Q Music

Speakers

Wednesday, 18 October 2006
TIME	FORUM	SPEAKERS
9:00 AM	Registration Open
10:30 AM	Opening Key Note Address : Seymour Stein with Glenn A Baker Mr Seymour Stein, VP Sire/Warners Music (USA) Q&A hosted by Glenn A Baker	Seymour Stein - Vice President, Warner Brothers Records / President, Sire Records (USA) Glenn A Baker (NSW)
12:00 PM	Free Lunch Sponsored by: SONIC BIDS
1:30 PM	Panel Discussion and Q&A: Is A&R Dead? Whatever Happened to Artist Development? Is A&R dead? Whatever happened to artist development?	Stuart McCullough (Qld) Courtney Hard (NSW) Sat Bisla (USA) Stephen Foster - Program & Events Manager, Tanks Arts Centre (AUS) John Mullen (QLD)
3:00 PM	Presentation & Case Study : Building a musicians audience - Tools, Tips and Tricks Key Note Presentation by: Monte Heubsch Building a musicians audience - Tools, Tips and Tricks Incorporates detailed online Case Study: Edward Guglielmino This presentation explores the "no cost" way to identify and expand a musicians audience using: My Space Blogs	Monte Heubsch (Qld) Edward Guglielmino
4:00 PM	Networking Event – Time Off and VB Aussie BBQ Sponsored by : Time Off Magazine and Carlton United
6:00 PM	Conference Showcase Program

Thursday, 19 October 2006
TIME	FORUM	SPEAKERS
9:00 AM	Registration Open
9:30 AM	Documentary Film Screening : Nabarlek on Tour "Nabarlek On Tour" courtesy Skinnyfish Music In 2004 Nabarlek (the garage band that never had a garage) embarked on an epic seven week tour of regional and remote communities of Western Australia. The story of that tour is the story of a band a long way from home breaking new ground. Many ...
10:30 AM	(AIR Independent Label Summit) Key Note Address - Crossing Borders: International Music Discovery in the Digital Marketplace The digital music marketplace provides great promise for independent and niche music to reach new audiences around the world. The unlimited shelf space of new online music stores like iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, and the like frees artists and labels of the distribution constraints and territorial lim ...	Kevin Arnold (USA)
11:00 AM	(AIR Independent Label Summit) Panel Discussion and Q&A - The Future of Digital Music: What You NEED to Know Presented by AIR The digital slice of the Australian market is currently sitting at around 3-4% with global sales of 7-8%. Why then is there so much attention paid to this small but burgeoning sector. Delivery mechanisms are changing and morphing before they even hit the market and with ...	Kevin Arnold (USA) Ray Farrell (USA) Sander Shalinsky (Canada) Charlie Chan (NSW) Ben Butler (VIC) Charles Caldas (VIC)
12:30 PM	Free Lunch Sponsored by: Canadian Music Week, CIRPA (Canadian Independent Record Labels Assoc), CAAMA (Canadian Association For The Advancement Of Music & The Arts www.caama.org) and the Canadian Consulate General.
1:30 PM	(AIR Independent Label Summit) Break Out Panel Sessions - Creating BUZZ in the digital age So, your band is on Myspace and you've got great reviews out on various music fan sites. Soon you'll be selling millions of copies of your album, right? As more audio and video becomes available online, finding the quality content becomes more difficult. Whether through search engines, recommendatio ...	Tim Marshall (Australia) Ben Butler (VIC) James Davies (UK) Daniel Simmons (Australia) Grace Roberts (VIC) Jim Schultz (USA)
1:30 PM	Break Out Panel Sessions - FESTIVALS - how do you get a slot and then get the most out of the experience?	Chanel Lucas (NSW) Evan Davis (NSW) Rhoda Roberts (Qld) Richard Moffat - Manager, Way Over There (AUS) Peter Noble - Festival Director, Bluesfest and Founder & CEO, AIM Records (AUS) Paul Grabowsky (Qld/Vic)
1:30 PM	Break Out Panel Sessions - Touring Regional Queensland – can we build it? Yes we can! As the most dispersed state in Australia a healthy regional touring circuit opens pathways for acts to develop audiences throughout the state and not just the south east corner. Stake holders come together to look at ways forward. Includes a presentation on the successful MusicNSW model “VROOM” as a ...	Tracy Redhead - VROOM / Music NSW (AUS) Manny Kyriakidis (Qld) Rose Pearse (Qld) Jennifer Pender (NT) Nicholas Mills (Qld) Craig Rogers (Qld)
1:30 PM	Break Out Panel Sessions - MEDIA - why you HAVE to get it right! With all the talk of new media opportunities, myspace etc what is the role of traditional print & broadcast media for emerging and established artists? Tips and insights on accessing the media for the exposure you need to get.	Evan Alexander (QLD) Chris Harms (Qld) Jo Bell (QLD) Kellie Lloyd (QLD) Derryn Knuckey (Qld) Noel Mengel - Chief Music Writer, The Courier Mail (AUS) Jaddan Comerford - Owner / Co-director, Boomtown Records / The Staple Group (AUS)
3:00 PM	(AIR Independent Label Summit) Break Out Workshop Sessions - eMusic.com eMusic.com - beyond the mainstream – selling music with the #1 independent music site in the world. What is it, how does it work and why is everyone, especially iTunes paying attention?	Ray Farrell (USA)
3:00 PM	Break Out Workshop Sessions - International Touring - Logistics how to be sure you get from A to B	Alistair Cranney - Director, SongFront (AUS) Andy Rantzen (NSW) Rob Zifarelli (Canada) Jordan Verzar - Manager, Top Shelf Management (AUS) Peter Robertson (Qld)
3:00 PM	Break Out Workshop Sessions - What is the future of Print Music Publishing? Presented by AMPAL	Norm Luri (NSW) Kendra Baylis (Qld) Ian Evans (Qld)
3:00 PM	Break Out Workshop Sessions - Hands on Deck 1 - Unpacking the tools you need for success Presented by The Transit Lounge	Greg Dodge (Qld) Sally Dobson (Qld) Derryn Knuckey (Qld) Rick Chazan (Qld) Stephen Green (Qld) Joe Wooley (Qld) James O'Brien (Qld)
3:00 PM	Break Out Workshop Sessions - Digitizing 101 - Prepare your music for digital delivery and get noticed Presented by AIR	Charlie Chan (NSW)
4:00 PM	Caffeine Break
4:30 PM	Panel Discussion and Q&A - Which Way North? Canada and the UK Exposed	Alistair Cranney - Director, SongFront (AUS) Phillip Hardy (UK) Rob Zifarelli (Canada) James Davies (UK) Sander Shalinsky (Canada) Neill Dixon (CANADA) Cori Ferguson (Canada)
4:30 PM	Break Out Workshop Sessions - Hands on Deck 2 - Support Associations - what do they offer you? Presented by The Transit Lounge	Derryn Knuckey (Qld) Emma Carton (Qld) Stephen Foster - Program & Events Manager, Tanks Arts Centre (AUS) Matt Connors (Qld) David Waters
6:00 PM	Conference Showcase Program

