Native Tongue Music Publishing

Native Tongue Music Publishing
Native Tongue is an independent music publisher, with offices in Australia and New Zealand.
Besides acquiring rights to local writers, we also administer the works of overseas writers and catalogues for Australia and New Zealand.

Established in 2003, Native Tongue has built a respected catalogue of local writers. We set out to provide writers with a publishing company dedicated to assisting with the development of their skills as songwriters and composers throughout their careers.

Although we are a small company, we see this is one of our major advantages. It enables us to be far more proactive than our competitors and react quickly to the needs of our clients, whether they be film and television companies, commercial advertisers or the bands of which our writers are members.

We see our role as getting out there and getting things done, working with the band, the management, the record label and the distributor to make things happen.

Our job is to work with you to help you achieve your goals, as a songwriter and in many cases; an artist. We have a broad network of contacts we can utilise in all areas of the business – record companies, distributors, booking agents, promoters, publicists, radio, etc.

We will work with you, your management and record distributor to maximise sales of your record. You probably have most bases covered but there will always be something we can do to help squeeze those extra sales. It may be that we help a band get on a festival bill, provide advice on obtaining touring grants or come up with that song opportunity in a film that breaks through at the box office – who knows – it's an ephemeral business and its not always easy pinning down where things will come from.

If you are looking to place songs with other artists we have a worldwide network of contacts who work songs on that basis. If you want to co-write we will work with you to develop connections with writers you want to work with. If you want to compose film or television scores we are ideally placed to help you realise these ambitions.

We get out there and do the hard yards wherever it is required.

We have over the years developed publishing relationships internationally and through our music supervision business have come to know those companies who work particularly hard gaining sync licenses and pursuing the ancillary income that is available around the world. We have also established a network of international sub-publishers to administer our works around the world. In each case our sub-publishers are established independents with a long term track record of working within their own territory.

Native Tongue also enjoys strong relationships with all the major US, UK, Canadian and European music supervisors and can submit clients works for use in a wide range of projects around the world.

We are also one of the only publishers with offices and staff on the ground in Australia and New Zealand enabling us to fully represent your copyrights in the key markets in our home territory.

Native Tongue is closely associated with Mana Music which is the major music supervisor for feature films, television series, and documentaries in Australia and New Zealand. As a result Native Tongue is in a strong position to place its writer's songs in the wide range of projects.

A similar situation applies in respect to television commercials where once again Mana Music is the major provider of licensing services to the advertising agencies.

CONTACT DETAILS

Australia
+61 3 9445 0500

PO Box 1570
Collingwood, VIC 3066
Australia

Chris Gough - Managing Director
chris@nativetongue.com.au

Matt Tanner - A&R / Creative Manager
matt@nativetongue.com.au

David Nash - Copyright & Royalties Manager
david@nativetongue.com.au

Kate Mills - Licensing & Admin Assistant
kate@nativetongue.com.au

New Zealand
+64 9 378 9667

Po Box 8926
Symonds Street, Auckland 1150
New Zealand

Jan Hellriegel - General Manager
jan@nativetongue.co.nz


United Kingdom

Jaime Gough - International Manager
jaime@nativetongue.com.au
Bachelor Of Arts

Bachelor Of Arts

Bachelor of Arts is an exercise in critical thinking for an apathetic and abstinent generation; a musical representation of the time and place that is present day Melbourne, Australia. The group meld together to form a single solid unit with all components playing their equal role. 2008 sees them launch their debut album Infinite Jest for EXO Records.

Forged from two years of live efforts which has seen the group sharing stages with the likes of Japanther (US), Bakelite (CAN), My Disco, Die! Die! Die! (NZ) and These New Puritans (UK) as well as playing with hoards of others along the way in all types of places and spaces, the record is a frenetic and precise distillation of their intense performance aesthetic.

22Apr2009
Bachelor Of Arts announce homecoming Australian show & new 7" release
Bachelor Of Arts announce homecoming Australian show & new 7

Bachelor Of Arts have been touring America for last few weeks and have announced a new 7" split single with the US band Dinowalrus.

