Presenting a keynote address is Jamie Farkas, GM of New York’s Vice Music. Vice covers label, supervision, endorsement, bookings and sponsorship and partnered with Justice, Action Bronson, Snoop Lion, Black Lips, The Raveonettes, OFF! and Death From Above 1979. Farrkas’ appearance is in conjunction with Melbourne Music Week.
Other new additions to the speaker panels are Richard Moffat (Way Over There), Bonnie Dalton (Minnow & Co.), Tim Scott (Gasometer), Renee Geyer, Sonny Smith of Sonny and The Sunsets, Leigh Treweek (The Music), Simon Winkler (RRR), Tim Shiel (Faux Pas), Emily Ulman (The Toff), Caroline Kennedy (Caroline No), Brendan Maclean, Chelsea Wilson (PBS), Stu Harvey (triple j), Samuel Wald (Artist Voice), Maya Janeska (Shock Records), Joel Morrison (The Old Bar), Nicci Reid (Wing & Gill), Nick O’Byrne (AIR), Matt Leost (The Artery Foundation), Sean Simmons (Premier Artists), Darren Sylvester, Matt Ridgway (Winterpark), Adam Christou (Remote Control), Mikeangelo and Jimi Maroudas.
Spotify’s Rene Chambers presents Discovery, a look at streaming and how bands, managers, publicists and labels can use it to market themselves and gain valuable data to help them make career choices.
