

BRISBANE • CAIRNS • GOLD COAST • IPSWICH • SUNSHINE COAST • TOOWOOMBA • TOWNSVILLE
JUNE - JULY 2021
QMusic Connect is hitting the road this June through July to deliver live IRL workshops in a city near you!
Join in on the wide range of free workshops that have helped over 1500 artists find their feet in the music industry in the last five years, including Greta Stanley, DVNA and Cloe Terare.
Whether you're a musician, artist manager, or wanting to get your start in the music industry, QMusic Connect is here to help you build a sustainable career in music with knowledge, advice and experience shared by panels of industry experts on a range of topics from starting out, songwriting and streaming to the release cycle, marketing and more (read about each below).
Places are limited and RSVPs essential, so be sure to check out the dates in your city now and RSVP below.
Panel 1: Starting From Zero
Starting from Zero is an introduction to the functions of APRA AMCOS. This panel covers everything from registering your song to understanding the basics of copyright and is a vital piece of knowledge for aspiring artists and industry professionals.
Participants will:
- Learn how to upload their songs to APRA AMCOS, log setlists and understand the payment process.
- Gain a greater understanding of copyright and where the revenue comes from that APRA AMCOS then pay forward to artists.
Panel 2: It’s All About The Music
The Song Is All. It doesn’t matter if you know all there is to know about our industry if you don’t have the songs! Play your music or music you represent to Australian songwriters, radio programmers, A&R professionals and other music industry professionals to gain live feedback from the artists and industry reps who are at the top of their game. This session will give participants an insight into creating the most important part of any musical project, the music!
Participants will:
- Have their music listened to by top songwriters, A&R representatives from publishers, and record labels. This is a real-world opportunity to launch a career without the years of trying to get someone in the business to listen to your songs.
- Gain insight into the songwriting process and hear from songwriters who see a large part of their income from songwriting.
Panel 3: It’s A Business
Hear from successful self-managed artists and artist managers who have helped build sustainable careers for themselves and their artists and have learned how to navigate an ever-changing industry. Gain greater insight into cultivating multiple revenue streams, when and how should you tour, how regularly you should be releasing music and how much you should be investing in your project.
Participants will:
- Get the basics on setting up your careers as a business
- Gain an insight into different revenue streams and how they can access them.
- Hear from experienced managers and self-managed artists on when is the best time to tour plus tricks and tips around saving money on tours.
- Learn when and what to spend money on when starting a new project.
- Receive an excel tour budget template which will save big money and time.
Panel 4: Streaming
Music streaming has completely revolutionised the way the world consumes music. This panel will cover a whole range of topics related to the world of releasing and consuming music, including how to engage with the streaming platforms and make the most of the new opportunities they provide. Learn how to access your artist profile, how to pitch your music and get some great tips around growing your streaming audience.
Participants will:
- Understand what information they should include on each of their streaming platforms.
- Hear the best ways you can be engaging with the platform to turn it into a more reliable revenue stream.
- Learn how the different platforms work and how you can use the tools available to your advantage.
Panel 5: Getting Your Music Out There
What does publicity look like in 2021? When should you invest in it? What can you be doing as an independent artist to grow your fanbase? And how can you get a step closer to your project goals with every song release? Hear from successful industry publicists working with both local and international artists and learn what it takes to truly break an artist.
Participants will:
- Get to take home a single, EP, and album publicity campaign 'example schedule' to put into real-world use.
- Learn what makes a good press photo and a list of Queensland-based photographers and videographers.
- Learn when to invest in PR and what an independent artist can do without having to put their hand in their pocket first.
Panel 6: Digital Marketing and Social Media
What is digital marketing? How does it work with your social media accounts? Is it really that important in 2021? With help from digital marketers and social media experts, better understand how you can use social media and digital marketing to grow and engage your fanbase, how social advertising works and how you can go about effectively marketing your releases directly to your fanbase.
Participants will learn:
- Social media 101’s
- How to make the most out of your social spend
- How to set up an advertising audience
Panel 7: The Release Cycle
Hear from music distributors, managers and label reps on how a release comes together, from strategy to release timelines. See what a successful release plan looks like and learn some of the key milestones to hit when putting a release plan into motion.
Participants will:
- Take home a pre-release checklist.
- Learn how to plan your release from start to finish, and how goal-setting can help track success.
- Gain a greater understanding of how you can piece together your next 12 months as an artist.

