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Indent Background

Indent dates back to the 1996 Drug Summit where one of the many outcomes was the development of a Youth Entertainment Pilot (YEP) project to promote developments in government policy relating to the staging of under 18’s and all ages events and drug and alcohol free entertainment. MusicNSW held a forum at the Powerhouse Museum on November 27, 1999 which brought together 120 young people from around NSW who were actively involved in youth events. The discussion at the forum led ultimately to the formations of the first Indent Strategy. The strategy was well received and Indent was officially engaged with an initial financial commitment of $750,000 over three years ($250,000 a year). The name Indent comes from the words INDependent ENTertainment. Indent works directly with young people to empower them and help raise awareness of their needs, connecting them with support organisations in their community, providing opportunities, training and valuable experience and involving them in a range of tasks such as booking venues, liaising with police, managing security, organising public liability insurance, advertising and promotion.

What does Indent do?

INDENT has been set up to help young people (13 – 25) in NSW access drug and alcohol free all-ages entertainment. We provide:

Funding for all ages events
Workshops and training
Advice, support, and resources

How did Indent come about?

The first Indent strategy was developed from extensive consultation with young people and the entertainment industry. Music NSW held the first Indent Forum at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney in November 1999 which brought together over 100 youth entertainment experts from around the state to discuss the issues affecting access to safe and successful youth events, developing a strategy supported by the NSW State Government. INDENT was launched on October 18, 2000 by Premier Bob Carr with a financial commitment of $250,000 a year for an initial period of 3 years. Due to the program’s success, funding has been extended until 2012. Indent receives core funding from New South Wales Ministry for the Arts.

The Staff behind Indent:

Max Becker - Indent Project Manager

What's your background? Always loved music - used to get up at 5am when i was 4 years old and watch the entire Rage Top 50, back when Alice Cooper and Deee Lite still rated up there. I started playing guitar when i was 11 and played in the standard high-school grunge band - Nirvana covers, Grinspoon's Guide to Better Living, trying to play riffs as fast as Lindsay from Frenzal. Was born in Zimbabwe but moved to Australia when i was 2. Have been living in Sydney since age 5. Favourite music/bands As a little kid - Bob Marley, Burning Spear, Thomas Mapfumo - lots of African inspired music and reggae (from my Dad). Oh, also Play School songs (Bonita and Phillip rule). Youth - I heard Smells Like Teen Spirit when i was 6, knew it was Nirvana but didn't know the song name. When i was 12 i worked it out and that triggered a Nirvana obsession that lasted about 3 years - all the albums, T-shirts, rarities, recording Nirvana J-Files and Nirvana Rage tributes, the whole kit and kaboodle. Other than Nirvana - Grinspoon, Frenzal, Sevendust, Butterfly Effect (first EP, absolute killer), Shihad (Jon Toogood IS rock n roll personified), and many others obviously. Until i was 17 i refused to listen to anything that didn't have guitar/bass/drum set up. Hated anything electronic. Last few years - Grown into electronic music of all kinds, had fleeting obsessions with Aussie hip hop (Left Foot, Right Foot and Position Correction), i slowly developed a pseudo-hatred of electro but i've seen some specialists and i'm dealing with that now. And these days i devour anything drum n bass. Logistics, Cyantific, Donnie Dubson, Agent Alvin, Commix, Nu:Tone, Beta 2, Break, Sub Focus, Danny Byrd How did you first get into what you're doing now? I did work experience at Blunt magazine (though at that time it may still have been called Esky). I was mad keen to do anything i could, writing competition entries, fake letters for the letters page, anything. I kept going back to help out in school holidays. When i was 16, Incubus came through Australia and I wrote a couple of questions that i was hoping to ask at the end of the interview, but once we were sitting in front of the band, Alison (the editor) told me she wasn't doing anything and i had to do the interview and write the story. I did all that, wrote a live review and thus my first story ever wound up on the cover. It was such an amazing first experience that I've never looked back. Favourite gig/festival experience Big Day Out (the same one Meg was talking about), also during Nine Inch Nails. Anyone who was in that arena will remember the dude who climbed one of the 50-70 metre flagpoles in the middle. He was looking pretty tired about halfway up, but the whole crowd got behind him and cheered him on and when he eventually got to the top and sat up, the roar from the crowd was unbelievable. He took some photos, jumped on top of a food van and over the police and as far as i know got away with it. Festival silliness at its best. If you could be an animal, you would be? Lion. Lion or Alpaca. If you could be any historical figure who would you be? Genghis Khan. Awesome historical name, Genghis. Favourite ice cream flavour? Wasabi (not really).

