Fuse Festival 2012 Says Thankyou!
UPDATE!!
Click here for live audio from the SA Exposed panel discussion held at this year’s event.
FUSE wish to thank all the 2012 delegates, bands and punters that were involved in the Festival. FUSE Festival was a great success, with a record amount of bands applying and many of the venues near capacity. Team FUSE honestly believes that some of Australias finest talent was showcased along with inspiring and innovative addresses from music industry professionals at the FUSE Music Business conferences. Alistair, Carrie and Kate wish to thank our team of interns and volunteers for their hard and dedicated work in making FUSE a great success and congratulate The Killgirls on their selection to attend the UK festival – The Great Escape.

Feb 23 Conference Timetable | click here (Thursday)
Feb 24 Conference Timetable | click here (Friday)

Presents….
Songwriters in the Round Session featuring:
Bow Campbell – Front End Loader
Alexander Gow – Oh Mercy
Taasha Coates – The Audreys
Moderated by Triple J’s Dom Alessio. Coinciding with National Slam Day, these songwriters will discuss their favourite Australian songs and how they may have impacted on their own writing. Be at ‘The Ed Castle’, 233 Currie St Adelaide, 4pm on Thursday 23rd. Free entry for all Fuse Conference ticket holders.
4pm Thursday 23rd February at the Ed Castle Hotel on Currie St.
Fuse 2012
Fuse is Australia’s longest running music industry conference and showcase festival, with over 5,000 people participating in over 30 venues. It’s where artists, industry and music fans unite for three days of networking, business building and celebrating the best that Australian music has to offer. Held annually in Adelaide, South Australia, Fuse offers musicians the opportunity to NETWORK with, and LEARN from, leading music industry professionals. Combining three nights of the hottest new music from across the country with two days of insightful conference and networking activities AND one day of intensive masterclasses.
Band submissions for Fuse 2012 are now closed. With over 180 bands applying for 80 positions, for the first time in Fuse history we have put in place a selection process to nominate the cream of the interested artists. Fuse 2012 are thrilled to announce an incredible lineup of the best unearthed Australian acts to play the Coopers Fuse East & West Showcase on Wed 22nd and Thurs 23rd of February respectively.
| Conference Pass (2 Full Days: Feb 23 & 24) |
$300 |
| Management Masterclass (Wednesday Feb 22) | $280 |
APRA presents Fuse @ Fringe Tickets Buy Tickets Here |
$5 |

Fuse 2012 Industry Delegates
Keynote Speakers
Brett Cottle | CEO APRA/AMCOS
Seth Godin | Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur and Agent of Change
(via Skype pre-record from New York)
Andy Kelly | Winterman & Goldstein / Ivy League
Andy Cassell | Winterman & Goldstein / Ivy League
International Speakers
Alicen Schnieder | Head of Music NBC / Universal
Corey Denis | Toolshed
Chris Wareing | Mean Fiddler / Great Escape
Franz Schuller | Indica Records
National Speakers
Jess Beston | Tiny Monster A&R Consultancy
Greg Carey | Umbrella Music
Claire Collins | Art Vs Science / Yes You
Keith Welsh |Catalyst Management
Tom Harris | White Sky Management
Rob Scott | Source Music
Catherine Haridy | Cath Haridy Management
Michael Hutchings | APRA
Alec Doomadgee | Gadigal Records
Vicki Gordon | VGM – Vicki Gordon Management
Rhoda Roberts | Vibe
Chris Johnson | AMRAP
Marianna Annas | ABC Music Publishing
Michael Szumowski| Alberts Music Publishing
Brett Cottle | APRA
Scotty McKenzie | Premier Artists
Geoff Trio | Code One
Stu Watters | Morph TV
Michael Parisi | Michael Parisi Management
Heath Bradby | Warner Music
Stephen Wade | Select Music
Christie Eleizer | Music Journalist
David Vodicka | Media Arts Lawyers
Ben Strong | Darren Sanicki Lawyers
Darren Sanicki | Darren Sanicki Lawyers
Nick O’Byrne | AIR
Leanne DeSouza | Medica Management
Jordan Verzar | Top Shelf
Andrew Walker | Buxton Walker
Millie Milgate | Sounds Australia
Mark Bin Bakar | Mary G
Local Speakers
John Welsh | Sydac
Ben Kilsby | Holopoint
Heidi Angove | Internode
Dan Monceaux | Danimations
Greg Marsh | SAFC
PJ Murton | Northern Sound Sysytem
Gordon Anderson | Music SA
Becc Bates | Arts SA
Ross Osmon | 5/4 Entertainment
Ryan Winter | dB Magazine
Amanda Lee | Nova Radio
Ifan Thomas | 23 Helix Entertainment






