OUTCOMES
2026
The Management Workshop Program, proudly funded by Sound NSW. +
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MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP PROGRAM
Ali Webb, Leah Senior
Allara Briggs Pattison, Allara
Andie Skinner, Andie
Annie Hamilton, Annie Hamilton
Ariya Gabell, Oscar the Wild
Clint Bracknell, Maatakitj
Emily Murphy-O'Neill, Shellie Morris
Geraldine Rey, Calvin Bennett (Producer), Elianie
Gretta Ziller, Gretta Ziller
Hannah Crofts, Hannah Crofts
Ines Ferreira Vaz de Sousa, Co-manages: Jamaica Moana, Godtet, Ngaiire, Dobby, Rose Reibl, Milan Ring
Isabel Rumble, Isabel Rumble
Jake Laderman, C.O.F.F.I.N., Hard-Ons
Jeremy Rotberg, Ghost Care
John Faiumu, JJ4K, JVYDEN, BRAYDEN JAY, BALA RONTU, CLINNY P
Kaurna Cronin, Kaurna Cronin
Lauren Mikkor, Running Touch, Winston Surfshirt
Leesa Snider, Velvet Bloom, JAZZPARTY, Loretta Miller
Lucy Rash, GORMIE (Producer)
Merryn Boller, Merryn Jeann
Michelle Levings, GLVES
Mitch Clark, Joan and The Giants, EMEREE, Gia Darcy
Nat Bartsch, Nat Bartsch
Neitjah Yasa, SAYTRUEGOD?, Zanderr Pierre
Noelani Petero, Georga Raath
Olivia De Melo, Reuben De Melo
Rei Sakakibara, koady, Reno Ltd.
Reuben Legge, Ukelele Deathe Squad, Belly Savalas
Rick Bridgman, Close Counters, Fool Nelson
Romanie Assez, Romanie
Stacey Piggott, Vikki Thorn - Thornbird
Tay Blunt, FVNERAL
2025
The Management Workshop Program, proudly part-funded by the NSW Government through Sound NSW. +
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MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP PROGRAM
Alexander Simpson, Deadshows, Miiesha
Cara Williams, Gut Health, Georgia Knight
Charlie Mgee, Formidable Vegetable, Lemon Myrtle, Family Shoveller Band
Charlotte Buckton, Charlotte Le Lievre
Chris Bettiol, Telenova, George Alice, Edward Quinn
Chris Thompson, Hollie Col, Neptune
Claire Taylor, Claire Ann Taylor
Dyan Tai, Dyan Tai
Felix Parker, Cloning
Jamila Grace, GRXCE, Kitschen Boy, Salary Men
Jeremy Rose, The Vampires, Jeremy Rose, Mia Barham, Gen Kuner, Reuben White
Jodi Lewis, KYE, Telenova, Maina Doe
Jodie Kell, Ripple Effect Band
Joe Mungovan, Joe Mungovan, El Grande
Joel Tyrrell, Hands Like Houses
Josh Terlick, Alter Boy, Boox Kid, Osaka Punch
Katy Steele, Katy Steele, Little Birdy
Maeve Grant, Nina Romeru, Cormac Grant
Millie Roberts, Miller Roberts
Natalie Lingwoodock, JK47
Nick Bryant-Smith, Horrorshow
Oscar Hoare, ealing, Zion Garcia, Phoebe Rings
Rachel Goad, Wesley Black, Kayps, Oshua
Rod Coote, Rod Coote
Sarah Belkner, Sarah Belkner
Shauna Upton, Katanga Junior, Alice Cotton, Leah Flanagan
Summer King, Sycco, OSWRLD, Mel Blue
Tania Webb, FLEWNT, INKABEE, JJ Vacant
Tayla Carlaw, MANE, Naomi Keyte, Eliza Hull
Taylor James, South Summit, Battlesnake
Tom Mahler, The Moving Stills, Lipstick Palms
Tom Richardson, GK, Jacob Paton-Lee, Find Your Voice Collective
Tyler McLoughlan, Bobby Alu
2020
The Future Makers Management Workshop. +
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FUTURE MAKERS MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
Alex Karatassa, Sleep Talk, Bearclaw Camp, The Beautiful Monument
Alyse Newman, FERLA
Anita Meiruntu, ALPHAMAMA
Amanda Vitartas, Moaning Lisa, Cry Club, Candy
Amber Jean Hatton, Jack Davies and The Bush Chooks, Siobhan Cotchin
Cameron Mackinnon, Austen, DVNA, Keelan Mak
Coedie McCarthy, Indigenoise
Conor Barton, Mosquito Coast
Cooper-Lily Nikora, Benny Walker, Mau Power, J-MILLA, Rrawun Maymuru
Francesca de Valence, Self Managed
Georgia Potter, Moreton
Kyle Leniart, Kyle Lionhart
Hannah Cameron, Self Managed
Lilly Shearman, Oh Boy, Borderland State
Kelsie Miller, Great Gable
Richie Guymala, Black Rock Band
Rhiannon Atkinson-Howatt, Merpire
Joe Miles, Remi, Sensible J, Steve Cousins, Mike Waters
Mark Neal, Noah Dillon
Paddy Kiernan, Highlife, DUB ZOO
N'Fa Forster Jones, Cool Out Sun
Shannen Egan, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, Sputnik Sweetheart, The Lazy Susans
Pat Tierney, Self Managed
Sophia Exiner, Phia
Tamara Georgopoulos, including Lupa J, Sam Phay, Ainsley Farrell, Bad Pony, No Frills Twins
Grace Barbe, Self Managed
Tumi Mokone, Royalty Noise, Nhatty Man
Natalie Carey, Valentina Brave
Tiani Seeto, VOIID
Natasha Shanks, The Little Lord Street Band
Thomas McGenniss-Destro, Ash Grunwald, Airports, Keeks, Empire Park, Hartley, Rya Park, Retro Culture, Sammi Constantine, Shannen James, Tilly VW
Imbar Nassi, Imbi the Girl
2019
The Management Workshop returned in 2019 as Future Makers, with an expanded focus and open to artists, artist managers and self-managed artists. The Seed covered transport, accommodation and meals for everyone selected. +
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FUTURE MAKERS MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
Alex Wilson, sleepmakeswaves
Amber Fresh, Rabbit Island
Ant Beard, Caravana Sun
Ashlyn Koh, Foam, Calmly
Bri Clark, Self Managed
Damien Platt, Approachable Members, Sannie, Juno Disco, Rachel Maria Cox.
Emily Holler, Black Rabbit George
Hayley Ayres, Jacob Diamond
Hailey Cramer, Self Managed
Jack Carty, Self Managed
Jake Mason, Cookin' On 3 Burners
Joel Byrne, Heaps Good Friends
Josh Cutler, Elli Schoen, Brayden Sibbald
Justin Lewis, Jack The Fox
Karl Smith, The Lyrical
Kim Williamson, Monkey Marc
Lauren Tarver, El Tee
Ollie English, Self Managed
Paige Trantham, Self Managed - Valentine Music
Rachel Whitford, Dear Seattle
Ruby-Jean McCabe, Bugs
Sabrina Robertson, Alexander Biggs
Stu Larsen, Self Managed
Tanya Ransom, Self Managed
Toby Finlayson, B-Town Warriors
Udaravi Widanapthirana, Miss Blanks, HABITS, Mere Women, Rebel Yell, Jessica Says
Vivan Vo, Rainbow Chan, Yeo, Kult Kyss
Vyvienne Abla, DOBBY
Will Cuming, Self Managed LANKS
Will Watson, thando
“I arrived hoping to enrich my knowledge of the music industry and left feeling like I had actually been rewired.”
Emily Holler
2017
Mentors for Bush Bands Business in Alice Springs. +
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BUSH BANDS BUSINESS
“Bush Bands is a great building block for talented remote bands to get a grip on the overall business of music.”
Paula "Jonesy" Jones, Jones PR
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The Seed Fund will continue to partner with MusicNT Bush Bands BUSINESS, a three-day skills and professional development intensive for Central Desert bush bands. Mentors guide stagecraft, musicianship, contracting, licensing, publicity and touring tips workshops. Over 60 workshops and rehearsals take place as well as a full dress rehearsal for the Bush Bands BASH concert in Alice Springs, which takes place at the end of the intensive.The Seed Fund will deliver music industry professional mentors to Alice Springs to take part in Bush Bands BUSINESS because we believe in supporting remote musicians who face a different set of challenges in their professional development than their urban counterparts.
The 2017 Seed Mentors were:
Brian Ritchie – AD MOFO festival and bass player with the Violent Femmes (TAS)
Paula ‘jonesy’ Jones – Director and Publicist for Jones PR and National Event Publicist for Groovin the Moo (NSW)
"Bush Bands is a great building block for talented remote bands to get a grip on the overall business of music. It also gives worth and respect, not only to the musicians involved but also to their families and friends back in community. As mentors we listen, observe, encourage, connect and share and we too learn from this rewarding experience. After three intensive days of workshops and rehearsals, accomplished, emotive and confident are words that come to mind in describing the buzz for performers as they take to the stage for Bush Bands Bash.”
Drew Goddard – Guitarist from Karnivool (WA)
“Bush Bands Bash is a premier opportunity for remote musicians and bands to connect and to gain knowledge about the many facets of the Australian and International music industry from experienced mentors and industry stalwarts alike, and to connect and share the stage with other bands. Every year, participants come from every state of Australia, converging in an incredible location near Alice Springs to experience and discover, via exposure to the best new music that the Northern Territory and its surround remote central traditional nations has to offer. The week's workshopping ends with a widely publicised festival in the town where all the bands play live sets, showcasing their music to a big live audience. There is a continued need for remote areas to be included in an industry that is still very much concentrated in cities and coastal regions of Australia and still in many ways a disparate entity. One discovers from the outside coming in that the music of Central Australia has it's own musical lineage of stories, song and dance passed down through the generations. Now 10 years in, Bush Bands is consistently playing a very important part in creating pathways to and from the heart of the country, connecting people and regions and providing opportunities to a part of Australia that a unique identity and one that is teeming with natural talent.”
Outcomes from BBBiz 2017
This year 8 bands and 3 Divas (57 musicians) representing 9 language groups from Central Australia and the Top End attended the BBBiz skills camp. 13 Mentors and 18 staff, kitchen crew and community engagement workers supported them.
The connections and support the artists have received during the BBBiz skills camp will be vital in their future and assist them in furthering their career in the music industry.
2016
The tenth Management Workshop, a partnership with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre music group, Bush Bands Business and Song Cycles Inbound. +
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MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
Ashleigh Hills, Woodlock
Coco Eke, A.B.Original, Birdz + Philly
Davey Craddock, Self Managed
Eva Trifonas, Kučka
Gabby Huber, Maples
John Macliver, Mathas + Tobacco Rat
Jon St Clair, Slum Sociable, MOSSY + Pearls
Kate Adams, Luluc + Ryan Downey
Kate Cudbertson, Stonefox + PINES
Kate Lucas, Coda Chroma
Lauren Poulter, Le Pie, Teeth & Tongue + Darts
Louise Sawilejskij, Rhythm Hunters
Lucy Peach, Self Managed
Patrick Balfe, Babaganouj + Hound
Patrick Davies, Tora
Rhea Caldwell, Baby Blue
Richard Watson, Kankawa Nagarra (Olive Knight), Wild Dingo Band, Kiwirrkurra Band, Karntimarra Wanderers + Willie Kickett
Tullara Connors, Self Managed
Pauline Maudy, MZAZA
Harry Jakamarra, Self Managed
Sian Walden, Wasted Wanderers, Tom West + Taasha Coates
Jerry Poon, Silent Jay, Jace XL, Average Rap band, JPS + JPSXHooves
Will Evans, Japanese Wallpaper + Lower Spectrum
James McGrillen, Command Q
Tim Shiel, Braille Face + Telling
“A really powerful 'we're all in this together' community-building experience.”
Davey Craddock
ASYLUM SEEKER RESOURCE CENTRE MUSIC GROUP
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The Seed Fund is proud to announce a continued partnership with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC). Delivering support to the ASRC Music Group in four ways, we will fund the purchase of new instruments, maintain existing instruments and purchase road cases to ensure instruments are kept in working order. We will also fund mentors to deliver knowledge and skills to the existing group as well as facilitating masterclasses with established musicians.We will deliver all aspects of this initiative in direct consultation with the ASRC’s music group coordinator and will be responsive to what the music groups needs are.
The Seed Fund believes that genuine musical expression is vital to the health of any culture and we are excited by the breadth of new talent this country inherits via the introduction of these new artists. This project facilitates music as social connection, assisting people seeking asylum to find their voices as they engage in the process of establishing themselves in their new community.
BUSH BANDS BUSINESS
“Bush Bands unleashes the hidden talent of some of the most amazing musicians in the world!”
Paula "Jonesy" Jones, Jones PR
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The Seed Fund will continue to partner with MusicNT Bush Bands BUSINESS, a three-day skills and professional development intensive for Central Desert bush bands. Mentors guide stagecraft, musicianship, contracting, licensing, publicity and touring tips workshops. Over 60 workshops and rehearsals take place as well as a full dress rehearsal for the Bush Bands BASH concert in Alice Springs, which takes place at the end of the intensive.The 2016 Seed Mentors were:
Brian Ritchie – AD MOFO festival and bass player with the Violent Femmes (TAS)
Paula ‘jonesy’ Jones – Director and Publicist for Jones PR and National Event Publicist for Groovin the Moo (NSW)
“Bush Bands unleashes the hidden talent of some of the most amazing musicians in the world!”Paula ‘jonesy’ Jones (Jones PR)
Peter Garrett – Solo artist and front man for Midnight Oil (NSW)
Dave Crowe – Director of Sing Hum record label, songwriter and producer (NT)
Raymond Dixon – Singer and songwriter for Rayella (NT) N.B Raymond Dixon was to be a Seed mentor. He is a Traditional Owner of the Mudburra people of Malinja. Raymond’s mentoring role was not only to inspire fellow remote musicians through drawing on his touring experiences but also to provide ‘cultural mentoring’ to fellow mentors. Unfortunately Raymond unable to attend this years BBBiz. Raymond was a cultural advisor during the planning of BBBiz and was greatly missed during the delivery phase.
Outcomes from BBBiz 2016
This year 8 bands and 3 Divas (57 musicians) representing 9 language groups from Central Australia and the Top End attended the BBBiz skills camp. 15 Mentors and 21 staff, kitchen crew and youth workers supported them.
SONG CYCLES INBOUND
“I firmly believe that contemporary Australian Indigenous music is perhaps the most important genre of music in the country.”
Craig Spann
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The Seed Fund will deliver music industry professional mentors to Alice Springs to take part in Bush Bands BUSINESS because we believe in supporting remote musicians who face a different set of challenges in their professional development than their urban counterparts.Now in it's sixth year this program takes urban music industry professionals to remote Australian Indigenous community festivals, to experience the rich and diverse remote musicianship and songwriting that exists. The Song Cycles Inbound project is an initiative created and delivered in partnership with APRA AMCOS which aims to highlight Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) music and performance, and to create tangible opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians and performers within the following areas:
+ Professional development & exposure of new talent
+ Economic benefit
+ Industry co-operation and awareness
INBOUND is an initiative created and delivered in partnership with APRA AMCOS and The Seed Fund. INBOUND is funded by APRA AMCOS.
What the INBOUND guests thought of the program:
I firmly believe that contemporary Australian Indigenous music is perhaps the most important genre of music in the country - it balances the old and new like no other form of music. And my experience at Bush Bands left me with the impression that was very much the case. The challenge for all of us now is to make the rest of the country - and the world - see that. Craig Spann.
"I had an amazing time connecting with and mentoring the very talented Desert Divas and would love to spend some more time creating long term strategies for their professional development as musicians." Monique Rothstein, Positive Feedback.
2015
It's All About the Song, Professional Management Support for alumni, the ninth Management Workshop, Bush Bands Business and Song Cycles Inbound. +
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MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
Beatrice Lewis, Self Managed
Camilla Hodgkins, Perch Creek
Charlotte Abroms, Howqua
Craig Lock, Tkay Maidza, Jesse Davidson, LK McKay + Problems
David Crowe, Self Managed
Eli Chamravi, Caligula's Horse, Orsome Welles + AlithiA
Fanny Lumsden, Self Managed
Harris Waters, KOI CHILD + HIDEOUS SUN DEMON
Hugh McClure, Banoffee, I'lls, Klo, LUCIANBLOMKAMP + Planete
Jake Lowe, the Pretty Littles + DASH
Jamie Croft, Betty + Oswald
Jess Carroll, Rat & Co + Hoodlem + Second Hand Heart
Leah Avene, Self Managed - Philemon
Lior Albeck-Ripka, Tinpan Orange
Louise Cuming, LANKS + Canary
Luke Girgis, Little Sea, Chance Waters + Michael Hutchence
Marcus Walkom, BANFF
Matthew Cannings, L-FRESH The LION, Jeriet Dwight, Brendan Maclean
Melanie Lewis, Ngaiire
Melody Forghani, Vallis Alps
Nancy Bates, Corey Theatre + Ellie Lovegrove
Paul Watson, Dubmarine + Kingfisha
Wally Maloney, Mighty Duke & the Lords
Xanthea O'Connor, Joni in the Moon
“I wrote down my occupation as 'Music Manager' for the first time a few months ago, and now I know I am one.”
