Have you been asked to supply a venue with an invoice? What happens to the money once you have been paid? Learn about ABN's, how to invoice, and how to manage the bands finances. Run by Northern Sound System.

Venue: Seminar Room 1
Time: 12.00 - 1.00 pm Sat

Do you compose or perform original music? Learn about copyright, royalties and the role of APRA, AMCOS and PPCA to help protect your music and maximise your earnings. Run by Northern Sound System.

Venue: Seminar Room 1
Time: 12.15 - 1.15 Sun

• Who do you contact to book a gig?
• What do you say when you ring a venue?
• Who do you ask to speak to?

This seminar will explain how to book a gig and what will be expected of bands once in the venue. Participants will also identify key industry contacts in the local music scene. Run by Northern Sound System.

Venue: Seminar room 1
Time: 2.30 - 3.30 Sat

Who do you contact to book a gig? What do you say when you ring a venue? Who do you ask to speak to? This seminar will explain how to book a gig and what will be expected of bands once in the venue.

Participants will also identify key industry contacts in the local music scene. Run by Northern Sound System.

Venue: Seminar Room 1
Time: 2.45 - 3.45 Sun

The session will be hosted by Ross Read, the highly regarded independent sound engineer and head tech at the Northern Sound System. Ross will explore the different types of mics available and basic features.

He will go into depth about 'Polar Patterns'; what this means and how you work with it. Ross will discuss 'Phase' and the issues with phase alignment specific to the recording situation and the live environment.

Most importantly Ross will cover 'Applications and Use' of various microphones. This will be conducted with real examples using drum kits and amps, and there will be heaps of time for direct questions from the audience.

Venue: Seminar room 3
Time: 1.00 - 2.00 Sat

Presented By Ross Reed from NSS - During the live mixing session Ross Read; the highly regarded independent sound engineer and head tech at the Northern Sound System will explore the art of engineering from the ground up.

Starting with 'PA Choice' and 'EQuing' and moving through the 'Stage Layout' and the position and use of the 'Stage Monitor/Foldback' system.

Ross will also discuss at length the issue of 'Controlling the Band' and the sound coming off stage to eventually explore the desk and techniques to achieving that "sweet" final mix. As always there will be lots of time for direct Questions and Answers.

Venue: Seminar Room 3
Time: 2.45 - 3.45 Sun

Venue: Seminar room 3
Time: 10.45 - 11.45 Sat

Venue: Seminar Room 3
Time: 11.15 - 12.15 Sun

During the Introduction to Garage Band session Mark Kruszynski, the key Garage Band facilitator for the Anglicare Connections Program will take participants through a lecture demo session on the abilities of Garage Band.

The aim is to allow 'Mac' owners to get just a little more our of the program than first meets the eye and will cover the use of real instruments, connecting interfaces, importing audio tracks, key changing and mixing.

Lots of time will be allocated to Q+A with some hands on opportunities.

Venue: Seminar room 3
Time: 1.15 - 2.15 Sun

Travis Renshaw; the manager of the Northern Sound System, will deliver a session on the basics of getting your stage craft right and maximising your performance.

He will explore the technical realm and give guidance on easy ways to avoid technical disaster, look at the visual/aesthetic quality and its influence of performance, discuss staging and stage layout specific to band needs and evaluate the all important preparation/rehearsal factor.

The session will also let you know the important questions to ask your fans and how to evaluate the show. Q+A at the end will allow specific questions to be answered.

Venue: Seminar Room 3
Time: 3.30 - 4.30 Sat

Venue: Ridley Upstairs
Time: 2.15 - 3.15 Sun

Promotion for the bigger course called SPL Training and Logistics run by Jock at Independent sound management co.

Attendees get demonstrations and hands on experience in setting up a mixer and small PA for simple gigs.

Learn what plugs into where, and what controls you absolutely need to know and which ones you can ignore. Where to position your gear and what not to do!

Venue: Seminar Room 1
Time: 10.45am-11.45am Sat||1.30pm-2.30pm Sun

"From the School of Chinese Music & Arts from Adelaide, and ideal brief intro to several chinese instruments- the Chinese harp (guzheng), violin (erhu) & pipa (lute/guitar) mainly. A most ideal & informative session into the musical & cultural world of chinese music!"

Venue: Seminar room 1
Time: 3.45-4.30 Sat||11.15-12.00 Sun

Parents and their children under five years-old are invited to an interactive seminar in which Carol Biddiss will share her ideas for communicating musically with young children while demonstrating them with the children present. She will suggest ways of enhancing children's skills in listening, singing, playing small percussion instruments, moving to music and dancing. Her work with children is playful, engaging and respectful of each child's unique personality and needs. Carol bases her work on recent research that confirms what music teachers have long claimed - that every child is a musical child and that learning music in childhood actually increases chances for social, emotional and academic success. Be reassured that you are the most important teacher in your child's life and have fun watching all the little ones make music.

