WA's leading music industry conference and showcase, WAMCon have extended early bird passes to 14 September as well as revealing a stack more speakers representing the likes of SOUNDS AUSTRALIA, triple j, 4ZZZ, Way Over There, Groovin The Moo, Perfect Pitch Publishing, Barefoot Bands and Pilerats.
Director of Way Over There and festival programming extraordinaire Richard Moffat joins the line-up, even though it won’t be as a speaker. Rather, he joins this year’s conference as a workshop facilitator.
Richard will moderate a small artists-only workshop that aims to help artists pick apart the existing music business model and forge a new path suited to today’s digital landscape.
Leading the charge for the next crop of industry panellists are reps from Aussie music’s biggest international exporter SOUNDS AUSTRALIA, with their newly appointed Digital Export Producer Dom Alessio (formerly from triple j) and Associate Producer Esti Zilber both onboard.
They’ll join speakers from Australian broadcasters such as triple j’s Home and Hosed Presenter Declan Byrne and Weekend Lunch Presenter Karla Ranby, and 4ZZZ Music Coordinator Liz Ansley. Stacks more speakers from all walks of the industry are revealed below.
Click here to read the first line-up of acts showcasing at 2018 WAMFest.
Alongside the industry reps will be two published professors. Emeritus Professor Alan Harvey (UWA), neuroscientist and author of 'Music, Evolution, and the Harmony of Souls'; and Professor Patrik Wikström (QUT), author of 'The Music Industry: Music in the Cloud'.
PhD candidate Lisa Nikulinsky has also been added to the lineup as a panel facilitator. With Lisa’s research in youth, identity, and popular music culture in regional Australia, she promises to fuel conversations around privilege and the obstacles facing artists growing up in remote communities.
“This year we’re excited to be presenting a conference programme which incorporates cutting-edge research from music academia alongside meaningful advice from a selection of some of the most highly experienced, resourceful and diverse voices in music today,” WAMCon Coordinator Claire Hodgson says.
“With this new programme direction we hope to offer conference goers two days of thought-provoking sessions, which will provide artists and industry practitioners alike with the knowledge and networks they need to take their music careers to new heights.”
2018 WAMCom Speakers & Facilitators
JUST ANNOUNCEDAlex Paioff - Creative Director, Made In The Pile / CEO, Pilerats.com
Alan Harvey - Board Director, Perron Institute / Emeritus Professor, School of Human Sciences the University of Western Australia
Brenton Meynell - Co-founder, Barefoot Bands & Barefoot Coral Coast Tour
Clive Hodson - Managing Director, Perfect Pitch Publishing
Dan Riches - Co-founder, Ardiol Media / Performer, The Struggling Kings / Admin Officer, WAM
Declan Byrne - Home & Hosed Presenter, triple j (NSW)
Dom Alessio - Digital Export Producer, SOUNDS AUSTRALIA (NSW)
Esti Zilber - Associate Producer, SOUNDS AUSTRALIA (NSW)
Karla Ranby - Weekend Lunch Presenter & Group Music Researcher, triple j (NSW)
Lisa Nikulinsky - Researcher & PhD Candidate, Griffith University School of Cultural Sociology / Mental Health Practitioner
Liz Ansley - Music Coordinator & Presenter, 4ZZZ / Publicist & Creative Consultant, Special Interest (QLD)
Patrik Wikström - Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Creative Industries Faculty / Head of School, School of Communication / Chief Investigator, QUT Digital Media Research Centre (QLD)
Richard Moffat - Festival Programmer, Groovin' The Moo / Director, Way Over There (VIC)
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED
Anna Laverty – Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Anna Laverty (VIC)
Graham Ashton – Director, Footstomp Music / Bookings, Marketing & Publicity, The Triffid / Manager, Busby Marou, Colin Lillie, Eden Mulholland, Tia Gostelow / Booker, Kilcoy & Village Festivals / Publicist, Nettwerk & Nonesuch Records (QLD)
Jesse Elliott – Director, The Music District / Performer, These United States, Arc Life - Fort Collins, Colorado (US)
Shannon Driscoll – Program Co-Director, Girls Rock! Melbourne / Performer, The Beat Taboo, Juliette Seizure & the Tremor-Dolls, The Reprobettes, Powerline Sneakers (VIC)
Susan Heymann – General Manager, Chugg Entertainment (NSW)
Will Evans – Label Ambassador, Bandcamp Australia & New Zealand / Label Owner, Neat Lawn / Booker, Night Cat / Manager, Midlife (VIC)
Zal Kanga-Parabia – Performer, Ru / Creative Coordinator, Propel Youth Arts WA / Youth Award Finalist, Western Australian of the Year 2018