Charlotte Abroms
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SONG
“The session gave me a huge confidence boost.”
Darling James
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This grant gives the successful applicant the opportunity to record a song with an esteemed Australian producer.DARLING JAMES will work with producer John Castle to record a new track titled, The Itch. James O’Brien, operating under the more elusive moniker Darling James, is no stranger to the Australian music scene. Having started out as co-frontman and songwriter for influential indie band The Boat People. Currently, James’ latest project ‘Darling James’ is already gaining significant traction with industry insiders and new listeners alike. Darling James is already sizing up to be an exciting and impressive project.
"The session gave me a huge confidence boost in regards to my own tracking and producing. In the future I will aim to use more of my own recordings and/or assume that things will be “usable” and thus take better care when recording them. I will also back my ideas more as it was the elements that seemed the most “risky” to me that John was the most positive about."
“My main goal- apart from simply recording my new single- was to achieve really exciting sounding drums.”
Louis Spoils
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LOUIS SPOILS to record a track with Tony Buchen titled I’ve Got No Time. Louis Spoils is Jake Rush, singer + songwriter who alongside friends Wally De Backer (Gotye), Sam Cromack (Ball Park Music) and Kane Mazlin (Hungry Kids Of Hungary), recorded Louis Spoils’ debut EP which was released in 2013. Going from strength to strength, Rush has since become known for his charismatic live show, notably supporting The Basics and Canada’s Half Moon Run, and has expanded to a full band live show in 2014."My main goal- apart from simply recording my new single- was to achieve really exciting sounding drums. I was also looking forward to recording in a proper analogue studio as I am so used to dinky little home studios. I’m super pleased with the outcome, we certainly achieved our goals. Thank you for such an amazing opportunity- giving me the chance to record in a way that I otherwise would not have. I have such immense respect for the way you guys support the Arts in Australia."
“Steven had a great vision for the track, we were on the same page so there were no conflicting ideas.”
The Ninjas
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THE NINJA’S to record a track with Steven Schram. The Ninjas have long been considered one of Brisbane music scene's best kept secrets, but thanks to relentless shows, a tour in support of UK giants the Cribs, and Aussie rock royalty Wolfmother, not to mention a placement of one of their songs in a Ford commercial, and two in a hit US MTV show, word is starting to spread about the next up and coming "in your face" rock act from the land down under. And if pace keeps up, they'll be crossing borders and raging at a venue near you."Steven had a great vision for the track, we were on the same page so there were no conflicting ideas. Another great thing is that we worked from the demo I submitted, so I could see first hand where Steve was able to take the song as opposed to where I had plateaued. As I am an up and coming producer, this was invaluable experience to me, and it really showed me the benefit of having another pair of ears work on your song, especially when you share the same overall vision."
PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
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These four managers and alumni of The Seed Management Workshop will receive support of $4000 to supplement their wages, OR pay for an assistant during a time of heavy workload and limited commission.We are committed to the ongoing support of the Managers that have become part of our Seed Management Community through attending The Management Workshop. After their attendance at the workshop we believe managers are better equipped to roll out campaigns and strategies to deliver real results to their artists and for their own careers in the music industry.
Successful applicants
Jess Ribeiro: US distribution and touring for her album Kill It Yourself.
Bex Chilcott (Ruby Boots): a national tour and international supports.
Jess Beston: Holy Holy's debut album and UK and European tour.
“It's the first time I've been able to fully embrace being a manager and artist.”
Jess Ribeiro
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SAMUEL DUTCH will work across his roster of artists, scheduling a tour and releasing “The No End Theory” album for Hau, liaising with producers and setting up recording sessions for Briggs’ new album planned for release in mid 2016, working with Elefant Tracks on an album rollout for release in November 2015 for The Tongue and assisting Coin Banks to finish his debut album set for release in early 2016. Workshop Attendee 2012"During the time I received Seed funding I primarily worked across three of the aritsts on my roster - Briggs, Hau and The Tongue. We worked to raise Hau’s profile as a solo Hip Hop artist with the focus off his long term association with Koolism and work on JJJ Radio. I also worked to get The Tongue some good media attention as well as locking in a national tour to promote the album. I think the most important thing I achieved in the time I had financial assistance from The Seed was to help Briggs set up Bad Apples Music which I feel will be a major player in changing the landscape of the local Hip Hop scene."
JESS RIBEIRO will work alongside her label and publicist; focusing on distributing her current album ‘Kill it Yourself’ in the US, taking steps towards servicing the album and touring it during 2016. This includes a trip to New York to meet some of the stakeholders who have come on board so far as well as touring in Australia to support the release including band shows and festival performances. Jess will also create video clips for the current release as well as preparing for the next recording. Workshop Attendee 2009
"The Seed grant allowed me to work full time as a self managed artist during an overwhelming release period. It’s the first time I’ve ever had the opportunity to fully embrace being a manager and artist without having to worry about fitting it in-between other commitments i.e. other part time jobs. The success of the album so far has been beyond my imagination. I feel so grateful for all of the support I have received. Having that financial support behind me gave me extra time and focus to work alongside my industry team to implement a strong music release plan that has been a success. All the work in 2015 has created more and more opportunities for me in 2016. It’s so exciting. Thank you!"
BEX CHILCOTT is a self managed Alt country/Americana artist who plays under the moniker Ruby Boots. Bex will be working on a full Australian national tour in February and March 2016 plus potential international tour support. She will also engage the services of a digital assistant who will keep all digital platforms up to date and a general assistant who will focus on tour logistics, itineraries, grant material preparation and coordination of promo and publicity schedules. Workshop Attendee 2014
JESS BESTON manages Holy Holy who have had a very successful 2015 including packed showcases and sold out shows both internationally and at home. Jess will focus her grant income on the preparation of the release of Holy Holy’s debut album alongside headline shows and festivals in the UK and Europe through October and November 2016. She will then work on the final single release for this album cycle, Australian summer festivals and some headline shows in early 2016. Workshop Attendee 2014
"The Seed grant was invaluable to me for two main reasons - it meant I had enough income to go overseas with Holy Holy for the UK/EU tour supporting the release of their album over there (Oct/Nov 2014), and it allowed me to give total focus to the set up & execution of the “A Heroine” Australian headline tour, the final tour of their album cycle here at home. Prior to the UK/EU tour I had just locked in The Netherlands and Belgium Sony to release the record, and felt I needed to engage those teams and the UK team in the lead into the release and around the band’s shows. My being there meant I could bring the full teams together - including label, promoters, agents, PR and radio people, to have thorough album planning meetings, and to make sure the teams attended the shows and got to see the band’s stunning live show - which they did in each territory. Also thanks to the Seed grant, I was able to give total focus to the planning, marketing & promotion of the Australian "A Heroine” National tour (Jan 2016). Holy Holy sold out their shows at The Triffid in Brisbane, The Oxford Arts Factory in Sydney, and we sold out The Corner in Melbourne 3 weeks prior the show. "
BUSH BANDS BUSINESS
“Bush Bands unleashes the hidden talent of some of the most amazing musicians in the world!”
Paula Jones
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The Seed Fund will continue to partner with Music NT to support mentors to travel to Bush Bands Business.Bush Bands BUSINESS is a three-day intensive for Central Desert bush bands where mentors guide stagecraft, musicianship, contracting, licensing, publicity and touring tips workshops. Over 50 workshops take place as well as a full dress rehearsal for the Bush Bands BASH concert in Alice Springs which takes place at the end of the intensive. We will deliver music industry professional mentors to Alice Springs to take part in Bush Bands BUSINESS because we believe in supporting remote musicians who face a different set of challenges in their professional development than their urban counterparts.
The 2015 Mentors were:
Brian Ritchie – Violent Femmes bass player and Artistic Director of MOFO Festival, TAS
“The Bush Bands Program is a great initiative and I would like to see it expanded.”
Paula Jones – Director and Publicist Jones PR,NSW
“Bush Bands unleashes the hidden talent of some of the most amazing musicians in the world!”
David Asera aka Reggae Dave – Top End singer songwriter, NT
Outcomes from BBBiz 2015
A total of 34 specially selected Aboriginal musicians from 11 communities, representing 9 Central Desert languages participated in Bush Bands Business skills camp and went on to play at the Bush Bands Bash concert.
SONG CYCLES INBOUND
“The people who make the program happen were truly inspiring.”
Susan Heymann, Chugg Entertainment
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Now in it's fifth year this program takes urban music industry professionals into remote Australian Indigenous community festivals, to discover the rich and diverse remote Indigenous musicianship and songwriting craft that exists. The Song Cycles Inbound project is an initiative created and delivered in partnership with APRA AMCOS and The Seed Fund that aims to address the following issues within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) music and performance communities that aims to provide tangible opportunities for musicians and performers within the following areas:+ Professional development & exposure of new talent
+ Economic benefit
+ Industry co-operation and awareness
INBOUND is funded by APRA AMCOS.
What the INBOUND guests thought of the program:
“The people who make the program happen, the mentors and the support team were truly inspiring.” Susan Heymann, General Manager: Touring Chugg Entertainment.
“It was huge. I was a bystander that was constantly absorbing. I felt humbled. I felt so inspired about what was happening and my dreams of ideas went crazy. It stocked a fire of passion in my belly and I am incredibly grateful.” Phaedra Watts, Artistic Director Nannup Music Festival WA
2014
It's All About the Song, the eighth Management Workshop, Money for Managers, Song Cycles Inbound and mentors for Bush Bands Business. +
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MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
Aarom Wilson, KUČKA and Scalphunter
Adrian Kelly, Thy Art Is Murder, Confession, Grenadiers, Heroes For Hire, Hand Of Mercy, Brawlers, Fathoms & FACT
Aidan McLaren, REMI
Alastair Burns, Jordie Lane & Marlon Williams
Alex Lahey, Animaux
Amali Ward, Self Managed
Bex Chilcott, Ruby Boots
Cat Leahy, Sal Kimber & The Rollin’ Wheel and Liz Stringer
Danae Effern, Tully on Tully
David Garnham, David Garnham & the Reasons to Live
Eddie Jacobson, Evil Eddie
Gabby Meli, Ash Grunwald, Dune Rats, Kid Mac
Georgia Potter, Self Managed
Jess Beston, Holy Holy
Katie Besgrove, Jim Lawrie and Coach Bombay
Katie Zahra, Avaberee, Tourism & The Belligerents
Lachlan Hodgson, APES, Born Lion & Jakarta Crier
Lucy Campbell, The Aves
Matt Amery, Tin Sparrow
Michelle Fahd, Eagle and the Worm
Nicola Pitt, Tjintu Desert Band, Jacinta Price and Stewart Gaykamangu
Owen Field, Self Managed
Sime Nugent, Sweet Jean
Tim Price, Sydonia, Ezekiel Ox, The Blackwater Fever & StormChasers
Van Picken, Spender
“The best thing I've done for myself and my band is attend The Seed.”
Michelle Fahd
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SONG
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This grant gives the successful applicant the opportunity to record a song with an esteemed Australian producer.Successful applicants
“I've made a lifelong mentor and friend.” Wafia
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WAFIA (John Castle)WAFIA worked with producer John Castle to record a new song titled ‘The Raid’.
Brisbane musician Wafia’s experimental folk style is a refreshing mix of old and new, featuring hauntingly beautiful lyrics and brooding vocals. Following the release of her self titled debut EP in December 2012, Wafia has gone on to tour with the likes of Gotye and Daughter, most recently lending her vocals to Japanese Wallpaper’s debut single ‘Breathe In (ft. Wafia)’.
"Working with John Castle was an experience I won’t forget. Not only did I have the pleasure of working with him in studio but I’ve made a life-long mentor and friend that wouldn’t have happened without the help of The Seed."
“I would like to thank everyone at The Seed Fund for choosing my demo and for the songwriting grant!” Cristian Campano
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CRISTIAN CAMPANO (Tony Buchen)CRISTIAN CAMPANO worked with producer Tony Buchen to record a new song titled ‘What You’re Doing To Me’.
Stepping away from his pop-punk outfit Food Court, Cristian Campano’s solo project is a timeless blend of Spanish-infused ‘60s pop. His debut single ‘In A Mess’ features Cristian’s Granada-born father Jorge Campano (an acclaimed Spanish classical/Flamenco guitarist), in addition to brother Adam Campano (Pretend Eye) on bass, Jono Graham (Made In Japan) on violins and Michael Zagoridis (ex-Betty Airs) on brushes. His debut EP is due out mid 2014.
"I would like to thank everyone at The Seed Fund for choosing my demo and for the songwriting grant! Was such an amazing experience that i wouldn't have been able to achieve without the grant. Also working with producer Tony Buchen was totally awesome and i'm super stoked with the end result! The strings rule!"
“The Seed Fund presented us with a fantastic opportunity to work with and learn from one of the best producers in Australian music, for which we are extremely grateful.” Fox and Fowl
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FOX & FOWL (Steve Schram)FOX & FOWL worked with producer Steve Schram to record a new song titled ‘Eliza Jones’.
Indie pop outfit Fox & Fowl formed after all five members moved from regional NSW to Canberra to study. After playing a string of local gigs they eventually scored a slot on the main stage of the Foreshore Music Festival, playing alongside Gotye, Boy & Bear and Gypsy & The Cat. After finishing their studies the band took a year off to travel, before relocating to Brisbane. With their recently released debut EP garnering comparisons to The Jungle Giants, Foals and Cloud Control, Fox & Fowl, this is a band to look out for.
"The Seed Fund presented us with a fantastic opportunity to work with and learn from one of the best producers in Australian music, for which we are extremely grateful. This awesome experience not only taught us a lot musically but inspired us to keep working hard and to keep improving and growing as a band."
MONEY FOR MANAGERS
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These three managers and alumni of The Seed Management Workshop will receive support of up to $5000 to supplement their wages, OR pay for an assistant during a time of heavy workload and limited commission.Why
We are committed to the ongoing support of the Managers that have become part of our Seed Management Community through attending The Management Workshop. After their attendance at the workshop we believe managers are better equipped to roll out campaigns and strategies to deliver real results to their artists and for their own careers in the music industry.
Successful applicants
“By having an assistant to help handle the day to day management of Little May and Convaire, I was freed up to pursue 'big picture' tasks associated with both acts.” Monique Rothstein
Deb Suckling: campaigns for Sahara Beck, Jackie Marshall and My Fiction.
Ben Robinson: Crooked Colours' national tour for their EP In Your Bones.
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Monique RothsteinWill engage the services of an assistant to work across the LITTLE MAY EP release campaign in October 2014 and provide support throughout the recording of CONVAIRE's new EP and subsequent release campaign in August 2014. (NSW)
"By having an assistant to help handle the day to day management of Little May and Convaire, I was freed up to pursue 'big picture' tasks associated with both acts. While Sam looked after logistics of the bands busy touring schedule, commissioning and managing some of the time-consuming elements of video clips, press shoots, remixes and A&R tools, she also assisted with managing social media and ran the day to day running of Little May business. Sam was able to to assist in grant applications, running schedules and often time-consuming tasks that consistently kept me away from making business plans, building international teams, signing worldwide label deals and building the band to the point that they would be export ready.
In the time that Sam was appointed in this role, I was able to confirm label deals with Dew Process locally, Island Records in the UK (including a trip to the UK to discuss in person while Sam managed the office at home) and Capitol Records in the US. We appointed an agent in the US, played Splendour In The Grass, and secured PR teams in all key international territories. The level of work required to achieve these major milestones would not have been possible without the financial support of The Seed Management Grant."
Deb Suckling
Will work across campaigns for her three artists, SAHARA BECK- EP release campaign and national tours, JACKIE MARSHALL, album release campaign in April/May 2015, national and regional tours in July/August 2014 and MY FICTION US tour in October 2014 and third album recording in December 2014/January 2015. (QLD)
"I am so so grateful to have been a recipient of The Seed 'Money for Managers' fund this year. I was one of the first people to go through the managers workshops back in 2007 when I was self managed and in a band... Two children and a label later . I now manage three artists Sahara Beck, Jackie Marshall and My Fiction and manage our label SugarRush Music. To be able to concentrate solely on my artist's careers this year and what we have been able to achieve with assistance from The Seed.. It actually changes lives and paths. We hope in the very near future we can give back and become seed contributors. Thank you so so much."
Ben Robinson
Will work on CROOKED COLOURS’ July 2014 tour campaign following the release of their EP ‘In Your Bones’. The work will include, tour logistics including venue, transport and accommodation bookings as well as production and backline management, tour management, overseeing the publicity campaign, settling with venues and financial tour management, planning ahead for the next EP release and booking upcoming shows. (NSW)
SONG CYCLES INBOUND
“Very eye-opening, educational and inspiring.” Zan Rowe, triple j
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Now in it’s fourth year, this program takes urban music industry professionals into remote Australian Indigenous community festivals, to discover the rich and diverse remote Indigenous musicianship and songwriting craft that exists.This Song Cycles Inbound project is a partnership between The Seed Fund, APRA AMCOS, Indigenous Culture Support (ICS) - Ministry for the Arts, and Skinnyfish Music that aims to address the following issues within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) music and performance communities that aims to provide tangible opportunities for musicians and performers within the following areas;
+ Professional development & exposure of new talent
+ Economic benefit
+ Industry co-operation and awareness
What the INBOUND guests thought of the program:
"Loved it. Very eye opening, educational, and inspiring. I learned a lot." Zan Rowe, Triple J presenter.
