QMusic brings back Industry Connect from April – July to more Queensland cities

Queensland’s peak music association QMusic brings back its free Industry Connect workshops from April to July.

The workshops are aimed at musicians, performers and industry workers.

The six-part program takes participants through the process of setting up a music industry business and releasing a song into market.

In addition, six will get delegate passes, flights, and accommodation to attend BIGSOUND in Brisbane September 4—7 to further their education and widen their networking.

Program facilitators are:

Maggie Collins BIGSOUND, executive programmer

Andrew Tuttle APRA AMCOS, national team leader - Writer Services

John Mullen Dew Process, head of A&R and executive producer

Cecil Coleman Native Tongue, A&R manager

Matt McCormick McCormicks Law, director

Pixie Weyand The Zoo, owner and manager

Sarah Chipman Title Track, managing director

Zac Abroms Vice Royalty, Director

Angela Kohler Primal PR / Sony

Van Picken Comes With Fries, director

Sarah Hamilton Ditto Music, client manager for Australia

Deena Lynch Amplifire Music, artist manage coordinator / independent artist

Jackson Walkden-Brown Chris Chow Creative Lawyers, lawyer

Sam Morris Blank GC and Gold Coast Music Awards, CEO

Kylie Cobb Kitty Kitty Bang Bang, owner and head publicist

Erol Yurdagul Mushroom Music, A&R manager

Alex Henrickson independent producer/songwriter

Tyler McLoughlan The Sound Pound, director

George Hatzigeorgiou Riot House Publicity, freelance publicist

Mark Myers Big Sister studio, producer

Heidi Braithwaite Riot House publicity, director

Ash Kissane Mucho Bravado, publicist

Liz Ansley Mellum PR, publicist

Jeremy Neale artist/songwriter

Zac Fahey Footstomp Music, project manager

Joe Alexander Bedroom Suck Records, director

Siobhan Kranz Mushroom Promotions, digital communications manager

Tim Hall Bones accounting, principal

Janine Morcos Dallas Does PR, head of publicity

Paige X. Cho Bolster, senior music strategist

Niriko McClure Wonder Music Co, general manager

QMusic says the workshops are free but space is limited, and encourages participants to sign up from this month.

Since launching in 2017, the program has helped 556 artists and music industry practitioners navigate the contemporary music industry landscape.

2018 will see Industry Connect delivered across an even greater number of regions, expanding to Toowoomba, Ipswich, Maroochydore and Noosa for the first time and returning to Cairns, Brisbane, Nambour and the Gold Coast.

See www.qmusic.com.au for full dates and venues, and also for their all-of-industry networking nights Hookups through March in Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Brisbane and Toowoomba in March and April.