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
Jess Chambers

Jess Chambers

Born to an American mother and Kiwi father, Jess spent her childhood in thedusty Californian town of Quartz Hill. She grew up singing in Pentecostal'Happy Clappy' church choirs before finding her own voice at the age of fifteenwhen she wrote her first song- a sad love song with only two chords. Her voiceand melancholic compositions have enchanted audiences ever since.

Jess plays heartmusic: vignettes of emotions and scenes, elevated to art by a haunting andintimate voice and lush alt-county influenced instrumentation. Her sophomorealbum 'Desire' released September 26th 2011 is an ode to love and toabsence, transporting the listener to a hushed and intimate room where storiesare told.

The album reveals anartist in her prime, knowing exactly what she wants. Its unhurried and at ease:everything is in its right place. There is simplicity and a sparseness: nothingthat is not needed.

Music writer GrahamReid wrote of the album "These are emotionally affecting songs made morepowerful by their vocal and musical understatement. The instrumentation isspare throughout, the songs have dark corners but a strong thread of empathy".

Her voice iseffortless and pure, reaching high and strong and dropping to a husky whisper.Its storytelling is accompanied by a rich soundscape of guitars and strings,setting the album in the vicinity of alt/folk writers Gillian Welch and NeilYoung.

It is a worthysuccessor to Jess' acclaimed previous work. After first making her name in theelectronic scene through collaborations with Rhian Sheehan, Module, and TheUpbeats, Jess' debut solo album 'Jess Chambers and the Firefly Orchestra' (2008)was a return to the folk music she closely identifies with. The album has adreamy quality: the emotional intensity and honesty of the lyricscounterbalanced by the sweetness of the songs and taonga puoro (flute).Reviewers aptly described it as "sweet, soothing music from a rising younglocal talent" (NZ Herald) and "a splendidly lyrical and hauntingpiece of work" (Salient). The delicate anthem 'Island' which was used asthe soundtrack behind the NZ Green Party's 2008 election campaign went on to benominated for the prestigious New Zealand song award 'The APRA Silver Scroll'.

Jess' collaborationwith a host of New Zealand's most respected independent musicians in 'TheWoolshed Sessions' (2008) was similarly well-received by audiences andreviewers alike. Shows sold-out nationwide, and Jess's almost-pop contributionswere described as having "irresistible choruses that belie the heartachelurking in the lyrics" by the well-known music journalist and critic NickBollinger. 'Stringing me along' from 'The Woolshed Sessions' album won the APRA'Best NZ Country Song' award in 2009.

Jess' live show isknown for its intimacy. Her (2009) WOMAD performance was described by NZMusician magazine as "stunning... receiving standing ovations from theaudience- A response that alludes towards a very, very bright future for thisinfectiously irrepressible young singer.".