Rolling Stone, Bluesfest, Amrap to speak at Australian Music Week

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Following the previous announcement of Australian Music Week’s return for it’s 2nd year, comes the first round of delegates and speakers that will take part in the program’s various panels and master classes.

Heading up the list of industry heavyweights is Jed Hilly, Director of Americana Music Association. Jed will also be joined by:

Peter Noble - Bluesfest 
Andy McLean - East Coast Music Association (Canada)
Lisa Whytock – Showcase Scotland Exop/Active Events (UK) 
Diesel - Mark Lizotte 
Robyn Stewart / BreakOut West - Western Canadian Music Alliance (Canada)
Rod Yates -  Rolling Stone
Iain Shedden - The Australian 
Keith Welsh - Velocer 
Stuart Coupe - Laughing Outlaw Records
Larry Heath - The AU Review 
Zenon Els - Artist Network 
Nathan Farrell - Nathan Farrell Entertainment
Edwin Tehrani  - New World Artists
Troy Barrott - Hub Artist Services
Vanessa Picken - Comes with Fries 
Basil Cook – Four / Four - ABC Music 
John Zucco - The Right Profile
Peta Chew - ABC Music
Scott Mesiti - MJR Presents
Geoff Trio - Code One - Indica Australia 
Aaron Girgis - Space 44 / Sounds of The Suburbs
Marshall Cullen - Damien Gerard / Foghorn Group
Luke Girgis - Shock Records / Be Like Children 
Beth Deady - MGM 
John Wardle - Live Music Office 
Damian Cunningham - Live Music Office
Jon Howell - Rhythm Section
Geoff Bell - Laing Entertainment 
Adrian Buckley - Wollombi Music Festival, Folk In Broke, Narara Music Festival
Chris Johnson - AMRAP
Phaedra Watts - Nannup Music Festival
Rob Scott - Source Music   
Tracey Collier-Griffiths - Kick Music 
David Sleishman - Sleishman Drums
Charlton Hill - Uncanny Valley
Daniel Antix - Def Wolf Music
Jamie Croft - Sofar Sounds
Justine Crowther - Fly By Night
Kyle Druery - Dinosaur Records
Paul Camkin – Waves
Peter Paterson - Perfect Pitch 
Anthony Harrison - True Tone
Tony Cini - Blues Explosion 

Australian Music Week is also pleased to announce some key partners for the event’s second year proceedings - East Coast Music Association (ECMA), Canadian Independent Music Association (CIMA) and BreakOut West will be presenting ‘Canadian Blast’ as part of AMW this year and Showcase Scotland Expo will be holding at reception at Australian Music Week,  these partnerships create opportunities for export-ready Australian artists to showcase internationally at these ‘sister’ conferences overseas.

Australian Music Week’s also welcomes onboard this year MusicNSW, who is the peak body for contemporary music in NSW and it runs a range of programs and projects including the Women in Electronic Music Project, Indent, Feedback and monthly workshops. "AMW is a great opportunity for local musicians and aspiring industry professionals to experience the best of the music industry - both on the stage and those working their magic from behind the scenes. Can’t wait to see what 2016 brings!"

Australian Music Week’s annual music summit is designed for artists to play in front of a raft of Australia’s industry executives, recording professionals in order to establish connections with industry figures and seek out career opportunities.

For more information on AMW ticket information or to register for the conference please access www.australianmusicweek.com

Buy tickets here -  http://australianmusicweek.oztix.com.au