The third annual Face The Music conference, put on by The Push, has confirmed Living End and Children Collide manager Rae Harvey, Glastonbury Music Festival booker Malcolm Hayes and MGM founder Sebastian Chase its first round of speakers.
The Face The Music Conference is a non-profit event with music industry experts giving their advice.The Push's General Manager Peter Chellew says, "We are thrilled to have some of the country's most high profile industry people on board, generously sharing their time and experience."
"They will be joined by another 30 guest speakers to be announced in the coming weeks," he says, "including special program announcements with our key partners organisations AWME (Australasian World Music Expo), Music Victoria, APRA/AMCOS, AIR and Arts Law Centre of Australia."
Round one of speakers includes:
Sebastian Chase, MGM – The Groove Merchants, Owner/CEO,
Malcolm Haynes, Glastonbury Music Festival, Festival Booker,
Rebekah Campbell, Scorpio Music Management, Founder (Operator Please, Lisa Mitchell, Evermore), Posse.com, Founder/CEO,
Christie Eliezer, Billboard, The Music Network and Beat Magazine, Industrial Strength Columnist/Music Journalist,
David Vodicka, Media Arts Lawyers, Lawyer, Rubber Records, Owner,
Lars Brandle, Billboard Magazine, Bureau Chief for Australasia,
Brett Murrihy, Artist Voice Agency (Empire Of The Sun, The Temper Trap), Co-Founder,
Rae Harvey, Crucial Music/Redcat Sounds, (The Living End, Gyroscope, Children Collide), Management,
Richard Moffat, Way Over There (The Falls, Parklife, The Corner), Booker/Programmer,
Evan Davis, Village Sounds (Powderfinger, The Vines, Washington), Booking Agent,
Catherine Haridy, Management (Eskimo Joe, Bob Evans),
Millie Millgate, Sounds Australia, Export Music Producer,
Graham Nixon, Resist Records, (Parkway Drive, 50 Lions), Owner/Label Manager,
The event will take place at The Arts Centre in Melbourne on the 19th and 20th of November.
