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 the only publisher 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.

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AUSTRALIA

Ph +61 3 9445 0500

PO Box 1570
Collingwood, VIC 3066
Australia

Chris Gough - Managing Director
chris@nativetongue.com.au

Jaime Gough - International Manager
jaime@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

Ph +64 9 378 9667

PO Box 8926
Symonds Street, Auckland 1150
New Zealand

Jan Hellriegel - General Manager
jan@nativetongue.co.nz

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Native Tongue does not give feedback on unsolicited demos or unsolicited material.



Flip Grater BIOGRAPHY

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.

DISCOGRAPHY & CREDITS

  • While I'm Awake, I'm At War (Maiden Records, 2010)
    While I'm Awake, I'm At War (Maiden Records, 2010)

    "Flip has delivered an album with a rare sensitivity. There are echoes in the delivery of the finest French singers a la Francoise Hardy, Carla Bruni and Marianne Dissard — except Flip is singing in English. A beautiful rare gem." Roger Marbeck

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  • Be All And End All (2008, Maiden Records)
    Be All And End All (2008, Maiden Records)

    "Be All And End All is a brilliantly balanced album, with Flip's polished songwriting taking centre stage, as she moves from gentle, tender ballads to raucous indie-folk and back, via quirky pop and just a touch of alt-country." Amplifier

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  • Cage For A Song (2006, Maiden Records)
    Cage For A Song (2006, Maiden Records)

    Flip's 2006 LP release, Cage For A Song, turned heads across the folk and alt-country scene, spawning 3 singles, 4 videos and attracting New Zealand On Air support. The track ‘Long Awaited Sigh' was selected from this album by producers of the hit American television show Brothers and Sisters, for the emotional final episode of their first season.

     "Flip Grater's Cage For A Song is ethereal without being too spacey, it's powerful without being overpowering, sparse without being vacant. 5 out of 5 stars" cdbaby.com 

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