Face The Music

Germany Named First Music Passport Partner For Victoria

Germany has been named as the first Music Passport country with the countries music industry reps heading to Melbourne for the Face The Music conference.

Tagged as: Australia, Face The Music, Germany, music conference, music industry

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Melbourne’s Music Conference Face The Music Returns For 10th Year

by Noise11.com

Victoria’s Face The Music conference will be back for a 10th year in November.

Tagged as: Australia, Face The Music, music industry

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Face The Music Release Program Details

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s Face The Music music conference has released more information about panels and artists for 2016.

Tagged as: 2016, Face The Music, Face The Music Release Program Details, music conference, music industry, Victoria

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Robert Forster To Speak At Face The Music 2016

by Paul Cashmere

Robert Forster of The Go-Betweens will speak at the Face The Music conference in Melbourne in November.

Tagged as: Face The Music, music news, Robert Forster, Robert Forster To Speak At Face The Music 2016, The Go-Betweens

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Steve Albini To Speak At Face The Music

by Paul Cashmere

Nirvana recording engineer Steve Albini is heading to Melbourne as keynote speaker for the Face The Music conference.

Tagged as: Australia, Face The Music, Melbourne, music news, Steve Albini

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Face The Music: Day Two Wrap Up

by Anthony Barton

The second and final day of the Face The Music conference gave us something to look forward to next year, following a hugely successful sixth outing.

Tagged as: Air, Courtney Barnett, Face The Music, Kite String tangle, Sounds Australia, The Preachers

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Face The Music: Day One Wrap Up

by Anthony Barton

In its sixth year, Face The Music has brought together music industry leaders to discuss ideas and the issues affecting the industry.

Tagged as: Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes, Dan Sultan, Face The Music, Ken West, Matt Gudinski, Michael Gudinski

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Dan Rosen and Artist Manager John Watson To Speak At Face The Music

by Paul Cashmere

The Face The Music conference has announced the first round of speakers with ARIA’s Dan Rosen and John Watson of Eleven/John Watson Management heading up with list.

Tagged as: ARIA, Dan Rosen, Eleven, Face The Music, John Watson

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Kimbra, BDO 2012 - image by Ros O'Gorman

Kimbra And AJ Maddah Face The Music For 2012

by Announcement

With the likes of AJ Maddah, Kimbra, Dom Alessio, Clare Bowditch, Chet Faker, Johann Ponniah, Weddings Parties Anything, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and key note speaker Martin Atkins gracing the stages of Face The Music it is not surprising that Melbourne’s premier music conference is now completely sold out, with over 800 delegates

Tagged as: AJ Maddah, Chet Faker, Clare Bowditch, Dom Alessio, Face The Music, Kimbra, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, Weddings Parties Anything

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AJ Maddah On Harvest, Twitter And His Quest For The Perfect Festival

by Claire Hennekam

Soundwave boss and self-confessed Twitter addict, AJ Maddah, made a rare appearance on stage at Melbourne’s Face The Music conference on Friday, offering his thoughts on his festivals, his love-hate relationship with social media and how he’s driven by a need to create the perfect festival.

Tagged as: AJ Maddah, Face The Music, Harvest, Soundwave

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Clare Bowditch: Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Clare Bowditch And Millie Millgate To Speak At Face The Music

by Paul Cashmere

Australian singer songwriter Clare Bowditch has been announced as a speaker at the Face The Music conference in Melbourne next week.

Tagged as: Clare Bowditch, Face The Music, Millie Millgate

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Face The Music Full Program Announced

by Announcement

This week sees the launch of Face The Music’s full program, as Melbourne gets set to host one of the most important events on the Victorian music calendar this November.

Tagged as: Charles Jenkins, Face The Music, Mark Seymour

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Kimbra and AJ Maddah To Speak At Face The Music

by Paul Cashmere

The Face The Music conference in Melbourne has announced Kimbra as well as Soundwave’s AJ Maddah in conversation for this year’s event.

Tagged as: AJ Maddah, Face The Music, Kimbra, Soundwave

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Face The Music Announce Speakers Martin Atkins And Almudena Heredero

by Andrew Tijs

Melbourne’s premier music conference Face The Music announce PiL’s Martin Atkins and Primavera Sound’s Almudena Heredero.

Tagged as: Almudena Heredero, conference, Face The Music, Martin Atkins, Melbourne, music industry, PiL, Primavera Sound

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Brent Grulke 2011, Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

R.I.P. Brent Grulke Of SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

There is sad news for the music industry to report this morning. Brent Grulke, the creative director of SXSW, has died at the age of 52.

Tagged as: Brent Grulke, Face The Music, SXSW

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Paul Mac, Henry Wagons, Jon Toogood To Speak At Face The Music

by Tim Cashmere

The Face The Music conference in Melbourne next month will feature musicians offering first hand advice for industry newbies.

Tagged as: Australia, Face The Music, Henry Wagons, industry, Jon Toogood, Melbourne, Paul Mac

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SXSW’s Brent Grulke Coming For Face The Music

by Paul Cashmere

At this year’s Face The Music conference in Melbourne, I will be hosting the keynote address with international guest Brent Grulke, the creative director of SXSW.

Tagged as: Australia, Brent Grukle, Face The Music, Melbourne, music conference, SXSW, The Push

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Robbie Williams at A Day On The Green Geelong 2023 photo by Winston Robinson

Robbie Williams To Perform For Sydney New Years Eve Show

Robbie Williams has returned to Australia for a performance at the ABC’s New Years Eye show from Sydney.

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Dear Evan Hansen Is A Difficult Story Told Extremely Well

I haven’t see the movie ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ but reviews were not great and it was a box office failure. From what I read, nepotism in casting and a superficial interpretation of the original storyline meant the translation to movie missed the point. That said, the stage show hits the mark.

2 days ago

Watch Leo Sayer’s Meredith Performance From 7 December 2024

70s legend Leo Sayer took his celebrated classics to the Meredith Music Festival earlier this month.

4 days ago

Wanstock Is Back For 2025 With The Babys and Baby Animals

Wanstock, Geoff Wansbrough’s celebration of the pub rock era, will return to Doncaster in Melbourne in 2025 with not only Britain’s The Babys but also Australia’s Baby Animals, Taxiride featuring Jason Singh, Mi-Sex and Ted Mulry Gang.

5 days ago

What To Expect From The 2025 Kylie Minogue Tour

Kylie Minogue has teased details of her upcoming 2025 tour.

6 days ago

Brett Garsed Didn’t Know Who Ozzie and Harriet Was When He Joined Nelson

Australian guitarist Brett Garsed had no idea of the legacy of the Nelson family when he joined Matthew and Gunnar Nelson’s band Nelson in the mid 80s.

December 16, 2024

Jimmy Barnes Granddaughter Ruby Rodgers Premieres Her Debut Song ‘Hits The Heart’

Ruby Rodgers, the 15-year old daughter of Mahalia Barnes and Ben Rodgers and the granddaughter of Jane and Jimmy Barnes, has released her debut single ‘Hits The Heart’.

December 13, 2024

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