"Insightful. Great experience...A main plus for me was discovering new 'go to' resources - colleagues and organizations - who I can ask about ATSI remote artists and find out who is doing what and what artists to keep an eye out for." Danni Colgan, Program Manager WOMADelaide.
Read Triple j Mornings' and Inbound mentor Zan Rowe's wrap of some muso's redefining the term 'remote' here.
BUSH BANDS BUSINESS
“The energy and talent of these musicians coming from the absolute remotest areas of Australia.” Brian Ritchie, Violent Femmes and MONA FOMA
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Who forMentors to travel to Bush Bands Business
Partner
Music NT (http://www.musicnt.com.au)
Objective
Bush Bands BUSINESS is a three day intensive for Central Desert bush bands where mentors guide stage craft, singing, percussion, contracts, licensing, PR and touring tips workshops. Over 50 workshops take place as well as a full dress rehearsal for the Bush Bands BASH concert in Alice Springs which takes place at the end of the intensive. We will deliver music industry professional mentors to Alice Springs to take part in Bush Bands BUSINESS.
Why
We believe in supporting remote musicians who face a different set of challenges in their professional development.
Bush Bands mentors and APRA/The Seed Fund Inbound guests who were invited to attend the program are leaders in the national arts/music industry sectors. By facilitating an opportunity for them to experience first hand the program these professionals place Bush Bands Program in the national limelight. In 2014 this initiative resulted in national radio interviews and podcasts that showcased the program and the musicians to an Australian wide audience. Inbound guest host and APRA/AMCOS ATSI Representative, Michael Hutchings, had this to say; "To see our industry guests eyes open to rich Aboriginal culture and the great efforts the bands go to just to get to BBB is inspiring."
What the Bush Bands Business Mentors thought of the program:
" The energy and talent of these musicians coming from the absolute remotest areas of Australia... It's a perfect example of what support for regional arts can do....". Brian Ritchie, Violent Femmes and MONA FOMA, Seed supported Bush Bands Business Mentor 2015"
“I learn so much about community and culture and I really feel these bands and people have so much to offer not only in a music sense but in a beautiful generous personable way once the ice is broken most people are so generous with their stories, concerns and participation” Paula Jones, Director JonesPR, Seed supported Bush Bands Business Mentor 2015 "
“An overwhelmingly positive experience” Delwyn Everard, Deputy Director, Arts Law Centre of Australia, Seed supported Bush Bands Business Mentor 2015 "
Warren H Williams also attended Bush Bands Business as a Seed supported Mentor in 2015. "
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ART ON THE STREET
Part archaeological dig, part crime scene: the Adelaide collective mapped, drew and photographed the city as a live public artwork.
“Shift could not have been possible without funding from The Seed.” Jessica Miley
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WhyWe are seeking to fund visual artists who are undertaking projects delivering art to outdoor, or prominent indoor public spaces. These art pieces should be a form of social commentary, communication and inspiration, between the artist and the general public. The art must be made available at no financial cost to the general public.
Partner
Next Wave Festival (www.nextwave.org.au)
SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT: b.o.m.b.
Part archaeological dig, part crime scene, part research centre, Shift is a performative, interactive and durational public artwork that explores our understanding of the built environment through interdisciplinary research and presentation. Stop and watch Adelaide-based arts collective b.o.m.b. map, draw and photograph; view the evolving pop up exhibition of their findings so far, tell them your experience of the site or shuffle through their research archives in their mobile on site laboratory. Measurements, classifications, cataloguing and visualisations appear and reappear in a constant cycle for you to explore and interact with. Questions, discussions and stories are welcomed and used as essential information that makes up an evolving picture of Melbourne.
"Presenting Shift as part of the Next Wave Festival could not have been possible without funding from The Seed. Shift was an ambitious project for our relatively new collective both in terms of scale and concept. Working in a new genre and city was a huge challenge that was made easier by our generous Seed funding that allowed us to travel regularly to Melbourne before the festival began and paid for vital components of the performance."
- Jessica Miley, Artist
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Taught, studied and performed with Máté Szűcs, principal violist of the Berlin Philharmonic, at the Thy Chamber Music Festival.
“I would like to offer my sincere gratitude to The Seed Fund - for assisting me with the costs of travelling to Denmark to participate in the Thy Chamber music Festival.”
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Successful applicantsPETER CLARK will travel to Denmark to teach, study and perform alongside Màtè Szücs, principal violist of the Berlin Philharmonic.
"I would like to offer my sincere gratitude to The Seed Fund - for assisting me with the costs of travelling to Denmark to participate in the Thy Chamber music Festival. Without this support there was no way I would have been able to attend and consequently gain so much."
Sessions with Simon Rudston-Brown.
“It has given me enormous confidence and made being a musician a reality.”
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ADRIANO CAPPELLETTA will undertake mentoring sessions with Simon Rudston-Brown to improve technical acoustic guitar proficiency and become a confident live musician."This was the first time an outside body has recognised me as a musician and songwriter. It has given me enormous confidence and made being a musician a reality. I feel I have a solid foundation of practical knowledge and skills that I can keep developing."
Ten Logic Pro lessons with Mohamad Komba of Diafrix, so she can now demo her own songs.
“I am super grateful to be a recipient of the Seed Fund’s Professional Skills Development grant!”
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SARITAH NEWMAN will work with Mohamad Kombra from Diafrix on beat making & production skills, in order to develop her skill set which will allow her to express and capture ideas more fluently."I am super grateful to be a recipient of the Seed Fund’s Professional Skills Development grant! Having 10 classes of tuition in music production software Logic Pro has given me the basic skills to home-demo my new material to the next level. I received tuition in recording audio and midi to editing, EQ, effects, mixing and more - I learned so much! It is very satisfying and liberating to be able to get my ideas down and come at the song from all angles myself before taking it to my band/collaborators. The songs for my next album are taking fuller shape with the help of my newly aquired skills!"
Studied with Yaroldy Abreu.
“Truly a life-changing experience.”
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STEVE ALLINGHAM will travel to Cuba to study and practice Afro Cuban Drumming with Yaroldy Abreu, to further build on basic skills and dramatically broaden his drumming experience."I can’t thank you all enough for your support in funding my study trip to Cuba this year! I am forever grateful for your belief in the project and helping to further my career! It was truly a life changing experience and far exceeded my expectations."
MONEY FOR MANAGERS
“The Seed is such an fantastic organisation - run by amazing people doing great things and it's a privilege to be part of The Seed community.”
Laura Wallbridge: Gossling's debut album and Guineafowl's second EP.
Charles Wall: an assistant for Bobby Alu's album, single and national tours.
Mike Solo: international releases and touring for sleepmakeswaves and The Red Paintings, and Dumbsaint's EP.
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Anthony ZaccariaTo engage the services of an assistant to work across the LOON LAKE debut album release campaign and the FRACTURES debut EP release and tour campaigns.
"The Seed is such an fantastic organisation - run by amazing people doing great things and it's a privilege to be part of The Seed community. The money for managers grant allowed me to bring on extra help to assist in executing two successful release campaigns within a short period of time. Without it, I wouldn't have been able to commit the resources required to do the artists campaigns justice."
LAURA WALLBRIDGE from Walls and Bridges will undertake GOSSLING's debut album campaign as well as working across GUINEAFOWL's sophomore EP release. Strategies over the first phase will include extensive local touring for both acts to support their releases, as well as international show casing opportunities.
"The Seed's 'Money For Manager's' grant has literally allowed me to move through one of the most important times of my career to date. After completing the Management Workshop in 2011, I returned home incredibly motived and excited for the future, also with the realisation that I could no longer continue running my publicity business. I had fallen head over heels in love with management. To have any chance of being successful and making it a long term career proposition it was going to require 100% of my focus. Being a successful recipient of the 'Money for Managers' Grant allowed me to maintain my focus on this very important time in both my artists careers without having to have the burden of wondering if I would need to get a casual job to keep my family afloat during that time."
Charles Wall
To engage the services of an assistant to work across the BOBBY ALU album release campaign and national tour, as well as follow up single release and tour.
"I cannot thank the Seed fund enough for the support you have given me over the years. The management workshop in 2010 equipped me with the right tools and drive to follow my passion. Its where Mel and I formed a partnership. To receive more assistance through funding is an honour. This campaign we have just completed is a raging success and the Seed fund has largely contributed. It’s now a goal of mine to assist The Seed one day."
MIKE SOLO will work across projects including: THE RED PAINTINGS – international release and touring across Australia, UK, Europe and the USA; sleepmakeswaves - international release and touring across Australia, UK, Europe and the USA. DUMBSAINT - Australian EP release and tour.
"The funding I received enabled me to throw my heart and soul into setting up international markets for sleepmakeswaves and The Red Paintings, as well as developing relationships both in and out of Australia for all the acts I work with. The Seed's genuine interest and passion for developing young managers is once again humbling and inspirational. I can't thank them enough for all their support, from the initial workshop through to now."
PUBLICISE IT
Alumnus Jesse Barbera hired Remote Control Records for the EP and national tour.
“The Publicity for the EP release campaign met and exceeded my expectations.”
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Successful applicantsJESSE BARBERA engaged the services of Adam Christou from Remote Control Records to work on the release of JEREMY NEALE’s EP titled ‘A Stranger Affair’ and national tour in support of the release. Listen
"The Publicity for the EP release campaign met and exceeded my expectations. Engaging Remote Control as the publicist yielded great results across online and print media and ensured optimal attendance at all the shows of the EP tour. The campaign raised my profile as an artist and has created some amazing opportunities for touring and appearances on panels that would not have presented themselves otherwise."
Publicity by alumna Monique Rothstein of Positive Feedback, originally granted to alumna Meesha Astill.
“The Seed Fund gave the band the ability to bring onboard a group of promotional people, whom have relationships with key media writers, reviewers and radio programmers to further extend the profile and positioning of Rainy Day Women and their music.”
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WhyWe understand the challenge of finding the extra funds to publicise a release after the investment that goes into making an album. We see publicity and marketing as key to having a viable release. This grant is available to The Seed Management Workshop community because we believe they have the tools to roll out a campaign effectively.
TONY QUINN & PETE CAROLL engaged the services of Monique Rothstein of Positive Feedback to work on the release of RAINY DAY WOMEN's debut album (currently untitled) and national tour in support of the release. Listen
(Originally granted to 2012 Seed alumnus Meesha Astill)
"The Seed Fund gave the band the ability to bring onboard a group of promotional people, whom have relationships with key media writers, reviewers and radio programmers to further extend the profile and positioning of Rainy Day Women and their music."
SKINNYFISH FEES FOR REMOTE INDIGENOUS MUSICIANS
“The big crowd and the money makes the boys really proud to play and be professional.” Ambrose, manager, Bad T Boys
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WhyWe are committed to the ongoing support of the Managers that have become part of our Seed Management Community through attending The Management Workshop. After their attendance at the workshop we believe managers are better equipped to roll out campaigns and strategies to deliver real results to their artists and for their own careers in the music industry.
Supporting Top End Indigenous community bands, by generating paid performance opportunities and encouraging positive outcomes in community life through music.
Objective
Through existing remote community festivals, this initiative creates paid performance opportunities for remote community bands in and around their homelands. We will fund 3-4 remote bands who will play at 3 remote festivals of their choice. A fee of $1000 per band, per festival will be paid.
Why
Having invested in stage one of this initiative for the past 3 years, we are now rolling out the second phase by selecting bands who have shown consistent commitment to playing live in and around their communities. Through this initiative we hope to further nurture and support these bands and empower them more experience and responsibilities attached to their performances.
Remunerating musicians for performing instills value in playing music as a serious lifestyle choice and a way to earn a living from their craft. The Seed and Skinnyfish Music seek to create a positive focus within communities to support their musicians and create role models for the younger generations.
This is the belief that community performance is a vital and viable part of the Australian Music Industry. Just as pubs or local venues provide the breeding and nurturing ground for urban musicians and bands to flourish, so too does the community circuit in remote areas provide an opportunity for musicians to hone their skills and develop their craft. Live performance within communities’ nurtures fans and performers and has an extensive positive social impact.
Festival name: Barunga Festival
Festival date: 7-10 June 2013
Location: Barunga Community, 4 hours south of Darwin, NT
“The big crowd and the money makes the boys really proud to play and be professional when we play our music”
- Ambrose (manager) from Bad T Boys
“We always love to play at Barunga but the money means that we can bring our families and it pays for petrol and food”
“Getting paid helps us to come here and it makes us feel good that people like our songs”
- Howard from T-Lynx
BUSH BANDS BUSINESS
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WhyWe believe in supporting emerging musicians to grow their skill set and hone their craft to work towards becoming self-sufficient artists.
Who for
Selected remote Indigenous Musicians
Who for
Mentors to travel to Bush Bands Business
Partner
Music NT as part of iNTune Music Conference
Objective
To support music industry professional mentors travelling to Alice Springs and take part in Bush Bands Business.
Why
We believe in supporting remote musicians who travel to Alice Springs for professional development. Music industry trainers and professional musicians/technicians mentor the Bush Bands Bash musicians, with the bands able to rehearse under the guidance of experienced mentors.
SONG CYCLES INBOUND
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PartnerSkinnyfish Music (skinnyfishmusic.com.au)
We are running for the third year, a program that takes urban music industry professionals into the heart of rural Australia to take a peek into the lives of Aboriginal musicians and remote Aboriginal community festivals with a music focus. Our hope is that these professionals will discover the high level of musicianship and song writing craft that exists in these communities and be forever changed by the experience.
This Song Cycles Inbound project is a partnership between The Seed Fund, APRA/AMCOS, The Australia Council, The Federal Office of the Arts and Skinnyfish Music that aims to address the following issues within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) music and performance communities that aims to provide tangible opportunities for musicians and performers within the following areas;
+ Professional development & exposure of new talent
+ Economic benefit
+ Industry co-operation and awareness
2012
The seventh Management Workshop, Publicise It, Art on the Street, festival slots and BIGSOUND passes for alumni, and continued support for remote Indigenous musicians. +
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MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
Ainslie Wills, Self Managed
Anthony Zaccaria, Loon Lake, Trumpdisco, Airwolf, Fractures
Ben Robinson - Artist Cartel, Sun City, Crooked Colours & Audageous
Daniel Dow, Impossible Odds, Classik Nawu, Georgia Corowa
Ellen Kirk, 8 Bit Love
Francis Harrison, The Resignators
Hannah Fox, Clairy Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes
Jess Fairfax, Madre Monte
Jess Harlen, Self Managed, Camilla Charlesworth, Cocoa Jackson Lane
Joshua McAuliffe, Bastian's Happy Flight
Matt Blanchard, Oliver Tank, Guerre
Meesha Astill, Rainy Day Women, Warning Bird
Mike Solo, Sleepmakeswaves, The Red Paintings, Pirate, Tangled Thoughts of Leaving, Super FLORENCE Jam
Monique Rothstein, Panama, Convaire
Nadeena Dixon, Self Managed, TWEEK
Owen J Newcomb, Band of Frequencies, Afro Dizzi Act, Angie Iimura
Sam Hussey, Joelistics, Evil Eddie, Tourism, Argentina
Samuel Dutch, Dialectrix, Sky'High, Diafrix, Chasm, Dr Don Don & Kween G
Scott Mellis, Self Managed
Scott Mesiti, The Cairos, The Nerve, FloatingMe, The Foreign Objects
Stefan Emslie, Art of Sleeping, Tyler Touche
Tim Baker - Cries Wolf, The Mountains, DRIFFS
Tommy Spender, Self Managed
Tristan Ludowyk, The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, The Afrobiotics, HopeStreet Recordings
“Through The Seed I have come of age!”
Daniel Dow
PUBLICISE IT
Strong publicity for her album, managed by alumnus Rick Chazan.
A Heapsaflash campaign for her first single, in a year she finished supporting Alicia Keys and playing Glastonbury.
“The grant was invaluable.”
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This category exists in line with The Seed's philosophy, to nurture artists throughout their careers. The Seed recognizes that publicists play an increasingly important role in the promotion of emerging artists and we are therefore seeking to fund managers (including self-managed artists) to contract a publicist for a promotional campaign up to the value of $5000. The campaign must be in support of a new Australian release (EP or Album only) or a campaign involving an Australian release and associated tour.With just 1 EP and a single behind her, EMMA LOUISE has had a fruitful couple of years. Further to the rousing interest within Australia – labels from across the globe were soon clambering to work with her but it wasn't too long before the ears of Vertigo/Universal Germany and New York's indie-label kings Frenchkiss Records were pricked and deals were inked. Her shows in America, including much talked about South By South West showcases, provided the necessary formative steps while back home, tours with Josh Pyke, Boy & Bear and sold out headline shows have cemented a solid live following. The Seed will contribute $5000 to publicise the release her debut album & subsequent national tour – early 2013. Emma's manager Rick Chazan attended the Management Workshop in 2011.
