Alice Skye

Aritst

“…let yourself feel a little vulnerable from time to time. Letting people in to who you are and your music, and being able to connect over that is one of the best feelings – even if it’s terrifying at first.”

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Jacqui Louez Schoorl

Jaxsta – Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

“If you don’t ensure that your credits are accurate and correct and in the digital music chain there is so much you will miss out on from work opportunities to royalties. Credits have a very long tail and metadata matters.”

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Vivien Mierzkalla

Secretly Group – Label Manager – Germany & Austria

“…don’t take yourself too seriously – it’s the music industry, not rocket science! Humour helps to dismantle even the toughest appearing person.” 

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Trina Massey

Qmusic Program Manager – DJ

“Be involved in your music community.”

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Eleanor Dixon

Desert Diva – Musician

“I mean I love kids. Teaching them music and seeing these beautiful little girls faces light up when they get the chord progressions right or they hear their voice for the first time is one of the most magical feelings I will have ever experienced in being a mentor.”

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Imbi The Girl

Artist

““allow”, with the underlying understanding that we cannot and will never be able to control the actions of others, what we can control is our reaction and the moves we consequentially make.”

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Vanja Bezbradica

Remote Control Records – Head Of Digital

“Being culturally and linguistically diverse was a barrier in getting employment in my twenties. Naturally it also played on my confidence. I changed the spelling of my name on my resume. It did result in more interviews.”

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Dani Sib

Event Producer – Jirrmujina Liyan

“There have been times when I know that some people are wanting my musical involvement to tick a box. In those cases I’ve said something to them and made sure that they know I’m aware of the situation. Most of those situations have come about due to ignorance, which in those cases I explain why their intentions/the way they went about it are problematic.”

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