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Angus Cameron
Founder & Director,
Pyramid Rock Festival
VIC
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Angus Cameron is the Founder and Director of Pyramid Rock Festival. Angus worked on the concept of Pyramid Rock Festival from early 2002 with the inaugural event born in 2004, which took place over one night with a crowd of 4,000 people attending. The now 4 day event takes place annually over the New Year period at Phillip Island, Victoria, and caters for capacity crowds of 16,500 live music lovers by showcasing a range of international and national acts. In 2011 Pyramid Rock Festival celebrates its 8th year of operation.
Angus Cameron books over 50 acts for each event and his company, Inversion Productions, promotes and operates the Festival which employs upwards of 1,000 staff, contractors and volunteers in order to deliver the event each year. Angus works with wife Kate, who shares his passion for music and work.
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Way Over There
VIC
| Way Over There is an independent music programming operation representing local venues and national Australian music festivals, including The Falls Music & Arts Festival, Southbound, St Kilda Festival,
Parklife, Groovin The Moo, The Corner Hotel, Northcote Social Club and East Brunswick Club.
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Director,
North Street Music
WA
| Bourby began life as a classical viola player. Her career has been a rare mix of music and business: She was a founder member of the UK-based electric female string quartet, Bond, signed to Universal Records. After leaving the group, she moved to Australia and followed a corporate career, rising to senior management and completing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at UWA.
She now runs North Street Music, a music management, promotion and marketing firm; and is a Partner of North Street Productions, a company dedicated to producing and managing large scale concerts and events. North Street Productions also manages the Perth Symphony Orchestra. She is a sought-after presenter and lecturer. She lectures at WAAPA and regularly runs workshops for musicians on business skills in Australia and the UK. Bourby continues to advise on Business Development and Marketing at CEO level in the corporate world through North Street Consulting.
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| | Brad Wesson
Director,
Soundworks Touring
WA
| Soundworks Touring Australia, was started to fill the needs and desires of Australian metal fans to see more extreme metal bands tour Australia and from there it has risen very rapidly and respectfully amongst the scene of Australian concert touring and promotion.
As can be seen by the amount of tours conducted by Soundworks Touring, they are THE metal/heavy concert touring specialists through out Australasia. With a professional Soundworks team set up in every major Australian city as well as in New Zealand and South East Asia, Soundworks Touring can make sure that their touring acts concerns in these regions will be in the best of hands whilst delivering the loyal fans great priced top quality metal concerts time after time.
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Director,
Perfect Pitch Publishing
NSW
| Clive’s background is 30 plus years as a senior record & publishing executive (PolyGram/Universal/ABC/Shock Music Publishing). Clive is now partner & director of Perfect Pitch Publishing a company that specialises in the licensing & synchronization of music into film, television and advertising.
Clive’s reputation in the industry has created an enviable position at senior levels throughout the music industry both in Publishing and Record companies and has seen him peer voted onto key industry boards - AMCOS/AMPAL/PPCA/AIR).
Clive also lectures in Publishing & Broadcasting at the Australian Institute of Music (AIM Sydney) - Bachelor of Entertainment Management degree.
Clive’s connections extend globally and have been invaluable in cementing close ties with key international players on both sides of the business of music – record and publishing. Clive’s previous musical performance/studio career has also been advantage in understanding and communicating with writers and producers.
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Founder & Chief Creative
Director,
Timbre Group,
SINGAPORE
| Timbre Rock & Roots is a two-day evening festival held at the Marina Promenade, Singapore, featuring a host of world-class musicians, Grammy Awards winners and nominees.
Timbre Rock & Roots is a joint collaboration project between Timbre Music (of Timbre Group) and Bluesfest, the organiser behind one of the world’s most prominent music festivals, Bluesfest (Byron Bay, Australia) headed by its festival director, Peter Noble.
Timbre Music has been presenting a myriad of artists through its Timbre chain of live music bars and a strong portfolio of music events since its inception. Rock & Roots is a true testament to Timbre Music’s mandate of bringing quality musicians to Singapore audiences regardless of artists’ origins.