"The grant was invaluable. Emma’s project was relatively high scale for an independent artist and the funding allowed us to have strong publicity coverage for the album"
Rick Chazan, Management
It is only just the beginning for NGAIIRE with recording of her debut album underway, an album that is bound to turn a few heads with its obvious eclectic sound and no partiality to a particular style of writing. Drawing harmony influences from vintage Disney movies, to the vocal yearnings of Jeff Buckley, to the enigmatic cool of Erykah Badu, Ngaiire has created her own brand of indie infused soul, a combination that is sure to welcome in the next year as one of her biggest years yet. The Seed will contribute $5000 to publicise the release Ngaiire's debut album & subsequent national tour – early 2013. Ngaiire attended the Management Workshop in 2009
“From our perspective, it has been an incredibly rewarding time to be working with you – particularly given we were really forcing some doors with Dirty Hercules only to see you finish the year supporting Alicia Keys, and then to Glastonbury. We know you know how stoked we have been with everything you have worked so hard to achieve.
It is to your complete credit that the pocket of media who had been waiting in anticipation for you to release your own record were so happy to take that first single and run with it – it has been a wonderfully successful campaign, and fantastic to be a part of”
Melanie Lewis, Publicist for Heapsaflash Music Media Management
Publicity for their new album, managed by alumnus Jesse Lubitz.
“Being selected helped us when we needed it most.”
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TINPAN ORANGE has been building a strong grass roots fan base on the national festival and touring circuit over the past three years. Having performed at some of the biggest and best festivals, including Woodford, Falls Festival, Sunset Sounds, Chill Island, Port Fairy, Queenscliff, Darwin Festival to name a few. In the past 18 months, Tinpan Orange has toured overseas to Europe and Canada, most recently singing on with The Agency Group for representation in North America. The Seed will contribute $5000 to publicise the release of Tinpan Orange's third album 'Over The Sun' & subsequent national tour – late 2012. Jesse Lubitz attended the Management Workshop in 2008."This program was so fantastic for us - being selected for the 'Publicise it' program helped us when we needed it most. We'd poured our heart, soul and funds into creating an album that we were (are still are) really proud of, and having this assistance with publicity was so important to us getting the album 'out there'."
Tinpan Orange
ART ON THE STREET
An open-air gallery of 13 artists in the laneways of Lismore.
“My involvement with The Back Alley organisers was both a professionally fulfilling and community-enhancing project to be a part of.”
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WhyWe are seeking to fund visual artists who are undertaking projects delivering art to outdoor, or prominent indoor public spaces. These art pieces should be a form of social commentary, communication and inspiration, between the artist and the general public. The art must be made available at no financial cost to the general public.
THE BACK ALLEY GALLERY – Lismore, NSW // Grant $4,800
The Back Alley Gallery (BAG) is an open-air gallery showcasing works by a collective of artists in the laneways of Lismore, NSW. The project currently includes thirteen artists from Lismore, Byron Bay, Murwillumbah, Nimbin, Coffs Harbour, Brisbane, and Germany. Each design is at the artist's discretion and includes graff art, street art, large scale murals, paste ups, stencils, yarn bombing, installations and more.
The works will be displayed in situ, using the natural backdrop of the City Centre. This includes a variety of materials in walls and doors such as brick, plasterboard, corrugated iron and also windows, gates and other structures to display other installations and living gardens The laneways of Lismore become activated via people travelling to see the artworks and events taking place here include: the Uni Games Back Alley Gallery Breakfast for over 450 students and the Lismore Lantern Parade with 30,000 people in attendance.
"My involvement with The Back Alley organisers was both a professionally fulfilling and community-enhancing project to be a part of. As an artist who does not usually work within the 'street art' scene I was pleasantly surprised to be involved in the plywood project. I enjoyed the interaction with the public, the sense of contribution fellow artists demonstrated and the opportunity to produce an artwork which can be installed in a non-gallery environment. Overall, I found the organisation and support provided by The B.A.G to be highly professional. I would welcome the opportunity to be involved in similar projects in the future." - Chris Barnes (Tarfeather)
An illustrated cautionary tale by Aedan Howlett and Lachlan McKenzie, painted page by page as street murals.
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DON'T UNGANGLE THE TRONGOLOPE – Hobart, TAS // Grant amount $5,000Don't Ungangle The Trongolope is an illustrated cautionary tale by Aedan Howlett and Lachlan McKenzie, with each page of the tale to be painted as a large street art mural on a building in Hobart. The tale will be up to 20 pages/artworks long. The result will be a story in physical form that can be seen, read and explored by the public as they walk around the city. The text to accompany the "pages" and a map outlining a route to take to find the story will be available as a free download.
The work will be painted in surroundings relevant to the images. It will also be published as a book and will continue as an ongoing story with further works created worldwide available free online.
Murals by YOK linking the suburbs, the city and Fremantle with a common character.
“With funding from The Seed we were able to paint murals around Perth, Fremantle and surrounding areas.”
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CONNECTION – Perth, WA // Grant $5,000Connection will be a series of street murals by street artist YOK, that aims to connect suburbs from Mt Lawley and Claremont to the Perth city and all the way to Fremantle. A common character will be found on different city walls in the CBD and Fremantle. Each character will have a visually similar pair or partner. It will be like a game for the general public to find the matching partner. A map of the locations will be silkscreened and distributed about city cafes and galleries, to encourage people to explore their city to discover these mysterious new members of the community. Limited edition prints will be offered to the first 25 people that find all 3 characters and send pictures to YOK via Facebook and Instagram.
"With funding from The Seed we were able to paint murals around Perth, Fremantle and surrounding areas.
They provided us with the capital to produce a lot more murals then we would normally be able to afford. It's great to see The Seed supporting artists in this field to paint walls, and add a bit of colour and culture to Perth's grey walls. It really has helped us to lift our profile and and give a bit of life to some drab car parks and lane ways.
Thanks so much for the support and I hope to see more Seed-funded project with other visual artists in the future." - YOK
FESTIVAL SLOTS
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For the 5th year running The Seed in partnership with 4 amazing festivals is able to offer performance opportunities to band/s whose manager attends the Management Workshop in 2012.Reggaetown (Cairns, QLD) has selected Bobby Alu to perform on Saturday 1st Sept 2012.
Nannup Music Festival (Nannup, WA) – has selected Ainslie Wills to perform in March 2013.
Queenscliff Music Festival (Queenscliff, VIC) has selected Loon Lake to open the mainstage on Friday 23rd Nov 2012.
Port Fairy Folk Festival (Port Fairy, VIC) // Act yet to be selected.
The Falls Music and Arts Festival (Lorne, VIC) // Act yet to be selected.
Southbound (Bunbury, WA) // Act yet to be selected.
BIGSOUND
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The Seed will provide complimentary BIGSOUND conference registration to managers (the year following their attendance at our workshop) to support their networking and continued learning. This year we will send: Bridget Turner (Boys, Boys, Boys!, Simone Girlfunkle), Cesar Rodriguez (Texture Like Sun, Pip Norman aka Countbounce, Axolotl), Karinda Mutabazi (Roscoe James Irwin) and Nick Lynagh (Numbers Radio, Them Swoops)SKINNYFISH PERFORMANCE FEES FOR REMOTE INDIGENOUS MUSICIANS
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Supporting Top End Indigenous community bands, by generating paid performance opportunities and encouraging positive outcomes in community life through music. For the third year The Seed is happy to confirm a partnership with Skinnyfish Music that enables us to roll out this initiative. Through existing and established festivals and events, this initiative creates paid performance opportunities for remote community bands in and around their homelands.So far, we've paid the following bands at the following festivals:
Barunga Festival (Fri 8th to Sun 10th June 2012, Barunga, NT).
Mambali Band – $500, Miyarramba Band – $500, Bad T Boys – $500, North Tanami Band – $500, Lonely Boys – $500, Springwater Band – $500,
Western Wind – $250 and T-Lynx – $500.
Yugul Mangi (Ngukurr) Festival (Fri15th to Sun 17th June 2012, Ngukurr, NT) Yugul Band – $150, Tribal Vision – $360, Black Cloud – $360, NT Express – $360, Taxman – $360 Mambali – $360, Milyakburra Band – $360, T-Lynx – $360, Lonely Boys – $360, Bad T Boys – $360 and Yugul Voice – $360. Gunbalanya Stone Country Festival (Saturday the 25th August 2012 in Gunbalanya, NT). Matter of Soul, Sunset Liverpool, Rock Wallaby, West Arnhem Boss and Bininji Band. Each band was paid $750.
Bush Bands Bash (Fri 7th September, Alice Springs NT) Sandridge Band, Irrunytju Band, Central Desert Band, Desert Mulga and Sunshine Reggae. Each band is to be paid $750. More to come for the completion of this 2012 project.
BUSH BANDS BUSINESS AND SONG CYCLES INBOUND
We sent Paula "Jonesy" Jones (Jones PR) and Bill Cullen (One Louder Entertainment) to mentor remote community bands in Alice Springs.
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In conjunction with Music NT and Alice Desert Festival, 2012 will see The Seed Fund, fund mentors to attend Bush Bands Business to be held in Alice Springs and surrounds in late 2012. We are proud to announce we are sending Paula 'Jonesy' Jones of Jones PR and Bill Cullen of One Louder Entertainment to attend Bush Bands Business and mentor remote community bands.The second year of our pilot taking industry professionals to remote community festivals. Denise Foley (Q Music) and Susan Forrester (Big Day Out) went to Ngukurr Festival, and Lars Brandle (Billboard) and Andrew Walker (Buxton Walker) to Bush Bands Bash.
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Song Cycles INBOUND projectWe have run for the second year, a pilot program that takes urban music industry professionals into the heart of remote Australia to take a peek into the lives of Aboriginal musicians and remote Aboriginal community festivals with a music focus. Our hope is that these professionals will discover the high level of musicianship and song writing craft that exists in these communities and be forever changed by the experience.
In 2012, Denise Foley (Q Music) and Susan Forrester (Big Day Out) attended Ngukurr Festival. Lars Brandle (Billboard Magazine) and Andrew Walker (Buxton Walker) will attend Bush Bands Bash in September.
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Publicise It grants for alumni, the sixth Management Workshop, Skinnyfish, Art for the Public with Next Wave, and mentors for Bush Bands Business. +
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Adrian Mcnamara, The Winanjjikari Allstars, The Tableland Drifters, Brenden Hines, Marcus Finlay
Bel Skinner, Walkabout Boys; The Bad Influence
Brendon Boney, Microwave Jenny
Bridget Turner, Boys Boys Boys!, Simone and Girlfunkle
Byron Georgouras, New Navy/Rapids/The Spirits (Ratbag Music)
Cesar Rodrigues, Texture Like Sun & Pip Norman (aka Countbounce)
Dan Ceh, Oceanics, The Vernons
Derek Downing, Simplex/Social Change
Dominic Miller, Ben Salter, The Gin Club, Texas Tea, The Phoncurves, Magoo (Producer)
Hannah Shepherd, Charlie Mayfair
Jake Snell, Split Seconds, Boom Bap Pow & Stillwater Giants
Jesse Barbera, The Cairos/Wherewolves/Velociraptor/Young Men Dead
Jon Owen, Cameras
Julia Bridger, King Cannons, Busby Marou
Julian Origliasso, The Veronicas/Sons Of Midnight/Jungle George
Karinda Mutabazi, Roscoe James Irwin
Kris Nelson, Minute 36
Laura Wallbridge, Gossling, Guineafowl
Mark Spillane, The Growl, Gunns
Nick Lynagh, BAD DREEMS, Them Swoops
Nicole B-Z, Gay Paris/Kira Puru/Art Rush
Rick Chazan, The Boat People, Dan Parsons, Emma Louise, Skinny Jean
Sam Buckingham, Self Managed
Stephanie Travaglia, Ghostwood
Tash Parker, Self Managed
“The Seed is the most valuable tool for any emerging artist or manager.”
Steph Travaglia
PUBLICISE IT
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As publicists play an increasingly important role in the overall promotion of independent emerging artists. The Seed will fund managers who have previously attended The Seed Management Workshop to contract a publicist for a promotional campaign up to the value of $5000. Managers are responsible for contracting the publicist in support of a new Australian EP or album release or a campaign involving an Australian release and associated national tour after June 2011.Kathleen Hore of Secret Service PR worked on their debut album Moonfire and national tour. Manager Rowan Brand attended the 2008 workshop. Most of the tour sold out, and the band went on to win five ARIA Awards.
“The Seed grant was instrumental for Boy & Bear and the success of their national Moonfire tour.”
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Boy & Bear have been granted $5000 to work with Kathleen Hore of Secret Service PR on their debut album release (in August 2011) and subsequent national tour. This opportunity was made available as Rowan Brand – Boy and Bear's manager attended The Seed Management Workshop in 2008. Grant value: $5000, NSW- The Seed grant was instrumental for Boy & Bear and the success of their national Moonfire tour. Without the support of The Seed, the band would have not been able to achieve the truly outstanding results in their communication through the media leading up to, during and following the tour. By implementing a holistic and comprehensive media strategy and brining on a team who could drive the objectives the band was able to sell out most of the shows on the tour. . Furthermore, the publicity around the lead into the tour worked to assist the band beyond the tour, and overflowed into the promotion of other areas of their career (records, public perception, conjunction with winning of 5 ARIA awards). Overal, an incredible commercial and critical success.
Heapsaflash Publicity for her second album Sound Painter and a 30-date tour.
“The step up in our team has opened some huge doors for us in Europe and North America.”
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Dallas Frasca will release her second full-length album this year after recording with New York based producer Andy Baldwin. For the release, Dallas Frasca and her band will engage the services of Heapsaflash Publicity. They then hit the road on a massive 30-date tour through capital cities and regional Australia. Dallas is a self managed artist who attended the workshop in 2009. Grant value: $4200, VIC- I was fortunate enough to attend The Seed management workshop in 2010. I can honestly say it was nothing short of life changing, direction steering, nurturing, encouraging and a massive develop for my self managed business. Receiving the 'Publicise It' grant enabled my band to launch our second album, 'Sound Painter' around the country with a massive bang! The financial support allowed us to work closely with Heapaflash Publicity to push the album into the marketplace which would not have been possible with the incredible support and love from The Seed. The step up in our team has opened some huge doors for us in Europe and North America as we continue to build our business.
Chryss Carr from AUM for their album Keep Calm, Carry the Monkey. The campaign led to national press features and a spot on Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight.
“The Seed funding came at a critical time in the release of Skipping Girl Vinegar's sophomore album Keep Calm, Carry The Monkey in 2011.”
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Skipping Girl Vinegar will launch their new album Keep Calm, Carry The Monkey in June and will support their release with a national tour in June, July & August this year. To work on the campaign, Skipping Girl Vinegar will employ the services of Chryss Carr from AUM to market the release. Band member Sare Lang attended the workshop in 2008. Grant value: $5000, VIC- The Seed funding came at a critical time in the release of Skipping Girl Vinegar's sophomore album Keep Calm, Carry The Monkey in 2011. The funding enabled us to engage with senior publicist Chryss Carr for an additional period of time during our extensive national album tour in 2011 this meant we were able to capitalize on the critically acclaimed album reviews and saw an extension of our national profile; gaining feature articles in major press around the country and the invitation to appear on national television show 'Adam Hills In Gordon Street Tonight' in March 2012. We are grateful for the suport of The Seed
THE SEED AND SKINNYFISH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY MUSIC INITIATIVE
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Supporting top end indigenous community bands, by generating paid performance opportunities and encouraging positive outcomes in community life through music.ART FOR THE PUBLIC, WITH NEXT WAVE
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Joseph L. Griffiths – Project: SheltersMENTORS TO BUSH BANDS BUSINESS
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Together with Music NT and Alice Desert Festival, The Seed will fund mentors to attend BUSH BANDS BUSINESS, a series of workshops for Indigenous musicians and technicians, who are preparing for the Bush Bands Bash performance as part of the 2011 Alice Desert Festival in September 2011.2010
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Adam Guzowski, Kasha
Andrew Stone, The Griswolds, Hey Geronimo, Deep Sea Arcade, Founds, Sheppard, Lime Cordiale
Angela Kohler, Ball Park Music
Blair Stafford, The RAah Project
Brendan Okeeffe, Ganga Giri, Mista Savona (co-managing)
Brooke Beddall, Ash Grunwald
Brooke Kelly, Voltaire Twins
Carly Church, SPACIFIX
Charles Wall, Bobby Alu
Crystle Fleper, Dead Shades, Polaroid Fame, Pam Pam Pam, Lovers of Modern Art, Hot Rubber Glove
Daisy Brown, The Killgirls
Edward Narain, RedX
Husky Gawenda, Self Managed
Jennifer Cloher, Self Managed
Jess McAvoy, Self Managed
Josef Muller, Laneous & The Family Yah
Kate Beasy, Skye Harbour
Katie Jones, The Frowning Clouds
Melinda Kirwin, The Falls
Melissa Gibson, Bobby Alu, OKA
Nathan Farrell, Ray Mann Three, King Farook and others
Sally Kimber, Sal Kimber and The Rollin' Wheel
Scott Large, Tjupi Band
Thomas Hyland, Ivy St.
“This workshop has changed my life in so many ways.”
Melinda Kirwin
ART FOR THE PUBLIC
Three skater skeletons, "see no, hear no, speak no evil", on the walkway wall by the skate park.
