Face The Music program features ’Focus on The Living End’
Face The Music has announced its full conference program will feature an in-depth conversation with all three members of The Living End.
Presented by APRA AMCOS, ’Focus on The Living End’ will see Chris Cheney, Scott Owen and Andy Strachan – with their longtime manager Rae Harvey – discuss the stories behind their songs, their songwriting process, the highs and lows and their upcoming seventh album.
Face The Music will open its two-day conference in Melbourne next month with a study of the Australasian artists who infiltrated international markets this year. ’I Come From A Band Down Under’ will see people who work closest with Lorde, The Presets and Courtney Barnett discuss the new interest in Australasian music.
Back again this year is the Splendour Forum Debate, which will pose the question: “Will there ever be another Elvis?” to Pinky Beecroft, Cherry Bomb author Jenny Valentish, publicity maven Chrissie Vincent, writers Marcus Teague and Jess McGuire and R.I.P Society’s Nic Warnock.
Taking part in this year’s twelve small group creative workshops and one-on-one industry meetings are: Kirin J Callinan, Gossling, Nai Palm (Hiatus Kaiyote), Tommy Spender, Oscar Key Sung, Alex Akers (Forces), Pip Norman, Matt Ridgway (Winterpark), MoMO (Diafrix), Tim Shiel (Faux Pas, Gotye) and Joelistics. Register at facethemusic.com.au.
Finally, Face The Music ha added 18 new speakers to the mix including Hazel Savage of Pandora, a new partner to the conference, music lawyers David Vodicka, Sean Mullins, Yasmin Naghavi and Darren Sanicki and Australia Council’s Ian Whitney.
FACE THE MUSIC 2014 SPEAKERS
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
Steve Albini – Artist / Engineer
Daddy Cool
Dave Batty – Custom Made / Artist Voice
Johann Ponniah – I OH YOU
Briese Abbott – Spark & Opus
Ben Thompson – Corner Presents
James Young – Cherry Bar, Yah Yahs
Antonia Sellbach – Love of Diagrams, Beaches
Harley Evans – Moshtix
Millie Millgate – Sounds Australia
Glenn Dickie – Sounds Australia
Chris Hatzis – 3RRR
Cara Williams – Beat
Chris Johnson – AMRAP/CBAA
Emma Telfer – The Office Of Good Design
Sophia Brous – Artist / Curator
Caleb Williams – Unified
Kirsty Rivers – APRA AMCOS
Yvette Myhill – AAM
Patrick Donovan – Music Victoria
Leigh Treweek – themusic.com.au
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
Jen Long – BBC Three / Radio 1
Helen Croome – Gossling
Evelyn Morris – Pikelet
Drew Wootton – The Panics
Stu Grant – Primitive Calculators
Rhett McLaren – The Hills Are Alive / Unified
Pete Williamson – Sabretusk
Tim Dalton – Collarts
John Wardle – National Live Music Office
Zac Abroms – Viceroyalty
Tom Harris – Whitesky
Shane Wickens – The Push
Sarah Guppy – This Much Talent
THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT
Ayisha Jaffer – Saiko Management
Marshall Betts – Windish Agency
Adam Lewis – Planetary Group
Underground Resistance
Edgar Froese – Tangerine Dream
Nai Palm – Artist, Hiatus Kaiyote
Henry Wagons – Artist, Wagons
Wally ’Meanie’ Kempton – Artist Manager
Oscar Key Sung – Artist
Georgie Powell – Youtube
Kirin J Callinan – Artist
Alek Akers – Artist
Will Larnach-Jones – Parallel Management
Rob Giovannoni – Select Music
Owen McKern – PBS FM
Matt Ridgway – Ableton Live User Group
Jess Ribeiro – Artist
Tony ‘Jack The Bear’ Mantz – Jack The Bears Deluxe Mastering
Vanessa Hutley – Music Rights Australia
Stuart Watters – AIR
Pam Thornback – Inertia
Scott Fitzsimons – themusic.com.au
Shaun Adams – Venue Booker
Henry Compton – The Orchard
Nick Clarke – Music Journalist / Presenter
FOURTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mikey Cahill – Herald Sun
Daniel Nevin – AIR
Hazel Savage – Pandora
Frank Rodi – APRA AMCOS
Karen Conrad – Karen Conrad Publicity
Martin Boulton – The Age
Damian Cunningham – National Live Music Office
Natalie Dodds – Freelance Publicist
Ross Irwin – Musician
Ellen Kirk – Bolster Music
Ian Whitney – Australia Council
Darren Sanicki – GI & Sanicki Lawyers
Moira McKenzie – GI & Sanicki Lawyers
Sean Mullins – Studio Legal
Yasmin Naghavi – Media Arts Lawyers
David Vodika – Media Arts Lawyers
Katie Besgrove – Studio Legal
Face The Music 2014 takes place at Arts Centre Melbourne on Friday November 14th & Saturday 15th. Tickets are available from www.facethemusic.com.au