Sound Summit is a five-day festival of independent and innovative music featuring national and international artists, occurring annually as part of the This Is Not Art (TINA) Festival in Newcastle, NSW.

Since 2000, Sound Summit has provided independent musicians, producers, labels, promoters, industry, media and fans a chance to perform, discuss, learn, teach, interact and argue in front of an audience of like minded peers in a nurturing and creatively stimulating environment that allows for democratic exchange of ideas, processes and working methods.

Sound Summit is calling for proposals for this year’s festival from passionate music producers, workers and consumers keen to be involved in Sound Summit’s 2010 program. If you’ve got great ideas about the ongoing development of music in Australia and globally, Sound Summit is keen to hear your thoughts. We’re interested in receiving proposals that explore inventive perspectives on contemporary music – be they technological, theoretical, political, media, industry, fan or practice based.

PROPOSALS FOR WORKSHOPS, PANELS, ARTIST AND PROJECT PRESENTATIONS ARE DUE COB WEDNESDAY MARCH 31.

Further information can be obtained by downloading the below document

SOUND SUMMIT 2010 – CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Kirsty Brown is currently the Editor in Chief of her own large-format publication DEMO Magazine and Senior Writer for the Music Network, and was formerly the Managing Editor of Sydney based street press The Brag. Kirsty is a respected figure in the Australian music community, a regular ARIA and AIR voter, a respected speaker who has participated in APRA and Indent workshops, the JB Seed Managers Forum and panel appearances at Sound Summit and Creative Sydney. Kirsty is the regular editor of the annual Big Day Out program and has editorial experience on a variety of levels – including creation of sponsor editorial, editorial for awards ceremonies and has 200 issues of the Brag magazine under her belt.

Chris Hearn has been active in independent music scenes in Newcastle, Sydney and throughout Australia since 2001, regularly touring worldwide with his solo project ‘Alps’ in addition to actively facilitating live music events with long running club night “Spring Break”, and national touring initiative “Past Futures Presents”. In between international tours, Chris has taken jobs as an Administrator, Sound Engineer, and Online Content Contributor, and continues to organise a large number of local events.

Sound Summit this year will benefit from having two uniquely motivated and talented creative facilitators driving the festival in 2010 with current Festival Co-Director Andrew Tuttle. Moving forward to 2010, we’d also like to look back to 2009 and express our never ending gratitude to Eliza Sarlos for her significant role in driving the success of the 2008 and 2009 festivals. We look forward to her continuing advocacy of the New South Wales music industry in her ongoing role as MusicNSW Creative Director.

Sound Summit will be taking place throughout Newcastle from Thursday 30 September – Monday 4 October (NSW Labour Day long weekend), in conjunction with the This Is Not Art festival.

Sound Summit exists to give musicians, producers, composers, promoters and fans the opportunity to interact, reflect and collaborate with each other, building communities around what they do and exploring the methodologies of why and how they do it. The festival explores the depths and reach of independent, innovative music in Australia.

Sound Summit is part of the This Is Not Art (TINA) festival that happens annually for five days over the October long weekend. It is held in Newcastle, NSW, along with Electrofringe, National Young Writers Festival, Critical Animals and Crack Theatre Festival.

For further information on this position and for application guidelines, please download the document below this post. The application deadline is COB Monday 8th February 2010.

Sound Summit 2010 CALL FOR FESTIVAL CO-DIRECTOR

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 too.

If anyone has any photos, audio, video or recollections of the festival, we’d love to see them to relive the fabulous memories of Sound Summit in 2009. Send anything you have through to andrew[at]musicnsw[dot]com.

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 – 5.10    Go Genre Everything
4.15 – 4.35    Brutal Hate Mosh
3.40 – 4.00    Polyfox
3.10 – 3.30    Lucia Draft

If you’re reading this and you’re in Newcastle – up next, Commercial Viability with a Community Focus with Red Rattler folk, Alexandra Savvides from Cyclic Defrost, Evan Kaldor from FBi Radio and Paul Mason from the Australia Council. Come down!

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 2 with Pumice (NZ), Rosy Parlane (NZ), Qua (Vic), Free Choice Duo (Vic), Jim Cuomo (USA), Aoi (Vic), Guarde Compartmente and Stalker. Tickets are selling fast, but are still available online through moshtix, in person in advance at the Cambridge Hotel, or at the venue on the night.

Matt Mondanile of Ducktails will also be appearing on two panels throughout Sound Summit:

Friday October 2: Lo-Fi in a Digital Age: 4-6pm, TPI Auditorium.
Sunday October 4: The Decline of Western Civilisation: 2-3:30pm, TPI Auditorium.

This Thursday, October 1, join Sound Summit and our This Is Not Art festival buddies for This Is: This Not Art 2009, the official opening event for the tenth This Is Not Art and Sound Summit. Sound Summit favourite Cleptoclectics will be performing a live set with other carefully selected This Is Not Art highlights such as Ivy, Lanie Lane, Julez and Dragonfly, Sean Healy and Dan Mackinlay, MMTNS and other special guests to launch the new This Is Not Art festival club on Thorn St. in style! Free entry to boot, and it all starts at 8pm.

The entire This Is Not Art festival program is now available for download in pretty shiny PDF format – check it out. And of course, Sound Summit’s program is shaping up to be very exciting, too!

A reminder that tickets for the This Is Not Art showcase gigs at the Cambridge Hotel on Friday October 2 and Saturday October 3 are selling quite briskly, so it is definitely advisable to pick yours up soon. With a massive lineup including acts such as Vivian Girls (USA), Ducktails (USA), Pumice (NZ), Qua, Aoi, Free Choice Duo, Crab Smasher, The Abyss and a whole lot more, you don’t want to miss out. Tickets are only $12 + bf presale for each night, $20 + bf for a two-night pass, or $15 per night on the door.

Qua made Sound Lab a mix. We’re lucky enough to have a sneak peek at it – download it here.

See Qua (including Super Melody + guest drummer Pivot’s Laurence Pike) at the Friday Night TINA Showcase at The Cambridge Hotel, alongside Ducktails (US), Pumice (NZ), Rosy Parlane (NZ), Free Choice Duo (Vic), Jim Cuomo (US), Aoi (Vic), Guarde Compartmente, Stalker. Tickets are $12 + BF, $20 for 2 night pass, or $15 on the door (if available).

Also see Qua unravel their production process at CDR Sessions, Saturday from 5pm at Festival Club: Masons.

Find Cornel Wilczek (Qua) at:Know Your Gadgets, 3pm Sunday Oct 4 at TAFE Worksheds.
Find James Cecil (Super Melody) at: Oh God, What Now?, Midday Monday Oct 5 at TPI Auditorium.
Find Laurence Pike (Pivot) at: Music as Export, Midday Friday Oct 2 at TPI Auditorium.