PROGRAM PODCASTS

CONTROL: The Business of Music Management program

CONTROL is a dynamic five stage program designed to help music managers from Australia and New Zealand thrive in this new music paradigm. CONTROL will provide participants with practical business guidance, including a comprehensive review of the different business models found in the contemporary music sector, as well as deep analysis of each business model brought to the lab.

Applications for the 2016 program will be open to mid-career music managers from Australia and New Zealand from the 1st-30th of September, for more information and application guidelines please click HERE

Podcasts from the 2014 CONTROL program can be found HERE
Podcasts from the 2012 CONTROL program can be found HERE

RELEASE: The Business of Independent Label Management program

RELEASE is a dynamic  five stage program that was designed assist independent label owners from Australia and New Zealand grow their businesses. The 2015 RELEASE program had a number of advisers/mentors from within and outside the music industry including Terry McBride, one of the founders of NETTWERK Canada; high-profile entertainment lawyer Julia Kosky and successful marketing and label  owner Andy Bryan, both from Sydney; as well as leading manager and label owner Craig Pearce from New Zealand.

RELEASE provided participants with practical business guidance through a comprehensive review of the different business models found in the contemporary music sector, as well as deep analysis of each business model brought to the lab. RELEASE is a distinctive program because it uses the services of a psychologist to help participants with time management, resilience, and life/work balance, critical issues for most small and micro-business owners for whom time pressures are a key challenge.

Podcasts from the 2015 RELEASE program can be found HERE
Podcasts from the 2013 RELEASE program can be found
HERE

The podcast content is relevant to not only independent record label owners but to anyone working in the contemporary music industry.