advisory Group and runs a whisky consulting company in her spare time.

ZAC ABROMS, FOUNDER, VICEROYALTY/STEP

US-born Zac joined Forum 5 Management & Recordings in 2007, working on artist development and marketing for acts including Bertie Blackman and Kimbra. In 2010, he launched

Viceroyalty, a boutique artist management & music publicity provider specialising in online PR and digital strategy. He also co-founded Society of Tastemakers and Elegant People (STEP) a bimonthly series of music industry panel and showcase events and is the talent co-ordinator for the Maroochydore Music and Visual Arts Festival.


Conference Director, Peter ChellewSenior Curator, Paris MartineEvent Manager, Melinda KrauseProgram Coordinator, Fay BurstinSponsorship and Partnerships Manager, Danae EffernPublicists, Emma Wiking and Danae Effern @ Remedy PR Publicity Assistant, Sarah Dickinson @ Remedy PRWebsite and App Coordinator, Ruth MihelcicSocial Media Coordinator, Lauren MitchellAccounts, Laura FaulknerDesign and Layout, Actual SizeDigital Strategy, Bolster DigitalTravel & Accommodation, Emma Nottle @ Travel BeyondEvent Support, Jamie Cooke and Jason MorrisonEvent Production, Taylor Adams @ Arts Centre MelbourneThe Push Development Manager, Laura Miller

FACE THE MUSIC EVENT TEAM Alex Black, Alex Kindynis, Alexander Biggs, Alexandria Deedman, Alli Beery, Allysa Tully, Angela Christian-Wilkes, Annika Schmarsel, Caroline Donovan, Chris Alexiou, Chris Salce, Claire Barley, Connor Blackall, Damien Platt, Darcy Fox, Elise Cabret, Gemma Notarpietro, Georgia Cooke, Grace Kindellan, Henry Brereton, Holly Pereira, Isabella Kranjec, Isobel Buckley, Jacob Leaney, James Teague, Jayden Smith, Jess Tyler, JMC Film & Television Students, Jo Marie Koutlis, Kimberley Heberley, Luke Lawless, Luka Janicijevic, Matthew McEgan, Matthew Wakely, Max Donohue, Olivia Hyett, Polly Mitchell, Richard Stevens, Ruby-Rose Pivet-Marsh, Sarah Mott, Sarah Riordan, Sean Fitzsimons, Shaad D’Souza , Simon Harman, Tahlia Thompson, Vito Lucarelli, Will Overman and all the other Face the Music Volunteers who generously contributed their time to our event.

PERSONNEL

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Arts Centre Melbourne – Theatres building (100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne) Face the Music registration (level 8) The Pavillion (Level 8) Members Dining Room (Level 7) Mentoring Lounge (level 8) The triple j Listening Lounge (level 8, The Pavilion Foyer)

Arts Centre Melbourne – Hamer Hall Building (100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne) The Channel, Arts Centre Melbourne (St Kilda Rd, Terrace Level)

MPavilion (Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne) MPavilion is situated in Queen Victoria Gardens directly opposite National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)

National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) (180 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne) Clemenger Auditorium, National Gallery of Victoria Access via ‘the mouse hole’ via Arts Centre Melbourne forecourt

Testing Grounds, 1 – 23 City Road, Southbank Access via footbridge from rear of Arts Centre Melbourne Spire. Disabled access via stage door – see event registration for more details

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