The Music Managers Forum Aotearoa, with support from Recorded Music New Zealand, New Zealand Music Commission and NZ On Air, is proud to present the free Back to Basics seminar in Wellington on Tuesday 27 August, and in Christchurch on Wednesday 28 August 2024.
Aimed at all who are in the early stages of artist management, including self-managed artists, this seminar explores the fundamentals and inner workings of the music industry. Topics will cover planning a release, artist development and the business of music.
Lorraine Barry (Manager Sir Dave Dobbyn, Avantdale Bowling Club, Aaradhna, Aidan Fine, Home Brew, Rizvan) hosts the seminar and will be joined in Wellington by Bonnie Allen (Manager Casual Healing, Will McClean, REID, Averie and Mikeyy) and in Christchurch by Carey Caldwell (Manager of ASHY). They will present and share their indispensable knowledge and answer questions from attendees.
Back to Basics Seminar Wellington
When: Tuesday 27 August 2024
Time: 6.00pm - 7.30pm
Venue: Room 1D08, School of Music & Creative Media Production,
Massey University, Block 1, Entrance C, Wallace Street Mt Cook
Back to Basics Seminar Christchurch
When: Wednesday 28 August 2024
Time: 6.00pm - 7.30pm
Venue: The Chamber @The Piano, Centre for Music & the Arts
156 Armagh St, Christchurch
Lorraine Barry began working with Sir Dave Dobbyn 20 years ago. Avantdale Bowling Club, Aidan Fine, Home Brew, Rizvan and Aaradhna complete her current roster.
She’s a keen mentor for the MMF Aotearoa, particularly around release planning.
In her former life at Virgin Records in London she was global Marketing Manager for acts including Ice T, Spice Girls, Massive Attack, Neneh Cherry, Placebo and The Verve before leading the International department.
Wellington-based Bonnie Allen manages the also Pōneke-based Casual Healing, Will McClean, REID, Averie and Tāmaki Makaurau-based Mikeyy. She is the director of House of Bonnie, which started as the "home to her projects" and has since blossomed into an events, promotions and artist management company. As a jack-of-all-trades, Bonnie has worked in various capacities within the industry, both on and off stage, as well as project management, creative producing, social media management, merchandising, security management, and as an artist liaison.
Cary Caldwell manages Christchurch-based NZ/Indian pop artist, ASHY.
He is also a director with the 212 Music Group, a company that provides logistics for international festivals including SXSW, SXSW Sydney, Glastonbury, The Great Escape, Clockenflap and many others.
FREE ENTRY to all (come armed with your questions!).
RSVP to admin@mmf.co.nz is essential.
Email here to secure your seat for Wellington.
Email here to secure your seat for Christchurch.
Music Managers Forum Aotearoa is the collective voice for music managers and self-managed artists, both signed and independent. The MMF Aotearoa is an independent, non-profit trade association dedicated to helping grow artist manager businesses through education, networking and advocacy.
The MMF Aotearoa work towards a fairer, honest and more transparent music industry which operates with the highest of integrity in the interests of the artists our members represent. We aim to represent the wide diversity of voices and backgrounds of music managers and their artists.
Recorded Music NZ® represents recording artists and right holders in Aotearoa through licensing, advocacy and promotion. Recorded Music collects broadcast and public performance income from music users and distributes it to right holders and recording artists, advocates to government and others on behalf of recording artists and right holders and promotes artists and recorded music through initiatives such as the Aotearoa Music Awards.
Recorded Music NZ also operates The Official NZ Music Charts® and data analysis services and supports the wider music community through collaborations and its music grant programme.
The New Zealand Music Commission Te Reo Reka O Aotearoa is a government funded organisation that promotes music from New Zealand and supports the growth of New Zealand music businesses – both culturally and economically, at home and abroad. The hub of NZ Music Month, the Music Commission also deliver contemporary music programmes in schools, including the Musicians Mentoring in Schools Programme; provides music upskilling tools and resources; and runs the international market development & trade show programme Outward Sound.
NZ On Air is an independent government funding agency that funds the recording and promotion of single songs and multi-song projects that reflect Aotearoa New Zealand and have the potential to reach both significant broadcast and online audiences. We do this by funding artists and musicians to professionally record and create content that resonates and engages with audiences. Alongside New Music Single and New Music Project funding streams, NZ On Air Music also offers Waiata Takitahi, New Music Pasifika, New Music Pan-Asian and New Music Kids focused funding rounds.