Face The Music Conference 2010

The 2010 Face The Music Conference is only weeks away and the full program is available for download via www.thepush.com.au from November 1. In the meantime, another 17 speakers have been added to the program for your listening pleasure! Joining the 58 already announced for Face The Music, Friday 19 and Saturday 20 November at the Arts Centre in Melbourne include:

Mick Harvey, solo artist/session musician/producer/composer/arranger (Boys Next Door, Birthday Party, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds)

Jon Hume, lead singer/guitarist (Evermore)

John Campbell, bass player (Lamb of God)

Deborah Conway, Musician

Jen Cloher, musician (Jen Cloher & the Endless Sea)

Frank Stivala, Director (Premier Artists)

Myfanwy Warhust, Journalist (ABC TV Spicks & Specks, Freelance)

Natalie Bell, Director (Milefire Management, Casadeldisco Records, Twenty-Two Media & Events)

Tarek Smallman a.k.a. T-Rek DJ/musician (Rubber Records)

Emma Wiking, Manager (BNM Records, Remedy Music, Basin Studio)

Andy Stewart, Producer/Engineer/Editor (AudioTechnology Magazine)

Andrew Fuller, Lawyer (Shock Entertainment)

Ben Ralph (General Manager) & Hayley Wilson (Director, Marketing), Roadrunner Records

Evan Alexander, Director (Heapsaflash)

Plus AWME guests François Guéritot, Booking Agent/Label Manager (Bacana Booking Agency,Maguari Productions) and Seth Jordan, Music Journalist/Festival Consultant (Songlines [UK], Bellingen Global Carnival, Limelight Magazine)

Over 75 high profile international, national and local artists and music industry experts will be sharing their knowledge and experience with the music community at Melbourne’s annual industry conference; providing both a platform for both professional development and networking, as well as nurturing creative ideas and expertise.

Artists already announced, who will be speaking at the conference include, Carl Cox (Intec Records), Carlo Santone (Blue King Brown, Roots Level Records),Lapulung Dhamarrandji, Mark Wilson (Jet), Adalita (Magic Dirt), Michael Haydon (The Middle East), Charles Jenkins, Lindsay McDougall (triple j, Frenzal Rhomb) and Georgia Fields. They join Independent record label specialists, Sebastian Chase (MGM), Justin Cosby (Inertia), Graham Nixon (Resist Records), Simon Huggins (Two Bright Lakes) and John Mullen (Dew Process). Media and publicity representatives who will be sharing their insights include, Jaymz Clements (Beat Magazine), Darren Levin (Mess & Noise), Heidi Braithwaite (Riot House Publicity), Frank Varasso (Varasso PR), Michael Dwyer (The Age, Rolling Stone), Paige Cho & Rick Butterworth (Valleyarm), Lars Brandle (Billboard, The Music Network) and Alicia Moreau (Forum 5). Booking agents and managers featuring at the event include Michael Parisi (Michael Parisi Management), Richard Moffat (Way Over There), Evan Davis (Village Sounds), Scott McKenzie (Premier Artists),Dylan Liddy (Blue Max Music, Premier), Brett Murrihy (Artist Voice Agency), Catherine Haridy (Management, Dirt Diamonds), Rebekah Campbell (Posse.com) andRae Harvey (Crucial Music, Redcat Sounds). AWME guests include, Alexandra Archetti Stølen (Oslo World Music Festival), Jérôme Galabert (Sakifo Festival),Warren Smith (Sierra Nevada World Music Festival), Barbara Stacey (Ottawa Festivals), Simeon Chapin (Cumbancha Festival), Mark Grose (Skinnyfish Music),Alison Pearl (KU Promotions), Graeme Regan (Planet Company MGM), Malcolm Haynes (Glastonbury Festival) and Jason Mayall (Fuji Rock Festival). Funding and industry support organisations and advisers include Andy Rantzen (Australia Council), Jonathan Williamson (Victoria Rocks), Patrick Donovan (Music Victoria), Millie Millgate (Sounds Australia) and Nick O'Byrne (AIR). Our legal team and publishing experts will be made up of David Orwell (Brett Oaten Solicitors),Julian Hewitt (Media Arts Lawyers), Michael Tucak (Creative Legal), Darren Sanicki (Darren Sanicki Lawyers), Ian James (Mushroom Music Publishing), Rebecca Laubi (Arts Law Centre of Australia), David Vodicka (Media Arts Lawyers, Rubber Records), and Sally Howland, Mark Eades and Robbie Collins (APRA).

This year’s expanded two day conference program will include respected keynote interviews, panel discussions, one-on-one artist development interviews, networking sessions, music showcases and practical workshops. The program will explore stagecraft and songwriting, international festival opportunities, booking agents, touring, independent releases and labels, distribution and publishing, funding, career models, song-writing, production and much more.No matter what level or stage of a career, Face The Music will provide both artists and music industry workers with the professional and creative development opportunities to take them to the next level!

A scholarship program for Victorian indigenous and regional artists thanks to the State Government’s Victoria Rocks initiative, as well as applications for special one-on-one sessions like APRA Songwriting Masterclass, Push Songs, Legal Consultations, 1-on-1 Feedback Consultations and much more - are available. Head to www.thepush.com.au for details and application information.

Face The Music Conference Registrations are available now via: www.thepush.com.au: $60 Conc/ Push/ Music Victoria/ APRA/ AIR/ FReeZA/ FReeZACentral/ MMF or $80. A limited number of places will be available on the door if not sold out!