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.



Muph and Plutonic BIOGRAPHY

Since first working together in 2001, Muph & Plutonic have propelled themselves into the heart of Australian Hip-Hop, the evolution of their rapport shining through their releases from their first joint album "Hunger Pains" in 2004 through to their second album "Silence The Sirens"(2006). The ongoing partnership between (MC) Muph and renowned producer Plutonic has thrived to the point where they released the 2008 album 'And Then Tomorrow Came' cementing them firmly as one of the best Australian Hip Hop groups.

 

Native Tongue signing, Leigh Ryan best known as Plutonic or Plutonic Lab, is easily one of the most revered producers in Australian Hip-Hop. His production has featured on over 50 LPs/Singles & EPs on a variety of labels. Plutonic has upped the production status quo with numerous critically acclaimed albums, including "Axis" by Pegz (2005), and Plutonic's third solo LP, "Codes Over Colours", (2005), which presented some of the most atmospheric and inspirational Hip-Hop yet to come out of Australia. His most recent work on Ivens debut LP "Sounds To Expire To" (Eco Tone 2007) was touted as "the most striking Australian hip-hop release of the year" (Dan Rule, The Age). He remixed Hilltop Hoods "The Hard Road" Single & Urthboy "We Get Around"(Elefant Traks), as well as contributing several tracks on Pegz 2007 album ‘Burn City". Most recently his skills have been utilized by Big Dada UK artist Speech Debelle.

 

Muph & Plutonic have proved themselves as innovators and are sure to remain at the head of their craft.

DISCOGRAPHY & CREDITS

  • And Then Tomorrow Came (2008, Obese Records)
    And Then Tomorrow Came (2008, Obese Records)
    "Muph & Plutonic's latest album. ...And Then Tomorrow Came is a rock solid album that showcases Muph & Plutonic's versatility and prowess. Each track is handled with finesse that will carry over to live performances on their national tour..."
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  • Silence The Sirens (2006, Obese Records)
    Silence The Sirens (2006, Obese Records)
    "2006 proved to be a stellar year for Muph & Plutonic with the release of their 2nd album "Silence The Sirens" which went on to receive rave reviews from fans and media and is destined to further cement their position as innovators in this..."
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  • Hunger Pains (2004, Obese Records)
    Hunger Pains (2004, Obese Records)
    "Plutonic Lab and Muph's album "Hunger Pains" ... It is an energetic album with reflection on Australian life as we know it. Tackling concepts including work life, introversion, finding love, the struggle..."
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