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


United States
+1 310 842 9151

3650 Helms Avenue 
Culver City CA 90232 
USA

Michael Nieves - President
michael@nativetongueamerica.com
<em>Ariana Tikao</em> Bound For France
20May2013
Ariana Tikao Bound For France

Wellington-based Kāi Tahu singer songwriter Ariana Tikao is travelling to Laquenexy in the northeast of France at the end of May to perform at the opening festivities for a Māori-themed garden.

The Māori garden, named 'Te Pūtake' has been developed to showcase Māori culture and tradition for the 2013 Fruit Gardens event and was inspired by a Māori garden at the 2012 Ellerslie Flower Show in Christchurch. Tikao was invited to join the predominantly Christchurch-based delegationbecause of her connections to Rāpaki marae (near Lyttelton), which is also sending a kapa haka group.

From there Tikao is travelling to Brittany, in France's northwest, for a programme of concerts and appearances, including a performanceat the Breizh Polynesia festival, hosted by Brittany's Tahitian community.

The trip to Brittany arose after Tikao's third solo album, From Dust to Light (released in November 2012) was featured in Canal Kiwi, a French-language blog about New Zealand music.

<em>Native Tongue</em> writers among ISC winners
03May2013
Native Tongue writers among ISC winners

The prestigious International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has announced its 2012 winners and Native Tongue artists have once again polled highly.

Taking out first place in the AAA (Adult Album Alternative) category was Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes for their song, "Love Letter". The hit single also featuring in the 2012 Heineken beer commercial 'The Switch' which rolled out across Europe & the US last year.

Also securing a placing was Alexander Gow from Oh Mercy who won second place in the Adult Contemporary category for "Drums". Alexander is no newcomer to ISC, with a third placing last year for "Stay, Please Stay" and Honorable Mentions in both 2011 and 2010. The band's third studio album, Deep Heat, features the ISC winning song "Drums", and has already earned the band ARIA nominations, AIR and EG awards, and supported a sold out national tour followed by shows with Father John Misty, Paul Kelly and Neil Finn to name a few. Alexander also received an Honorable Mention in the Rock category this year for his song, "Fever".

Over 20,000 entries were submitted for the 2012 competition from 119 countries worldwide, and for the first time ever, more than half of the competition's 68 winners are from outside the USA. Established in 2002, ISC awards more than USD$150,000 in cash and prizes, "ISC's mission is to inspire and promote greatness in the field of song writing," says Candace Avery, Founder and Director. "It is humbling to hear so many talented songwriters, and it is gratifying to play a part in the growth of the winners' careers." Past ISC winners include Gotye, Kasey Chambers, Amanda Palmer, Kate Miller-Heidke, Gin Wigmore, King Charles, Kimbra, Passenger, Andrew Bird, The Living End, Eskimo Joe, and many more.

As well as these winners, the following Native Tongue writers also received Highly Commended nods in their respective categories;

AAA
The Blackwater Fever - "Don't Fuck With Joe"
Tom Lark - "All You Want Is Money"

ROCK 
Oh Mercy - Fever
The Blackwater Fever - "Can't Help Yourself"

WORLD
Sola Rosa - "Love Alone"

The ISC Grand Prize was awarded to California songwriter Joshua Hanson (Yellow Red Sparks), for his folk song "Monsters With Misdemeanors".

For a complete list of 2012 ISC winners, and to hear the winning songs, go to

http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/winners

<em>Karl Steven</em> receives APRA Professional Development Award
17Apr2013
Karl Steven receives APRA Professional Development Award

APRA recently announced the recipients of the 2013 Professional Development Awards.

Each year, grants are awarded in three compositional categories –Pop/Contemporary, Film & Television and Classical, with each recipient receiving $12,000 towards their professional development plan.

Native Tongue writer, Karl Steven took this year's award in the Film & Television category.

Karl will be using the PDA grant to travel to New York to attend a nine day intensive workshop through New York University, focusing on composing for orchestras. The course features some of the industry's most esteemed composers and songwriters, and is a step that he believes will allow him to further his career incomposition.

10Apr2013
The Veils Premiere Turn From The Rain

The NZHerald Online has premiered 'Turn From The Rain' the latest video from The Veils. Off their latest album Time Stays, We Go, the album is due for release 26th of April in NZ, with the Australian release date to be announced shortly. Finn Andrews shares his thoughts about how the video came to be...