It all started when Danny Loong (Timbre Group's Chief Creative Director) with his former band Ublues Band) performed at Bluesfest 2004. Ublues Band was the first ever band from Asia to perform at the festival and was placed on the main stage alongside performances by soul icon, James Brown among other amazing bands. Since then, Danny and Peter kept in touch and the idea of organising a festival in Singapore was mooted. This eventually became a possibility in 2008 and the partners then spent the next two years creating Timbre Rock & Roots.
Timbre Rock & Roots is a collaboration derived from mutual respect and the passion for music, and will be hoisting the many flags of talent from all over the world.
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Senior Solicitor,
Arts Law Centre of
Australia
NSW
| Delwyn is the Senior Solicitor at the Arts Law Centre of Australia. She has a Masters degree in law from Columbia University in New York where her study focused on human rights and moral rights. Originally from Western Australia, Delwyn has over 20 years’ experience working for law firms in the US and Australia and in the public sector.
A substantial part of her work at Arts Law is for Artists in the Black – Arts Law’s ground breaking project providing legal advice and resources to Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island artists, musicians, writers, performers and filmmakers. Established in 2004, this program provides detailed information on areas of copyright, Indigenous cultural intellectual property (ICIP), moral rights and contracts. In recent years, AITB has expanded to include education workshops and a wills program targeting Indigenous visual artists. These are conducted nationally and provide invaluable assistance to artists and their families.
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| | Gareth Stuckey
Tour Co-ordinator,
Civil Society;
Front of House Engineer/
Tour Manager,
Tim Finn / Brooke Fraser;
Director,
Gigpiglet Productions
| Over the past 12 years, Gareth Stuckey has become a household name as an Engineer and Production Manager in the Australian music industry. Gareth is currently Tour Co-ordinator for Civil Society, looking after acts such as The XX, Pink Martini, Sia, Death Cab for Cutie, Patrick Watson, The National and the many more. He was formally the Production Manager of the Day On The Green festival, dealing with artists as diverse as Jimmy Barnes, Lionel Ritchie, Chris Isaak and Crosby Stills and Nash.
Gareth is currently also Front of House Engineer and Tour Manager for Tim Finn and Brooke Fraser, and has done the same thing for bands such as george, Evermore and Thirsty Merc.
For 7 years Gareth held arguably the most difficult anddangerous job in Australian music: he was Front of House and Tour Manager for Machine Gun Fellatio.
In 2004 Gareth – aka the Gigpiglet – established Gigpiglet Recordings and built his own recording facility mixing and recording projects for the likes of Pinky Beecroft, Shane Nicholson, Thirsty Merc, The Beautiful Girls, Lyrics Born, Missy Higgins and the John Butler Trio. Gigpiglet Recordings also manages the careers of Alex Lloyd, Pinky Beecroft, Jack Carty and Athron.
Gareth recently set up Gigpiglet Presents, a company formed to handle touring and promoting events throughout Australia with clients including NOVA radio, National Geographic, Westpac Bank, World Wide Wrestling Federation, Murdoch Books and more.
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| | Glenn Dyson
Director,
Soundworks Touring
WA
| Soundworks Touring Australia, was started to fill the needs and desires
of Australian metal fans to see more extreme metal bands tour Australia
and from there it has risen very rapidly and respectfully amongst the
scene of Australian concert touring and promotion.
As can be
seen by the amount of tours conducted by Soundworks Touring, they are
THE metal/heavy concert touring specialists through out Australasia.
With a professional Soundworks team set up in every major Australian
city as well as in New Zealand and South East Asia, Soundworks Touring
can make sure that their touring acts concerns in these regions will be
in the best of hands whilst delivering the loyal fans great priced top
quality metal concerts time after time.
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Jimmy 'lips' Murphy
Promoter / Musician,
Funk Club / Think Twice
WA
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Jimmy ‘lips’ Murphy is a local promoter and musician. Having competed a bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and Management in 2001, Jimmy went on to study jazz at Western Australian Conservatorium of music in 2002. In 2003 Jimmy combined his love of music (funk/jazz/soul/afro/hiphop/etc) and his marketing knowledge and formed a non-profit, community organisation called ‘Funk Club Inc’ which operated a Friday night ‘club’ night at various venues around Perth featuring live, original groove based bands and DJs.
