Program

A Case Study in GROUPLOVE

Wednesday, 12 September 2012 2:00 PM

The Judith Wright Centre – Theatre Rehearsal Room

GROUPLOVE, one of the most exciting new bands in the world today are based in California, but formed from the far four corners of the globe. GROUPLOVE’s mate and manager, Nicky Berger has made the trip to join us for a case study on one of the more unique stories of modern music.

Facilitated By

Steve Bell - Street Press Australia (AUS)

Steve has been the editor of Brisbane's Time Off magazine - Australia's oldest street press publication - for over five years, and in that time he's abused his credentials enough to see Pavement 11 times in six countries, observe Weezer on a cruise ship in the Caribbean and run rampant at a slew of overseas festivals. The second he works out how to use his position to either appear on The Simpsons or help St Kilda win a premiership you will never see him at BigSound again, but until then you're …


Speakers

Nicky Berger - Berger Management (USA)

Ben and Nicky Berger, ages 25 and 23 respectively, started the Los Angeles based management company, Berger Management in 2010. They have managed their client, GROUPLOVE, since its inception and have fostered their career from being local Los Angeles favorites to worldwide tours and a Gold single (“Tongue Tied”) in Australia. After graduating from Vanderbilt University Ben worked for a music supervisor in Los Angeles and was responsible for syncing music for television shows such as HBO’s “…