Punk Icon Steve Albini To Speak At Melbourne Music Conference

Cult punk icon Steve Albini has been revealed as one of the international keynote speakers for this year’s Face The Music conference event in Melbourne.

A guest of both Face The Music, which The Music and theMusic.com.au are media partners of, and Melbourne Music Week, Albini is a legend of the alternative music world for his band Shellac, his work as an engineer (Nirvana, Pixies, our own My Disco) and his wider involvement as a music advocate.

As well as Albini, the not-for-profit event has announced its first round of local speakers, which includes representatives from Artist Voice, Sounds Australia, Association Of Artist Managers (AAM), Moshtix and APRA AMCOS. In total, there will be over 100 speakers.

Music Victoria Hall Of Fame inductees Daddy Cool will also come together to discuss their career on stage. Their achievements - and those of fellow Hall Of Fame inductee journalist Ed Nimmervoll - will be brought to life in a photography exhibition presented by Arts Centre Melbourne.

The event - which has backing from the Australia Council, Music Victoria, Arts Victoria, APRA AMCOS and other government-funded bodies - will take place Friday 14 and Saturday 15 November at Arts Centre Melbourne. Tickets are available from their website.

Want to get pumped up for Albini? Check out this conversation he had with the users of Reddit back in 2012.

FIRST FACE THE MUSIC SPEAKERS

Antonia Sellbach (Love of Diagrams, Beaches)
Ben Thompson (Corner Presents)
Briese Abbott (Spark & Opus)
Caleb Williams (Unified)
Cara Williams (Beat)
Chris Hatzis (3RRR)
Chris Johnson (AMRAP/CBAA)
Dave Batty (Custom Made / Artist Voice)
Emma Telfer (The Office Of Good Design)
Glenn Dickie (Sounds Australia)
Harley Evans (Moshtix)
James Young (Cherry Bar, Yah Yahs)
Johann Ponniah (I OH YOU)
Kirsty Rivers (APRA AMCOS)
Leigh Treweek (theMusic.com.au)
Millie Millgate (Sounds Australia)
Patrick Donovan (Music Victoria)
Sophia Brous (Artist / Curator)
Yvette Myhill (AAM)