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 intern ..read more

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: ch ..read more

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, merch ..read more

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 ..read more

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 Premie ..read more

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 H ..read more

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 intern ..read more

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: ch ..read more

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, merch ..read more

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 ..read more