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
Oh Mercy

Oh Mercy

When Oh Mercy completed their much admired debut, 2009's Privileged Woes – an album that saw the band take home the Red Bull Award for 'Outstanding Potential' at the Australian Music Prize, as well as being named the winner of the Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards (SOYA) in music –

Alexander knew he wanted to use a fuller instrumentation to bring his new tales of "young, middle‐class white boys" to life. More than 18 months touring Privileged Woes (which also was nominated for a J Award for Album of the Year) saw the band play almost 200 shows, criss‐ crossing 100,000 kilometres of road... including a stint touring alongside national icons Crowded House.

Eventually, with 30 songs under Gow’s arm the album was ready to take final form. Enter one of America’s most respected producers, suggested to the band by a mutual friend: Mitchell Froom.

Having recorded albums with the likes of Pearl Jam, Elvis Costello and Sheryl Crow – not to mention recording Crowded House’s seminal self‐titled debut – Froom was the perfect choice to help guide Oh Mercy in their next endeavour. Gow decamped to sunny Santa Monica, working out of Froom’s home studio and whittling the 30 tracks down to a final 12.

Inspired by the sort of classic Australian albums which shape our history, Great Barrier Grief marks a whole new horizon for Oh Mercy, and the song writing journey of Alexander Gow. Paul Kelly, arguably Australia’s most respected songwriter, agrees, recently naming Oh Mercy in The Age EG as a new band who inspires him to write.

12Oct2011
Oh Mercy Score ARIA Nomination
<em>Oh Mercy</em> Score ARIA Nomination

Congratulations to Oh Mercy on receiving an ARIA nomination in the 'Breakthrough Artist - Album' category for their stunning sophomore release 'Great Barrier Grief'.

The 'Great Barrier Reef' album artwork, which was created by iconic Australian arist Ken Done, also received a nod in the 'Best Cover Art' category.

The awards are to be held at Sydney's Olymic Park on Sunday 27th November.

Oh Mercy are wrapping up a huge year, by playing their final headline shows for 2011:

Fri 14th Oct - Oxford Arts Factory, Sydney
Fri 25th Nov - The HiFi, Melbourne

11Aug2011
OH MERCY On Why Music Matters

Oh Mercy's, Alexander Gow is one of the first artists to be featured in the Music Matters campaign that launched in Australia and New Zealand this week.

Originating in the UK in 2010, the Music Matters campaign is a collective of people across the music community, including artists, songwriters, labels, managers, publishers and music stores, formed to remind listeners of the value and significance of music.

In this stunning animation, Alexander guides us through his personal relationship with music which traverses his childhood love of Dionne Warwick, his epiphany upon hearing Bob Dylan for the first time, and the all-consuming love affair with his craft.

"As a 23 year old writing my third album doing the only thing I've ever wanted to do, every other part of my life exists in the giant and encompassing shadow that my passion for music has cast..."
Alexander Gow, Oh Mercy

For more information about the campaign please visit http://anz.whymusicmatters.org/

01Oct2010
Oh Mercy Hit The Road With Crowded House
<em>Oh Mercy Hit</em> The Road With Crowded House

Oh Mercy are delighted to be hitting the road in November in support of the iconic Crowded House.

This tour comes off the back off a largely sold-out Australian headline tour for  theirlimited edition 7" single 'Keith St' which signalled the start of a huge year ahead for Oh Mercy.

05.11 Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
06.11 Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
09.11 Convention Centre, Brisbane
13.11 Peter Lehman Wines, Adelaide
14.11 Sandalford Estate, Perth
16.11 WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
20.11 Hope Estate, Hunter Valley

07Sep2010
Oh Mercy & The Key Of Sea
<em>Oh Mercy</em> & The Key Of Sea

Oh Mercy, Sarah Blasko, Tim Rogers and The Cat Empire are amongst those joining forces with some of Australia's finest migrant and refugee musicians to create a truly unique album to be released in November 2010.

"The Key Of Sea" is an album of collaborations between artists that you already love and artists who've brought their incredible musical cultures to Australia. It is a record of a creative process, a searching for common ground between musicians from vastly different cultural backgrounds. A document of shared music and stories exchanged. The Key of Sea will feature songs by Sarah Blasko and Ajak Kwai (Sudan), The Cat Empire and Anbessa Gebrehiwot (Ethiopia), Tim Rogers and Rebetiki (Greece), Old Man River and Javier Fredes (Chile), Oh Mercy and Nadia Omar (Pakistan) and The Vasco Era and Yousif Aziz (Iraq) with more to be announced.

