Program

Making Records That Matter

Wednesday, 12 September 2012 3:30 PM

The Judith Wright Centre - Performance Space

Surely this is all that matters, right? The way artists communicate with their fans has been, and always will be, cyclical in its nature. This panel is not about the music industry. This panel is inspired to discuss examples of the greatest albums of all time and how they came to be and where the next ones are coming from.

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

Nick DiDia - Studios 301 (AUS)

Since moving to Los Angeles in 1991, then to Atlanta in 1996, Nick DiDia has engineered some of the greatest rock records of the decade, including multiple albums for Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine, Stone Temple Pilots , Train, and Incubus, to name a few. Along the way he also produced, engineered, and mixed albums for Powderfinger, The Living End, Brad, Nine Days, Trial Kennedy, Katie Noonan, Rose Hill Drive and others, which collectively have resulted in over 35 million…


Scott Horscroft - EMI Music / Archangelsky Music Mgmt / Forgotten Valley Music Studio (AUS)

Acclaimed Record Producer, Studio Owner, A&R Executive and Artist Manager Scott Horscroft’s multi-faceted career started with completing an Honours degree in Visual Arts, and spending time abroad conceptualising and constructing Virtual Sound Installations.

Having attained such diverse knowledge and hands on experience, Scott began lecturing at a variety of colleges and universities, specialising in music composition, sound design, production techniques and music technology. He also spent …


Ed Kuepper - Artist (AUS)

To describe Ed Kuepper's career in terms of his unique artistic vision is to understate the impact of his significant influence on contemporary music. His career has spanned over three decades, beginning in 1973 when he formed the original version of The Saints in Brisbane Australia.

Recording that ground breaking bands first single [I’m] Stranded on the bands own label in 1976, and following with three highly original albums. In 1978 Kuepper returned to Australia and formed what in …


Jeff Martin - The Tea Party/Jeff Martin Productions (AUS)

Jeff Martin, the musician, has been labeled everything from “child prodigy”, “virtuoso guitarist”, “singer with perfect pitch” to “the devil’s child”, and “an occult reincarnation”. Born in Ontario (Canada) in 1969 Jeff Martin has music and melody in his bloodlines and has dedicated his entire life to music production, winning praise and fans in all corners of the world.

Jeff Martin, the producer, is celebrating 20 years since becoming the youngest ever producer of an EMI record (Splendor …


Steven Schram - Producer (AUS)

“Inimitable” has been used to describe Steven Schram's bold style of music production. An ardent believer in performance and imperfection avoiding the sterile end result of over refinement, Steven prefers to place his faith in the artists? abilities and his own engineering skill and forethought rather than heavily rely on manipulation by modern recording technologies.

A fearless approach to production and mixing and an unmistakable sonic character has yielded multiple ARIA nominations, top …