Face The Music Adds More International Names To Line-Up

Melbourne's forthcoming Face The Music conference, held during Melbourne Music Week, has announced five more international names to join its already expansive list of industry speakers this November, as well as adding a slew of local names in its third-round reveal of guests.

The freshly included international contingent consists of worldly booker/promoter/manager/talent scout Ayisha Jaffer, of Saiko Management; Marshall Betts, from Jaffer's former playground the Windish Agency; Planetary Group's Adam Lewis; and two 'In Conversation' sessions, one with renowned Detroit-bred techno outfit Underground Resistance, and another with Tangerine Dream frontman Edgar Froese.

The newly sourced global cabal will join new Aussie inclusions such as Hiatus Kaiyote's Nai Palm, Wagons' Henry Wagons, manager Wally "Meanie" Kempton, Oscar + Martin's Oscar Key Sung, solo artist Kirin J Callinan, Music Rights Australia's Vanessa Hutley and many more, who themselves join previously announced speakers such as ex-BBC Radio 1 presenter Jen Long, Gossling, Pikelet, and The Panics' Drew Wootton.

Face The Music takes place Friday, November 14 to Saturday, November 15, at the Arts Centre, Melbourne. Tickets are available now. See the Gig Guide or check The Music App for more information.

FACE THE MUSIC 2014 SPEAKERS

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

Steve Albini - Artist/Engineer
Daddy Cool
Ed Nimmervoll – Music Journalist
Dave Batty - Custom Made/Artist Voice
Johann Ponniah - I OH YOU
Briese Abbott - Spark & Opus
Ben Thompson - Corner Presents
James Young - Cherry Bar, Yah Yahs
Antonia Sellbach - Love of Diagrams, Beaches
Harley Evans – Moshtix
Millie Millgate - Sounds Australia
Glenn Dickie - Sounds Australia
Chris Hatzis - 3RRR
Cara Williams - Beat
Chris Johnson - AMRAP/CBAA
Emma Telfer - The Office Of Good Design
Sophia Brous - Artist/Curator
Caleb Williams - Unified
Kirsty Rivers - APRA AMCOS
Yvette Myhill - AAM
Patrick Donovan - Music Victoria
Leigh Treweek - themusic.com.au

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT

Jen Long - BBC Three/Radio 1
Helen Croome - Gossling
Evelyn Morris - Pikelet
Drew Wootton - The Panics
Stu Grant - Primitive Calculators
Ange Henley - Angela Henley Publicity
Rhett McLaren - The Hills Are Alive/Unified
Pete Williamson - Sabretusk
Tim Dalton - Collarts
John Wardle - National Live Music Office
Zac Abroms - Viceroyalty
Tom Harris - Whitesky
Shane Wickens - The Push
Sarah Guppy - This Much Talent

THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT

Ayisha Jaffer - Saiko Management
Marshall Betts - Windish Agency
Adam Lewis - Planetary Group
Underground Resistance
Edgar Froese - Tangerine Dream
Nai Palm - Artist, Hiatus Kaiyote
Henry Wagons - Artist, Wagons
Wally 'Meanie' Kempton - Artist Manager
Oscar Key Sung - Artist
Georgie Powell - Youtube
Kirin J Callinan - Artist
Alek Akers - Artist
Will Larnach-Jones - Parallel Management
Rob Giovannoni - Select Music
Owen McKern - PBS FM
Matt Ridgway - Ableton Live User Group
Jess Ribeiro - Artist
Tony ‘Jack The Bear’ Mantz - Jack TheBears Deluxe Mastering
Vanessa Hutley - Music Rights Australia
Stuart Watters - AIR
Pam Thornback - Inertia
Scott Fitzsimons - themusic.com.au
Shaun Adams - Venue Booker
Henry Compton - The Orchard
Nick Clarke - Music Journalist/Presenter