Funk Club was very successful and has created many career paths for the people involved in the club, within the music industry, including Jimmys, who went on to form a boutique promotions company called ‘Think Twice’ with local DJ and Funk Club resident Charlie Bucket. Think Twice specialise in boutique events; touring local and international artists nationally and hosting an array of events in Perth, within a broad genre set of ‘groove based music.’
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New York
| Kurtis Blow, one of the founders and creators of recorded rap, stands as an emerging leader in a new generation of rappers with street sense, social criticism, and commercial savvy. A timeless artist and hip hop legend, Kurtis Blow has been instrumental in raising up a generation of MC's.
In 1979, at the age of twenty, Kurtis Blow became the first Rapper to be signed by a major label. Besides his own work, Kurtis has been responsible for Rap hits by The Fat Boys and Run DMC. Love Bug Starski, Sweet Gee, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Full Force, Russell Simmons and Wyclef Jean all have been produced or have worked with Blow in the past.
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Luke Rinaldi
Director,
Sweet Mate Promotions
WA
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Luke Rinaldi runs Sweet Mate Promotions which manages the bands Capital City, Emperors, The Ghost Hotel and Red Jezebel. He has worked in various roles at The West Australian Music Industry Association including Act of Youth All Ages Coordinator, Kiss My WAMi Festival Coordinator and is currently the WAMi Festival Live Coordinator. Luke is the venue booker for the Rosemount Hotel, The Railway Hotel and The Swan Basement. Formerly the State Coordinator for the Music Manager's Forum Australia (Western Australian Branch), Luke was also the winner of the Golden WAMi award for contribution to the industry in 2003 & 2006.
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Manager of Finance,
Operations &
Administration,
PPCA
NSW
| Lynne Small has been with both the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Ltd (PPCA) and the Australian Recording Industry Association of Australia (ARIA) since 1996, and currently holds the position of Manager – Finance, Operations and Administration in both organisations.
Formerly Group Chief Accountant for Festival Records, Lynne is a CPA, holds a Business Degree in Accounting / Computing and an MBA from the AGSM.
Lynne has undertaken the role of Secretary/ Treasurer of the music industry based charity Support Act Limited (SAL) since 1998, and is an active member of SAL’s fundraising/events committee.
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Consultant IP,
Freehills
| Madeleen is a senior member of the Freehills IP team in Perth. Her practice involves advising on all intellectual property issues namely copyright, trade marks, passing off, patents, confidential information and designs including the commercialisation, protection and enforcement of those rights.
Madeleen has 14 years’ legal practice experience in private practice working on a broad range of trade mark, copyright and commercial matters. Madeleen joined Freehills in 2009 and her practice relates to trade mark registration and portfolio management, as well as clearance work for advertising and promotional campaigns, licensing and transfer transactions and conducting due diligence on IP matters . Madeleen’s experience includes advising large industrial and commercial enterprises, government agencies and universities on branding, copyright and contractual issues relation to intellectual property. She is a regular speaker for industry bodies and Universities on IP issues.
Madeleen holds Arts and Law degrees and is a South African qualified lawyer and trade mark attorney as well as a registered Australian trade mark attorney. She is admitted to practice law in Australia and South Africa.
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Owner / Label Manager,
Walking Horse Records,
WA
| After cutting his teeth at former WA label Qstik Records, where he managed New Rules for Boats and Superengine, and worked with The Panda Band, Matt Johnson started Walking Horse Records in 2009 with close friend Gareth Andersen. The Leederville-based label focuses on alt-country, folk and indie music and aims to pick up where Qstik left off, providing industry support to local talent. Currently, the Walking Horse stable includes Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo, The Ghost Hotel, Stereoflower and The Morning Night.
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| | Michael Szumowski
Head Of Creative
Development,
Alberts
NSW
| Michael is one of Australia’s most respected and diverse writer/producers, who has worked with artists and songwriters both locally & internationally across many different musical genres. He has had his songs recorded by artists here in Australia and in other territories such as Germany, France, Spain, Japan and more. As a composer he has written and produced music for television, animation and other visual media.
In his role as Head Of Creative Development with Alberts, Michael works hands on with Alberts songwriters to provide creative opportunities and guidance. Some of the artists and songwriters Michael has worked with include Old Man River, Seabellies, Gemma Ray, Lee Groves, Josh Pyke, Gemma Ray, Richard Clapton, Guy Sebastian, Vanessa Jade, The Veronicas.