"The idea for this video began, as many ideas do, in Tu's flat in Hackney at 2am.

"Let's just go to Abbey Road" he said. And then, weirdly, we did. Tu had met the director Jamie Roberts on a shoot in Barcelona last year and mentioned that he was not only massively talented but also happened to live above a 16mm film processing lab and might be able to wrangle shooting the whole thing on film.

I'd been playing some shows with The Pogues' horn section earlier in the year so we pinched them for the day, and Tu and Jamie also managed to amass a crew of about 15 people to help out which was quite a sight to behold.

The room there is so musty and still, like a museum at night, you want any sound you make to be worth disturbing the grand silence for. The microphones there were all ancient and huge, like prehistoric insects,and the ivory piano keys were beaten, stained and worn down to almost nothing. So yeah, anyway, we had areally nice day."

Recorded live at Abbey Road Studios, January 2013.

Featuring the Jesse James Horns

Directed by Jamie Roberts

Engineered & Mixed by Pete Hutchins

05Apr2013
GIN'S BLACK SHEEP LEADS US TV DATES

Gin Wigmore has pulled off yet another stellar TV performance on American TV, smashing out an enthusiastic version of "Black Sheep", from her second album 'Gravel & Wine'. Gin's latest appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show kicks off a string of huge TV dates the songstress has lined up:

4th April – Ellen
5th April – Leno
8th April – Good Day NY
3rd May – Good Morning America

Gin has also been confirmed as the VH1 YOU OUGHTA KNOW artist for May, which will see a heavy rotation of videos, interviews and live content across the American TV channel and website for the entire month.

Following on from VH1, Gin has also been confirmed to play the Warped Tour in the US from the 15th June to 4th August. Just prior to the Warped Tour kicking off, Gin will be out on the road with Philip Philips touring throughout the US from 21st April to 17th May.

Last November Gin made her American television debut on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. And earlier this year she returned to American screens with an energetic performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Gin Wigmore's second album 'Gravel & Wine' is out now through Universal Music in Australia and New Zealand, through Polydor in the UK and Europe and is now available in the US on Mercury Records.

<em>THE VEILS</em> TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘TIME STAYS, WE GO’
04Apr2013
THE VEILS TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘TIME STAYS, WE GO’

The Veils return with their highly anticipated 4th album Time Stays, We Go due for New Zealand release on the 26th of April with the Australian release date to be announced shortly.

Recorded at Seedy Underbelly Studios in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles and produced by lead singer/songwriter Finn Andrews and Adam Greenspan, Time Stays, We Go marks the beginning of a captivating new era for the band.

The Veils begin their North American tour on April 5th, with plans to play New Zealand shows this June.

For further show info check out 'On Tour' on the homepage.

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On Tour

Foals
22.09 Metro City Perth
24.09 HQ Adelaide
27.09 Palace Theatre Melbourne
28.09 Enmore Theatre Sydney
02.09 The Tivoli Brisbane
New Empire

 

15.05 Ding Dong Lounge Melbourne, AUS
16.05 The Standard Sydney, AUS
25.05 Rooty Hill RSL Sydney, AUS
06.07  Darien Lake Performing Arts Center  Buffalo, NY 
07.07 PNC Bank Arts Concert Center  Holmdel, NJ 
09.07  Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach  Virginia Beach, VA 
10.07  Merriweather Post Pavilion  Washington, D.C. 
11.07
Comcast Center  Boston, MA
12.07 Susquehanna Bank Center  Camden, NJ 
13.07  Nassau Memorial Coliseum  New York, NY 
14.07  The Comcast Theatre  Hartford, CT 
16.07  Toyota Pavilion  Scranton, PA 
17.07  First Niagara Pavilion  Pittsburgh, PA 
18.07  Blossom Music Center  Cleveland, OH 
19.07  The Palace of Auburn Hills  Detroit, MI 
20.07  First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre  Chicago, IL 
21.07 Canterbury Park  Minneapolis, MN 
23.07  Cricket Wireless Amphitheater  Kansas City, KS 
24.07  Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - St. Louis  St. Louis, MO 
25.07  Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood  Atlanta, GA 
26.07  Vinoy Park  Tampa, FL 
27.07  Cruzan Amphitheatre  West Palm Beach, FL 
28.07 Central Florida Fairgrounds  Orlando, FL
29.07 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre  Charlotte, NC 
30.07  Riverbend Music Center  Cincinnati, OH 
31.07  Marcus Amphitheatre  Milwaukee, WI 
02.08 Gexa Energy Pavilion  Dallas, TX 
03.08  AT&T Center  San Antonio,TX 
04.08  Reliant Center Parking Lot  Houston,TX  