Meg Williams - Indent Partnerships Manager:

Background At the moment my background is a humble setting of the hotel I'm staying at in Northbridge, Perth. One bed is all messed up cause I just got up and the other is still tucked in with the soaps on the pillow, my uni books are strewn all over the place and the room service menu is still next to the phone cause I ordered room service when I got in late last night. Oh you mean my work background? Well that is also a colorful story, my first experience with events was my 13th birthday party and I got my sisters firends bands to play. The next year I got the Dunny's and The Hot Pink Dildo's to play and over 500 people gate crashed - it was then I was succumb to the power of the gig. Ever since I've been trying to put on gigs in my hometown while also trying to finish a communications degree in Sydney. I first came across Indent when I applyed for a grant, they denied the grant but I hung around till they gave me a job. Favourite music/bands When I was young I was totally into Frenzal Rhomb, Propaghandi, NoFX as well as Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, Q tip was my favorite and NWA. I stole my mums collection of David Bowie records before I turned 18 and grew up on the Beach Boys. Favorite gig/festival experience Wow! I have to choose one! I remember like one of my first years at BigDay Out I was watching I think Nine Inch Nails on the main stage when a friend of mine (who'd just eaten a hot dog) started throwing up, I helped her boyfriend carry her outside of the stage area and ran back inside to find my sister before NIN finished. Needless to say I didn't make it and as soon as NIN finished every single person in that stadium ran to the Chemical Brothers and because I was going the other way I literally got swept away in the hype, when I say swept away it was like in cartoons when someone is running against the crowd and their feet aren't even touching the ground! In the end I gave into mob rule and ended up in the Boiler Room. It was really full on but the crowd were so amazing and so much fun. I could have told you the story when at splendor I was asked to dance on stage for the Bumblebeez to the Doctor song they did but I forgot how the dance went and wasn't allowed on. If you could be an animal, you would be? I would be my cat bob, cause he is so cool and a bit crazy but totally spoiled. If you could be any historical figure who would you be? I would be Janis Joplin because she is a total rock star or Princess Lea - she's a real person right? Favourite ice cream flavour? Vanilla. Hello Ned Flanders. No Vanilla, covered in Milo and melted down by constant stirring so that it turns into mush

Sean Calalang- Indent Communications Manager

What's your background? Back in highschool, I was in an awesome little band- well, we thought we were awesome. We used to run a show at school at least twice a year, showcasing performing arts both musical and dance-ical. This kinda sparked what would become a dream to become big and famous and all that jazz. While at highschool, I wanted to do something in event management, but found myself going into Media & Communications- which was totally cool and everything- made a couple of videos, animations, websites, rah rah rah.. I found my way back into music towards the end of my degree in 2008, when I interned here at MusicNSW and Indent. Doing the odd office duty here and there, Greg saw the potential to give me a project of my own to work on- THANKS GREG! Not that I can really say too much about it, but we're excited to launch the final result of that project sometime this year. Awesome! Currently, I am studying Interactive Media, like Flash animations, Flash games, that sort of stuff. I wanna do photography this year, and also pretty keen on screenprinting.. but that's an ambition for another day! Favourite music/bands: I'm listening to a lot of different music at the moment. I'm only a recent convert to triple J, and I am loving every minute of it. Although I now listen to triple J, I would probably fall into the NOVA audience. Here's what's on my iPod now: Angus & Julia Stone, City & Colour, Amy Meredith, Art vs Science, The Ataris (old school), Boys Like Girls, Further Seems Forever, The Getaway Plan, Lady Gaga, Hot Chip, The Kooks, Lost Prophets,Owl City, The Presets, The Temper Trap... How did you first get into what you're doing now? Good question! I interned with Indent in 2008, and have maintained a great working relationship with the team here. They asked to have me on board early this year (2010), and I couldn't pass up the opportunity. No quirky anecdote here. Favourite gig/festival experience? Too many to choose from. My first concert was Red Hot Chilli Peppers in 2002! That was a great show, and I was still a young pup. Melbourne Big Day Out 2008 was another great one too! I can't keep myself outta the Boiler Room, love it! Err, I'm having a really nostalgic moment here, all these memories flooding in. I'll get back to you on this one. If you could be an animal, you would be? I've never really thought about that. Maybe something playful like a dog, or a penguin. If you could be any historical figure who would you be? King Arthur.. Heck, I dunno!? Favourite ice cream flavour? Strawberry.

