WAMCon Unveils Final Speakers & Full WAMFest Program

WAMCon and its associated WAMFest component are all of a week away from filling Perth with all things West Australian music, and its organisers have today announced a final batch of 30 new industry speakers as well as unveiling the full musical program for this year's event, which you can check out here.

Joining the WAMCon contingent, bringing the total number of speakers past the 50 mark — including five from overseas and 18 from the east coast — include a mix of artists, bookers, managers, label reps, executives and more, including WAM's own Aarom Wilson, Jessica Willoughby and chief executive Mike Harris, APRA AMCOS' Chris O'Neill and Sam Scherr, Nannup Music Festival's Phaedra Watts, media/arts lawyer Amanda Mason, Creative Partnerships Australia's James Boyd, Warner Music's Christina Thiers and performers such as Mike Nelson, Novac Bull, Timothy Nelson and Ziggy Ramo, among others.

The new crop add to the already-considerable contingent of experts hitting the State Theatre Centre of WA on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 November for two days of in-depth chats about all facets of working in the music industry.

When they're not ~networking~, they'll no doubt be indulging in the massive spread of local talent showing their stuff from Wednesday 1 to Sunday 5 November during WAMFest, encompassing five days of live music goodness featuring more than 220 live acts and DJs across 40 venues.

There will also be the annual WAMAwards ceremony held on Thursday 2 November, the decision of the Kiss My Camera photography competition and more. So much, in fact, that you'd best head over to WAMFest's website now to wrap your head around it all and get to planning your week celebrating the best of the west.

WAMCon 2017 — Final Speaker Additions

Aaron Rutter (Director, JumpClimb)
Aarom Wilson (Director, Aaromedia/Marketing & Communications Officer, WAM)
Amanda Mason (Lawyer, Media Arts Lawyers — Vic)
Andrew Fuller (Managing Director, Clearview Legal Counsel/Principal, New Action Management/Director, Easy Tiger Rights Management — Vic)
Anton Maz (Marketing Manager, WAAPA/DJ & Promoter, Death Disco)
Bob Gordon (Creator & Director, Around the Sound)
Chris O'Neill (National Manager — Writer SerVices, APRA AMCOS — NSW)
Christina Thiers (A&R Manager, Warner Music Australia – NSW)
Dominic Miller (Agent, New World Artists — Qld)
Gary Seeger (Creative Director, peermusic/Publishing & Music Supervisor, Trackdown Recording Studio — NSW)
Harley Evans (Managing Director and Owner, moshtix and The Ticket Group — NSW)
James Boyd (State Manager Western Australia & South Australia, Creative Partnerships Australia)
Jared Nelson (Training Director/Owner, Behind The Wall)
Jessica Willoughby (Fair Play Report Author & Researcher, WAM/Journalist & Content Specialist, Freelance)
Kylie Thompson (Director, Sorrento Strategic Music)
Mary-Anne Wickham (Business Development Manager, Sorrento Strategic Music)
Matthew Tomich (Marketing Communications Officer, Country Arts/Publicist & Journalist, Freelance)
Mike Harris (CEO, WAM)
Mike Nelson (Performer, Mike Nelson/Retired Lecturer in Jazz Studies, WAAPA, UWA, ANU)
Novac Bull (Performer, Boom! Bap! Pow!)
Paul Van Lieshout (Presenter, RTRFM/Activist/Youth Officer & Student Representative, Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance)
Phaedra Watts (Festival Director, Nannup Music Festival)
Richard Berney (Executive Creative Director, 303 MullenLowe)
Sam Scherr (Writer SerVice & Office Manager — Administration, APRA AMCOS)
Sarah Tout (Head Of Training & Presenter, RTRFM/Performer, Simone & Girlfunkle/Director, Voice Box Media Training)
Steven McDonald (Performer, OFF!, Redd Kross, Melvins/Record Producer — Los Angeles, US)
Timothy Nelson (Performer, Timothy Nelson & The Infidels, High Horse)
Tom Larkin (General Manager, VVV Management/Manager & Performer, Shihad/Music Producer — Vic)
Zal Kanga-Parabia (Performer, Ru/Creative Coordinator, Propel Youth Arts/Exhibition Coordinator, ECU Graduate Research School)
Ziggy Ramo (Performer, Ziggy Ramo/Activist)