Jess Beston, formerly of Universal and now Tiny Monster with Vanessa Picken formerly of EMI present this workshop on band and brand development. Covering:

• Song development
• A&Ring of demos, then EP or album
• Help with creation of videos, photos, artwork & online tools
• Plan to roll out the music & tools
• Release plan/Digital Marketing plan
• Execution of Digital Marketing
• Digital distribution.

Email programofficer@cmst.com.au to register.

Presented by Jude Elliot. Email programofficer@cmst.com.au to register.

Featuring: Tane, Dominic Francis, George Begbie, Mangus, King Carousel, The Save, The Tokyo Room, Andrew Marshall, Al Future, Mia Palencia, Hannah May, Ally Mok, Skinner and Sammy.

$8 pre/$10 door/$28 weekend.

Featuring: The Toot Toot Toots and Tazzy Razzy Awards hosted by Andrew Harper.

Featuring: King of the Morning and 313RGB, Nick Smithies and Adam Walker, PilotError and Joseph Barrows, Oceans and Matt Warren, Drive West Today and Chris Downes, Sam Gregory and Zeal, Matthew Dewey and Tonya Meyrick. Simulcast on Edge Radio 99.3FM.

$12/$10 (concession).

Featuring: Acumen, The Scientists of Modern Music, Bankai, Little Bear, The Muddy Turds, The Ray Guns, The Dirty Love, The Witching Tree, Enola Fall, The Lawless Quartet, Pines, Front bar DJs.

Featuring: Love of Diagrams, Tiger Choir, The Native Cats, Charles du Cane, Carl Higgs, Manchester Mourning, Anthony Rochester, Tasmanian Beat Ensemble.

$10 pre (Tommy Gun and Poobah)/$12 door.

Would you like a panel of industry experts to anonymously listen to one of your songs for instant constructive feedback? The Friendly Ghost provides this opportunity. Give us a song and we’ll play them anonymously to a room of national delegates who will give on the spot feedback about your song.

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Pete Nicholson of Gaga Publishing presents this workshop on everything you need to know about getting your music published including:

• The basics of music publishing: what music publishing is, how it works, and its importance to artists’ careers (i.e. how artists are entitled to make money from their craft, and how publishing enables them to do this)

• What music publishers do: what good music publishers do on behalf of the artist (i.e ensure artists are paid fairly for use of their works, administer copyright and royalties, maximise licensing revenue, exploit commercial opportunities, protect artists’ works against unlicensed usage/infringement, connect artists with other artists and relevant industry contacts, etc)

• How publishing is changing/evolving in the digital age (i.e. music is becoming more accessible and more widely used in advertising, film TV and online; some publishers are multi skilling and entering into digital aggregration and media servicing, while some labels and publicity companies are getting into publishing) and what this means for artists

• How to get a fair deal (avoiding dubious deals, such as some common ones with overseas synch agencies; knowing your rights; and the importance of consulting a music lawyer before signing anything).

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Millie Millgate of Sounds Australia and Graham Ashton of BIGSOUND and Footstomp Music present this workshop on:

• Taking on the rest of Australia – step by step
• Music conferences in Australia
• Taking on the rest of the World – step by step
• Music conferences Internationally
• Q&A style interview between Graham and Millie

Email programofficer@cmst.com.au to register.