Unconvention Brisbane 2010
"Un-Convention is fucking awesome, there is so much shit that passes as a voice in the music business and this feels like it is cutting to the essence of what people need to hear."
– Martin Atkins, Killing Joke / Nine Inch Nails / Author Tour:Smart, Chicago
What is Unconvention?
Un-Convention is a not for profit grassroots led music conference for DIY and Independent promoters, labels, entrepreneurs, writers, technologists, innovators and artists.
Un-Convention started in October 2008 by a collective of UK Indie/DIY labels based in Manchester, as an alternative to the more mainstream In The City industry conference and has developed into a series of events taking place throughout the UK, the Netherlands and India.
The goal of Un-Convention is to bring together like-minded individuals to discuss the future of Independent music and how it will develop and flourish in the technological age. Un-Convention isn’t concerned with discovering rock-stars but instead building and enabling a community of practitioners who want to work in and around music.
Un-Convention remembers the words business and industry are prefaced by the word music.
Un-Convention doesn't believe in 'do it yourself'.
We believe in 'do it together'.
Unconvention Brisbane 2010
Unconvention Brisbane will be held at The Edge in Brisbane on June 12-13 2010.
Brisbane shares many similarities with Manchester’s music scene, including a strong history of DIY culture and a high concentration of self-releasing artists and labels.
Unconvention Brisbane aims to draw on this history and creative capital to foster communities of practice in and around Brisbane independent music through facilitating collaboration and sharing of resources. The emphasis of the event is on developing local music industries among attendees.
Specifically Un-Convention Brisbane aims to connect young and emerging practitioners with each other and; provide them with practical and achievable strategies to develop careers in and around music.
Tickets
Tickets for Unconvention Brisbane are $20.00 and can be purchased from OzTix.
The Venue
Unconvention Brisbane will be held at The Edge, a project centre for thinking, learning, making, sharing and presenting.
The Edge has agreed to partner with UnConvention Brisbane organisers to provide a space for the event and access to their facilities, including multimedia labs and recording studio, during the event.
The Edge is a new initiative of the State Library of Queensland, strengthening its position as a library for the 21st century.
Its programs explore enterprise, technology and science as well as the arts through workshops, programs, think tanks, forums and projects.