 

To celebrate the new release and the  Bachelors arriving home they've announced a special one off show at the Curtin Band Room in Carlton on May 1st with Kes Trio, Young Heretics and Teen Arche. Click here for a review of the Bachelor of Arts, Big Bear, Thief Thief, Whitetail show they did at You Need New Glasses House, Watertown MA, on March 6, 2009.


You can find more information about the Bachelor Of Arts and their show here http://www.myspace.com/bachelorsonline

07Mar2009
Bachelor Of Arts review from American show...
Bachelor Of Arts review from American show...

Below is a review of the Bachelor of Arts, Big Bear, Thief Thief, Whitetail show they did at a house party called' You Need New Glasses House', Watertown MA, on March 6, 2009.

 

"We're crammed like sardines with backpacks into the basement of a house in Watertown that (it turns out) isn't so difficult to get to for DIY pilgrims who can deal with the #71 bus schedule. Forshaw and McDowell, along with Angus Tarnawsky, are Bachelor of Arts, a hyper noise-rock band flown in from Melbourne for a two-week tour of the East Coast. It's all grimy Gang of Four punk dance and skronk - kind of like Nick Cave doing rugby chants..."

 

"We don't usually do encores - it seems a bit wanky," says a sweaty Bill Forshaw in a rubbery, shrugging Aussie accent. "But we might not ever be here again in our lives, so why not?" A few feet away, Kevin McDowell slowly hangs his bass back over his shoulders, muttering to himself, "Plus, we already played all our good songs . . .


Read the Review here

 

Look forward to reading more about their tour!

14Jul2008
Bachelor Of Arts Announce Album Launch Tour
Bachelor Of Arts Announce Album Launch Tour

In August, Bachelor Of Arts will be touring throughout Australia in support of the launch of their debut album Infinite Jest.

 

Friday 1st August - Yahoo Bar

Shepparton, Victoria, 9pm.

w/ Dead-Before-Death Gang + guests.

 

Thursday 7th August - Rics

Brisbane, Queensland, 9pm.

w/ The Z-Rays + guest DJs.

 

Friday 8th August - Rocket Bar

Adelaide, South Australia, 9pm.

w/ Swords + Skeletons.

 

Saturday 16th August - Arts Alive

Launceston, Tasmania, 9pm.

w/ The Native Cats + guests. 

 

Thursday 21st August - Toff In Town

Melbourne, Victoria, 9pm. $10.

 w/ Tic Toc Tokyo + guests.

 

Sunday 24th August - The Hopetoun

Surry Hills, NSW, 9pm.

w/ Ohana + Ghosts Of Television.

 

 

Infinite Jest is released August 12 through EXO Records.

01Jul2008
Native Tongue Signs Bachelor Of Arts
Native Tongue Signs Bachelor Of Arts

Native Tongue is pleased to annouce our latest signing, Melbourne three-piece Bachelor Of Arts.

The past two years has seen the groupsharing stages with the likes of Japanther (US), Bakelite (CAN), MyDisco (AUS) and Die! Die! Die! (NZ) as well asplaying with hoards of others along the way in all types of places andspaces. 2008 will see the release of Infinite Jest (EXO Records), the band's debut record, which is a frenetic and precise distillation of theirintense performance aesthetic.

 

See BOA in July and August at their residency in Melbourne, their national album launch tour, and/or supporting These New Puritans.

Infinite Jest is out August 12 through EXO Records.

01Jun2008
These New Puritans To Tour Australia
These New Puritans To Tour Australia

This August, UK four-piece These New Puritans will be touring Australia for the first time presented by Popfrenzy.

The band mix indie with samplers and electronic experimental sounds which caught the ears of Triple J and scored their Triple J Feature Album in February 2008.

 

 

August 12 - Oxford Art Factory

Darlinghurst, NSW, doors 8pm.

Tickets from Moshtix, $32 +bf.

w/ Los Valentinos + Traps.

 

 

August 14 - Prince Of Wales

St.Kilda, Victoria, doors 8pm.

Tickets from Moshtix, $32 +bf.

w/ Native Tongue's very own Bachelor Of Arts plus Young & Restless.

 

These New Puritans are published by Native Tongue obo Domino Publishing Company.

 

Beat Pyramid is out now.