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Jasmine Habbouchi, NSWJasmine is creating a mural on the walkway wall at Bondi Beach. The image Jasmine will use is of three young skater skeletons, the first covering his eyes, the second covering his ears and the third covering his mouth. This is symbolic of the famous quote "see no, hear no, speak no evil" – this subject has been selected as Jasmine feels the youth of today need to be oblivious to all the bad influences around them that stop them from getting ahead in life. Bondi Beach is a great tourist attraction and popular for its famous skate park. The vision is for the mural to become a landmark and the message in the artwork will be heard.
Portraits and life stories of street-corner window washers, exhibited at Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, Sydney.
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BELINDA CAMPBELL // NSW Belinda Campbell will undertake her project titled ‘Intersections’. The project aims to take a deeper look at the life-stories of people who otherwise might be regarded as living on the fringe of society. Belinda’s subject: street-corner window-washers. In her role as photographer / biographer, she will photograph willing subjects and then interview them about their personal histories, their current lives and their visions for the future. Their portraits and written biographies will then be printed and displayed in a poster-board exhibition situated at Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, Sydney. NSWA mural by Scott Neoh (Bonsai), and a second by young local artists after his aerosol skills workshops.
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Damian Collins, TASDamian will oversee two pieces of public art come to life in Devonport, Tasmania. The first will be a solo piece by artist Scott Neoh (Bonsai). The second will be done by up to 6 local young artists, who will have attended skill development workshops led by Bonsai in the days leading up to it. These workshops will focus on drafting the mural, aerosol skills and also address the legal & social issues often involved in aerosol art. Both murals will be done with Spray Paint and will feature in prominent public spaces. Being in a regional & somewhat remote location it is important to offer the youth positive methods of community engagement. Beautifying the city will also provide a better atmosphere for
SKINNYFISH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY MUSIC INITIATIVE
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Supporting top end indigenous community bands, by generating paid performance opportunities and encouraging positive outcomes in community life through music.2009
Jump grants for CD manufacturing, touring, professional development and marketing, the fourth Management Workshop, Art for the Public and the Jacqui McCoy (Geia) Trust. +
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MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
Abby Gee, Liz Stringer
Anita George, Self Managed
Anto Skene, The Jacknives
Ben Preece, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Andy Bull, Ball Park Music, The Basics, Gung Ho, Tara Simmons, Edward Guglielmino
Clara Iaccarino, All Our Exes Live in Texas
Dallas Frasca, Self Managed
Elana Stone, Self Managed
Emma Haslam, The Shiny Brights
Jade Masters, The Yabu Band
Jess Ribeiro, Self Managed
Kristy Brown, Sofie Loizou (a.k.a Anomie), Westernsynthetics
Laura Kelly, Lionheir, Paul Appelkamp
Luke Penman, Radio Spectacular!!!
Maxine Harman, The On Fires
Michael Correa, Watussi
Mihirangi Fisher, Self Managed
Ngaiire Joseph, Self Managed
Rachel Davison, Carl Fox
Sarah Heald, Charles Du Cane
Sarah Patrick, Indigenous Intrudaz
Skye Riggs, Vorn Doolette
Stew Riddle, Drawn from Bees
Tim McArtney, McArtney
“Not only was this one of the best weeks of my life, it has truly shaped me personally.”
Clara Iaccarino
JUMP
1,000 copies of her mini-album The Secret Garden, with a lyric booklet.
“I could not have become a self-sustaining act at this point without the grant.”
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CD manufacturingOphelia of the Spirits (Grant amount $3882.50) Newtown, NSW Angela Little is Ophelia of the Spirits. Angela will use her grant toward the CD manufacture of 1000 full length albums. The purpose of the grant will not only increase immediate revenue through sales, but will also allow her to pursue other opportunities for growth – for example, the AMP (Australian Music Prize) which requires an album release for eligibility. Most importantly it will mean that Angela would have made the album independently, a great start to long-term self-sustainability.
Outcome - "My mini-album 'The Secret Garden' was the culmination of a year of writing and performing with my amazing band, and The Seed really helped make the project a reality.
Receiving the grant from The Seed allowed me to make my music available at shows and in stores with a beautiful booklet containing the lyrics which many fans have commented on. Apparently it is better to have both words and music!
I could not have become a self-sustaining act at this point without the grant and it is a wonderful feeling to know that the money I am making from selling my CD's is going to be able to go back into making my project grow!" Angela Little
Outcome – "Before I received this grant I was unsure as to what musical direction I wanted to take. Having so many influences as an artist meant that people could not identify me as being a particular sound. After months of work-shopping production, I've finally settled on a sound that is strong, commercially viable yet still defines me and what I stand for.
Without this grant I would not have been able to manufacture my CDs and communicate my direction to people as well as deliver new music to a fresh and broader audience." Ngaire Joseph
Touring
Professional development
3,000 albums in recycled packaging, with Maya owning her master.
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Maya Jupiter (Grant amount $4000) Croydon, NSW Maya Jupiter will press and package 3000 full length albums. The CD will allow Maya to generate income by increasing her profile as an independent artist leading to more bookings, broader distribution & paid guest appearances. Profit will also be made from CD sales & APRA royalties. This will contribute to Maya's development as an artist, furthering her career and enabling her to make music full time.Outcome – "I am very happy to have accomplished the manufacturing of 3000 4 panel digi-pak CDs that are environmentally friendly – printed on 100% recycled board. As well as 22 CDs in paper sleeves for promo use. Being the owner of the master and having stock to sell and distribute independently gives me a great advantage as an Independent artist.
It is very liberating not to ave to compromise my artistic expression… I am extremely happy with the outcome of this project." Maya Jupiter
1,000 copies of her album, distributed through MGM and sold at shows.
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Ngaiire Joseph (Grant amount $1991) Ashfield, NSW Ngaiire will use her grant towards the manufacture of 1000 copies of a full length album. The CD will be sent to media, distributed through MGM and sold at live shows. This will put Ngaiire in front financially by being able to increase audiences and further the proliferation of her musical genre. A small amount of the albums will also be made available through online stores.500 copies of the Adelaide and Perth rap duo's second album.
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Tha Deadly Boyz (Grant amount $1342) Mount Marker, SA Stinga T and Big Sexy are Adelaide / Perth rap duo Tha Deadly Boyz. TDB will use their Jump Grant to manufacture a run of 500 copies of their upcoming second album. The album will allow TDB to reach a wider audience and the profit from album sales will help further TDB's promotion by enabling them to make music videos, future albums and more touring.An interstate tour, with a highlight at The Bluestrain in Melbourne.
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Buddy Knox Blues Band WA tour (Grant amount $4000) Tamworth, NSW Buddy Knox plans to tour Western Australia in conjunction with his appearance at the Bridgetown Blues Festival. The tour will take place in November and December 2009 and Buddy hope to raise his national profile as a dedicated and professional Blues artist. The success of the tour will be quantified by audience attendance and CD sales at gigs.Outcome – "My Victorian Tour to Melbourne is one of the best things I've done with my blues gigs. I had the opportunity to go interstate and play at Federation Square in The Atrium, with the tour highlight being 'The Bluestrain' without any doubt! The whole experience was great and I hope to be able to do it again sometime. Thank you for the support." Buddy Knox
Showcased at WOMEX in Copenhagen, then collaborated with Nano Stern in Chile. This led to festival interest in Vanuatu, Helsinki, Tokyo and the UK.
“There is no way I could've built the network I now have without The Seed grant.”
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Ajak Kwai Womex (Grant amount $4000) Northcote, VIC Ajak Kwai will attend Womex in Copenhagen to promote herself, create new markets, seek CD distribution and touring opportunities. She will then travel to Chile following an invitation from established Chilean musician Nano Stern to collaborate on new music with both him & Australian / Chilean musician Pin Rada, While in Chile, Ajak will perform, promote & distribute her current release. By undertaking this project, Ajak intends to create a new sound in the Australian world music market.Outcome – "There is now way I could've built the network I now have, without The Seed grant. Going to Womex in Copenhagen and then to Chile was a very big step for my music career and the performances from around the world I was able to see, were very inspiring. From the shows I played, I've been asked to perform at the Women Festival in Vanuatu and have interest from festivals and booking agents in Helsinki, Tokyo and the UK. Big thanks to The Seed, I couldn't have done it without you!" Ajak Kwai
Three months studying with Toumani Diabaté.
“A life-changing experience.”
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Miriam Lieberman (Grant amount $4000) Bondi, NSW Miriam Lieberman is going to travel to Mali, West Africa to study Kora under the guidance Toumani Diabate, one of the foremost Kora players in the world. Miriam is seeking to further develop and hone her technical and rhythmical skills (both instrumentally and vocally), as well as improve her kora playing melodically. She will acquire an understanding of the context within which kora music was developed, which will greatly enhance singing and playing of the kora in the West African style.Outcome - "Spending three months living in Mali deepening my knowledge of the kora- 21 stringed African harp, has been a life changing experience. I feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to study under Toumani Diabate taking notes from the master. Learning first hand of the rich traditions of West African music has made a huge impact on the quality of my playing and inspired me to write many new compositions. I want to thank the JB Seed for giving me this opportunity to fulfill a dream." Miriam Lieberman
Two weeks of residential study in Tamworth.
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Rob Imeson (Grant amount $2070) Yamba, NSW Rob Imeson will attend the CMAA Australian College of Country Music. The college has an intensive, two-week residential program, held at the fully-equipped Calrossy School in Tamworth, NSW. The college prides itself on developing and enhancing each student's own area of need. Specialist tuition is delivered in the areas of songwriting, vocal technique and delivery, business, management and marketing studies, personal and performance techniques, instrumental technique and music theory.Outcome – "Being the oldest student (34years) and one of the least musically endowed was certainly a challenge for me at the college. I had to learn fast and at times, I felt a little overawed. However, the two weeks will be up there with some of the most memorable in my life. I made some great friends, and learned an enormous amount about what it takes to make it in the music industry.
Daily subjects included: marketing, publishing, video production, independent music, producers view points, music theory, songwriting workshops, radio in country music. Night time masterclasses of: vocal technique, harmonica playing, rhythm guitar, fingerpicking guitar, performance technique. We performed on two occasions in front of a warm, country crowd which was a lot of fun.
The College highlighted to me that Country music is not just songs of the drought, sung by cowboys with big hats – it's a very open genre that encompasses many different styles with a focus on themes about our country, our land, our people." Rob Imeson
Studying Mark Turner's approach to harmony and improvisation.
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Tim Clarkson (Grant amount $4000) Kirribilli, NSW Tim Clarkson will travel abroad to New York to study Mark Turner's ground-breaking development of Post-Coltrane harmony and improvisation using polytonality in improvisation on the saxophone. His harmonic techniques are a powerful influence on his own musical development. Turner uses a unique system of playing polytonally. He is known as one of the best in the world and an outstanding educator.A publicist and photographer for their album release and tour.
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Sierra Fin (Grant amount $4000) Stanmore, NSW Sierra Fin will use their grant to work with a publicist and photographer to promote an album release and corresponding tour. The result will be increased revenue through higher album and ticket sales. Sierra Fin also hope to gain interest from industry professionals for future projects and advice, mainly publishers to lineup a publishing deal.A live DVD and marketing to schools, councils and festivals for the kids' act.
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MarketingThe Casio Brothers (Grant amount $3842) Abbottsford, VIC The Casio Brothers and Demolition B-Girl will market and promote themselves with a CD / DVD, brochures and online material to schools, councils, festivals and events around Australia. They hope that this round of marketing will create full time work as self-sustaining musicians, create revenue towards recordings and give the band the financial ability to support disadvantages kids and communities in Australia with music programs, workshops and tuition.
Outcome – "The whole process – from the marketing research, applying for The Seed grant, the creation of our first live DVD and then putting the plan into motion – has been incredibly valuable to me and I have learned a lot about whit it means to manage an up and coming kids act. The ball is well and Truly rolling and I feel we've stepped into a more professional mindset that will continue to keep us focused on creating full time employment as musicians / performers." Zane Beck – Manager
ART FOR THE PUBLIC
Bindi Cole, Tom Sevil and Reko Rennie painted the community radio station's Smith Street building in Fitzroy.
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3CR Mural (Grant amount $5000) Melbourne, VIC Three local Melbourne artists Bindi Cole, Tom Sevil and Reko Rennie will create a mural on the exterior walls of community radio station 3CR. The radio station was established in 1976 to provide a voice for those denied access to the mass media, particularly the working class, women, Indigenous people and the many community groups and community issues discriminated against in and by the mass media. The station is situated in Melbourne's inner city in an area rich in cultural diversity and the mural will reflect this history, as well as the role of 3CR as a hub of community activism.Outcome - "It was fantastic to have the support from The Seed in this creative cultural project. We have created an amazing mural across the front and down the side wall of the 3CR building at 21 Smith Street, Fitzroy. The mural contains painted artwork, stencils, paste ups, two light boxes, a vinyl photographic sticker window image, a garden installation and hopefully one day a neon sign" Juliet Fox, 3CR Special Projects Co-ordinator
Young local artists commissioned to create public art.
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Youth Express (Grant amount $5000) Pymble, NSW Ku-ring-gai Council (Youth Services) will run a public art project where young local artists are commissioned to develop public art. This will be a collaborative project which will maximise youth participation and create a sense of ownership. The project will engage artists who; display a high level of commitment, can demonstrate artistic ability, have an understanding of the planning required for such a project and are willing to work together to deliver a good community outcomes.Outcome - "To be able to provide young people with such great opportunity is a privilege. I was able to watch and encourage their growth as artists and as young adults. The pride in what they have accomplished and the confidence they have developed are just some of the many great outcomes of a project like this, I really believe public art is a powerful way to send out positive messages to the community." Jenna Bloom, Project Co-ordinator
A billboard-sized photograph of a child's diary entry from the Troubles in Northern Ireland, toured to public sites.
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Monday 21 (Grant amount $5000) West Preston, VIC Monday 21 is a billboard size (12 X 3.5 m) digital photograph of an entry in the artists sister's diary at 9 years old during "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland. The normalisation of daily violence is highlighted by a child's acute awareness of their absence on Monday 21 – "today people blew up nothing". The project will be to tour the existing billboard installing it in public sites during the summer of 2009/10.Lightboxes in a Melbourne City Loop tunnel, forming an animation seen from passing trains.
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Evolution Videowall (Grant amount $5000) Middle Park, VIC Safari Team and the 2010 Next Wave Festival present "Evolution Videowall" – a series of imaged lightboxes which will be installed in a linear sequence in a section of underground train tunnel in the Melbourne City Loop. These lightboxes will be placed in such a way that a short animation-like image sequence (videowall) can be viewed through the window of a moving train. The resulting "videowall" will be of 20-40 seconds in length.A large colour work on a glass facade in Melbourne's business district.
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Abstract Intervention (Grant amount $5000) East Melbourne, VIC. Rowena Martinech will create a work in the centre of the business precinct of Melbourne, exposing her work to an unexpecting audience. The luminous work aims to transform neutral environments into the spectacular, stimulating thought and reflection in the viewer utilizing colour and text. A glass entry facade will be encapsulated in saturated colour through the collaged application of painted vinyl. The abstract expressionist imagery will contrast grey urban & conservative surrounds, challenging the viewers perception of their environment.A street art festival on Peel Street, giving young artists a legal outlet.
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ST5K (Grant amount $4936.75) South Plympton, SA ST5K street art festival will take place alongside the Format Festival on the whole of Peel street, Adelaide. This street will be closed to traffic, an amazing venue for a project that brings together the best artists from the street in an open, friendly environment so they can connect and share their techniques and meet the other names behind the artwork. The vision for ST5K is to give young artists a legal outlet for their art, to connected with a wider art community and other young artists so they can create networks to run their own street art exhibitions and work with graphic designers and illustrators to find work. Works created will be projected onto the walls using the GRL bike projector and also painted onto a huge recycled box wall, pieces will also be exhibited of canvas / wood pieces in the 5000 Gallery.THE JACQUI MCCOY (GEIA) TRUST
Photography and interview workshops with young Sudanese mothers, made into a blog and film.
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From Little Things (Grant amount $5000) Elwood, VIC Pip Kelly will produce an art-doco film combining photos & interviews made by a group of inspirational young Sudanese mothers from the River Nile Learning Centre, who're determined to continue their education in the face of complex resettlement and integration issues. Pip Kelly and Ezeldin Deng will give photography & interview workshops with the women, addressing relevant themes such as Future Aspirations & Babies. The photographs will become a Blog that the women maintain. I will make a film with that incorporating the photos & interviews.Hip hop workshops with Morganics for a crew of performers with disability. They went on to perform at Platform 3, Sydney's largest hip hop festival.
“For me, being involved in this project was a valuable professional development experience.”
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Outcome – "Being involved in this project was a huge learning curve. Collaborating with technicians, architects and engineers was extremely educational." Lillian O'Neil"For me, being involved in this project was a valuable professional development experience. Undertaking a public art project for the first time, I learnt new important new skills such as dealing with the logistics, organizing and financing of a large- scale arts projects, in addition to experimenting with new multi-channel video technology." Jon Oldmeadow
"Throughout the project we managed to pull together a support network of architects, engineers, builders and artists to make sure it went to plan. I think that through this collaborative experience I've attained valuable logistical skills and learned about just how much work goes into public art." Blaine Cooper
Hip Hop Project (Grant amount $5000) Sydney, NSW The Hip Hop project is a series of hip hop skills development workshops for The Wild Cats; who consist of seven members, all of whom identify as having a disability. The workshops would run over three weeks with Australian hip hop artist, Morganics. The sessions will be integral in leading the group to become a more self sustained, tight knit ensemble with a well formed, structured & strong hip hop routine & will also work to raise the profile of people with a disability. The routine created through workshops held at the Powerhouse Youth Theatre in Fairfield will then be able to be performed at various events, festivals and hip hop gigs and hopefully lead to paid gigs for The Wild Cats.