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Lawyer,
creative | legal
VIC
| Michael is an experienced music, arts and entertainment lawyer who provides legal services to the creative industries. His clients include musicians, writers, labels, filmmakers, developers and entrepreneurs, and he advises on rights, contracts and disputes. He is creator of WAM’s free “Music and the Law” Legalease It! Resource and the “P.U.L.P.” free advice service and has worked at labels Mushroom/Liberation, Ivy League, Illusive and SONY BMG, and in WA with top tier lawyers Blake Dawson Waldron and specialist firms Garton-Smith/Owen and Owen Legal+Corporate. He broadcast on RTRFM for 10 years, including local music show Homegrown and new release show Out To Lunch, and served on the RTRFM Board for 6 years. Having grown up in the West, he spends time in Perth and Melbourne, assisting clients to access opportunities in each city.
creative | legal is an arts and entertainment law firm operating in Perth and Melbourne in the areas of music and film, as well as digital and online media, visual art and design, start-up businesses and technology innovation. It has provided legal services on the film Mad Bastards and music doco Something In The Water, The firm provides easily-accessed legal assistance to artists at fee structures suitable to creative industries, and has the overall goal of supporting and assisting creative practitioners to achieve career goals and creative objectives. It provides regular free legal advice to creative industries through the “P.U.L.P.” (‘Pop Up Legal Practice’) service.
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Founder & Creative
Director,
Sonic Lolly
WA
| Noah Shilkin is a recording artist, songwriter/composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and music supervisor. After 23 years working internationally Noah returned home to be with family – and his new studio “The Lollybox” in Margaret River, WA. He has composed for the likes of Nike, Chevrolet, Calvin Klein, General Motors, Disney, Nelvana, ESPN, CBC, VTV, playwright Harold Pinter and the artist Robert Rauschenberg. Noah has worked with international recording artists ranging from Alanis Morissette to AC/DC and was keyboardist for legendary New Zealand cult band Mother Goose. His song-writing catalogue boasts more than 300 songs and includes the Voodoo Opera "Under a Mardi Gras Moon."
A love of technology has put Noah at the forefront in the field of computers and music and he has consulted to Apple, Digidesign, Emu Systems and New England Digital. Industry affiliations include WAM, SOCAN, BMI, FACTOR, AES and Canada Arts Council where he has worked in many capacities ranging from song reviewer, panellist, guest speaker and educator. Logging over 3000 live performances around the world he continues to play to a loyal following just because it’s fun and as he says, “That’s where it all starts.”
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Booking Agent,
Premier Artists,
VIC
| Pat Delves works at Premier as a booking agent where he represents many artists including Drapht, Wagons, The Scientists of Modern Music, Kim Salmon + The Surrealists/The Scientists, Died Pretty, Resin Dogs, The Fauves, The Spazzys, Even, Kill Devil Hills, Dave Graney and many more. He has also spent the last ten years as a producer and presenter on Melbourne radio station Triple R’s ‘Off The Record’ & ‘Livewire’.
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Artists Administrator
/ Publicist,
Fairbridge Festival,
WA
| Originally from England, Phoebe Corke runs a music management, booking, publicity and event business in Fremantle as well as working as a violinist. She has been involved with Fairbridge Festival as artists administrator and publicist since 2009.
Her client list includes Dave Mann, The Fancy Brothers, Tonchi, Neil Murray, Ash Grunwald, Hussy Hicks, The Justin Walshe Folk Machine, Tijuana Cartel, Matt Gresham, Toby and more. She books and promotes over 50 gigs a year, runs Gimme Shelter - an annual fundraiser for the homeless, and was the Festival Director of Earthdance WA.
Since moving to Fremantle in 2005 she has played the violin with a wide variety of performers including Shane Howard, Neil Murray, John Butler, Bomba, TinPan Orange, Carus, Saritah, Tijuana Cartel, Ganga Giri, Hussy Hicks, Loren and A French Butler Called Smith. She also works regularly as a recording session artist.
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Producer / Engineer,
Soundbaker Studios
WA
| Rob Agostini has been actively involved in studio recording, producing & mixing for around 13 years over a variety of genres including pop, folk, rock and electronica. A majority of his productions have achieved radio airplay (high rotation) or synchronisation with TV/film both locally and internationally.
