Face The Music Ramps Up For November With Even More Additions

With officially less than a month to go until industry music summit Face The Music returns to Melbourne, organisers have unveiled a solid look at this year's program on the event's website.

Making use of the seriously impressive list (well, lists) of previously announced speakers — as well as newly unveiled drawcards including a bunch of in-demand musicians and industry types — aboard for this year's sessions, delegates headed to this year's Face The Music spread will have the opportunity to spend time at events designed to exercise all corners of your cranium with regard to interacting with and thriving in the music industry.

These include insightful installments such as the Morning Ritual with Jess Ribeiro and Nai Palm; In Conversation With Zan Rowe, a keynote session with the renowned triple j Mornings presenter hosted by Myf Warhurst; another keynote from ex-Go Betweens member and all-round legend Robert Forster; Meet Your Future Boss, featuring youngsters set to drive the rest of us into retirement such as Holly Pereira, Greer Clemens, Shelley Liu, Japanese Wallpaper and Nic Kelly; Songwriters Live In The Round, with appearances from Alex Lahey, Ainslie Wills, Nai Palm and Chris Johnston; The Idiosyncracies Of Artist Management, featuring Catherine Haridy, Tkay Maidza, Craig Lock, Japanese Wallpaper, Will Evans, Elizabeth Mitchell and Lorrae McKenna; plus a wealth of other panels, and that's mostly just the first day.

More broadly, there are dedicated sessions on Bandcamp, Women In Electronic Music, Regional Touring In Victoria, YouTube, Music Festivals, Live Music Economics, Radio, Music Criticism and Environmentalism, among other topics, plus a wealth of further keynote sessions, "speed meetings" and showcases.

Face The Music will be held on Thursday 17 and Friday 18 November under the umbrella of Melbourne Music Week, taking place at the MMW hub in the city.

As co-programmer Ash Sambrooks told The Music digital editor (and Face The Music speaker) Uppy Chatterjee recently: "We're introducing more innovation, more business opportunities and a greater international focus — 'cause there's never been a better time to show the rest of the world what we've got."

Tickets are available now via Moshtix.

For a full look at the program and its speakers, head to Face The Music's website.