Thursday October 1

8pm – late: Performance This Is: This Is Not Art 2009 Festival Club (Thorn St.) Cleptoclectics, Ivy, Lanie Lane, Julez and Dragonfly, Sean Healy and Dan Mackinlay, MMTNS.

Friday October 2

11 am – 12 Midday: Screening TPI Auditorium (1/131 King St.) There's Something in The Water How can the most isolated city in the world have exploded with so many successful bands over the last few years? Across decades and genres, Something in the Water asks the question "is it isolation, the environment, the community or is it something else responsible for the sparkling talent pool that comes out of WA?” 12 Midday – 2pm: Panel Music as Export: International Markets TPI Auditorium (1/131 King St.) Facilitator: Eliza Sarlos (MusicNSW/ FBi Radio) Panelists: Bernadette Ryan (BRM), blink (A Low Hum, NZ), Glenn Dickie (EMI/ Aussie Bbq), Jarrod Zlatic (Fabulous Diamonds/ Free Choice Duo), Laurence Pike (Pivot), Lucy Phelan (Naked on the Vague/ Knitted Abyss), Millie Millgate (Sounds Australia) Join us as we explore the concept, viability and potential of Australian music as export. Whether it’s through a record deal, a DIY tour or a bunch of showcases, we look at how best to approach international markets and redefine the virtues of the working holiday. 2pm – 4pm: Panel Creative Communities TPI Auditorium (1/131 King St.) Facilitator: Andrew Tuttle (Peer Pressure/ Anonymeye) Panelists: blink (A Low Hum, NZ), Kris Keogh (Blastcorp, Darwin), Nadia Mizner (Ladyfest), Nick Senger (Spanish Magic/ Castings, Vox Cyclops record store, Newcastle), Will Stroud (Kleenbeats, Sunshine Coast) Using nothing but their bare hands and their creative compulsions these folk build communities bonded by like minds and loud dreams. From Darwin, to the Sunshine Coast, Newcastle and New Zealand, to obscure production and Ladyfest, we explore how communities form around music, what sustains them and why they exist. 4pm – 6pm: Panel Lo-Fi in a Digital Age TPI Auditorium (1/131 King St.) Facilitator: Steph Hughes (Triple J/ Dick Diver) Panelists: Guy Blackman (Chapter Music), Jarrod Zlatic (Fabulous Diamonds/ Free Choice Duo), Matt Mondanile (Ducktails/ Real Estate/ Predator Vision, US), Stefan Neville (Pumice, NZ) In the 21st century, almost every musician has cheap and easy access to high quality digital recording software. Why then is a wave of underground artists returning to lo-fi equipment (cassette four tracks, reel to reel tape machines) to record their music? What are the political and aesthetic implications of this choice? 6pm: Performance Quiet Appreciation Renew Newcastle Church (3 Morgan St.) Free, All Ages Tiny Vipers (US), Guy Blackman (Vic) 8pm: Performance Friday Night TINA Gig Cambridge Hotel (789 Hunter St.) $15 Ducktails (US), Pumice (NZ), Rosy Parlane (NZ), Qua (Vic), Free Choice Duo (Vic), Jim Cuomo (US), Aoi (Vic), Guarde Compartmente, Stalker