Gin Wigmore
15.06 White River Amphitheater
Seattle, WA
16.06
Portland Expo Center Parking Lot Portland, OR
19.06 Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre San Diego, CA
20.06 Pomona Fairplex Pomona,CA
21.06 Pomona Fairplex Pomona,CA
22.06 Shoreline Amphitheatre
Mountain View, CA
23.06
Seaside Park Ventura, CA
26.06  N.M.S.U. Practice Field  Las Cruces, NM 
27.06  Quail Run Park  Phoenix, AZ 
28.06  Silverton Casino Parking Lot  Las Vegas, NV 
29.06  Utah State Fairpark  Salt Lake City, UT 
30.06  Sports Authority Field at Mile High  Denver, CO 
     
03.07  Klipsch Music Center  Indianapolis, IN 
05.07 Molson Canadian Amphitheatre  Toronto, ON 
06.07  Darien Lake Performing Arts Center  Buffalo, NY 
07.07 PNC Bank Arts Concert Center  Holmdel, NJ 
09.07  Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach  Virginia Beach, VA 
10.07  Merriweather Post Pavilion  Washington, D.C. 
11.07
Comcast Center  Boston, MA
12.07 Susquehanna Bank Center  Camden, NJ 
13.07  Nassau Memorial Coliseum  New York, NY 
14.07  The Comcast Theatre  Hartford, CT 
16.07  Toyota Pavilion  Scranton, PA 
17.07  First Niagara Pavilion  Pittsburgh, PA 
18.07  Blossom Music Center  Cleveland, OH 
19.07  The Palace of Auburn Hills  Detroit, MI 
20.07  First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre  Chicago, IL 
21.07 Canterbury Park  Minneapolis, MN 
23.07  Cricket Wireless Amphitheater  Kansas City, KS 
24.07  Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - St. Louis  St. Louis, MO 
25.07  Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood  Atlanta, GA 
26.07  Vinoy Park  Tampa, FL 
27.07  Cruzan Amphitheatre  West Palm Beach, FL 
28.07 Central Florida Fairgrounds  Orlando, FL
29.07 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre  Charlotte, NC 
30.07  Riverbend Music Center  Cincinnati, OH 
31.07  Marcus Amphitheatre  Milwaukee, WI 
     
02.08 Gexa Energy Pavilion  Dallas, TX 
03.08  AT&T Center  San Antonio,TX 
04.08  Reliant Center Parking Lot  Houston,TX  
Villagers
26.07 Splendour in the Grass Byron Bay
30.07 Corner Hotel Melbourne
31.07 The Factory Theatre Sydney
02.08 Fly By Night Perth
Darwin Deez
26.07 Splendour in the Grass Byron Bay
30.07 The Standard  Sydney
31.07 The Corner Hotel Melbourne
Clairy Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes
31.05 The Corner Hotel Melbourne, VIC
04.07 ARTBAR Perth, WA
05.07 The Gov Adelaide, SA
09.07 Lizottes Newcastle, NSW
10.07 The Vanguard Sydney, NSW
12.07 Claredon Guesthouse Katoomba, NSW
13.07 Heritage Hotel Bulli, NSW
18.07 Caravan Music Club Oakleigh, VIC
19.07 The Corner Hotel Melbourne, VIC
20.07 Meeniyan Town Hall Meeniyan, VIC
25.07 Moonshine Manly Manly, NSW
26.07 Splendour in the Grass Byron Bay, NSW
27.07 The Basement Sydney, NSW
28.07 The Brass Monkey Cronulla, NSW
The Growl
19.05 Mojos Bar Fremantle, WA
26.07 Splendour in the Grass Byron Bay, NSW
Strange Talk
14.06 Alhambra Lounge Brisbane, QLD
15.06 Sol Bar Maroochydore, QLD
19.06 Beach Road Hotel Sydney, NSW
20.06 Transit Bar Canberra, ACT
21.06 The Small Ballroom Newcastle, NSW
22.06 Baroque Room Katoomba, NSW
27.06 Hi Fi Bar Melbourne, VIC
29.06 Eureka Hotel Geelong, VIC
11.07 Newport Hotel Fremantle, WA
12.07 Prince of Wales Bunbury, WA
13.07 Amplifier Bar Perth, WA
French For Rabbits
02.05 Mighty Mighty Wellington, NZ
14.05 Library Bar
Wellington, NZ
18.05 Puppies Wellington, NZ
21.05 I'm Your Man Carterton, NZ
30.05 Southern Cross Wellington, NZ
04.06 Library Bag Wellington, NZ
06.06 Late Lounge Lower Hutt, NZ
21.06 Darkroom Christchurch, NZ
22.06 Tommy Changs Lyttelton, NZ
29.06 Wine Cellar Auckland, NZ
     
