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
Minuit

Minuit

Hauling their indie-bastid-breakbeat action around the planet, rattling ribcages and teasing a fuzzy frenzy out of audiences, you're more likely to have seen Minuit jiggalin' hips in Berlin recently than their native New Zealand, as they toured far flung venues from St Petersburg to the Czech Republic, to storming The Crystal Method's DJ night in Los Angeles. They've played alongside Adam Freeland, Stanton Warriors, Plump DJs, Ali B, and The Chemical Brothers, crunched hi-end PAs at Berlin MotorFM festivals, Czech industrial clubs, Finnish christmas parties... It's also no small feat they were included on the 'Future Sound of...' compilation, alongside worldwide electronic heavy-hitters Bjork and DJ Krush representing New Zealand as the future sound of breaks and beats.

Still calling New Zealand home, Minuit are back in the country over summer to record a new album and will play with Concord Dawn and BBC DJ Zane Lowe for the Capital's NYE waterfront warehouse bash - plus at Phat '09 Festival on the night of the 1st to bring you lots of new goodies (as well as old favs, we're sure!). Following their album release in UK this year, Ruth Carr has been asked to guest on several new tracks coming out in '09. Bandmates Ryan Beehre and Paul Dodge deliver their breakbeat arsenal via shuddering basslines that make you feel you are made of steel, without losing sight of fantastic songs. So grab the chance to see firsthand what everyone else is about to find out.

Minuit have been getting radio play all over Europe, including XFM, 6 Music, BBC Radio 1, Annie Nightingale, MotorFM in Berlin and Radio 1, Prague. Call it what you like - you'll be humming to Minuit before too long - if not moshing up the front.

30Mar2011
MINUIT'S RUTH CARR RELEASES BOOK "I FELT LIKE A FIGHT, ALRIGHT?
MINUIT'S <em>RUTH CARR</em> RELEASES BOOK

Ruth Carr, vocalist and writer for electro band Minuit, has released her first book, entitled "I Felt Like A Fight, Alright?" A collection of "one-liners, poems, lyrics and tales", Carr's book a small, compact volume brimming with ideas and humour.

Some of the words featured throughout the book will be familiar to fans of Minuit's music, with handwritten origins of some of the band's most memorable songs interspersed with unseen material. This book is a peek behind the scenes of Minuit's music (or perhaps more like a direct line-of-sight into Carr's brain).

"I Felt Like a Fight, Alright?" is available for purchase from selected bookstores, online from the Minuit online store and digitally from mebooks.co.nz.

15Feb2010
The March Of The Minuit
The March Of The Minuit

The March Of The Minuit

Following a blistering summer of festivals shows, Minuit are staying on the road with a monster set of tunes from their latest album Find Me Before I Die a Lonely Death dot Com.

 

Catch them marching through New Zealand this February and March.

28Sep2009
MINUIT AUSTRALIAN ALBUM RELEASE DATE
MINUIT AUSTRALIAN ALBUM RELEASE DATE

Minuit Australian album release date

Minuit are pleased to announce the release of their new album Find Me Before i Die A Lonely Death dot com

in Australia.

 

The album has been doing wonderfully in New Zealand, having debut Top 10 in the RIANZ Official New Zealand Music Chart.

Find Me Before i Die A Lonely Death dot com is released on 12 October through Vitamin Records.

31Jul2009
Minuit new album released and debuts #8 on NZ album chart
Minuit new album released and debuts #8 on NZ album chart

Minuit new album released and debuts #8 on NZ album chart

After jigglin' hips in Berlin and beyond, Minuit, the Kiwi indie-electronic three-piece with the French name, are back to release their utterly brilliant third album, Find Me Before I Die A Lonely Death.com.


Minuit teamed up with UK producer Andy Chatterley (Kanye West, remixes for Blondie, Muse, Peter, Bjorn & John) to hone first single and album opener Wayho. From here, the album weaves a path through the vibrant underbelly of a world you'd usually have to apply for a visa for...Through the twisted synthpop of second single 25 Bucks and even tripping into stripped back, Minuit-styled, dark folk (yes, folks, folk!) of Vampires.


This is Minuit at their absolute best.

12May2009
Minuit headlines MAG music festival (Hanoi)
Minuit headlines MAG music festival (Hanoi)

New Zealand's leading exponents of electropop Minuit headlined MAG music festival in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City recently - meaning Government approval of the set list, 11pm curfews, secret after parties, ex-pat bikies and two days of live music with artists from all around Asia. The festival raises not only awareness of live music, but also funds for MAG - Mines Advisory Group - an organisation that clears unexploded mines, bombs, and grenades left behind following the Vietnam War which ended in 1975. These still pose a threat to the Vietnamese people, especially in remote rural areas.

 

For Minuit playing in Hanoi doesn't seem that out of the normal - they have also played shows in Finland, Kosovo, Czech Republic and Russia!

 

Their third album, Find Me Someone To Love Before I Die A Lonely Death dot com, will be released in the end of June. For more info, check out the Minuit writers page.