Outcome – "Without the support of the JB Seed the First Flight Crew would not have had the stellar routine that allowed them to perform at three mainstream hip hop gigs- including Platform 3 Sydney largest Hip Hop Festival. It enabled them to be brought out of the disability sector into the hip hop arena where they can share their spunk, attitude and talent to the wider community." Alison Richardson
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MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
Andrew Brown, The Red Book Comics
Bianca Jade, Self Managed
Brad Murray, Radiant City + Spun Rivals
Bruna Chiovitti, Abbe May and The Rockin' Pneumonia
Chloe Goodyear, Doch/Miguel
Eva Popov, Eva Popov
Helen Ransom, Adam Cousens/Linc le Fevre (& the Insiders)
Jackie Marshall, Self managed
Jesse Lubitz, TinPan Orange
Kevin Lui, Indingenous Intrudaz
Lach Hall, De Jah Groove
Leah Flanagan, Self Managed
Maggie Collins, The John Steel Singers
Malina Hamilton-Smith, Super Massive
Matt McMullen, The Slim Pickins/The Belle Ends/Long Gone Midnight
Mei Lai Swan, Self Managed
Noah Marley, Flow and Plenty
Paul Boon, Groovylips and the Yang/Monokira/Harry Jackamarra Gray
Rae Howell, Sunwrae Ensemble
Rowan Brand, Freedom 1
Sarah Newman, Saritah
Sare Lang, Skipping Girl Vinegar
Susan Clarke, Xave Brown
“I feel fully empowered and inspired to apply new knowledge and develop my career.”
Saritah Newman
INDIGENOUS RECORDING
Damian Bani and Douglas Patrick's socially conscious hip hop act from Inala, QLD, recorded with producer Tony Buchen in Sydney. The grant covered all costs, through to 1,000 copies.
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Indigenous Intrudaz to record 5 track EP Damian Bani and Douglas Patrick are the Indigenous Intrudaz, a socially conscious Hip Hop act from Inala, Queensland. They will travel to Sydney to record a five-track EP with Tony Buchen in his studio. The grant will cover all costs, including Tony’s fee, travel, accommodation, mixing, mastering and other studio costs, and the production of 1,000 copies of the completed EP.JACQUI GEIA GRANT
Children's books for ages 0 to 5, telling local Indigenous stories.
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Indigenous First Discovery Books Warnambool, VIC. Sarah Prescott will coordinate the publication and distribution of culturally specific Indigenous children’s literature for the 0-5 age bracket. ‘Indigenous First Discovery Books’ aspire to record local Indigenous stories and symbols, and educate all Australians about Indigenous culture. In this way Indigenous authors and artists will be empowered and sustainable sources of income established.An art magazine on gentrification in Redfern, made during a residency at the Redfern Community Centre.
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There Goes the Neighbourhood Newtown, NSW Keg de Souza will produce a one-off, 24-page full colour art magazine comprising socially active artworks which focus on the processes of gentrification in Redfern, NSW. ‘There goes the Neighbourhood’ will be developed during a collaborative residency at the Redfern Community Centre in conjunction with an exhibition, workshops and film screening programme.Five original tracks recorded at Sounds of the Street studios in Sydney.
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Recording at CYI in Sydney Erskinville, NSW Ian Wilson, an Indigenous emerging artist, will record five original tracks at “Sounds of the Street” Studios in Sydney. In the process he will expand his knowledge of professional studios and the recording process, and ultimately be able to self-market his EP.PROFESSIONAL AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Two weeks of intensive tuition with a Mohan veena guru.
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Harry Jakamarra – Intensive Mohan Veena lessons.Harry Spent two weeks of intensive Mohan Veena tuition (an Indian instrument similar to a classical guitar) with a renowned Mohan Veena guru in India. The lessons focussed and developing a further understanding of Raga’s, their musical forms, structures and place within Indian culture as well as advanced techniques for playing the Mohan Veena.
Courses in Ableton Live and Pro Tools, so she can now produce her own work with young people.
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Zoe MillerThe Live School course at SAE was a fantastic course that was really pratical- with enough theory to get me started and interested in the whole audio engineering world. I exceeded the objectives I had for this class- I loved learning about Live as it is a program with a very elegant design. It is so flexible and mutli-dimensional so it will help me a lot. It will be espeiclaly useful for recroding on the fly with young people and creating re-mixes. I took some really comphrehensive class notes so I can easily refresh my memory when i need to. Pro-school 101 and 110 was extreemly heavy on the theory but showed that Pro-Tools is an extreemly powerful program. I learnt a lot from talking with other people in the class and the teacher. In fact one of the people there refeered me to a mastering guy who mastered everything for the hip hop project! I exceeded the objectives I had for this class ten-fold, I made contacts, learnt about gear I need to buy and I have a comphrehensive understanding of the program. Now I no longer have to deal with third party prducers and rely on people to provide beats, while at the same time I have made great contacts with other producers, like Nick Toth, as mentors.
Polyrhythm and improvisation lessons in Melbourne.
“The lessons varied in focus, but generally always included practical exercises in stepping, clapping and vocalizing in different polyrhythms.”
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Ria Soemardjo – Vocal Rhythmic Improvisation lessons in Melbourne.“The lessons varied in focus, but generally always included practical exercises in stepping, clapping and vocalizing in different polyrhythms. These particular exercises were based on the Taketina process that Tania has trained in, and are designed to build skills in perceiving different rhythms simultaneously. The exercises also help to deepen the sense of rhythm in the body – so that any playing or improvisation can then flow spontaneously. The sessions also included exercises combining vocalizing while using simple percussion including the Korean drum, shakers, rattles , bells etc. The exercises became more and more complex as my ability to stay in rhythm improved. We were able to introduce unfamiliar polythythms, while taking into consideration the types of rhythms I play in traditional Javanese music, and in my original music”.
Workshops with the Beautiful Girls songwriter shaped their new EP Tangerine Bird.
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Rogerthat – 2008 Professional DevelopmentThe band begun worked with Mat McHugh (Beautiful Girls)in a series of song writing workshops. He spent time suggesting ways in which the songs could be made more direct, as well as providing ideas for instrumentation and arrangements. This provided valuable preparation for the meetings and sessions to come. We feel that the workshop with Mat improved our song writing and gave us new ideas and inspiration for the future. The bands new EP tangerine Bird is a huge improvement from our last project, thanks to Mat’s input.
Studied with Sir Peter Maxwell Davies at Dartington International Summer School.
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Chris WilliamsChris attended the Dartington International Summer School – Advanced Composition School with internationally renowned composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. While at the intensive course, he composed a piece entitled “By a thousand names o flower” for a small chamber group performing at the workshop. “I learnt a lot about the construction and development of musical ideas, as well as being given the chance to learn from the musical thought of the five other talented composers (from around the world) chosen for the course”. “The array of lessons learnt during my project was amazing, covering the entire range of proffessional composition from instrumentation, orchestration, development all the way to rehearsal technique, part production and more abstract notions about the composers role and responsibility in society”.
A residency with composer Christopher Young, attending workshops and major film scoring sessions.
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Bryce JacobsI have just returned from a very successful trip to the United States as a part of the composer Christopher Young’s (Spider-man 3, Sword Fish, The Grudge, etc.) residency named Tilden House, which was established for young composers to help enable them to make a start in Hollywood through the assistance of a supportive network of Chris’s personal team. Whilst in the US, I attended composition and orchestration workshops including the orchestration course offered by some of L.A.’s leading orchestrators and composer I used every available moment to meet with composers and studios, offering any assistance I could in their compositional environment to prove myself in each and every hard working way possible. I also attended many recording sessions for major upcoming films and television shows at many of the leading film and recording studios in Hollywood.
There is too much talent in Australia to be left unnoticed. I believe what I have achieved already is an incredibly solid foundation to build the rest of my mid to long term plans and goals on.
SOCIAL ACTIVISM THROUGH THE ARTS
Photography workshops for Indigenous participants in Maningrida, NT.
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Maningrida Project/Black on White (Grant amount $3,000) North Sydney, NSWBelinda Mason and Mervyn Bishop will travel to Maningrida, Northern Territory to conduct photography workshops with five Indigenous participants nominated by the Maningrida Jobs Education and Training Aboriginal Corporation. The goal of the workshops is to develop attendees’ photographic skills and to empower them to produce an exhibition of images documenting their own culture.
Street theatre workshops and performances in Brisbane and Rockhampton.
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Performers for Peace (Grant amount $1,800) West End, QLD.Delene Cuddihy will organise a series of Street Theatre workshops to be run by Anna Yen called ‘Performers for Peace’. Participants will be drawn from the female memberships of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, other peace and conservation organisations, student bodies and the general Brisbane community. The workshops will culminate in performances, as tools for community education and political protest, in Brisbane and Rockhampton.
A multimedia zine and exhibitions encouraging intercultural dialogue.
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Express your Reality (Grant amount $5,000) Northcote, VICDustin Barter will produce at least three issues of a multimedia zine entitled ‘Express Your Reality’ which is envisaged as a tool for creating intercultural dialogue between viewers and contributors on social issues. The zine will invite visual and written contributions from artists, photographers, illustrators, poets and creative writers. The artworks will then be exhibited in Melbourne and Sydney and the completed publications will be distributed through zine networks, schools, train stations, community centres, bars, cafes and online.
A hip hop album made with young people at the Red Cross Night Café in Brisbane, promoting mental health.
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Step-Up (Night Café) (Grant amount $4,961.50) Milton, QLDKatie Gregg will engage with marginalised young people who frequent the Red Cross Night Cafe in the Brisbane CBD to record a hip hop album. Through the project, entitled ‘Step-Up (Night Cafe)’, Katie seeks to raise awareness and knowledge of mental health issues and to reduce the stigma attached to seeking help; in this way she hopes to promote positive mental health via hip hop expression.
A community education kit on the proposed Olympic Dam uranium mine expansion.
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ROXSTOP: Community Education & Action Kit (Grant amount $4,150) Mullumbimby, NSWTreena Lenthall will produce a community education and action resource kit that can be used to lobby politicians and union representatives, and raise public awareness about the proposed expansion to the Olympic Dam uranium mine near Roxby Downs. The resource kits will contain a number of informative documents including the short film ‘All That Glitters Is Not Gold’ and practical tips on how and who to lobby.
A dance and acrobatics workshop with Indigenous young people from far north Queensland.
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Sonic Elevation (Grant amount $3,000) Footscray, VICCarolyn Parry will facilitate a creative dance workshop entitled “Sonic Elevation” with seven Indigenous youth from far north Queensland. The workshop/ exchange programme will see Carolyn Parry, Lamaroc and another acrobatic instructor foster the participants’ talents and work towards a final public performance at ‘The Crom’.
A documentary on women from the Horn of Africa and their stories of parenthood.
“Lullabies Our Mothers Sang’ is a project developed in response to a community request to explore the theme of parenthood from the perspectives of being someone’s child and a mother.”
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Lullabies Our Mothers Sang (Grant amount $2,000) Kensington, VIC‘Lullabies Our Mothers Sang’ is a project developed in response to a community request to explore the theme of parenthood from the perspectives of being someone’s child and a mother. Paola Bilbrough, in collaboration with other artists, will craft a documentary film surrounding the stories of thirteen women from the Horn of Africa about how their past rituals and relationships with their parents contribute to their lives now. The film will be screened at Melbourne’s Big West Arts Festival and the Sun Theatre, Yarraville and will be submitted to independent television networks, the Melbourne Fringe and other festivals.
A disability arts symposium at Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne.
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Art of difference (Grant amount $5,000) Albert Park, VICCusader Hillis will stage the ‘Art of Difference’, a major Arts Symposium at Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park, Victoria. The programme of forums and interactive workshops will provide a platform for people from disability communities to meet, exchange ideas, debate, experience and discuss arts with the Symposium’s creators. There will be opportunities to discuss key issues facing disability arts practice and meet potential collaborators.
A week of activities celebrating fathers, for families in the Taree area.
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Fatherhood Festival Taree (Grant amount $5,000) Bobin, NSWPeter Glencross, on behalf of Manning Uniting Church Building Community Lines, will coordinate the Fatherhood Festival Taree, a week of activities to be targeted especially at disadvantaged families in the greater Taree City Council area. The project seeks to improve family wellbeing by focussing on fathers and celebrating their important roles both in the family and the community and will culminate in a Fathers’ Day event to entertain, motivate and provide services and education to enhance parenting skills.
Four street theatre pieces on human rights, the environment and the anti-nuclear cause, performed in Adelaide.
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Political Street Theatre (Grant amount $2,000) Prospect, SAEdwin Kemp Attrill is an emerging actor and director who will develop an original series of four street theatre performances entitled ‘Hit hard, and get out fast’ with the focus on creating debate and awareness within the community on human rights abuse, the degradation of the environment and the anti-nuclear cause. The pieces will raise maximum political awareness through the use of bold colours, high energy live music and circus skills, and will be performed in the Adelaide CBD, at political rallies, marches and protests and other arts events.
2007
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MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
Britta Decker, Tashka Urban
Buzz Thompson, Stompy and The Heat, The Graveltones, King of The North
Daniel Banks, Dan Banks Band
Dario Phillips, Hannah
Dave Mann, Self Managed
Deb Bond, Self Managed
Deb Suckling, My Fiction, Lucy Star Satellite, Sahara Beck
Fred Leone, Impossible Odds
Gordon Andersen, Mere Theory
Isaac Graham, Old Kent Road
Jasmine Abbott, Sneaky Weasel Gang
Jason Banicevic, Matt Tonks
Jodie Regan, Tame Impala, Pond, Felicity Groom, Allbrook/Avery, Gum, The Slients
Kelt, Self Managed
Kim Queen, Waiting for Guiness
Liam Griffin, Self Managed
Michael Thornely, Optimum, Thom Thum & Pure Product
Mikki Sellton, Katchafire
Nadia Onus, Amberdeen & Painted Stones
Neda Rahmani, Self Managed
Ronit Granot, Self Managed
Sarah-Jane Wentzki, Princess One Point Five
Tania Wilson, Sydonia
“Hands down the best workshop or conference I have attended, here or overseas.”
Deb Suckling
SPEAK: INDIGENOUS HIP HOP
Fred Leone's Brisbane hip hop act recorded with producer Tony Buchen in Sydney. The grant covered all costs, through to 1,000 copies. TimeOff named it Single of the Week.
“For me the journey has been almost like a dream.”
Fred Leone
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Impossible Odds to record 5 track EPImpossible Odds are an Indigenous Hip Hop act from Brisbane, they traveled to Sydney to record a 5 track EP with Tony Buchen in his studio. The grant covered all costs, including Tony’s fee, studio hire, mixing and mastering, travel, accommodation, per diems, artwork and the production of 1000 copies once the EP is completed.
“My name is Fred Leone and I am the recipient of the 2007 JB SEED : Speak Indigenous Hip Hop grant. For me the journey has been almost like a dream, not only have I had the opportunity to professionally record my own music but I was given the tools, advice, support and guidance along the way by the JB SEED Crew to help me become self sustained and confident in the fact that as an Indigenous artist within Australia that I can now enter the industry/market as, and with a tangible product.
TimeOff (Chris Yates) – Impossible Odds named Single Of The Week: ‘Sought-after Australian Producer, Tony Buchen has helped Impossible Odds create a sound which is very international sounding, while Leone’s lyrics and rapping style are unarguably local….his gift is the way he communicates his message and stories with the listener on a very personal level. Musically the EP covers a lot of different ground….Leone is a very talented MC, and there could be no doubt that this EP will prove itself to be one of the most important Australian hip hop releases this year. The process was great and the whole time I have felt a definite sense of community and genuine care and concern from the staff of the JB SEED.
The JB SEED is in my opinion leading the way in their innovative approach to philanthropy which is geared around the greater good for humanity, social justice and the environment and we need more people like this talented group.
Thanks for everything, you fullas are off the hook!!!”
SOCIAL ACTIVISM THROUGH THE ARTS
Indigenous performances at Melbourne Zoo, ACMI, schools and youth centres.
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Cultural Arts TourTo see students watching our performances and trying some dancing or Didge and then kids just yarning with each other, would have to be on of the highlights of my year. To see the look in the eyes of my students as they groove along (they do groove) Swanston Street Mall was so much fun. We performed at: Royal Melbourne Zoo, Australian Centre for Moving Image ACMI, Thornbury Senior High School for class TV channel 31 Geelong Primary School and Church Youth Centre in Geelong.Thanks again for contributing to this community and helping form more positive opinions of Indigenous Australians at a time when media images were very one sided.
A poster series, an exhibition at The Artery, and rock posters pasted around Melbourne.
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The Nuclear PostersPart 1: the nuclear posters
We are extremely happy with the quality of the publication. The posters themselves are beautifully printed on 100% recycled paper and are shrink-wrapped together to form one publication. We feel this poster series is a real leap in production value from our last poster series and is also a lot easier to distribute and sell in bookshops etc. This correlates with the general feedback we are getting from a range of people.
