EXCLUSIVE: Brendan Maclean Added To Vivid’s Feedback Conference

Feedback, the music conference being held as part of Vivid Sydney's Vivid Ideas program, has added a number of speakers and industry professionals to the line-up.

Aimed at 12-25 year olds and run by MusicNSW's Indent arm, songwriter and media personality Brendan Maclean will join the program as a keynote speaker – joining the other previously announced speaker, Urthboy.

He says he's “looking forward to sharing the pricklier moments in my career in Australian music.”

Joining the event – which will be held at Sydney's Museum Of Contemporary Art – and specifically the Don't Stop Believin' panel are Remote Control Records' Sweetie Zamora and triple j magazine/MusicNSW's Samantha Clode. The panel will see five industry representatives sharing their stories and both the 'up and down moments' of their industry career.

The conference has also added further industry professionals to its 'industry speed dating' one-on-one section with Association of Artist Managers' Claire Collins, triple j Unearthed's Nicole Cheek, APRA's Greg Morrow and Street Press Australia (publishers of theMusic.com.au)'s Scott Fitzsimons.

The new names join the already announced Urthboy (Tim Levinson), host Dom Alessio, Umbrella Music's Greg Carey, Resist Records' Graham Nixon, Deathproof PR's Bec Reato, Penny Drop's Emily York and more.

Feedback will take place Monday 10 June from 9.30am – 5pm at the Museum Of Contemporary Arts, Sydney. Tickets are just $20 plus booking fee.