Face The Music: Marcus Teague

How did you first become involved in the music business? Started as a musician, making albums and touring around etc, then got frustrated with the mainstream music press ignoring all my friends' excellent bands and co-founded Mess+Noise.

What's your area of expertise and what experience do you have? I left Mess+Noise in 2008 to be Music Editor at TheVine, where I was a journalist and editor for six years. Now I freelance for Rolling Stone, The Age, Guardian, FasterLouder, and my own thing.

What topics will you be mostly talking about at Face The Music? I'll be talking about music journalism — what it looks like in 2015, why do it, how to do it, and if we should be doing it.

What do you hope to personally take away from Face The Music? Large sums of money.

What's one question about the music industry you'd love to have the answer to? Exactly how much money will I be getting?