Tin Sparrow

 

 

13.06 Oxford Arts Factory Sydney, NSW
APES
18.05 Flanagans Border Inn Baccus Marsh, VIC
08.06 Vagabond Music Festival Kangaroo Valley, NSW
The Veils
05.04 Motel Mozaique Festival
Rotterdam, Netherlands
 20.04 Electric Owl Vancouver, Canada
 21.04 Tractor Tavern
Seattle, WA
 22.04  Doug Fir Portland, OR

 24.04

Independent

San Francisco, CA

26.04 Echo

Los Angeles, CA

29.04 Larimer Lounge Denver, CO
01.05 7th St Entry

Minneapolis, MN

02.05 Subterranean

Chicago, IL

05.05 

La Sala Rossa Montreal, Canada

06.05

Café 939 Boston, MA

07.05

Bowery Ballroom New York, NY

09.05

Johnny Brendas Philadelphia, PA

10.05

Rock N Roll Hotel Washington, DC
16.05 The Great Escape Brighton, UK

08.06

Divan du Monde Paris, France
Jeremy Hunter (Inland Sea)
25.05 Majestic Theatre Pomona, QLD
26.05 Black Bear Lodge Brisbane, QLD
31.05 Prince Public Bar St Kilda, VIC
01.06 Brighton Up Bar Sydney, NSW
06.06 Dowse Bar Paddington, QLD
High Highs
30.05 Sydney Opera House Sydney
31.05 Sydney Opera House Sydney
05.06 Oxford Arts Factory Sydney
06.06 The Toff in Town Melbourne
Matthew E. White
02.06 Sydney Opera House Sydney
03.06 Northcote Social Club Melbourne
Dave Dobbyn

 

11.05 The Bedford
Christchurch, NZ
18.05 The Paddington Parnell Auckland, NZ
25.05 Bodega Wellington, NZ
26.05 King Street Live Masterton, NZ
Luckless
09.05 The Darkroom Christchurch, NZ
10.05 Hilltop Tavern Little River, NZ
11.05 Chick's Hotel Port Chambers, NZ
12.05 New Edinborough Folk Club Dunedin, NZ
14.05 Federal Diner Wanaka, NZ
15.05 Donovan's Store Okarito, NZ
16.05 Barrytown Hall Barrytown, NZ
17.05 The Boathouse Nelson, NZ
18.05 The Tin Hut Featherston, NZ
20.05 Evil Genius NZ MUsic Month - Potluck Dinner Wellington, NZ
22.05 The Moorings Wellington, NZ
23.05 Rhythm Upstairs New Plymouth, NZ
24.05 The Wine Cellar Auckland, NZ
26.05 Golden Dawn Auckland, NZ
The Amity Affliction
11.05 Groovin The Moo Bunbury
25.05 Bass In The Grass Darwin
We All Want To
25.05 Spotted Cow Hotel
Toowoomba, QLD
Dialectrix
24.05 Instore at Obese Records Melbourne, VIC
The Phoenix Foundation
09.05 Oran Mor Glasgow, UK
10.05 Deaf Institute Manchester, UK
11.05 Kazimier Liverpool, UK
13.05 Audio Brighting, UK
14.05 Electric Ballroom London, UK
15.05 Rough Trade instore London, UK
16.05 Thekla Bristol, UK
17.05 The Rainbows Birmingham, UK
20.05 Bi Nuu Berlin, GER
21.05 Prinzenbar Hamburg, GER
24.05 Papiersaal
Zürich, SWITZ
25.05 London Calling @ Paradiso Amsterdam, NETHER
26.05 Rotonde @ Botanique Brussels, BELG
27.05 Studio 672 Cologne, GER
28.05 Espace Paris, FRA