An amazing opportunity arises to develop your creative and business skills at a free two-day workshop for up-and-coming Aboriginal songwriters and musicians. Hosted by APRA AMCOS the next series of “Starting Ground” will be held at the SAE Institute Byron Bay from 11-12 May 2017.
The workshops will be lead by a mix of top artists and industry leaders ready to share their skills, experience and insight, including triple j favourite and recent APRA Music Award winner Robbie Miller; award-winning singer/songwriter Sue Ray and hip hop artist Fred Leone (aka MC Rival from Impossible Odds).
They’ll be joined by composer and record producer Yanto Browning (The Medics, Kate Miller-Heidke, Jungle Giants); artist manager and publicist Emily Murphy; marketing expert Shane Murphy and APRA AMCOS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander National Representative Michael Hutchings.
As a participant you will gain industry and artist development knowledge such as songwriting, artist management, getting gigs, touring, copyright, marketing and promotion, music production and lots more.
Standing Ground have previously held workshops in Tamworth, Byron Bay, Dubbo and Redfern, and artists mentored include Loren-Jade Ryan, Krista Pav, Athol Munro, Dylan Goolagong and Tom Avery.
“Starting Ground is a fantastic opportunity for songwriters, producers and musicians to get one-on-one career advice, and take away new skills to keep building on their talents,” said Michael Hutchings.
“We’d love to see as many aspiring artists from Byron Bay and surrounding regions attend, and I encourage them to get in touch and register.”
Want to take your music further? Contact Michael Hutchings and register for Starting Ground Byron Bay: [email protected] | 02 9935 7874.
Starting Ground will head to Eden in the South East of NSW in September 2017.
Artist Development Workshops