Saturday October 3

10 am – 12 Midday: Screening VBS.TV presents Ian Svenonious' Soft Focus TPI Auditorium (1/131 King St.) Starring: Ian Svenonious, Calvin Johnson, Jennifer Herrema, Ian Mackaye, Alan and Richard Bishop Also includes free vegan pancake breakfast In Soft Focus Nation of Ulysses/ Make Up frontman Ian Svenonious speaks to the most distinguished figures from the contemporary music scene. This is the kind of talk show you’ve only dreamed of – join us as we replace popcorn with pancakes, and have a breakfast of (indie) champions. 12 Midday – 2pm: Panel Passion Project: Future Folklore and Niche Output TPI Auditorium (1/131 King St.) Facilitator: Steph Hughes (Triple J/ Dick Diver) Panelists: blink (A Low Hum), Guy Blackman (Chapter Music), Nadia Mizner (BRM/ ex-Ladyfest), Shaun Prescott (Cyclic Defrost), Stuart Buchanan (New Weird Australia/ Creative Sydney/ ex-Fat Planet) Come explore the full potential of the active fan, looking at how cultural consumers become creators and re-craft perceptions, product and potential in their worlds and beyond. How are passion projects taking form in a world that favours the niche, and how are they creating folk art for the future? 12 Midday – 2pm: Panel Indent’s Save the Scene The Loft Youth Venue (Level 1, 7A Wolfe St.) Facilitator: Max Becker Panelists: Bernadette Ryan (BRM), Glenn Dickie (EMI/ Aussie Bbq), Marcus Wright, Nick Milligan (Reverb Street Press) Indent, the peak all-ages network in conjunction with The Loft, will host a workhop and forum for active young event coordinators, emerging artists and musicians. A select panel of music industry professionals will share their experiences and open the floor to discussions on all things, all-ages. 1pm – 2pm: Artist Presentation Dpad Australia Playhouse (Level 1, 375 Hunter St.) Facilitator: Andrew Tuttle (Peer Pressure/ Anonymeye) Artists: Alex Yabsley (Dot.AY), Tom Gilmore (10k Free Men) A showcase of the Australian Chipmusic scene featuring performances by Dot.AY and Ten Thousand Free Men & Their Families using Game Boys, Nintendo DS, Guitar Hero Controller and DDR Dance Mat. 2pm – 4pm: Panel Commercial Viability and a Community Focus: Sustainability in Music TPI Auditorium (1/131 King St.) Facilitator: Steph Hughes (Triple J/ Dick Diver) Panelists: Alexandra Savvides (Co-editor, Cyclic Defrost), Evan Kaldor (FBi Radio Station Manager), Paul Mason (Australia Council for the Arts – Music Board), Teresa Avila and Penelope Benton (Red Rattler) As commercials continue to read community as “niche market,” we interrogate how to maintain your credibility and still earn a crust, how to enjoy the benefits of sponsors, benefactors and sugar daddys while remaining true to your core focus and how not to jeopardise your principles for the sake of existence. 4pm – 6pm: Panel Artist Run Initiatives and DIY Spaces - Focus on Marrickville TPI Auditorium (1/131 King St.) Facilitator: Eliza Sarlos (MusicNSW/ FBi Radio) Panelists: Dirty Shirlows, Louie's, Maggotville, Red Rattler Nestled somewhere between the factories of Marrickville, Sydney, you'll find a range of independently run warehouse spaces offering a vibrant alternative to the doldrums of Sydney's 'official' creative pastimes. This panel seeks to discuss some of the challenges in starting and sustaining an independent warehouse space in Sydney- in Marrickville-  factory land. 4 – 5pm: Performance Intencity in Tent City Pure Being (Qld) Tent City – This Is Not Art (Sportsground No. 2, Parry St.) Free, All Ages 5pm – 7pm: Open PA session CDR Sessions Festival Club (Thorn St.) Facilitators: Lorna Clarkson, Sofie Loizou, Ollo, Martin Flex Artist: Qua CDR invites producers, musicians and appreciators of futuristic sounds together to hear unreleased music on a big soundsystem. All are welcome, but if you are a maker of music we invite you to bring along a CDR and be part of it. This session will feature Qua in interview, talking about his production process. 8pm: Performance Saturday Night TINA Gig Cambridge Hotel (789 Hunter St.) $15 Vivian Girls (US), DJ Ripley (US), ILIOS (GK), Bum Creek (Vic), Crab Smasher, Ten Thousand Freemen & Their Families, Ivan Lisyak, The Abyss, Toecutter.