The collaborations are beautiful, fun and occasionally heartbreaking. Each story that emerged through the recording process shed new and fresh light on an otherwise exhausted topic. We're left with a snapshot of Australian culture, a poignant, powerful and accessible document of Australian society at the dawn of the third millennium masquerading as an album of gorgeous pop and rock music. The Key Of Sea is out Nov 11 through MGM

11Jun2010
OH MERCY ON U.S JAUNT FOR NEW ALBUM
OH MERCY ON U.S JAUNT FOR NEW ALBUM

Having won the 2009 Australian Music Prize Red Bull Award for Outstanding Potential, Native Tongue quartet Oh Mercy headed over to the USA to seek some inspiration for album number two. The band are now currently holed up in LA recording their sophomore album with uber-producer, Mitchell Froom.

 

Upon their return to Australia in July, Oh Mercy will be hitting the road for nationally sold-out shows with Temper Trap, followed by an appearance at Splendour In The Grass.

 

Check out some of the bands American hi-jinx here:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy0XAFbj3vo

27Oct2009
Oh Mercy Win At SOYA Awards
Oh Mercy Win At SOYA Awards

Oh Mercy win the Qantas Spirit of Youth Music Award 2009

 

Congratulations to Oh Mercy on winning the Qantas Spirit of Youth Music Award and their nominations for Triple J's 'Album Of The Year' and AIR's 'Breakthrough Independent Artist' award.

 

2009 has seen Oh Mercy hand picked by Ben Folds to play the Sydney Opera House and chosen to tour with Little Birdy, Lisa Mitchell, Kaiser Chiefs and Ben Kweller. Oh Mercy recently concluded their national 'Privileged Woes' album tour, selling out shows all over Australia. They play their last club shows for the year co-headlining with The Veils before heading out on the summer festival circuit.

 

Rolling Stone have described Oh Mercy as "...the freshest, smartest song-writing partnership 
since the Finn brothers".

21Aug2009
Oh Mercy Privileged Woes album released
Oh Mercy Privileged Woes album released

 

Oh Mercy Privileged Woes album released

The long awaited and highly anticipated debut album from Oh Mercy is finally released. Featuring the singles 'Lay Everything On Me', 'Seemed Like A Good Idea' and 'Get You Back' the album has already been called the album of the year by many critics.

 

"Could potentially be the freshest, smartest song writing partnership since the Finn brothers. 4 stars" Rolling Stone

 

"Listening to Oh Mercy is like having Augie March covering The Go-Betweens in your backyard on a sunny afternoon; breezy, pleasant and a little dreamy." Oyster

 

Oh Mercy are touring now - check the calendar for details.

24Jun2009
Oh Mercy to play Big Sound
Oh Mercy to play Big Sound

Some of the most exciting new artists from around the globe will be converging on Brisbane this September 9th - 11th for the BIG SOUND Music Industry Summit.

 

Big Sound have recently announced the first group of showcasing artists — with Oh Mercy being one of the specially invited performers for the event.

 

Come September, Oh Mercy will have just released their stunning debut album, Privileged Woes — set for release on August 21.

09Jun2009
Oh Mercy launch the In The Nude For Love EP
Oh Mercy launch the In The Nude For Love EP

OH MERCY LAUNCH THE IN THE NUDE FOR LOVE EP

 

"They're delicately textured songs that invite comparisons with the Kinks at their most introspective, but more potently the airy, folky music of Belle and Sebastian - exquisitley literate and lyrical yet never pretentious, unconfronting yet uniformly appealing." 4 stars — Herald Sun, 2009.

 

SYDNEY
Thursday June 11
The Hopetoun, Sydney

 

MELBOURNE
Saturday June 13
The Toff In Town, Melbourne


Tickets available now HERE.

22Apr2009
Oh Mercy announce In The Nude For Love EP release
Oh Mercy announce In The Nude For Love EP release

Alexander Gow & Thomas Savage, the duo at the heart of Melbourne four-piece Oh Mercy, blend evocative and intelligent lyricism with a strong pop sensibility. In the Nude for Love, the bands first full EP  is a taste of their forthcoming debut album Privileged Woes and previews the depth of these young songwriters' polished pop brilliance. The EP features Lay Everything On Me, added to Triple J in April '09, and Seemed Like a Good Idea, also highly rotated on Triple J after they were Next Crop Artists during 2008's Oz Music Month.  Newly recorded acoustic tracks In My Stride and Needs a Woman plus older favourite Too Far To Please are the kind of songs that make In the Nude for Love such an exciting release. Feature tracks were recorded by Myles Wootton (The Panics), mixed by Matt Voigt (Cat Power, The Dirty Three, Paul Kelly) and mastered by Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound New York (The Strokes, TV on the Radio), while Matt Voigt took care of all duties on the acoustic tracks.
Pre-order the EP now at www.ohmercy.bigcartel.com