Stories from the Scene: the past, present and future of music in Victoria Music Victoria

On episode 6 of Stories from the Scene, Music Victoria’s General Manager Dale Packard, speaks with Jack Madin and Ed Service from electronic dance music duo ‘Shouse’.

Shouse are two friends from Melbourne who make house jams interspersed with choral, anthemic moments. If you’ve been living under a rock, their 2021 hit ‘Love Tonight’ has been a global pandemic release phenomenon, topping charts the world over with over 300 million streams on Spotify.

In this episode Dale speaks with Shouse about:


Their musical upbringings
How their hit song went viral
Their creative process
Touring internationally
How they balance making music alongside their other jobs
Collaborating with David Guetta
The meaning behind their music and the concept of Communitas
and much more



Thank you and enjoy listening.

https://www.shouseshouse.com/

https://www.instagram.com/shouse.shouse/



https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/



Thanks to Creative Victoria and the State Government of Victoria for their support

Sponsored by Yamaha Music Australia

Background Music by Dale Packard

Our fifth episode of Stories from the Scene Stories from the Scene is a two-parter exploring music and jts environmental impact. In the first part, Music Victoria’s CEO, Simone Schinkel, speaks with Edwina Floch - the founder of the Environmental Music Prize. In the second part Simone speaks with Berish Bilander – the CEO of Green Music Australia.

In these conversations they discuss the Environmental Music Prize - a new call-to-action for artists to use their voice both on and off stage, which recognises and rewards artists who inspire action for climate and conservation.

They also discuss: challenges of creating with a “cause in mind”, music as a tool for social change, the Green Music Action Program, touring sustainably, and the whiteness of climate action.



Thank you and enjoy listening.



https://environmentalmusicprize.com/

https://www.greenmusic.org.au/

https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/



Thanks to Creative Victoria and the State Government of Victoria for their support

Sponsored by Yamaha Music Australia

Background Music by Dale Packard

In episode 4 of Stories from the Scene, Music Victoria's General Manager Dale Packard speaks with Jaddan Comerford.
Jaddan is the founding CEO of Unified Music Group, a globally renowned music company and one of the major players in the Victorian music industry.
Starting in the suburbs of Melbourne, at the age of 18, Jaddan originally founded the punk/ska label Boomtown Records. He has grown the company over the last 20 years to where Unified is now one of Australia’s largest independent music companies.
Unified do everything from: artist management, releasing records, running festivals, merchandise and publishing.
In this episode Dale and Jaddan discuss:
-         discovering punk music
-         the early days of boomtown records
-         the financial risk of running festivals
-         expanding the business internationally
-         gender diversity
-         moving into the metaverse
-         the ethics of working in music
-         and much more

Thank you, and enjoy listening.

https://www.unifiedmusicgroup.com/

https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/

Thanks to Creative Victoria and the State Government of Victoria for their support

Sponsored by Yamaha Music Australia

Background Music by Dale Packard

On episode 3 of Stories from the Scene, Music Victoria’s mental health clinician Bree Chapman-Stewart, talks with Glen Benton.

Supported with funding from the Victorian State Government, Bree joins our team to provide the Victorian music community with free confidential mental health services and business support.

Glen is a person-centred humanistic psychotherapist who has his own lived experience of childhood trauma. Glen has worked across suicide prevention, men’s health as well as working within Aboriginal and First Nations mental health. Glen has played music his whole life across various projects, with his current focus Anavaiix, a project self-empowered by Glen’s spirituality. Glen plays every instrument in the project and all albums are self-produced. This episode is also featured on Bree’s podcast ‘Feelz’ which cleverly brings comedy together with interesting conversations around mental health and wellbeing. In the show notes we’ll include links to: Bree’s podcast, where you can find more about Glen’s work,  and where you can access Bree’s mental health support services through Music Victoria.

In the episode they chat about:

· healing childhood trauma

· spirituality, and mental health

· how Glen’s music is an outlet for his feelings and informs his work as a therapist

· and much more



thanks and enjoy listening



https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/mentalhealth/

https://feelzpod.com/

https://www.instagram.com/feelzpodcast/
https://www.facebook.com/Anavaiix/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIYGP_uF1DQ&ab_channel=ANAVAIIX



Thanks to Creative Victoria and the State Government of Victoria for their support

Sponsored by Yamaha Music Australia

Background Music by Dale Packard

Our second episode of Stories from the Scene is a conversation between Music Victoria’s previous marketing manager, Francesca Chong and Mindy Meng Wang.

Mindy is an acclaimed Chinese/Australian composer and guzheng player. She’s performed and collaborated with a diverse range of artists and events from Regurgitator to Australian Art Orchestra, heavy metal artist Striborg, electronic musician Joelistics, plus Tim Shiel who she released an EP with in 2020 under the record label Music In Exile. Mindy has also played in a tonne of festivals across Australia, Europe and Shanghai, including a Premiere’s Gala Dinner, Sydney Festival and the Shanghai Festival.

Fran will be speaking to Mindy about:

· her career journey

· cultural diversity in the Australian music scene

· advice for emerging artists who are looking to build connections in the scene

· and much more

Thank you and enjoy listening.



https://mindymengwang.com/

https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/



Thanks to Creative Victoria and the State Government of Victoria for their support

Sponsored by Yamaha Music Australia

Background Music by Dale Packard

Our first episode of Stories from the Scene is a conversation between Music Victoria’s project coordinator, Kiwat Kennell and Kiernan Ironfield.

Kiernan is a proud Darug Man originally from Canberra, now residing in Naarm, Melbourne, Australia and is the Co-CEO of Songlines Aboriginal Music Corporation

Kiernan’s background stems from Education and Business, holding a bachelor of Economics from ANU and previous positions in Marrup Barak Indigenous Development Institute with Melbourne University.

Kiernan is an influential Yidaki player, performing venues such as: Marvel Stadium, The Leadbeater Hotel and The Gasometer Hotel. His focus when performing is on a guided spiritual experience through breathing and micro expressions.
Kiwat and Kiernan discuss,


Songlines Aboriginal Music Corporation’s upcoming events and programs
The power of the matriarch and female First Nations performers
Alcohol in the industry
The Journey of culture and music
And much more

Thank you and enjoy listening.

https://www.songlines.net.au/

https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/



Thanks to Creative Victoria and the State Government of Victoria for their support

Sponsored by Yamaha Music Australia

Background Music by Dale Packard