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PPCA Artist Registration Closing Soon

30.08.10

If you are an Australian recording artist, or a copyright holder in recordings that are receiving airplay, there could be money waiting for you. Australian recording artists and copyright holders whose music is being broadcast are reminded that they must register with PPCA to be able to share in licence fees, collected by the organisation. Registration cut off for PPCA’s current distribution is 15 September 2010.

PPCA collects licence fees from over 50,000 businesses across Australia which play sound recordings (CD, digital downloads) and music videos. Each year, PPCA distributes the licence income collected, less administration expenses, to registered Australian recording artists and sound recording copyright owners (usually record labels). PPCA represents and pays featured Australian recording artists and record labels in the same way that APRA pays songwriters and publishers. Featured Australian recording artists may be able to share in licence fees collected by PPCA under the Artist Direct Distribution Scheme. But it’s essential that you register with PPCA before September 15 to be eligible for this year’s distribution. If you are already registered with PPCA, it is important that you notify us of all releases on which you are eligible to claim under the Artist Direct Distribution Scheme before September 15. Record labels do not notify us of artist releases or registrations – this is the artist’s responsibility. If you have released a CD within the past year and have not lodged your artist registrations, then any income that may have been earned for that release will be paid to your record label. Registering with PPCA is free and essential - If you’d like to check what artist registrations we have for you, please contact PPCA’s distribution team – we’ll be happy to help! Here’s what some Australian artists have to say about PPCA: “PPCA is a company that recording artists can rely on with confidence to collect income on our behalf when our music is played in public.” - Tania Kernaghan "PPCA pays recording artists in the same way that APRA pays songwriters and publishers. It's definitely a good idea to register with both, just to make sure all your rights as a recording artist and songwriter are being looked after." Stu Macleod - Eskimo Joe. “As an artist … it’s very important to know that my rights are being protected. I am registered with PPCA as an Australian Recording Artist and receive a direct payment each year that my songs receive airplay. If you are a signed artist or an independent, it is in your interest to see if PPCA can work for you.” – Melinda Schneider For more information, please contact: PPCA Distribution Team distribution.mail@ppca.com.au (02)8569 1133

Regional Youth: Tell It Like It Is

The ABC’s Heywire competition gives people aged 16–22 in rural and regional Australia a chance to ‘tell it like it is’ on the ABC. All they have to do is submit a story about life in their neck of the woods, or an issue in their community. Their story might be about something they’d like to see change in their town, or an incident or issue that has had an impact on them, or simply why they like living where they do. Stories can be in text, audio, photo or video formats. Teachers and youth workers can download our Heywire study guide (developed in partnership with ATOM) for ideas on how to incorporate Heywire into their programs, see here. Entries close 8 October 2010. The ABC selects approximately forty winning stories from around Australia to be produced and reworked with the help of ABC staff and they are played on Radio National, ABC Local Radio, triple j and abc.net.au! Winners also score an all-expenses-paid trip to the Heywire Youth Issues Forum in Canberra in February where they learn leadership skills, and stay at the Australian Institute of Sport. There’s even a reception at Parliament House! For more information, and to upload your stories, see here.

Artist comp for One Movement

23.08.10

The One Movement for Music conference and industry gathering will be back in Perth for its second year in October running over the weekend of Oct 9-10 at The Esplanade.

There's a big schedule of industry events like panels, workshops and keynote speeches from some serious international music industry heavyweights. Plus there's also a big line-up of live acts playing official showcase gigs. There's also a big line-up of international acts on the bill - Ben Kweller (USA), Shapeshifter (NZ), Dengue Fever (USA), ZE! (Malaysia), Delta Spirit (USA), Via Tania (USA), Raghu Dixit (India Jonneine Zapata (USA), Bedouin Soundclash (Can), KORA (NZ), The Telephones (Japan), Melodramas (UK), Liz Green (UK), Get Dexter (UK) and The Great Spy Experiment (Sing). Plus there'll be sets from local acts Xavier Rudd, Grinspoon, Children Collide, British India, Operator Please, Drapht, Cloud Control, Sally Seltmann, and heaps more. AND in an unprecedented move, One Movement and triple j Unearthed will be sending one band from every state and territory to play at the One Movement festival. That's 8 Unearthed bands we're going to pick for One Movement. 8 BANDS. THAT'S MASSIVE! Not only will you play in front of a huge Perth crowd, but all the fancy industry delegates too. Entry is simple. Register as an artist and upload your finest tracks by September 12th to be in the running. Artists already on the site are eligible and music that is 'pending' is also considered an entry. Closing date is SEPTEMBER 12.

In the event that the winner of the competition is under the age of 18 years, a guardian over the age of eighteen years must accompany the winner at the guardian's expense.

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