Bluesfest Founder, Rolling Stone Editor & More Named For Face The Music 2015

Bluesfest founder Peter Noble, Rolling Stone Australia editor-in-chief and publisher Mathew Coyte and a diverse array of other industry heavyweights are bound for Melbourne this November to take part in the eighth annual Face The Music conference at the city's renowned Arts Centre.

Also among the many names joining the previously announced cabal stepping up to the plate for the yearly summit of ideas, discussions, workshops and music will be Sophie Miles, of renowned local indie label and touring company Mistletone; the co-founder of the Australian Virtual Reality Industry Association, Joel de Ross; Monique Rothstein, the founder of Sydney PR & artist-management agency Positive Feedback;  the China-based director of Split Works United, Archie Hamilton; and venerated producer/artist M-Phazes, who will field a panel all by himself, presented by Yamaha and Steinberg.

Additional panels include The Blogger, canvassing all things online-music-criticism-related — presented by the Society Of Tastemakers & Elegant People (STEP) and featuring panelists from Thump (Lachlan Kanoniuk), Tone Deaf (Lucy Dayman), Sound Doctrine (Tommy Faith), Stoney Roads (Kish Lal) and Cool Accidents (Maccy Corbett) — as well as Get A Better Lawyer, Son (featuring some tremendous legal brains including Brett Oaten, Jennifer Tutty, Morris Averill, Darren Sanicki, and Marcus Walkom), the presentation of the 10th annual The Age Music Victoria Awards, and a chance to dive deep into a select track from the catalogues of esteemed producers Casey Rice (Dirty Three, Ponyface), Anna Laverty (Meg Mac, Cut Copy, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) and Andrei Eremin (Chet Faker, Hiatus Kaiyote, Japanese Wallpaper) as they dissect their creative processes in front of a live audience.

The eighth annual Face The Music conference will be held at Melbourne's Arts Centre from 13-14 November. Passes are available via the event's website, with discounts available for members of Music Victoria, AAM, APRA, AIR, Collarts, AIM and The Push.

Face The Music 2015 full second speaker announcement

Archie Hamilton (Split Works United)
Peter Noble (Bluesfest)
M-Phazes (Producer)
Sophie Miles (Mistletone Records)
Tim Janes (Caroline Records)
Joel De Ross (App Developer, Augmented Reality)
Cassandra Pace (Music Victoria)
Monique Rothstein (Positive Feedback)
Lauren Murray (WME)
Craig Lock (Five Four Entertainment)
Yvette Myhill (AAM)
Heidi Braithwaite (Riot House Publicity)
Casey Rice (Producer)
Anna Laverty (Producer)
Andrei Eremin (Producer)
Tim Dalton (SAE)
Yeo (Producer)
Dub FX (Producer)
Mathew Coyte (Rolling Stone)
Lachlan Kanoniuk (Thump)
Lucy Dayman (Tone Deaf)
Tommy Faith (Sound Doctrine)
Kish Lal (Stoney Roads/Poncho/Thump)
Maccy Corbett (Cool Accidents)
Zac Abroms (STEP)
Brett Oaten (Brett Oaten Solicitors)
Jennifer Tutty (Studio Legal)
Marcus Walkom (Media Arts Lawyers)
Morris Averill (Arts Law)
Darren Sanicki (GI & Sanicki Lawyers)