Program

Live Music Globally - The Ever Changing Landscape

Wednesday, 12 September 2012 11:30 AM

Cloudland Moon Room

Over the last decade the music industry has put a lot of pressure on live music fans as its saviour. The global live music landscape is ever-changing; it requires real success stories and will never be able to rest on it’s laurels. Our panel covers a gamut of styles and features some of the most successful and innovative promoters of the past, present and future.

Facilitated By

Emily York - Penny Drop (AUS)

Penny Drop are a tour promoter located in Melbourne, Australia. They provide bands with full service Australian tours with partners in New Zealand and Asia. They are renowned for developing a market for locally untested international acts and creatively touring more established artists.

Penny Drop have had the pleasure of working with artists such as; Animal Collective, Architecture In Helsinki, Black Lips, Dirty Projectors, First Aid Kit, Girl Talk, Jens Lekman, Joanna Newsom, Matt and Kim, …


Speakers

Anthony Edwards - Clockwork Entertainment (AUS)

Anthony is a founding creator of Clockwork Entertainment with business partner Greg Connors. After many years in the entertainment industry and of literally working their way through the festival scene from the bottom up, the pair made the bold step to begin with a solely Australian Hip Hop festival. Beginning in 2011 SPRUNG Festival has quickly become the flagship event for Australian Hip Hop and Clockwork Entertainment with exponential growth for 2012. Anthony brings a wealth of eclectic …


Martin Elbourne - The Great Escape / Glastonbury Festival (GBR)

Martin Elbourne is one of the main bookers for Glastonbury Festival, creative director and co founder of the Great Escape in Brighton (europe’s leading showcase festival), co founder of M for Montreal and co-founder of NH7, India's leading new music festival. Advisor/consultant to Lovebox, Guilfest and Jersey Live.

He started promoting bands in the late seventies while at Bristol University. He founded the bristol recorder (label magazine). In 1982 he co-promoted the first WOMAD festival …


David Jimenez-Zumalacarregui - Heart Of Gold/Primavera (ESP)

Born in Madrid, David Jimenez-Zumalacarregui (1971) studied Advertising and Public Relations in the Faculty of Information Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid (1190-1997.) During this time he worked as a DJ in different bars in the Malasaña district of Madrid where he was heavily involved in the underground music scene. At the beginning of the 1990´s he began promoting shows and organizing tours for international bands. During his final years at university he created his own …


Richard Moffat - Way Over There (AUS)

Richard is a programmer for Way Over There, an independent music programming operation representing local venues and national Australian music festivals. Some of their clients include The Falls Music & Arts Festival, Southbound, St Kilda Festival, Parklife, Groovin' The Moo, The Corner Hotel, Northcote Social Club and Workers Club.


Peter Noble - Bluesfest (AUS)

Peter Noble is one of the Australian music industry’s pioneers and legends. Noble has worked in many areas of the music business including record producing, touring artists through his company Bluesfest Touring, artist management, setting up the Australian Artists Agency in the early 70’s, event site development and festival presentations all over Australia and SE Asia, where he currently presents the Singapore Rock 'N Roots Festival. As the Director of Byron Bay's multi award winning music …


Joe Porn - Music Glue (GBR)

Joe Porn* has been working at Music Glue for the past four and a half years focusing on artists, venues, promoters and festivals, helping them get the most out of the Music Glue platform. Previously he played drums for Sufjan Stevens in New York City, ran a youth crime prevention program in London and promoted a guilty pleasures club night for 4 years. * Joe is half Thai his full last name is Vesayaporn (seriously:)