Melbourne’s Face The Music will be back in November, with two days full of keynote speakers, practical music workshops, panel sessions and master classes. Two international guest speakers JD Samson and Ruth Daniel have been announced for the conference this morning.
JD Samson is best known for her work as a songwriter, producer and DJ, having worked in Le Tigre and MEN, and as well as Pussy Riot. Meanwhile Ruth Daniel is widely regarded for as the founder of Un-Convention, a global grassroots music event and community, as well as In Place of War, an organisation that supports artists in sites of war.
The complete list of speakers are as follows:
Anna Laverty
Andrei Eremin
Frank Cotela (Onelove Music Group)
Dan Rosen (ARIA), Nick O’Byrne (Look Out Kid)
Paul Sloan (Billions Australia)
Marc Sousley (Secret Sounds)
Katie Rynne (Select Music)
Music Writer, – Brodie Lancaster
Alex Zaccaria (Bolster Music)
Patrick Donovan (Music Victoria)
Sarah Hamilton (Ditto Music)
Travis Banko (Lunatic Entertainment)
Sara Hood (Record Store Day Australia)
Ben Preece (Mucho Bravado)
Nic Warnock (Repressed Records / RIP Society)
Chris Bowen (Music Australia)
Joanna Cameron (One Of One)
John Wardle and Damian Cunningham (National Live Music Office)
Tickets for Face The Music 2015 will take place at the Arts Centre in Melbourne from Friday November 13 to Saturday November 14. Tickets will range from $65 to $120 and you can get them here.
