Talking Points From Face The Music 2013

Melbourne's Face The Music industry conference took place last week and established itself as one of the nation's premiere music forums.

With engaging festival and management panels, followed by the anticipated Michael & Matt Gudinski forum, the first day was, in particular, one of the strongest conference days in the country recently.

If you weren't at this year's event – here are some of the top talking points… so far.

Big Day Out's Ken West says that AJ Maddah cancelling Harvest was not part of the deal to bring him into Big Day Out.

Silverchair manager John Watson confirms that a Daniel Johns solo album will be released next year – but there's no plans for a Silverchair reunion.

The Gudinskis start a campaign for the new government to make a pledge to contemporary, alternative music in Australia.

Australia has an obsession with touring festivals, and it's hurting us, says Michael Gudinski.

Management panel sought to manage expectations of artists, who should be preparing for “a thousand days of failure”.

YouTube is opening up new revenue streams to artists, including back-end IDs.

ARIA CEO Dan Rosen will push copyright reform with the new Federal Government, even though it's not the most “sexiest” of topics.

Stay tuned to theMusic.com.au in coming days and weeks for further outcomes and footage from the conference.