Face The Music unveils first speakers

16 September 2010

The Push has announced the first round of speakers at Melbourne’s Face The Music Conference and Industry Summit for later this year (November 19-20).

The special guest speakers will include:

• 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.

Now in its third year, the non-profit event will feature 30 more representatives from the media and music industries, which are to be announced in the coming weeks. The two-day conference and industry summit will also include keynote presentations, panel discussions, one-on-one artist development interviews, music showcases and networking sessions.

“No matter what level or stage of a career, Face The Music will provide artists and music industry workers with the relevant information and tools to take them to the next level!” says The Push’s General Manager, Peter Chellew.

Earlybird Registration to purchase tickets are available until October 10 for $60 or $45 for Conc/Push/Music Victoria/APRA/AIR/FReeZA/FReeZACentral/MMF Members. To register head to thepush.com.au.

Final Release Registration tickets go on sale October 11 to November 18 for $80 or $60 for Conc/Push/Music Victoria/APRA/AIR/FReeZA/FReeZACentral/MMF Members.