Friday, 20 October 2006
TIME	FORUM	SPEAKERS
9:00 AM	Registration Open
9:30 AM	Documentary Film Screening : "Skip Hop" SKIP HOP Directed by Oriel Guthrie An in-depth documentary on Aussie Hip-Hop, Skip Hop focuses on the many elements of the culture, music, dance, fashion and the message. It explores the popularity of Hip-Hop from the male and female perspective right down to the younger generations at pri ...
10:30 AM	Key Note Address Miller London – President Urban Network (USA) Hip Hop & Urban Music . . . where has it come from, where is it going next and why is Australian Hip Hop identity important?
11:15 AM	Case Study, Panel & Q&A - Licensing and Synchronization - why EVERYBODY is talking about it	David Vodicka (VIC) Chris Gough (VIC) Isabel Pappani (USA) Catherine Haridy (VIC) Bree Nevin (VIC)
12:30 PM	Free Lunch Sponsored by: Sound Like Café
1:30 PM	Panel Discussion and Q&A - The Power of NICHE : Is there really an audience for everyone and how to market to yours	Paul Curtis (Qld) Miller London (USA) Erik Gilbert (USA) Dickson Dee (HK/CHINA) Leanne de Souza (Australia) Lawrence English - Director, ::ROOM40:: (AUS)
2:30 PM	Break Out Panel Sessions - Rock	Catherine Haridy (VIC) John Hemming (UK) Simon Homer (Qld) Jason Brice (WA) Phillip Hardy (UK)
2:30 PM	Break Out Panel Sessions - Hip Hop	Sander Shalinsky (Canada) Miller London (USA) Oriel Guthrie (VIC) Ebony Williams (NSW) Maya Jupiter (NSW) PJ Murton (SA) Dan Cameron (Qld)
2:30 PM	Break Out Panel Sessions - Dance/Electronica	Dickson Dee (HK/CHINA) Dan Hazard (Qld) Baby Gee (Qld) Ben Eltham (Qld) Heidi Pasquale (NSW) Adrian Mezzina (Qld) Chris Wilson (Qld)
2:30 PM	Break Out Panel Sessions - Roots/Country/Folk	Alistair Cranney - Director, SongFront (AUS) Chanel Lucas (NSW) Michael Flanders (Qld) Geoff Bell (ACT) Rose Pearse (Qld) Jordan Verzar - Manager, Top Shelf Management (AUS)
2:30 PM	Break Out Panel Sessions - Jazz/World	Angie Dunbavan (Qld) Tim McGee (QLD) Marshall Cullen (NSW) Jim Budd (QLD) Michael Peterson (Qld) Lynette Irwin (Qld)
4:00 PM	Round Tables Stay in your genre area and meet the delegates from the whole conference working in your genre up close and personal speed networking.
5:30 PM	Event Finish