Part 2: the exhibition
The Nuclear Posters launch at The Artery on November 13th was a great night and really well attended. The Artery gallery was also a great connection for us to make as political poster makers as they have a history of exhibiting political posters and work with poster collectors and collectives. Being a comercial gallery and bar meant that the exhibition was accessible and the artists involved were give the oportunity to exhibit in a recognised gallery.
Part 3: the nuclear rock posters hit the streets!
We felt this was an extremely successful aspect of the entire project. The designs chosen were very striking, were easy to spot at a distance, and seemed to communicate the message very effectively particularly as the designs were pasted side by side. It has been difficult to gauge the actual impact of the posters on the general public, but we received numerous excited text messages from people having spotted them in different locations in Melbourne and we have received emails from individuals and organisations who want to get copies of the actual rock posters themselves. The rock posters were also an amazing project for the two artists whose work was chosen. Both these artists were extremely happy to have their work so publically displayed. The posters were not only politically effective but artistically as well.
Senior Arabunna people returned to Finniss Springs to tell stories of growing up on the mission.
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Growing Up Two WaysThe project enabled a group of senior Arabunna people and some of their families to return to Finess Springs and tell first hand stories about growing up in this place that was once a Christian mission but also a safe haven for Aboriginal families, allowing us to maintain some of our traditional culture. The work created through the project conveys a true impression of the lived experience of people that grew up at Finiss Springs, including an evocative portrayal of the spiritual, cultural, linguistic and material aspects of life on the mission.
A 35-minute documentary by PAW Media with an all-local Anmatjere crew, plus a CD by the Six Mile Band.
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Anmatjere ManA 35 minute documentary film entitled “Anmatjere Man” was produced by PAW Media and Communications. Tony Scrutton wrote, edited ad starred in the film. The crew was comprised entirely of local Anmatjere people. The project also included the recording of a CD from the Central Desert Band (6 Mile Band) at PAW’s recording studio in Yuendumu. Three of these songs were then used in the film. PAW has a long history with the Anmatjere communities, organisations and the people involved in making the film. This established relationship enabled open communication throughout the production as well as the ability to work ‘in country’ with ease.
A film giving the Purfleet-Taree community a voice on CDEP and cultural preservation.
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Biripi and Worimi CountryWhen I heard that there was an Indigenous “landcare” group at Taree, I started thinking about a film straight away. The film has given the people at Purfleet a chance to have their say in an area that is pivotal to their life and the well-being of their community. It was wonderful to do a full interview with John Clark, for example, who is regarded by many as an elder. Those tapes are archival treasures, and I would love to do similar interviews with all o the elders in that area and in my own local area of Maleny, Queensland. This film has given an opportunity for the Indigenous people of Purfleet-Taree to give voice their feelings about not only CDEP (Cultural Development Employment Program) but also the preservation of their culture and other important issues. It gives them a tool in approaching government bodies and in harnessing solidarity for keeping the CDEP program alive.
Five young Aboriginal artists presented new work to full houses. Allan Clark's Wrong Skin was picked up for Next Wave Festival 2008.
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StepUPIn October 2008 five young artist’s presented new work over two nights to full houses at PACT Theatre. The positive feedback and outcomes of this initiative was overwhelming and PACT is extremely proud of the achievements of the StepUP artists in 2007.
-Lily Shearer from The Performance Space commissioned Bjorn Stewart to present his work. The King of Sheep as part of the Aboriginal comedy night at The Performance Space.
-The Artistic Director of Melbourne’s Nextwave Festival attended with the General Manager of Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre. Allan Clarks work Wrong Skin has been selected for a full production for the Nextwave Festival 2008, presented at the Malthouse Theatre
-NextWave have expressed interest in presenting Katherine Beckett’s, Boxed and Categorized, and Perun Bonsor’s How to be a better black fella, for the Culturally disadvantaged as part of the Nextwave Festival 2008.
Katherine Beckett has been offered to perform in a short film pilot program.
PACT would like to thank The JB SEED Fund for supporting StepUP 2007 and contributing to the development of contemporary aboriginal art in New South Wales and across Australia.
PROFESSIONAL AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Lessons and concerts with Paul Silverthorne.
“The single greatest opportunity of my career yet.”
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Glen Donnelly, advanced viola study in SpainOver the course of several Viola lessons, master classes and concerts, Paul Silverthorne ignited a dramatic process within me which has changed the whole way I approach music. Paul is one of the best Viola teachers in the world and a wonderful “capacitator” for young musicians. He has recognised my natural musical talent and is the perfect mentor to open me as a musician and turn my potential into great artistry. I was in the perfect relaxing environment to reflect on my life and my music. This has not just affected my performing, but my entire musicality and me as a person. The content of this project was very intensive. Individual lessons and mentor sessions, rehearsals and seminars filled the day and nearly every night was a public concert as part of the Central Catalunya Music Festival, in which I would play solo, chamber music and chamber orchestra. I collaborated with musicians from all over the world and networked with valuable future contacts in Europe. The unique surroundings of regional Spain enabled me to grow musically and personally, and the combination of this with the perfectly timed mentoring from Paul SIlverthorne turned out to be the single greatest opportunity of my career yet. I know that this project gas played a crucial role in my music and development. I cannot thank you enough
A songwriting weekend that brought out new songs from band members.
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The Funky TurtlesThe “Funky Turtles Song Writing Work Shop with Rebecca Barnard” was a huge success; its positive effects have reached beyond those originally anticipated and stated in the Turtle’s funding applications.In fact, it has so far proven to be a transformative experience for the many people involved, not least of all, Rebecca. , “Some members of the band who aren’t usually very upfront were really involved. Bianca wrote a whole song. Sarah sang, and came in two days after the weekend with a new song she had written at home! There was a meeting of creative minds. The Turtles already see them selves as artists, and this experience validated them, their professional identity. The weekend was an affirmation of being a creative, performing artist.” The fact of Rebecca’s warm, empathic and relaxed personality, her attitude towards the Turtles, and her approach to music making, heavily impacted on the success of the project.
Lessons with Leigh Carriage and Dave Sanders built the band's confidence and vocal control.
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BrittleWe were fortunate to receive the grant in late June 2007. We contacted our mentors Leigh Carriage, vocal teacher, Dave Sanders, drum tutor and tried to contact our guitar tutor Michael Porter in late June to arrange lessons. Leigh Carriage was able to teach Ben Whiting, Billy Donaldson and Geoff Slingsby.We have gained in confidence and have much better control of our voices. We have improved our tone and breathing and Geoff our drummer, is also able to do some vocals to reinforce our hook lines as he never used to do any before. She has been a most supportive and patient teacher and a wonderful mentor for us. Geoff Slingsby, Ben Whiting, Billy Donaldson and Ben O’Dwyer Members of BRITTLE
Studied with Guru Tanjore K Murugaboopathi during the Madras Music Festival.
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Dana Ogle – Perth To Chennai As a recipient of The JB Seed grant I traveled to Chennai, South India to study the Carnatic instrument mridangam with Guru Tanjore K Murugaboopathi in a challenging and engaging environment. The timing of my travels to Chennai coincided with the Madras Carnatic Music Festival, allowing me to attend numerous Carnatic music concerts during my stay. This allowed me to both deepen my understanding of and appreciation of Carnatic music and further develop my relationship with many of Chennai’s most highly regarded musicians. The combined outcomes of my studies with Guru Murugaboopathi and the resulting recoding sessions greatly exceeded my expectations of my travels to India, and ensured my ongoing relationships with several leading Indian musicians. I will continue my student/teacher/mentor relationship with Guru Murugaboopathi. Additional to this I know have a clear understanding of the direction the recording process should take when next I return to India. On reflection I realize I have completely immersed myself into the depths of Indian culture and music. It is only the beginning of a lifetime relationship with Mother India.Six months with Keiko Abe at Toho Gakuen, including two recitals of his own work.
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Steve Falk – Marimba Study in Japan with Keiko AbeI studied at Toho Gakuen with Keiko Abe from October 1st 2007 until March 31st 2008. My course of study consisted of private practice in studios at the college and a weekly master class conducted by Professor Abe. International graduates such as myself were expected to perform regularly in the master class which is conducted in front of an audience of about 20 advanced solo marimba students from around Japan and sometimes guest musicians from abroad. As I have always been interested in improvisation my work in the master classes often included free improvisation with Keiko Abe and myself improvising together on two marimbas. I gave two 40 minute public recitals during which I performed my own new composition for solo marimba, “Romance” which was composed during my studies with Professor Abe in the last six months. I have now completed a total of two years full-time marimba study with Keiko Abe. It has been an incredible opportunity to pursue an artistic interest of mine so intensively after many years of professional musical activity where there was rarely a chance to practice regularly.
Recording lessons with George Goerss, then sessions with 12 musicians.
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Tom Vincent – Advanced Audio StudyThe last six months have been a very exciting time for me studying with George Goerss and becoming established in the practice of recording. For most of our lessons George came here to my studio. He’s has been extremely helpful including taking calls from me when the need arose for troubleshooting. Since getting started last year I have conducted recording sessions with twelve different local and interstate musicians including singers, trumpet players, sax players, guitarists, double bass players, drummers and of course myself on piano and keyboards.
Lessons with Michael Williams.
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Eleanor Betts – Cello Study in Vienna with Michael WiliamsThis period of study was invaluable to me not just in terms of the way in which it helped develop my performance both technically and musically, but also in terms of the experience of being able to discuss the challenges of studying Cello overseas as an Australian with someone who has achieved many of the things I would like to achieve in my career.
Michael Williams was a student and teacher in Sydney, before he moved to Europe to study with Antonio Meneses, an eminent Cellist. After studying for six years in Europe, Michael returned to Australia to perform with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, which is has always been my greatest goal. The experience of being a classical musician from Australia can be daunting one because of the relative lack of funding and support that has traditionally been given to this area of the Arts. Very few classical musicians in Australia achieve success at home without having studied overseas first.
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MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
Alex Beck, Harlequin Smile
Alison McLean, Birds of Tokyo
Cilla Jane Leighton-Daly, Self managed
Dane Hunnerup, The scientists of modern music
Ebrima Marong, Satara & Super Afro Mandinko
Elizabeth Kilby, Kafka
Erin Wheatley, Mason Rack Band
Jodie Weber, Poetikool Justice
Julian Abrahams, Casual projects
Kate Mills, The Jacknives / The Kuillotines / The Surefire Midnights
Katherine Beard, Kaya / Extended Family / G Nunan project
Kimberley Morley, Pink Stik
Kristen Mahar, Sin City
Marion Gingell, Steve Romig & Jessica Paige
Mark Smith, Drum Drum
Matt Irvin, Mark Sawyer
Megan Bowman, Self Managed
Mick Daley, The Re-Mains
Nasrine Rahmani, San Lazaro
Tracey Robertson, Loren
“This experience has been a major and vital turning point in my life.”
Matt Irvin
PROFESSIONAL AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Wrote with Marc Swersky and recorded a five-song EP he produced.
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Krista PolvereMy trip to New York has been a positive and fulfilling experience. So much so that I have decided to extend my stay here and have not yet returned to Australia. Shortly after my arrival here I met with Marc Swersky and began my songwriting sessions. Once Marc and I wrote songs that I felt represented the direction I wanted to take my music in, we endeavoured to go into the studio and record a 5 song EP which he produced.I would like to thank the JB Seed board in providing me with the opportunity to travel to New York so soon and I will always be grateful.
Refined melodies and lyrics, bringing new arranging skills back to his band San Lazaro.
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Lazare AgneskisPaul helped me to refine the melodies and lyrics of my songs to make them more concise and fluent. We picked parts of the song that sounded good and could even be repeated, as well as cutting a the parts that weren’t that good or didn’t really suit the song. As I compose and perform with my main band ‘San Lazaro’ this experience will no doubt have an affect on the songs we write. I can bring the skills I’ve learnt about arranging and refining ideas to the band.
Worked with leading figures in Australian and international opera.
“I feel as though the world is waiting for me now.”
Laurence Meikle
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Laurence Meikle, opera study in SydneyThree weeks after the completion of the project, I feel as though I am a completely different person. My singing and devotion to my art form is so great, that when positive things happen in my professional life I am affected personally also.
I feel that my time in Sydney and the subsequent weeks I have had to refine and concentrate on the skills I learned, have changed the way I sing and perform completely. The most important element is probably my confidence. My experiences in working with these figures who are at the forefront of the Australian and international opera scenes have taught me that I am on the right path to developing a career.
Getting some positive feedback and encouragement from internationally acclaimed baritone, Michael Lewis has really increased my confidence. I feel as though the world is waiting for me now.
Ten weeks of lessons with Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee.
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Scott Benning, music in CalcuttaI was awarded the JB Seed grant last year for a period of music study in Calcutta. In the original grant application, I stated that I would be having lessons with my former teacher from the Rotterdam conservatorium, Siddharth Krishna. In the end he could not make it due to the impending birth of his first child. I then approached the teacher who gave the annual master classes at the Rotterdam Conservatorium, Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee, who resides in Calcutta. Having lessons again with Pandit Mukherjee was a truly inspiring experience. They were all one-on-one lessons and covered all aspects of sitar playing. Any questions I had were answered and any technique I wanted to learn was demonstrated clearly. I recorded all the lessons so I have a lot of material to work on now that I am back in Australia. I also saw him perform three times during my visit to Calcutta. I feel that my ten week stay in Calcutta has had an extremely positive effect upon my playing. My technique has improved an become stronger and my musicality and feel has been enhanced by the exposure to such high calibre artists and by being in such a unique musical environment.
Eight sessions with Bobby Singh, now used in her own rhythm teaching.
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Claudia ChambersI received the wonderful opportunity to receive a professional development tabla mentorship of eight sessions with Bobby Singh. The work we did together on ways of learning rhythm by vocalising has already expanded my parameters as a teacher of rhythm. I have already begun to introduce some of these ideas into my classes as an alternative approach to learning and conceptualising rhythm. As well as the rhythmic knowledge I gained from studying with Bobby, the experience has reinvigorated my own inspiration about music and learning.
Lessons, performances and recordings with zurna players in Istanbul.
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Alisha Brooks, Romany music study in TurkeyMy lessons took place between the 2nd August and 5th September 2006, in Istanbul, Turkey. Savas and I had lessons, performed and recorded together. Through all of this I established one of the most important musical relationships of my career. Savas showed me the true essence of this music and the depths of the language, of which the similarities to my background in jazz improvisation are endless. The zurna is a traditional instrument in many countries and has a special place in Turkish music. The Turkish style is unique and by far the most detailed. Ahmet Elbasan is one of the most accomplished player in Turkey and is a master of the Turkish Romany style. I accomplished enough in my time with Aymet to be able to play some simple sons and scales, but mostly I learnt how to practice the instrument and work towards the long term goals
SOCIAL ACTIVISM
Fifteen young people from four cultural backgrounds painted a mural together in the St George area of Sydney.
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Master Peace Wall15 youths aged 14 and 15 coming from 4 different cultures (Muslim, Lebanese, Macedonian and Greek) painted side by side in a group effort. The mural not only represents the various cultures within the St-George area but is the result of a multicultural group effort. We had numerous changes in design to accommodate all the cultures present in the St-George area and also basing them on the current abilities of our newly trained young artist. “We should write a big COMMUNICATE word a fill it with 35 different languages all saying hello. “ At the time our centre we had a 2 day workshop a about racism and 120 students were present, many positive comments were heard by staff in those two days about the mural.
Four plain-English posters on nuclear health and environmental risks, developed with Indigenous communities.
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How Radiation Makes You SickThe aim of this project was to produce of a series of posters for Indigenous communities explaining the health and environmental risks associated with nuclear activities and facilities in an accessible, but scientifically sound, manner. Initial text and rough ideas for the poster design was drafted by a number of anti-nuclear activists and brought to the 2007 Alliance Against Uranium (renamed the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance) meeting near Alice Springs in August. A session at this meeting was dedicated to explaining and getting input from indigenous participants into the text and designs. The initial outcome for this project was the development of four plain English posters – Radiation and Health, Waste and Tailings, Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Nukes and Water.
Supported Actors for Refugees' show Open House. Audience members went on to volunteer at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.
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Club RefugeesThe JB Seed contributed $4,700 towards the workshopping and launch of Actors for Refugees’ new show, Open House, which took place in August 2006. We wanted to reflect on the relationships that have developed between refugees, asylum seekers and long-time Australian residents over the last few years, particularly now that the majority of refugees are out of detention and living in the community, on bridging, temporary or permanent visas. We felt the need to acknowledge the way these relationships contribute to a sense of belonging for the newcomers, but also as evidence of the possibility and value of community connectedness for everyone. We wanted to inspire our audiences to get out there and do something themselves, not simply ‘feel sorry’ for others or go away feeling angry and frustrated. After the performance several people who had not previously done anything practical in relation to refugees offered to volunteer at Asylum Seeker Resource centre and collect food for those on Bridging Visa E.
An animated DVD on nuclear energy and climate. 3,200 copies were distributed, with 25 public screenings in WA.
