SXSW Festival Programmer Leads New Melb Music Industry Summit CHANGES

Melbourne’s brand new music industry summit CHANGES has unveiled a massive inaugural program, boasting some epic speakers and live performances for its winter debut.

Set to go down from 4-5 July at HQ ACU Melbourne Campus and various other venues around the city, CHANGES has been programmed to “reshape the Australian music industry”, teaming up with labels, agencies and organisations to produce more than 80 showcases, while experts, mentors and storytellers “help light the path towards the future of the music industry”.

High Tension, Jaala, Cable Ties, Totally Mild, RVG and more lead the artists and a slew of international heavyhitters sign on as speakers, including SXSW Music Festival Programmer Stacey Wilhelm, New York’s Michelle Landry (Bowery Presents/Rough) and Carly James (Paradigm Talent Agency).

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• CHANGES Music Industry Summit To Launch In Melbourne This July

Reeperbahn’s Music Business Journalist of the Year in 2017, Cherie Hu (Forbes and Billboard), has also been confirmed, alongside Bandcamp Editorial Director Joseph Edward Keye, Pitchfork Contributing Editor Jenn Pelly and more.

CHANGES will also be offering a number of one-on-one meetings, workshops and masterclasses.

Here’s the full line-up:

SPEAKERS

Abby Gee (City of Yarra)

Alex Yabsley (Square Sounds Festival)

Alex Zaccaria (Bolster)

Allegra Caldwell (BMG Australia)

Beatrice Lewis (Haiku Hands)

Brigid Dixon (Mushroom Group)

Carly James (Paradigm Talent Agency

Cherie Hu

Christie Morgan (Pitch Studios)

Danielle Levy (Big Deal Music)

Dave "Dizz1" Norris (Ableton)

David Benge (VICE)

David Ray (Amazon Music)

Gareth Smith (SubPop)

Jenn Pelly (Pitchfork)

Joseph Edward Keyes (Bandcamp)

Kat Dopper (Heaps Gay)

Kate Duncan (The Push)

Lorrae McKenna (Our Golden Friend)

Marihuzka Cornelius (Ivy League)

Markell Casey (Pulse Music Group)

Matthew Hessler (Vinyl Me, Please)

Melissa Yong (Village Sounds)

Meredith Croy (Songkick)

Michelle Landry (The Bowery Presents)

Millie Millgate (Sounds Australia)

Pia Del Mastro (UNTITLED)

Rebecca Young (Collective Artists)

Rishi Shah (VERSUS Creative)

Rochelle Flack (Ditto Music)

Sabrina Robertson (Native Tongue Publishing)

Sarah Hamilton (Ditto Music)

Shaad D'Souza (Noisey)

Stacey Wilhelm (SXSW)

Tim Nelson & Sam Netterfield (Cub Sport)

Tim Shiel (Spirit Level)

Uppy Chatterjee (Red Bull Australia)

Vanessa Picken (Comes With Fries)

Will Evans (Bandcamp)

Zoe Coverdale (Mushroom Publishing)

ARTISTS

808s & Greatest Hits, Activities of Daily Living, Alexander Biggs, Alice Skye, Ausmuteants, Baby, Bench Press, Birdz, Bloods (DJ set), Bones & Jones, Cable Ties, Chapel, Civic, Cleopold, Darcy Baylis, Dark Fair, Dianas, Diet, DRMNGNOW, East Brunswick All Girls Choir, Eilish Gilligan, Elizabeth, Evan Klar, Evelyn Ida Morris, Fraser A. Gorman, Good Morning, Gregor, Hollie Joyce, Hot to Rot , Hysterical Records Mystery Band, Ivan Ooze, Jaala (solo), Jade Imagine, Jarrow, Jazz, Jess Locke, Jess Ribeiro, Jim Lawrie, Kalyani, Lehmann B. Smith, Leisure Centre, Loose Tooth, LUCIANBLOMKAMP, Maya Hirasedo, Michael Beach, Milwaukee Banks, Minorfauna, Mojo Juju, Moody Beaches, Moonlover, Morgan Bain, Nancie Schipper, Null, P-UniQue, Parsnip, Philly, Poppongene, Pridelands, Qwerty, Rabbit Island, Racerage, RVG, Ryan Downey, Saatsuma, School Damage, Shrimpwitch, Singing Lessons, Soft Approach, Soju Gang, Stationary Sunsm, Sweet Whirl, Swim Team, Terry, The Beautiful Monument, The Cactus Channel, The Faculty, The Outdoor Type, The Putbacks, Totally Mild, TV Haze, Two People (DJ set), Tyne James Organ, Void of Vision, Way Dynamic, White Bleaches, yergurl, Zillanova, ZK King

Head to the CHANGES website for all the details.