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
Gin Wigmore

Gin Wigmore

Gin is about the journey.

Gin tracks from Auckland to Buenos Aires to Sydney. Vocally she runs from Macy Gray to Blondie to Edith Piaf. Musically she moves between Feist and Broken Social Scene to Neil Young and Fiona Apple, while lyrically she moves from sorrow to sunshine. "My stories are simple because I want to reach people." Gin says. "But at the same time I like to bring mystery. Sometimes we all need to ask: How? Why?"

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, a family tragedy forced Gin her to deal with her grief a world away in Argentina. When she returned home, Gin articulated, in a song, the pain of losing her father to cancer. She was 16.

One of those early penned songs, "Hallelujah", won the US-based International Songwriting Contest in 2005, when she beat 11,000 songwriting aspirants from 77 countries to become the youngest and only unsigned Grand Prize winner in the history of the ISC. "Hallelujah was my way of telling my family I had dealt with dad's passing," Gin says."And honestly, I didn't want to share these feelings with anyone else.I wanted the moment for myself and my family." That moment is now the poignant and potent centrepiece of Extended Play her five-track debut, released by Island Records Australia on August 2nd, 2008.

03Feb2012
Gin Wigmore's Gravel & Wine certified Double-Platinum

Two albums and an EP into her career, gravel-voiced Gin Wigmore is flying high on the crest of a “Gravel And Wine” wave, now certified double-platinum and camping out in the Top 10 Album Charts in New Zealand a full 10 weeks after its release.  Wigmore is now set to embark on a national winery tour in February with New Zealand’s revered music-royalty The Mutton Birds.

As Wigmore’s most mature work to date, “Gravel And Wine” has been a commercial and critical success, lauded widely from both mainstream and independent press.  First single from the album “Black Sheep” appeared in a recent episode of Grey’s Anatomy, and even celebrity blogger Perez Hilton is in on the act, singing the album’s praises.

Gin’s tour dates alongside legends The Muttonbirds are available here:  http://www.winerytour.co.nz/

“She does sly and mad so charmingly, we know Gin's also capable of a stunning ballad… Dancing boots at the ready please.” – NZ Herald, 4.5/5



08Oct2010
Gin Wigmore Scoops NZ Music Awards
<em>Gin Wigmore</em> Scoops NZ Music Awards

Gin Wigmore has topped off a great year with four New Zealand Music Awards.

Gin was the big winner on the night picking up four of the six awards she was nominated for at tonight's ceremony: Album of the Year, Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Best Pop Album, and Highest Selling New Zealand Album.

Congratulations to Gin & all the other winners!

08Sep2010
Gin Wigmore Scoops NZ Music Award Nominations
Gin Wigmore Scoops NZ Music Award Nominations

Gin Wigmore has scooped the pool with nominations for the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards, announced last week.

Gin's up for six awards including the People's Choice category, Best Pop Album, Best Female Solo Artist, Breakthrough Artist Of The Year & Album of The Year.

Native Tongue artist Fly My Pretties have also been nominated for Best Roots Album for 'A Story'

The 2010 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards ceremony takes place on Thursday October 07 at Auckland's Vector Arena.

17May2010
HEY HO — IT'S GIN ON HEY HEY!
HEY HO — IT'S GIN ON HEY HEY!

Gin opened this week's episode of Hey, Hey It's Saturday with 'Hey Ho' as she touched down in Oz after a whirlwind visit to the US!

 

Following the release of her debut album Holy Smoke in the USA, Gin Wigmore will return to Australia in May to tour nationally as special guest for Dan Sultan.


Fri 14th May- The Great Northern, Byron Bay

Sat 15th May - Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane

Wed 19th May - Uni Bar, Wollongong Uni, Wollongong

Thur 20th May - Bar on the Hill, Newcastle Uni, Newcastle

Fri 21st May - Manning Bar, Sydney Uni, Sydney

Sat 22nd May - The Refectory, Canberra Uni, Canberra

Wed 26th May- The Governor Hindmarsh, Adelaide

Thur 27th May - Fly by Night Musicians Club, Fremantle

Fri 28th May - Prince of Wales, Bunbury

Sat 29th May - Settlers Tavern, Margaret River

 

Gin Wigmore on Myspace.

14Apr2010
Gin Wigmore — ON TOUR IN THE USA
Gin Wigmore — ON TOUR IN THE USA

Gin Wigmore is out on the road, touring across the US.

 

For more information please visit Gin's Myspace.

 

6 Apr 2010 8:00pm

Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles

 

13 Apr 2010 7:30pm

Knitting Factory Concert House, Boise

 

14 Apr 2010 9:00pm

The Depot, Salt Lake City

 

15 Apr 2010 8:00pm

Fox Theatre, Boulder

 

16 Apr 2010 7:00pm

Ogden Theatre, Denver

 

17 Apr 2010 9:00pm

The Midland, Kansas City

 

19 Apr 2010 8:00pm

Pabst Theater, Milwaukee

 

20 Apr 2010 7:00pm

Royal Oak Music Theatre, Miroyal Oak

 

23 Apr 2010 9:00pm

Borgata, Atlantic City

 

24 Apr 2010 9:00pm

Rams Head Live, Baltimore

 

28 Apr 2010 8:00pm

The National, Richmond

 

29 Apr 2010 8:00pm

The Norva, Norfolk

 

30 Apr 2010 8:00pm

9:30 Club, Washington

 

1 May 2010 8:00pm 

9:30 Club, Washington

21May2009
Gin Wigmore's Under My Skin and Air New Zealand
Gin Wigmore's Under My Skin and Air New Zealand

Gin Wigmore's track Under My Skin is featured in the new Air New Zealand advertising campaign. Gin described the ad as "hillariously naked!"

 

Under My Skin is taken from the 'Extended Play' EP released in Australia and New Zealand in 2008. Gin is currently in the U.S recording her debut album.

 

Watch the ad here.

06Jan2009
NY Post say "Make mine a Gin Wigmore"
NY Post say

Gin Wigmore has been named in the 'Six Who'll Sizzle' in 2009 list by the NY Post.

 

"The 22 year old platinum blond singer has a melodic yet raspy cigarettes 'n' whiskey voice that was born of the blues. She writes smart songs that would work in either a coffee house or an arena" NY Post.

 

Gin Wigmore's full length debut album is due later this year, following from her "These Roses" EP of 2008.

 

Check her out www.myspace.com/ginwigmore

 

 

15Aug2008
Native Tongue Welcomes Gin Wigmore
Native Tongue Welcomes Gin Wigmore

Native Tongue would like to welcome Gin Wigmore to its roster.

 

Gin Wigmore is a distinctive singer/songwriter, whose sound is driven by a startling voice; her delivery succinctly described by a critic as ‘whiskey and dry’ and whose self-penned songs provide a refreshing new take on life as a ’20-something’ and yet relate across the generations.