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Climate of Hope“Climate of Hope” is a 28 minute animated DVD produced on almost no budget, for the purpose of demystifying the nuclear industry, with particular regard to claims about nuclear energy’s potential contribution to climate mitigation. 3200 copies of the DVD were produced. 1000 of these were distributed in the eastern states by the BNI network, and 2000 were distributed in Western Australia. At the time of writing, there have been 25 public screenings in WA, many of them at small local events, universities and regional centres including Bunbury, Margaret River, Denmark, Albany, Geraldton and the Shire of Murchison. The DVD has been a very successful tool for promoting renewable solutions to the climate challenge while debunking some of the more misleading claims of the nuclear industry. Particularly during an election year, I believe a the project filled a useful niche as a (hopefully) non-dogmatic, even-handed and entertaining guide to these important issues.
An arts camp and film project with young Arabic-speaking men in Western Sydney, countering media stereotypes.
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Agents of Change, Arabic youth filmWe undertook an arts-based social change program with young Arabic-speaking men to develop their stories and capacities in context of the socio-political environment in which they find themselves. We targeted marginalised young men who and who wanted to make a difference in their worlds via arts and cultural expression. Part of the impetus for this project was to counter the media stereotypes of young Arab Australian men, and to create the space for alternative stories and images that were self-generated. We promoted the camp widely through our own community networks, and through Arabic and youth networks across Western Sydney to ensure that we accessed as many young men from Arabic-speaking background, particularly those who had never undertaken an arts-based leadership program, and those who felt particularly marginalised by the outside.
The JB Seed grant allowed us to set the ground for cultural development work with Arabic-speaking young men at a crucial time. This grant money provided us with the essential resources to organise the program, which included an intensive three-day camp and to contract experienced artists/mentors to facilitate a program of activities relevant to what our participants had identified as being relevant to their lives.
PUBLICITY AND MARKETING
Their biggest tour yet. Every venue asked them back.
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JESS & THE PAIGE BOYSThis was the biggest tour that I had been on and the first with my band. The stuff I value most is the knowledge I gained of venues, their sound systems, the sound engineers, the other bands and artists and venue operators and bookers I met for future gigs. Every venue wanted us back, so musically we went over really well and we got quite a few new fans.
Shepparton was the best gig with a fantastic reception and we will be further developing that area with radio, distribution and venue co-operation and using that as a model for other areas we will play at in future.
Publicist Monique Lisa secured triple j support and a TV performance.
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Tecoma“The initial aim of the project was to raise public awareness about the Home Brew Album and AIR to Me Single launches and the national tour that was in support of these releases. The work of the publicist Monique Lisa was phenomenal to this end and her securing Triple J support for the tour, a Home & Hosed performance on JTV, not to mention making several other things happen around the tour dates made a massive difference in terms of getting word out about the tour. In contrast to many of the harder lessons learnt from the last little while, having Monique Lisa on board facilitated by The JB Seed drove home the difference working with passionate and experienced professionals can make. Her hard work, professionalism, honest advice, objectivity and insight into many aspects of the tour/records goings on was so helpful, I really hope I can continue to work with her in the future, if she’s not too sought after by other artists.”
An eight-week tour promoting their debut album Wasteland.
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IllzillaIn May and June this year the Melbourne based hiphop outfit ‘Illzilla’ conducted a successful eight week tour of the Australian east coast, promoting two singles from the groups’s debut album ‘Wasteland’ and exposing new audience to the groups’ dynamic live set. This tour included live performances in Melbourne, Geelong, Sydney, Brisbane, Coolum and the Gold Coast, and culminated with the Melbourne launch of the brilliant film clip for ‘Cut Feet’ – the group’s second single. With the generous help of the JB Seed Fund, Illzilla was able to thoroughly promote the tour, including substantial advertising in print media across the country. This was also supplemented by strong media interest (including numerous positive album reviews in the press), poster runs in all states, and some additional print and online promotions conducted variously by Beat Broker, Elefant Traks, Shock Records and the Grassroots Street Orchestra.
INDIGENOUS TOURING
Ten shows and two community workshops between Perth and Port Hedland, supporting their new album.
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Yowarliny east coast tour, September 2006DJIVA’s tour was originally planned for the East Coast of Australia in September 2006, was altered and took place in the North West of WA during July and August 2007. “We traveled from Perth to Port Hedland and back performing 10 shows and conducting 2 community workshops. Aside from a few hurdles the tour was a great success, we received a good deal of publicity and audience responses was mostly very positive. Looking back we really enjoyed the tour and can see that it was hugely beneficial to the release our new album”.
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MULTICULTURAL ARTS
Afghan refugee and artist Adam Janali bought materials to prepare his first solo show, Out of Sight, Out of Mind, at Kidogo Arthouse in Perth. It featured work made in detention alongside new paintings. More than 300 people came to the opening, and the gallery extended the run by a week.
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Art by Adam Janali, solo art exhibitionAfghan refugee & artist Adam Janali to exhibit his work in a solo exhibition to be held in Perth
After receiving the grant from The Seed, Adam purchased the art materials needed to commence preparations for his exhibition. Materials purchased included canvas, oil paints, paintbrushes and chemicals necessary for painting with oil. Shortly after purchasing materials Adam set to work.
The opening night of ‘Out of Sight, Out of Mind’ was held on Friday 9th June 2006. The night was a great success thanks to extensive publicity and support from community organisations and individuals. It was estimated that over three hundred people attended the opening. The gallery was full from 7pm until 11pm. Kidogo Arthouse curator, Joannah Robertson was delighted at the turnout, stating that this was one of the biggest openings she had held at Kidogo. She also said that the crowd was one of the most diverse and multicultural the gallery had been host to.
The exhibition was scheduled to run for two weeks but was extended by the gallery curator for an extra week (this was at no charge to the artist). The exhibition featured works that were completed by Adam whilst he was in detention as well as paintings that were completed with the help of funding from The Seed.
SOCIAL ACTIVISM
A billboard linking nuclear power with nuclear weapons, satirising the government's new interest in global warming.
“I first received The Seed grant in 2005, to mount a billboard about coming threats to womens’ reproductive choices promised by conservative forces in the then coalition federal government.”
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Small BusinessProvocative visual artist, Deborah Kelly to create pro-choice artwork to be displayed on billboard in Sydney
- I first received The Seed grant in 2005, to mount a billboard about coming threats to womens’ reproductive choices promised by conservative forces in the then coalition federal government. However, women from across the political spectrum worked together to derail Tony Abbott’s ambitions, which was a great boon for women. But- it rendered my billboard proposal absolutely obsolete. So I suggested a number of different options to The Seed for billboards addressing various important issues. The fund chose the work I made connecting nuclear power with the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and ironically satirising the coalition’s recent ‘discovery’ of global warming.
Finally, thank you very much for this opportunity, both to simply participate in the important conversations of my culture and society, but also, to learn the painful lessons about power and how it works.
A collection of pro-choice stories, printed and sold at live story performances.
“Originally an idea by Tanya Mammone sitting with my girlfriends one Sunday afternoon a few weeks after the 2004 Federal election, the Coalition holding control of the Senate and the ALP in Victoria putting Steven Fielding, Families First’s, religious senator into Canberra.”
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Choice StoriesCollection of Pro Choice stories to be printed and sold at live story performances
- Originally an idea by Tanya Mammone sitting with my girlfriends one Sunday afternoon a few weeks after the 2004 Federal election, the Coalition holding control of the Senate and the ALP in Victoria putting Steven Fielding, Families First’s, religious senator into Canberra. Tony Abbott our Federal Health minister, had been on a crusade during the year against abortion and IVF I knew I wanted to do something a bit different than what I had in previous reproductive campaigns. The group decided on the format of reflective pieces as we thought it best reflected feminism.
Advertising for the August Peace Festival, which drew about 400 people and more than 150 artists and advocates.
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Hills Peace FestivalAdvertising for The August Peace Festival to be held in WA
The August Peace Festival 2005 was held over the weekend of August 6th and 7th, 2005 at Darlington Hall, Owen Road, Darlington WA. Some 400 members of the public, young and old, from all across metropolitan Perth, and from all different ethnicities and backgrounds, as well as more than 150 artists and social advocacy proponents attended.
Poems by young Australian poets replaced advertising on toilet doors in cinemas and airports, with the poets paid professional rates.
“To support the project’s ‘Social Activism through the Arts’ components, which focused on replacing advertising with poetry, in our selected project spaces – the back of toilet doors.”
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Toilet Doors Project6 emerging artists to create posters to be displayed in public toilets throughout Greater Union Cinemas and Qantas terminals around the country
- To support the project’s ‘Social Activism through the Arts’ components, which focused on replacing advertising with poetry, in our selected project spaces – the back of toilet doors. We selected poems that tried to positively transform the public space with challenging and thoughtful ideas, by young Australian poets. The two poems ‘Subtle Plague’ by Keri Glastonbury and ‘Occupation’ by Lisa Gorton had strong political and socially pertinent themes. The money was used to pay these new and emerging artists and poets professional rates, and so foster their development and the vitality of Australian arts and culture into the future.
MUSIC MARKETING
Strong reviews, and airplay on community radio and triple j.
“We feel that we have achieved everything that we wanted from the project. The only goal we really had was to release the best album we could.”
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Red Eyes debut albumDub/Reggae band Red Eyes to record debut album ‘Rude World’
- We feel that we have achieved everything that we wanted from the project. The only goal we really had was to release the best album we could. The release of the single was extremely positive with some amazing reviews of the CD and gigs alike, and much airplay on community radio and Triple J has broadened our demographic and increased awareness of the band and it’s potential.
The nine-piece recorded live in a large studio, capturing their stage energy.
“The Seed gave us a fantastic opportunity to record our album in a professional environment with decent equipment.”
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Labjacd debut albumLatin/Hip Hop band Labjacd to record debut album
- The Seed gave us a fantastic opportunity to record our album in a professional environment with decent equipment. We are a 9-piece band whose sound is based on our live performance, and that energy is not easy to capture in a small studio. The Seed enabled us to get into a big studio with several isolated recording booths, meaning that much more of the recording was done live, but with no compromise to production, or recording quality.
A second tour months after their album launch, building their audience.
“The Winter East coast tour was a great success on a number of levels.”
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Aurora Jane east coast tourFolk/Funk/Blues band Aurora Jane to tour East Coast
- The Winter East coast tour was a great success on a number of levels. Achieving a second East Coast tour only a matter of months following the album launch tour was a fantastic way to solidify and broaden existing audiences. The opportunity to tour in a more relaxed (and therefore focused) way to the previous tour, paves the way for better sustainability and creativity on the road. The funding made this possible, as this particular tour would not have been financially viable without the support.
Including three days with the Mutitjulu community at Uluru.
“As you can imagine we had a brilliant time, it was a huge adventure…. we met and made friends with as many Indigenous folk as we could.”
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Lou BradleyEP promo tour, country singer/songwriter Lou Bradley to tour QLD to NT
- As you can imagine we had a brilliant time, it was a huge adventure…. we met and made friends with as many Indigenous folk as we could. It was unreal to be able to go to a town where there are more black fellas that whities. At the same time it was very sad to see that there are still such strict racist areas in NT, especially Tennant Creek. The primary schools there are still segregated and the black fellas aren’t allowed to go to places after a certain time at night. We stayed with the Mutidjulu community for 3 days. Muti are custodians of Uluru and are based less than a kilometre from the rock. We played for them on both nights.
Launch shows through QLD, NSW and VIC.
“At all our shows in Sydney and Melbourne we impressed a lot of people who were new to our sounds.”
Kooii
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Kooii, Beads on a String tour6 piece urban collective, Kooii to launch debut album on tour through QLD, NSW & VIC
- At all our shows in Sydney and Melbourne we impressed a lot of people who were new to our sounds. In Melbourne we played four shows at the Esplanade Hotel, Bar Open (on two nights) and at Ruby’s Lounge.
Led to Woodford Folk Festival on New Year's Eve and a WOMADelaide booking.
“At the start of August 2005 we were yet to headline a major tour and were largely unknown outside Bondi, Manly and parts of regional Victoria and NSW.”
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TOMMEE & NEIGHBORHOOD TOUR – Tommee and the Neighborhood to tour NSW, QLD, NT & WA- At the start of August 2005 we were yet to headline a major tour and were largely unknown outside Bondi, Manly and parts of regional Victoria and NSW. Since the tour we have played at several festivals including performing at the Amphitheatre on New Year’s Eve in front of 20 – 25,000 at the Woodford Folk Festival and as part of another successful three week tour. We’re looking forward to releasing another album as well as playing at the prestigious WOMADelaide Festival in March.
Marketing for an online band management tool.
“The team at Zudio Music, who work on the Electronic Band Manager, would like to thank The Seed or their support during the launch of the Band Manager.”
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Launch of Zudio Band ManagerZudio to market their online band manager
- The team at Zudio Music, who work on the Electronic Band Manager, would like to thank The Seed or their support during the launch of the Band Manager. Apart from assistance provided through funding, the goodwill associated with The Seed program certainly helped others to see merit in the project which helped accelerate the promotional process and sparked additional interest.
Showcases and contacts at the Australian International Music Market.
“One of the main things that we have achieved from this week at AIMM is the start of intelligently directed, active networking and promotion of the Tom Vincent Trio on a national and international scale.”
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Tom Vincent TrioTasmanian Jazz trio The Tom Vincent Trio to attend AIMM
- One of the main things that we have achieved from this week at AIMM is the start of intelligently directed, active networking and promotion of the Tom Vincent Trio on a national and international scale. Delegates at AIMM gave us names, phone numbers and contact details of other music festival directors and producers they recommended we get in touch with. I feel that over time our continual efforts will establish regular work for the TVT.
Australian International Music Market
Drum Drum to attend AIMM
- The positives from this conference were the ability to present Drum Drum as a live act to the delegates and to also meet and discuss possible opportunities with presenters in person. Being from Darwin and relatively isolated from the national scene it also allowed us to be presented to Australian presenters as well.
Marketing for the festival near Cairns, which drew visitors from around the world.
“People from all over the world attended the event.”
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Kuranda Reggae FestivalMarketing for Reggae festival held in Cairns
- People from all over the world attended the event. We learnt that for something like this to exist we need a lot more support, as the costs keep going up and Reggae is not really a self sustainable industry! The other big thing I learnt (again) was to deal with professionals wherever possible, and also the power of the right advertising is immense, but money and no brain is much worse than a brain and no money. And… don’t compromise ideals!
INDIGENOUS
A six-track EP recorded with a full band.
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AZZKATto record debut 6 track EP
AZZKAT were able to record a 6 Track EP with full band, fully demonstrating the bands true potential and helping them take an important step in their career.
Equipment and PA training helped musicians reach remote communities, and supported the push for a Barkly music centre.
“With improvements to our equipment, in particular, a trailer and the cases for instruments, musicians have been able to access these communities without as much damage to the equipment from abrasion and dust.”
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Jam in the Deserta program to provide equipment & PA training to musicians from the Barkly region
- With improvements to our equipment, in particular, a trailer and the cases for instruments, musicians have been able to access these communities without as much damage to the equipment from abrasion and dust. Drum cases and a carry bag purchased for stands etc have made major improvement to our situation. This is has helped for weekly gigs but also for the long distances to Borooloola and Epenarra.
Barkly regional arts has since been successful in initiating an agreement between Barkly aboriginal musicians and several stakeholders to provide funds for the establishment of a music centre. The Seed’s support at a crucial time assisted this process.
Mixing, mastering and artwork for his first album.
“I write to express my gratitude of The Seed Fund’s support of finishing my recording, I’m glad that they much believe my music has potential as it is a rather lonely road.”
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Dan Sultan, post-production and marketingDan Sultan to mix and master debut album
The Seed Fund’s assistance enabled Dan and his band to dub/mix our changes, secure professional artwork master their debut album Homemade Biscuits.
- I write to express my gratitude of The Seed Fund’s support of finishing my recording, I’m glad that they much believe my music has potential as it is a rather lonely road. In some ways I knew it was relevant and attractive from the audience response, however I can now measure it on different scales, that include development of new audiences and the sales of my first CD
Showcases that raised both bands' profiles and led to new booking enquiries.
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Australian International Music MarketNarbarlek and Yilila to attend AIMM
YILILA Contacts were made with delegates from arts/education organisation from New Zealand, Mexico, Indonesia and Australia. These contacts were very positive but had limited ways in which to assist or book us for anything in the future. The strongest opportunity that arose for Yilila was from the Mexican Music Market. There is, with a lot of funding an opportunity to perform in 2006 at their music market.
NABARLEK Nabarlek achieved greater exposure due to their showcase performance which was described by a number of delegates as faultless. The profile of the band was raised and we have been contacted by a number of Australian delegates about possible future performances. The Opportunity to perform at AIMM has been a great step in the bands career.
New drums and cymbals for a young drummer gigging around Kuranda.
“Now that my kit is upgraded it’s hard to get me off it. I hope to get into music a bit more next year because school is my main focus for the next 4 weeks as it’s my last year.”
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Upgrade drum kitAden Brim to purchase drum kit components
Aden was able to buy a set of Roto Toms, a splash and two crashes.
- Now that my kit is upgraded it’s hard to get me off it. I hope to get into music a bit more next year because school is my main focus for the next 4 weeks as it’s my last year. The bands I’m in are still rocking up here. I had a gig about two weeks ago and I took my kit in. It was a deadly jam. That was the Kuranda Spring fair and my next jam is with Zenith next weekend at the Yungabura Festival.