MUSIC INDUSTRY WORKSHOPS/FORUMS

The following information refers to workshops for the 2011 Festival.
We will update this webpage when 2012 arrangements are confirmed

The Canberra Country Music Festival encourages onsite workshops the purposes of education and industry development. The activities are devised, structured and directed by the group seeking to hold the workshop with the organizers of the CCMF facilitating the activity by promoting the workshop in the overall Festival Program.

The Workshop Program is split between days, with the emphasis on Saturday being the music business and Sunday focused on performance and musical technique. Workshops are undertaken in the Ningaloo Room and Music Exhibition Showcase.

For Music Technique Workshops Click Here

For Dance Workshops Click Here

SATURDAY 19 November 2011

Time Title Presenter Description

10:00 Country Media Forum
Accredited Media Only Issues facing country media + Networking

12:00 Song Writing Essentials Song Central The inside track on songwriting for commercial markets

13:00 A Music Career Primer Kelvin Fahey Some essentials in country music survival

16:00 Music Licensing & Publishers To be confirmed Value adding to songwriters in tough commercial market

SUNDAY 20 November 2011

Time Title Presenter Description

10:00 Country Music Club Forum Country Music Club members only Networking and assisting clubs survive and grow

12:00 Social Buzz Aly Cook Focus on how social media is used in business with use of tools to minimise time and maximise outcome from social media marketing instruction on the use of facebook and youtube and their role in marketing

14:00 Building A Better, Stronger Music Business SMIRG Strategic business initiatives to develop a viable business with a focus on the music industry

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