6pm - 8pm
This year’s NZ Music Month seminars will be tackling the question on every NZ band’s lips – ‘how do I get my music overseas?’.
A panel of speakers with international experience will share their expertise and give advice in a series
of seminars that will travel to 4 centres around New Zealand.
David Benge – MD of Australian label Speak ‘n’ Spell, manager of Cut Off Your Hands and Fur Patrol
Tom Dalton – Manager for The Datsuns, Jakob, Pluto and Anika Moa
Brendan Smyth –NZ On Air Music Manager
Gary Fortune – International Manager at NZ Music Commission
Cath Andersen – General Manager of NZ Music Commission
The sessions will be chaired by Teresa Patterson – Manager for Scribe, Blindspott, Elemeno P, Carly Binding and The Have
Topics to be covered include:
1. The first step – who, what, where, how? Who do we speak to, what do we do, where do we go, how do we go about doing this?
2. Overseas touring – how is this done?
3. Trade shows/conferences – are these worth the expense? (SXSW/Midem/CMJ/Popkomm/Muse Expo etc)
4. Funding – what funding is available
All the seminars are FREE
