My Big Plan

I live in the most isolated city in the world, Perth. We have famously provided Australia and the world with a rich vein of musical talent, but now I am seeing some of that talent miss out on fantastic opportunities. Artists from here are constantly being skipped over for support slots for national and international tours, and I want to create a network of contacts that will make this process achievable for the very talented characters that make my sleepy little death toll town amazing!


My Big Plan:
http://www.planbig.com.au/international-exposure-for-wa-musicians#details

Forming

The Concept

Venue: Double Lucky

Date:  November

Name of Event:  Friends With Benefits

Concept: Acoustic Hip Hop showcase night

Price: $5

Genre: Hip hop, Rnb, Funk, Jazz

The Management Positions

Max: Marketing Manager

Saffy Saf: Booking Manager

Sean: Production Manager

Me: Administration Manager

"One Ocean. One Climate. One Future"

Venue: Ocean One

Booking Manager: Chris Hilton

Address: 1 Manning Street, Scarborough

Phone Number: (08) 9245 5353

Website: No site

Services to the Public: Chilled out beach bar. Wednesday nights Brazilian night, Thursday night acoustic singing comp. Fri/Sat/Sun cover bands.

Services to the Artist: Sound Tech is not provided at Ocean One. Some bands have had problems in the past and suggest you supply your own sound tech. Awesome walk in exposure 

Capacity: 100

18 Month Goals

What are your planned career goals for the music industry ?
I have a a huge passion for helping people, travel and music. Ideally I would like to combine these three traits to create my dream job even though I don't know exactly know what the title of this is yet. I do know that want to play a vital part in the support and exploration of new and young artist.

Below I have listed goals I would like to fulfill in the next 18 months:

• Attend South by South West 2012 and establish new contacts national and internationally 
• Use community support and networks to make the trip to SXSW to its full potential.
• Write a successful grant application
• Put on a successful TAFE assessment event 'Friends with Benefits'
• Participate in an Internship with an established business such as Modular, Elephant Traks, Illusive, Obese Records etc.
• Pass Cert 4 in Music Business 
• Complete an application for the The Seed

The goals listed above are achievable and I am already making the steps towards making these dreams a reality. Below I have listed links that have assisted me so far: 

SXSW website: http://sxsw.com/music

Propel Perth: http://www.propel.org.au/

JUMP Mentoring: http://www.jumpmentoring.com.au

WAMI: http://www.wam.asn.au/

Apps.

What technology and trends interest you in the relation to the music industry ?

Apple technology is ingenious, ever changing and growing becoming more dynamic and up to date. At the beginning of the year I was introduced to an application on my iphone called The Thousands. The Thousands is an information source for shops, scenes, events, things to do and not do, targeted at the “hipster” in all of us. The idea is around the postcodes of Australia (Perth being 6*** is other wise known as The Six Thousands.) I found this App handy whilst living in Melbourne, with so much going on it gave me access to information on event I would not have found out about if I had not lived in Victoria for a descent period of time.

The Site: http://thethousands.com.au/perth/

The App: http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/the-thousands-city-guides/id388602918?mt=8

Cassius , the French Pop/Dance Duo, released a single last year "I love you so" The music video for the track was very simple but very effective and fun.  Based on and around an App of a mouth singing the words of the track by different people. It become a hilarious pass time for my girlfriends though being very gigmicy. I thought it was very clever because the App is only down loadable off the duo’s website ( see link below ) Not your iPhone. So to get it, even though it’s a pain in the arse, you must jump on your computer, log into your itunes store and access it that way, this way the bands is able to get more demographical information on their followers. Sneaky and smart !!

The Clip :

The App: http://www.edbangerrecords.com/cassius/

"Good People Good Music"

Venue: The Bird

Booking Manager:

Address: 181 William Street, Northbridge.

Website:http://williamstreetbird.com/

Genre/Charisma: Hipster Kids. Original Music.

Services to the Public: Open 7 days a week. Beer Garden. Beer Garden/Smoking Area

Services to the Artist: Bar Card $30, Exposure to walk-ins

Capacity:150 + Guests