Biographical Note Carol Biddiss Dip T, B Ed, M Ed

Carol Biddiss is the director and founder of Musical Child. Carol has a masters degree in music education, a background in junior primary teaching and the South Australian Music Branch advisory service, has designed tertiary music courses and taught music to children, adults and student teachers for over thirty years in school, college, university, community and private studio settings. While a lecturer at the University of South Australia, Carol was invited to write arts documents as a member of the writing team of the South Australian Curriculum Standards and Accountability (SACSA) Framework. The South Australian Department of Education and Children's Services (DECS) has also commissioned her to write distance education programs in arts.

Venue: Saturday Session: Ridley upstairs, Sunday Session: Seminar Room 2
Time: 2.00 - 3.00 Sat||2.00 - 3.00 pm Sun

This seminar will provide a practical introduction to reed design and manufacture, and a series of tips and tricks that will provide significant benefit to all level players of saxophone and clarinet. The relationships between instrument, mouthpiece and reed will also be discussed with reference to historical developments and international differences. With greater understanding and a few basic skills, reed preparation and maintenance can become a regular part of your practice and routine allowing you to take your playing to new levels.

The woodwind player's reed is a critical piece of equipment that, in the moment of performance, can bring great joy or distress.
An understanding of how reeds are manufactured, differences between profiles, thicknesses and tip shapes can all help to develop greater security and trust in this vital piece of cane. Equally significant is the relationship between the reed, ligature, mouthpiece and instrument. Subtle equipment design differences and adjustments provide an infinite number of possibilities that can be learnt and regulated.

Presented by Peter Handsworth - Owner of Reeds Australia and head of clarinet at Adelaide University.

Venue: Seminar Room 2
Time: 12.30-15 Sat

Entertaining musician and clinician, Paul Smyth will demonstrate the alternative to recording with a computer using the powerful and portable range of digital Boss BR Recorders. Packed full of Boss Effects waiting to be unleashed in your original music, learn your way around the BR600 Recorder.

Venue: Seminar Room 2
Time: 2.45 - 3.45 Sat

Greg Adamopoulos of Billy Hyde Music Adelaide has been a repairer and builder of guitars for nearly 21 years. Greg will explain and demonstrate simple ways of keeping your guitar in tune, making it easier to play and keeping it in good health. He will also show how to put on a set of strings and explain the benefits in stretching strings.

Venue: Seminar room 2
Time: 1.30 - 2.30 Sat

Greg Adamopoulos of Billy Hyde Music Adelaide has been a repairer and builder of guitars for nearly 21 years. Greg will explain and demonstrate simple ways of keeping your guitar in tune, making it easier to play and keeping it in good health. He will also show how to put on a set of strings and explain the benefits in stretching strings.

Venue: Seminar room 2
Time: 11.15 - 12.55 Sun

Roland’s V-Drum specialist Simon Ayton will be presenting an up-close look and listen to the latest addition to the V-Drums family.
Come hear how with the TD-9 V-Tour kit, Roland has managed to merge incredible sound quality with playability to create one of the world’s most desirable drum kits.

Venue: Seminar Room 1
Time: 1.15 - 2.15 Sat

Professional Percussionist Tim Irrgang shows you how to effectively use percussion instruments to complement and highlight your music. Tim will show you how and when to use congas & bongos in Pop music, tricks on how to make a tambourine sound good, and what instruments to use in the studio to give your tracks that extra percussive "spice".

Whether you're a singer wanting to learn a little percussion, a drummer who needs some basic conga skills, or a music teacher who wants to brush up on your percussion knowledge you'll find something of value in this hands-on session. Other instruments covered include guiro, clave, maracas, shakers, castanets, djembe,  timbales, cowbells, cabasa, etc.

Venue: Ridley Upstairs
Time: 1.00 - 2.00 Sun

Venue: Seminar Room 2
Time: 11.15 - 12.15 Sat

The team from Billy Hyde Music Adelaide will show you how easy it is to set up your own recording studio at home. Topics covered will include what is an Audio Interface?, What software will suit my needs?, Condenser & Dynamic Microphones? What sort of monitors will do the best job? plus lots more. Take the guess work out of choosing a home recording set up and come along to learn the basics.

Venue: Seminar Room 2
Time: 12.30 - 1.30 Sun