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
New Empire

New Empire

Sydney rock band New Empire has had an epic start to the year touring with Good Charlotte, Switchfoot and recording their second album. There's no slowing down for Jeremy (vocals), Pete (guitar), Kale (drums) and Kyle (bass) with the recent release of the new single and music video Give Me The World, national tours with international superstars Owl City and Simple Plan and the release of the new album set for September 16th. If you're into epic indie rock then you'll love New Empire.

 

Widely touted as one of the most exciting new acts to emerge on the local music landscape, New Empire's acclaimed live performances are second to none, and have drawn praise from some of the country's leading critics. The AU Review recently raved that "... after hearing (New Empire's) album, I was expecting nothing less than a good show. And a good show it was – even running into a few notables tells me these guys are going to be the next big thing in Australian music."

New Empire's epic, high energy and powerful live show combined with their heartfelt and honest music makes them one of Australia's most popular new bands.

 

Welcome to the New Empire.
 

 

12Aug2011
New Empire Sign To Native Tongue
<em>New Empire</em> Sign To Native Tongue

Native Tongue are thrilled to have signed homegrown indie-rockers, New Empire to a worldwide deal.

Native Tongue's Director Chris Gough has said "We are delighted to welcome New Empire to the Native Tongue family – a group whose song writing and work ethic are equal parts amazing!".

The talented foursome are set to release their highly anticipated sophomore album 'Symmetry' on 16th September as well as taking to the road for a run of national dates with Owl City later this month, followed by a string of East Coast shows with Simple Plan in October.

Over the past twelve months, New Empire have been propelled into the spotlight of the Australian music scene, garnering solid TV & radio support for their single 'Give Me The World' as well as scoring international supports for Good Charlotte and Switchfoot. They have firmly emerged as one of the most exciting new acts on the local musical landscape with the AU Review touting them as "...the next big thing in Australian music".

With Owl City
Monday 15 August The Tivoli, Brisbane QLD
Tuesday 16 August Metro Theatre, Sydney NSW
Wednesday 17 August Billboard The Venue, Melbourne VIC
Thursday 18 August Billboard The Venue, Melbourne VIC

With Simple Plan
Friday 30 September The Tivoli, Brisbane QLD
Saturday 1 October Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW
Tuesday 4 October Palace Theatre, Melbourne VIC