SOUND SUMMIT 2010 – CALL FOR NEW FESTIVAL CO-DIRECTOR

Sound Summit is looking for a creative, energetic and highly organised individual to work with the current Festival Co-Director, Andrew Tuttle, alongside the Sound Summit Advisory Group, and MusicNSW on the 2010 festival.
Sound Summit exists to give musicians, producers, composers, promoters and fans the opportunity to interact, reflect and collaborate with each other, building communities [...]

THANK YOU

A big thank you to everyone who came to Newcastle and participated in Sound Summit this year, as a performer, speaker or punter.
Over five days and twenty six panels, performances and presentations we’ve learned so much, and been inspired from what we’ve seen and heard; and we hope this was the case for you [...]

New Weird Australia Playing Times

Coming to our mega fest today? Here’s playing times so you can gig crawl effectively.
MASONS
10.20 – 11.00     Faux Pas
10.05 – 10.30     Holy Balm
9.20 – 9.45     Gugg
8.40 – 9.20     DJ Stu Buchanan
8.15 – 8.40     Castings
7.30 – 7.55     Blastcorp
RENEW CHURCH
6.50 – 7.15    Moonmilk
6.10 – 6.35    Alps
5.30 – 5.55    kyu
ARTHIVE
4.50 [...]

Full of Pancakes and feeling Passion

I’m sitting here with my gut stuffed with pancakes after watching Ian Svenonious’ Soft Focus, watching a PACKED panel – Passion Projects: Future Folklore and Niche Output. It’s absolutely inspiring to have people like blink, Guy Blackman, Shaun Prescott and Nadia Mizner talking about what they do and why the do it. Totally vibing the [...]

DUCKTAILS

Happy October!
Sound Summit 2009 starts today, which is incredibly exciting.
To get your ears and eyes ready for the big weekend to come, take a look at this most excellent clip for ‘Landrunner’ by Ducktails. Ducktails (USA) will be performing at the This Is Not Art showcase gig at the Cambridge Hotel on Friday October [...]