Being a very hands-on producer/engineer, Rob enjoys bringing songs to life in the studio with artists/bands through pre-production and producing a cohesive commercial sound with strong and memorable performances.
Rob’s studio credits include: Tim & Jean, Siki Daha, The Yabu Band, Blanche DuBois, Yunyu, Naomi Pigram, Ryan Webb, Luna Parade & The Mummy 3 video game. Since 2000 he has been running his own studio, Soundbaker.
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International Business
Development,
88TC88 / GigMaven /
Brasil Music Exchange /
CMJ Networks /
Music with Subtitles,
New York
| Robert Singerman has been serving music for over 30 years as an entrepreneur, pioneer, agent, manager, label and non-profit executive, consultant, producer, venue programmer and music supervisor. Known for discovering and developing talent, he's represented R.E.M., Gipsy Kings, James Brown, Suzanne Vega, Sun Ra, Violent Femmes, Smithereens, Fela Kuti and King Sunny Ade, along with others from punk, dance, metal, jazz, world, rap to rock.
Recognized as one of the main proponents of new jazz, new wave and world music from the late 70's and '80's, he's spoken at conferences and panels worldwide, from Brazil to Australia, including SXSW, Midem, CMJ, NMS, CMW, Digital Hollywood and the World Cultural Economic Forum.
From 2004, he created and directed a pilot office for the EU: European Music Office, US and served as Director of French Music Export Office in North America until January 2009. Singerman’s now focused on giving music subtitles, (lyric translations), so music becomes truly universal, as in China.
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Course Co-ordinator,
Music Industry Training,
Central Institute of
Technology
WA
| Scott Adam has been working in the music business for more than 15 years as an artist manager, record label owner and lecturer. Prior to starting WA's first qualifications in music business at the Central Institute of Technology’s Centre for Music Industry Training (CMIT), Scott headed up Qstik Records & Management, a business that worked to develop distribution, marketing and touring networks for WA artists. One such act was The Panda Band who toured to the USA three times and the UK twice, signed to Filter / Fontana and released two CD's across Australia and North America in the four years they worked with Qstik Management.
These days, Scott is training up-and-coming music agents, managers and administrators through the Certificate IV and Diploma courses run at the Leederville Campus of the Central Institute of Technology. He is currently developing a combination of classroom and workplace based training culminating in an internship program at the end of the Diploma and has been setting up various industry partnerships to benefit the employment and experience opportunities for his students.
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Shareena Hanuman
Lawyer,
Mossenons
WA
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Shareena practices in civil and commercial litigation and dispute resolution, as well as insolvency and intellectual property matters and disputes. She has experience in dealing with various issues relating to artists and festivals such as Summadayze and the Big Day Out.
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Marketing and Promotions
Manager,
Sandcastle Music
NSW
| Skye Riggs started out in the music industry working with artists who were socially active through her role as a youth advocate. After a few years in artist management Skye joined Sandcastle Music as Manager of Marketing and Promotions. In this role Skye works closely in the development of strategy for artists on the label as well as promoting the published catalogue for sync. Sandcastle Music work with artists such as Abbe May, The Paper Scissors and Dead Letter Chorus as well as the Elefant Traks (Urthboy, Horrorshow, The Herd etc), Warp (!!!, PVT, Bibio) and Vitamin (Pieta Brown, Lucie Thorne) catalogues.
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Owner,
Razor Blade Music
WA
| Signed as a musician/composer to Gary Numan’s ‘Numa’ Records label at a young age Tony Edwards has since gone on to enjoy a 20 year career in the music industry including a 10 year tenure at EMI Records in London. Working in Sales/Promotions & A&R Tony gained invaluable inside knowledge while helping to further the careers of many major artists including Radiohead, Crowded House & Robbie Williams.
Since leaving EMI Tony has achieved international recognition as a Producer/Remixer, run a studio & Independent label, managed bands and is in demand as a guest speaker/lecturer on the music industry in Australia. A co-organiser of the WA Music Management Community and owner of Razor Blade Music Consultancy Tony strives to educate & empower young musicians while continually educating himself on the ever changing musical landscape.
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