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Germany Named First Music Passport Partner For Victoria

by Paul Cashmere

Germany has been named as the first Music Passport country with the countries music industry reps heading to Melbourne for the Face The Music conference.

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Melbourne’s Music Conference Face The Music Returns For 10th Year

by Noise11.com

Victoria’s Face The Music conference will be back for a 10th year in November.

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Face The Music Release Program Details

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s Face The Music music conference has released more information about panels and artists for 2016.

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Robert Forster

Robert Forster To Speak At Face The Music 2016

by Paul Cashmere

Robert Forster of The Go-Betweens will speak at the Face The Music conference in Melbourne in November.

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Steve Albini

Steve Albini To Speak At Face The Music

by Paul Cashmere

Nirvana recording engineer Steve Albini is heading to Melbourne as keynote speaker for the Face The Music conference.

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Michael and Matt Gudinski at FTM 2014 photo by Jayden Ostwald

Face The Music: Day Two Wrap Up

by Anthony Barton

The second and final day of the Face The Music conference gave us something to look forward to next year, following a hugely successful sixth outing.

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Ken West, Ian 'Blink' Jorgensen, Paul Sloan and Steve Halpin at FTM 2014 photo by Jayden Ostwald

Face The Music: Day One Wrap Up

by Anthony Barton

In its sixth year, Face The Music has brought together music industry leaders to discuss ideas and the issues affecting the industry.

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Dan Rosen and Artist Manager John Watson To Speak At Face The Music

by Paul Cashmere

The Face The Music conference has announced the first round of speakers with ARIA’s Dan Rosen and John Watson of Eleven/John Watson Management heading up with list.

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Kimbra, BDO 2012 - image by Ros O'Gorman

Kimbra And AJ Maddah Face The Music For 2012

by Announcement

With the likes of AJ Maddah, Kimbra, Dom Alessio, Clare Bowditch, Chet Faker, Johann Ponniah, Weddings Parties Anything, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and key note speaker Martin Atkins gracing the stages of Face The Music it is not surprising that Melbourne’s premier music conference is now completely sold out, with over 800 delegates

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AJ Maddah On Harvest, Twitter And His Quest For The Perfect Festival

by Claire Hennekam

Soundwave boss and self-confessed Twitter addict, AJ Maddah, made a rare appearance on stage at Melbourne’s Face The Music conference on Friday, offering his thoughts on his festivals, his love-hate relationship with social media and how he’s driven by a need to create the perfect festival.

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Clare Bowditch: Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Clare Bowditch And Millie Millgate To Speak At Face The Music

by Paul Cashmere

Australian singer songwriter Clare Bowditch has been announced as a speaker at the Face The Music conference in Melbourne next week.

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Mark Seymour - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Face The Music Full Program Announced

by Announcement

This week sees the launch of Face The Music’s full program, as Melbourne gets set to host one of the most important events on the Victorian music calendar this November.

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Kimbra, BDO 2012 - image by Ros O'Gorman

Kimbra and AJ Maddah To Speak At Face The Music

by Paul Cashmere

The Face The Music conference in Melbourne has announced Kimbra as well as Soundwave’s AJ Maddah in conversation for this year’s event.

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Martin Atkins

Face The Music Announce Speakers Martin Atkins And Almudena Heredero

by Andrew Tijs

Melbourne’s premier music conference Face The Music announce PiL’s Martin Atkins and Primavera Sound’s Almudena Heredero.

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Brent Grulke 2011, Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

R.I.P. Brent Grulke Of SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

There is sad news for the music industry to report this morning. Brent Grulke, the creative director of SXSW, has died at the age of 52.

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Paul Mac, Henry Wagons, Jon Toogood To Speak At Face The Music

by Tim Cashmere

The Face The Music conference in Melbourne next month will feature musicians offering first hand advice for industry newbies.

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SXSW’s Brent Grulke Coming For Face The Music

by Paul Cashmere

At this year’s Face The Music conference in Melbourne, I will be hosting the keynote address with international guest Brent Grulke, the creative director of SXSW.

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