CLOE TERARE
Since attending in 2019, Toowoomba-based CLOE TERARE’S racked up stellar reviews from those at triple j unearthed, landed on in the 2020 BIGSOUND50 lineup, co-written with soul-songstress DVNA, and even formed a new duo ‘Dayliites’ with accomplished electronic producer PACES. She's also landed nominations in the 2021 Queensland Music Award's Regional Category.

DVNA
Attending 2018 QMusic Connect Sessions, Gold Coast-based R&B master DVNA has dropped a well-received debut EP 'All My Friends', racked up a heap of live shows including a slot at Laneway Festival and her own New Years Day festival 'DVNA and Friends'. Hitting two million streams of her smooth track 'Sushi in Tokyo', DVNA has also picked up a nomination for the Soul/ Funk/ RnB Category at the 2021 Queensland Music Awards.

daste.
Electro-funk Gold Coast trio, daste attended QMusic Connect in 2018, and have since released their exploratory and concept-driven debut EP Palette: “a delicious dish of food; a wide palette of different flavours and textures that make up the overall taste”.

Greta Stanley
Attending in 2017, Cairns-based musician was the 6th most played artist on triple j Unearthed in 2018, as well as being the recipient of the coveted Billy Thorpe Scholarship at the Queensland Music Awards. Greta’s live shows have included sharing stages with the likes of The Rubens, Emma Louise, Tash Sultana, Sarah Blasko and Didirri, along with appearances at Groovin’ The Moo, Australian Music Week, The Big Pineapple Festival and BIGSOUND.
"More than anything the GYROstream package was a really really great experience for what a good release looks like- what's important and what needs to get done. This was definitely a great way for me to learn where to invest in the future knowing exactly what goes into it. I really had no idea at all before that. GYROstream has a bunch of very talented and dedicated people who are really there to make your release the best it can be. I have a very good idea now of how to get the most out of a release.
"Its tough times right now [MAR 2020] for sure! Upsetting that the live scene is being put on hold for a while, but since the QMusic Songwriting Retreat [in 2019] I've teamed up with Paces on a project which we are trying to do from distance. Hopefully will be releasing our first single as a duo very soon. Something I wouldn't have been able to do without the networking and demo's I made at the retreat so I'm just beyond grateful to QMusic for the whole experience and leg-up in the industry."
Cloe Terrare, 2019 QMusic Connect & Songwriting Retreat participant
"QMusic Connect has prepared me in so many ways. The first one I ever went to I learnt so much and I met so many new people that I wouldn’t have had the chance to otherwise. I was very very lucky I got my RSVP in by the skin of my teeth, I RSVP’d very late but I am so thankful I did."
DVNA, 2018 QMusic Connect participant
"A lot of the time being a musician can be incredibly isolating process where you feel like it's you against the world. These workshops prove there are people out there who want to help and be part of the journey. Plus you just flat out learn things you wouldn't learn if it weren't for these workshops. Things that are really crucial to making music more than just a hobby."
Borderland State, 2019 QMusic Connect participant
"These workshops were brilliant. The discussion was facilitated really well and I think everyone in the room got a lot out of each session. I only made it to two, but I'll be back next year to hopefully make all of them. Will be recommending this to all of my musician mates! Thanks QMusic."
2019 QMusic Connect participant
"I'm a big believer in utilising the resources available to you, so in my opinion not taking advantage of great initiatives like QMusic Connect would just be unwise."
Paris Irwin, 2019 QMusic Connect participant
"Thanks so much for this incredible resource! It's invaluable to be able to connect and receive this kind of support as an independent artist."
2019 QMusic Connect participant
QMusic Connect is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. The series is also supported by Townsville, Cairns and Ipswich City Councils, Toowoomba Regional Council and Noosa Shire Council.

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