Presented by Independent Music New Zealand

Announced speakers for the 2019 GOING GLOBAL MUSIC SUMMIT are:
ADAM LEWIS (Planetary Group, USA), BEKAH ZIETZ FLYNN (Sub Pop Records - Publicity, International Promotions and A&R, USA), BEN COLEMAN (Green Man Festival, UK), BRID WALPOLE (Pitch Perfect PR, USA), CARLA ARIAS (IMICHILE, Neutral Festival, Chile), FRANCISCA SANDOVAL (IMICHILE, Fluvial Festival, CHILE), JOHN HALPERIN (The Glass House - Talent Buyer, USA), KIRAN PATEL (A&G Sync - Head of Sync, UK), MIKE SNIPER (Captured Tracks - Founder/CEO, USA), NATASHA PARISH (Ground Control Touring, USA), PAUL BRINDLEY (Music Ally, CEO & Co-Founder, UK), SHANNON KURLANDER (Terrorbird Media, USA).

The creative director from UK's prestigious Green Man Festival, Ben Coleman joins this years Going Global Music Summit lineup along with U.S. national publicist, Brid Walpole who has worked U.S. campaigns for NZ artists Liam and Neil Finn and Tiny Ruins. U.S. boutique booking agency, Ground Control Touring (Angel Olsen, Big Thief, Kurt Vile, Wavves) are sending Natasha Parish to share her wisdom on touring internationally while Shannon Kurlander from Terrorbird Media will have advice on how to get media attention and radio play in the States. Radio and blog exposure across the U.S. and Canada is the focus for Adam Lewis from Planetary Group (The Decemberists, Courtney Barnett, Portugal, The Man). Independent Music Association of Chile General Manager, Francisca Sandoval and fellow IMICHILE member, Carla Arias joins the panels to help kiwi artists understand the potential of the South American music market. More speakers to be announced in the coming weeks.

Going Global Music Summit 2019

Friday 30 August / Saturday 31 August, 2019 - Roundhead Studios, Auckland
tickets via Eventbrite

Going Global Presents 2019 Artist Showcase—open to public

Saturday 31 August, 2019 - Whammy, Wine Cellar, Whammy Backroom, Auckland
tickets via undertheradar.co.nz

ADAM LEWIS (USA)
Founder, Planetary Group

Planetary Group is an artist development and promotions firm based out of Los Angeles that focuses on helping new and upcoming artists be heard and discovered through radio and blog exposure in the US and Canada. Recently Adam has worked with such acts as The Decemberists, Courtney Barnett and Portugal, The Man. In addition Adam also currently handles all publicity, promotion and media buying for Great Northeast Productions. Prior to Planetary, Adam was the Northeast Sales and Promotion Manager for TVT Records, working with Sevendust, The Black Crowes and Snoop Dogg.

BEN COLEMAN (UK)
Creative Director, Green Man Festival

Ben is the Creative Director of Green Man, held annually in the Brecon Beacons, Wales, UK. Green Man is a multi-arts festival and 2019 will be the festival's 17th edition. Ben is responsible for curating the music and film, and overseeing the delivery of the festival's brand. Green Man begun in 2003, taking place annually in Wales’ beautiful Brecon Beacons and has developed into one of Europe’s leading arts events.

BRID WALPOLE (United States)
National Publicist, Pitch Perfect PR

Brid is a National Publicist at Pitch Perfect PR. An Australian native who has been based in New York since 2012, Brid has worked at Tell All Your Friends PR and was most recently the Director of Publicity at [PIAS] America. Her clients include; Tiny Ruins, Cate Le Bon, Cherry Glazerr, Ezra Furman, Faye Webster, Let’s Eat Grandma, Neil & Liam Finn, Ohmme, Marfa Myths & Iceland Airwaves Festivals.

CARLA ARIAS (Chile)
IMICHILE, Quemasucabeza / Armonica Booking / Neutral Festival

Chilean cultural manager and journalist. In parallel, and after working more than 13 years in mass media (press, radio and TV), Carla joined the record label Quemasucabeza (www.quemasucabeza.com).

From 2013, she has been Director of the Armónica Booking and Management agency. In addition, Carla is the General Producer of the Neutral Festival, which has 9 editions in Santiago of Chile and 3 in Mexico City, which is a showcase for new names of the independent scene of the region. Carla also works as part of the Directory on IMIChile.

FRANCISCA SANDOVAL (Chile)
General Manager, IMICHILE and Fluvial Festival

Francisca has held the position of general manager for the Independent Music Association of Chile (IMICHILE) since 2017 which is a not for profit, non-government association that aims to support Chile’s independent recording sector. She is also a founding partner of La Unión; a booking & communication agency that has worked on the development of more than 20 Chilean artists. Francisca is also an executive producer of Fluvial, a conference and music festival that takes place annually in Valdivia since 2016.

NATASHA PARISH (United States)
Booking Agent, Ground Control Touring

Natasha began her career in music on the venue side, first as the exclusive talent buyer for Club Downunder at her alma mater Florida State University and later as an assistant at the Empty Bottle in Chicago. Since transitioning over to the agency world, she’s developed a diverse roster of unique touring acts including ADULT., Black Marble, Boy Harsher, Drab Majesty and many more.

SHANNON KURLANDER (United States)
Head of Radio Promo/International Strategy, Terrorbird Media

Shannon Kurlander, heads up the radio promotion department and international strategy department for Terrorbird Media. She specializes in specialty radio promotion along with developing customized U.S. marketing campaigns for international artists. Current affiliated artists between both rosters include; The Beths, Hatchie, Camp Cope, Toro y Moi, Charly Bliss, + many more! Shannon also runs a collective titled GRLMIC which showcases women and non-binary musicians through a number of mediums.

*Calling NZ Musicians*
Performing Artist applications for the
GOING GLOBAL PRESENTS 2019
are now open at www.goingglobal.co.nz

The application deadline is Wednesday, July 31st 2019 with all artists performing being announced early August.