WAMFest Add Even More Speakers In Huge Third Announce
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As we gear up for next month's newly rebranded WAMFest, organisers have outlined another massive line-up of speaker additions, joining industry experts and executives from the likes of FBi Radio, Live Music Office, UNIFIED, The Drones' Gareth Liddiard and more.
The conference aspect of WAMFest will now boast 31 new names including Live Music Office's Policy Director John Wardle, Mix 94.5 host Blake Williams, Joni In The Moon's eponymous Joni Hogan, Caroline Australia's GM Timothy Janes, Rosemount Hotel live engineer Kelvin Flanders, RTRFM's Sarah Tout and many, many more.
Here are WAMCon's 31 new speakers:
Aaron Girgis (Director, Sounds Of The Suburbs & Space44/Band Manager, Skeggs, Tyde Levi, James Crooks - NSW)
Aaron Rutter (Director, JumpClimb)
Al Taylor (Group Managing Director, 303 MullenLowe)
Blake Williams (Announcer & Host, Mix 94.5)
Bob Gordon (Former Editor, X-Press Magazine/Director, +1)
Brooke Olsen (Music Distribution Coordinator, Amrap Airit - NSW)
Caitlin Nienaber (Interviews Coordinator & Producer & Presenter (Breakfast with Caitlin), RTRFM)
Chris O'Neill (National Manager for Writer Services, APRA AMCOS - NSW)
Darren Sanicki (Director & Legal Practitioner, Sanicki Lawyers - VIC)
Heath Bradby (Managing Director, Fidelity Corporation/Head of A&R, Warner Music Australia/ Manager, Karnivool, Downsyde, Papa vs Pretty - NSW)
Jayde Smith (Youth Councillor & Training Facilitator, YouthFocus)
John Wardle (Policy Director, Live Music Office - NSW)
John Zucco (Director, The Right Profile - NSW)
Joni Hogan (Performer, Joni In The Moon)
Jose Neves (Presenter, RTRFM)
Kelvin Flanders (Live Engineer, The Rosemount Hotel)
Kristy Brown (Music Lecturer, North Metropolitan TAFE)
Marcus Thaine (Label Relations Manager Australia & NZ, Spotify – NSW)
Marisa De Vattimo (Director, Marissa DV Vocal Academy/Performer)
Moira McKenzie (Solicitor, Sanicki Lawyers/Business Affairs Manager, OpenSea Music Licensing - VIC)
Nicholas Jones (Founder & Editor In Chief, Tone Deaf - VIC)
Pete Guazzelli (Contemporary Music Project Officer, Department of Culture & The Arts/ Performer, Ghost Drums)
Ros Walker (Director Screen Production, FTI)
Ryan Zhang (Founder & CEO, Sound Of The Xity/Director of International Business, Modernsky Entertainment - Beijing, China)
Sarah Tout (Head of Training & Presenter, RTRFM/Musician)
Simon Collins (Music Editor, The West Australian)
Simon O'Leary (Festival Coordinator, Hyperfest)
Steve Parkin (Founder, Spooky Action/CEO, Newport Record Club/Producer/Performer)
Timothy Janes (General Manager, Caroline Australia - VIC)
Tom Mee (Label Relations Australia & NZ, Spotify - NSW)
Will Backler (Music Coordinator & Presenter, RTRFM)
The two-day WAMCon conference will take a hold of State Theatre from 4 and 5 November, but it's just a small part of a broader array of events as part of WAMFest.
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WAM Awards have just revealed their 2016 nominees — all of which you can vote for here — and in between that, you can catch a huge selection of live music at the Saturday Spectacular from acts like Angus Dawson, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Stillwater Giants, Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving, Verge Collection, Hideous Sun Demon, Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics and many more.
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