The 2008 Melbourne Reason Producers Conference

I think this may be a first of it's kind for Australia - a conference dedicated to the business & creativity of electronic & dance music...nice!

This is a 1 day conference in Melbourne, and will consist of discussions, creative clinics, demonstrations and interactive classes. Essentially, you're getting the inside scoop on how to both produce & sell your music, information that's not usually easy to get your hands on.

Confirmed panelists will include people from APRA & AMCOS, MySpace TV, Spark Media, One Love Music, Media Arts Lawyers, Beat Broker and EMI Music Australia. These discussions will involve your rights as an artist, how to market yourself, legal issues and so on.

There will also be product specialists running demos, including James Bernard from Propellerhead, Laz Harris from Mackie/Tapco, Anthony Garvin from SAE, DJ Kuya (who ran a great demo night for us here a couple of months ago), Jason Doonan (Propellerhead Australia Endorsee), and more.

There are also some great prizes to be won, including a mastering prize from Studio 301 in Sydney for 4 winners, including releasing the mastered tracks as an EP through Bellarine Recordings.

PLUS the first 200 ticket sales will include a free giftbag from Crumpler, containing a copy of the AT magazine's Guerilla Guide to Home Recording, the Musictech Focus on Reason Magazine, TRPC Notebook and Pen, mix CDs, and more.

And, lastly, there will be an after-party with sets from Beatnick (Live), DJ Kuya (Ableton/Korg remix set), Shamblz, James Bernard from Propellerhead (Live), Jono Fernandez (Ableton remix set), and Johnny Hooves & Friends, plus more special guests to be announced. Tickets are $15, but if you attend the conference then you'll get free entry.

If you're going to go and live in Sydney, I just booked my flights down on Virgin Blue and a lot of the cheapest sale fares have sold out unless you leave later in the night on Friday, so I'd recommend jumping online quickish.

There are so many good reasons to go to this, and I think it's great that we finally have an event of this calibre worth going to. It will also be a fantastic opportunity to hang out with like-minded producers, I'm really looking forward to it. Hope to meet up with some of you down there!

Tickets are $89 incl. bf, and are available through us either instore or online.