Sunday October 4

11:30am – 12:30pm: Fitness Session Fitness Worst Kings Car Park / Zine Fair (cnr. King St., Thorn St.) Featuring: Gabberobix, Gooey On The Inside, Team Fitness Worst Fitness Worst promises to be the hair of the dog of physical exertion. A little bit wrong, but you'll feel better for it. Encompassing everything from DDR Dance Mats to Gabberobix, you'd better be ready! 12 Midday – 2pm: Panel Morality, Music and Money TPI Auditorium (1/131 King St.) Facilitator: Stuart Buchanan (New Weird Australia/ Creative Sydney/ ex-Fat Planet) Panelists: Elliott Bledsoe (Creative Commons Australia), Frank Rodi (APRA), Larisa Mann (DJ Ripley/ Legal Ethnographer, US), Tim Shiel (Faux Pas) The U.S. market has seen a 30% decline in less than ten years, and while ARIA claims otherwise an industry apocalypse is upon us. How long can the industry truthfully hold out against widespread personal piracy?  As new generations of music consumers seem to place little value in recorded music, is it time to rethink the system? 2pm – 3.30pm: Panel The Decline of Western Civilisation TPI Auditorium (1/131 King St.) Facilitator: Eliza Sarlos (MusicNSW/ FBi Radio) Panelists: Anna John (Cloth Ear/ Knitted Abyss/ Holy Balm), Guy Blackman (Chapter Music), Kell Derrig Hall (Tuff Puffin/ Moonmilk), Matt Mondanile (Ducktails, US), Stuart Buchanan (New Weird Australia/ Creative Sydney/ ex-Fat Planet) The music market is under threat and against it the DIY movement presents a beacon of light for those with passion, musical purpose and a pile of cdrs. In the age of myspace, facebook and twitter how are new networks and new worlds forming to take over the musical magnates of old? Is this DIY or die, MK II? 3pm – 5:30pm: Panel Know Your Gadgets TAFE Worksheds (590 - 608 Hunter St.) Facilitator: Andrew Tuttle (Peer Pressure, Anonymeye) Panelists: Alex Yabsley (Dot.AY), Cornel Wilczek (Qua), Kris Keough (Blastcorp), Tim Shiel (Faux Pas) Know Your Gadgets explores the endless possibilities of all that blips and bobs, with interactive demonstrations of innovative approaches to producing, composing and performing electronic music. Getting your nerd on has never looked and sounded so damn cool. 3.30pm – 4.30pm: Presentation Answer! Conversation vs. permission in Jamaican music-making TPI Auditorium (1/131 King St.) Artist: Larisa Mann/ DJ Ripley (US) The “answer song” is but one example of a Jamaican musical practice emphasizing dynamic musical interaction over permission-based, fixes rules of ownership like copyright law. In Jamaica, music-lovers are in constant musical interaction, but current copyright law limits, ignores or punishes this engine of creativity. 3pm - 11:30pm: Performance New Weird Australia ArtHive Gallery (Shop 2, 111 Hunter St.), Renew Newcastle Space (3 Morgan St.), Festival Club (Thorn St.) Feat: Holy Balm, Gugg (Vic), kyü, Moonmilk, Castings, Alps, Blastcorp (NT), Brutal Hate Mosh (Qld), Go Genre Everything (Vic), Lucia Draft, Polyfox and the Union of the Most Ghosts, DJ Faux Pas (Vic), DJ Stuart Buchanan. In borrowing terminology, NWA shrinks the notion of distance between genre, taste, Australia’s own vastness and the world. Neither popular nor alternative, one genre nor another, NWA represents a new breed that find refuge in the space between us, played out in realtime around a renewed Newcastle.

Monday October 5

12 Midday – 2pm: Panel Oh God, What Now? TPI Auditorium (1/131 King St.) Facilitator: Andrew Tuttle (Peer Pressure/ Anonymeye) Panelists: Dan Lewis (Making Hey!/ Q Music), Emma Ramsay (Quarterbred/ Holy Balm), James Cecil (ex- Architecture in Helsinki/ Super Melody), Lawrence Leung (…Learns to Breakdance/ Choose Your Own Adventure – ABC TV), Marni Jackson (Renew Newcastle) A frank and revelatory insight into managing multi-tasking, tracking the emotional recovery tsunami that inevitably comes post project, and planning for the unknown. 2pm – 3.30pm: Panel Music Industry 101 TPI Auditorium (1/131 King St.) Facilitator: Eliza Sarlos (MusicNSW/ FBi Radio) Panelists: Chris Moller (APRA), Dan Zilber (FBi Radio), Dom Alessio (Triple J), Glenn Dickie (EMI), Kirsty Brown (The Brag), Nadia Onus (AMRAP), Nick O'Byrne (AIR), Peter Keogh (Australia Council for the Arts) How do you get a song on radio? Story in street press? Record deal? Join us as we demystify the crap and hold your hand in this brave new world of a music industry choose your own adventure. 3.30pm – 4pm Speed Date the Music Industry Featuring: AIR, AMRAP, APRA, EMI, FBi Radio, The Brag, Triple J TPI Auditorium (1/131 King St.) Work your way through our industry experts in one quick and easy arvo! Share your time between radio, street press, labels and licensing - get amorous with our industry pros in this one on one talk time to augment your Music Industry 101 knowledge.