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
Flip Grater

Flip Grater

Described as having traces of PJ Harvey, a sprinkling of Cat Power and a touch of Suzanne Vega, Flip Grater's music has established her as one of our country's beloved indie-folk artists. With over six years of creating a sound she is renowned for, the release of an EP, two critically acclaimed albums (2006's Cage For A Song and 2008's Be All And End All), a published book and a tour history that has seen her meandering through 11 or so countries, Flip recently decided to make the move from Christchurch to Auckland to record and release her latest musical offering.

Flip Grater's third studio album, While I'm Awake I'm At War is due to be released on July 12 on Flip's own label, Maiden Records. The 11-track album was recorded at The Lab in Mt Eden and produced by singer/songwriter/producer Tim Guy. It features a stellar line-up of musicians including Geoff Maddock (Goldenhorse, Anika Moa), Gareth Thomas (Goodshirt), Matt Short (The Feelers), Dianne Swann (The Bads), Chris O'Connor (Don McGashen) & LA Mitchell (The Dukes).

The album features the single 'Careful', a meandering alt country song with a Fleetwood Mac feel that was featured on the May NZ On Air Hit Disk and reached #1 on the Kiwifm Top 10. Flip will head out on a national tour in September in support of the album's release with her live band, Dianne Swann, Geoff Maddock and Chris O'Connor, before heading to France in October to tour and work with her recently signed Paris-based European management.

08Jul2010
FLIP GRATER'S NEW VIDEO
FLIP GRATER'S NEW VIDEO

Flip Grater's new video for single Careful is out now!


Careful is the first single from Grater's new album While I'm Awake I'm At War — due out July 12th.

 

The video was shot in Grater's new city of residence, Auckland, by The Suite Shop's Damien Luke and features Outrageous Fortune star Antonia Prebble. The video was fully self-funded and the 2-day shoot was produced by Grater herself - proving that Kiwi ingenuity is alive and well in the NZ independent music world.

 

Check out the video here:

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3kviN2PXGQ

03Dec2009
Flip Grater tour dates
Flip Grater tour dates

Native Tongue writer Flip Grater has announced Le Tour de Trois and will be joined by French singer-songwriter Marianne Dissard and fellow New Zealander Delaney Davidson.


Maiden Records will bring a little touch of musical Europe to eight New Zealand towns and cities this summer; Marianne Dissard, Flip Grater and Delaney Davidson on:

Le Tour de Trois NZ Tour Dates 2010

15th January
Leigh Sawmill Café, Leigh. 8pm doors, 8.30 start. *


16th January
Bacco Room, Auckland. 8pm doors, 9pm start. *


21st January
Cabana, Napier. 8pm doors, 8.30pm start *


22nd January
Mighty Mighty, Wellington. 9pm doors. Door sales only.


23rd January
The Matterhorn, Wellington. 8pm start.


24th January
Fairfield House, Nelson. 7pm doors, 8pm start *.


27th January
Dux de Lux, Queenstown. 9pm start.


28th January
Chicks Hotel, Dunedin. 8pm doors. 9pm start *


29th January
Harbourlight, Lyttelton. 8.30pm doors, 9pm start * (Flip Grater and Delaney Davidson only)


* Tickets available from www.undertheradar.co.nz.

 

07Jul2008
Flip Grater Releases New Album 'Be All And End All'
Flip Grater Releases New Album 'Be All And End All'

Most people spend their summers at the beach, New Zealand's Flip Grater spent her summer months in The Sitting Room studio recording her latest album Be All And End All.

 The album features a choir of 12 including the voices of Anita Clarke (Ragamuffin Children), Ben Edwards (Degrees K) and Flip's sister - Helen Grater. The first single 'Ring Around The Rosie' can be seen and heard on radio and TV now.

'Be All and End All' is released in NZ on 21 July 2008 distributed by Rhythmethod & DRM.

 

Be All and End All is available now from Amplifier (NZ) and CD Baby (World).

 

27Jun2008
Flip Grater Announces Be All And End All Tour
Flip Grater Announces Be All And End All Tour

 

Flip Grater is pleased to announce a nationwide tour in support of the release of her new album 'Be All And End All'.

For the first time, Flip will be joined on the road by her handsome backing band consisting of Kris Wilson (banjo), Simon Hall (mandolin, electric guitar), Tim Chesney (bass) and Simon Brouwer (drums).

 

FLIP GRATER TOUR DATES w/ support from Tim Chesney

Friday 25 July - Christchurch @ Harbour Light Theatre - 7.30pm
Friday 1 August - Dunedin @ Circadian Rhythm - 9pm
Saturday 2 August - Wanaka @ Paradiso - 8pm with special guest Benjamin Eastwood
Friday 8 August - Wellngton @ Happy - 9pm with special guest Robin Hinkley (Good Laika)
Saturday 9 August - Leigh @ Leigh Sawmill Café - 9.30pm
Friday 15 August - Auckland @ Whammy Bar - 9pm with special guest Lauren Thompson
Saturday 16 August - Greytown @ Cuckoo - 7.30pm

Tickets for all shows available on the door.

 

Be All And End All Is available from Amplifier (NZ) and CD Baby (World).