Laneway, Sounds Aus & Triple J Reps Join WAM Conference

9 October 2013 | 2:31 pm | Staff Writer

Plethora of names join WA celebrations

The WAM Festival Music Conference has a number of industry experts and musicians that will make up the bulk of its line-up this year, with Laneway Fest boss and Gotye co-manager Danny Rogers, Sound Australia supremo Milly Millgate amongst the names.

As part of WAM's massive celebrations the conference will take place Thursday 7 and Friday 8 November at the Perth Cultural Centre.

In alphabetical order the new delegates include:

Adam Trainer (RTRFM 92.1)
Allegra Caldwell (InSync – NSW)
Andy Rantzen (Australia Council for the Arts – NSW)
Annmar ie McMath (I Hear Motion – VIC)
Becc Bates (Arts South Australia – SA)
Bob Gordon (X-Press Magazine)
Cam Merton (Hidden Shoal Recordings)
Chloe Goodyear (Woodford Folk Festival – QLD)
Clive Hodson (Perfect Pitch Publishing – NSW)
Danny Rogers (St. Jerome's Laneway/Lunatic Entertainment - NSW)
Darren de Mello (96FM)
David Chitty (Sunset Events)
Dom Alessio & Lewis McKirdy (triple j – NSW)
Emily Lubitz (Tinpan Orange – VIC)
Evan Alexander (Heapsaflash – QLD)
Grace Barbé
Hayley Dart
(Country Arts WA)
John Wardle (National Live Music Office – NSW)
Kate Mills (Native Tongue – VIC)
Kurt Beaudoin (Meerkats)
Leon Ewing (WAM)
Luke Rinaldi (Sweet Mate Music)
Mama Kin
Meg Williams
(AAM – NSW)
Michael Szumovski (Alberts – NSW)
Millie Millgate (Sounds Australia – NSW)
Nicholas Jones (Tone Deaf – VIC)
Noah Shi lkin (Sonic Lolly)
Paul Cashmere (The Noise Network – VIC)
Pete Guazzelli (Department of Culture and the Arts)
Samantha Nakhoul (WSOU – USA)
Simon Collins (The West Australian/The Wire)
Steve Kulak (Fuse Music Group – NSW)
Will Lanarch-Jones (Parallel Management - NSW)

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The join the likes of Chugg Entertainment's Michael Chugg, Adalita, Eskimo Joe and Jebediah manager Catherine Haridy, Glastonbury's Martin Elbourne, Earache Records' Al Dawson, YouTube's Lee Hunter and Spotify's Rene Chambers, who were previously announced.

The full program will be announced next week, while tickets are available now.

This year theMusic.com.au is hosting the voting for the Public Voted Awards, head here to check it out.