A symposium on the past, present and future of the rock music industry in Brisbane

Friday 13th July 2007
1 pm – 4 pm
Lecture Theatre of the UQ Centre
(Building No. 27A, located on Union Road) [See Map]

Cost: FREE but bookings are essential.   To make a booking email cccs@uq.edu.au with PIG CITY in the subject line.

Abstract

As a companion event to the QMF Pig City concert at UQ on July 14, the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland will be holding a symposium to review and discuss the past, present and future of the rock music industry in Brisbane. The author of Pig City, Andrew Stafford, will be among a list of speakers which will include music historians and other academic researchers, music journalists, and participants in the early days of the Brisbane music industry. There will also be a panel of contemporary musicians and industry workers brought together to discuss the future of Brisbane music.  

Partly a celebration of the past, partly an opportunity to learn more about Brisbane's music history, and partly a think-tank on possibilities for the future, this will be a rich event for anyone interested in Brisbane's music industry.

Full Program  

Speakers at the Symposium include:

• Andrew Stafford - Music writer and author of Pig City: From The Saints to Savage Garden
• Clinton Walker - Australian Music Historian and author of Stranded: The Australian History of Independent Music 1977-1991 and Highway To Hell: The Life and Times of ACDC Legend Bon Scott
• Lindy Morrison - Former member of The Go-Betweens and Cleopatra Wong, Board Director for The Music Council of Australia and Artistic Director of The Phonographic Performance Company of Australia.
• Kiley Gaffney – Brisbane based solo musician & academic.

In a Panel Discussion on ‘The Future of Brisbane Music'

• Panel Chair:  John Birmingham – Author of ‘He Died With A Felafel In His Hands’ and the ‘Axis of Time’ trilogy.
• Graham Ashton - Head of Marketing and International Licensing at Dew Process Records (home of Bernard Fanning and The Grates)
• Paul Curtis - Manager of Valve Records and Brisbane bands Regurgitator and I Heart Hiroshima
• Deb Suckling - Project Officer for Qmusic, label manager for Sugar Rush Records and Funk Folk Records and current member of Brisbane band Brindle
• Ian Rogers - Member of Brisbane band Iron On (MySpace site)