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SAVE LIVE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC!
10 FEBRUARY 2012 @ 5pm by Dario
On February 23 in 2010, 20,000 people came together to rally against the Victorian Government’s misguided policy link between live music and violence. This nonsensical policy placed ridiculous and unsustainable demands on music venues to operate. The SLAM (Save Live Australian Music) rally and initiative was a spirited action responding to these policies, coming together following the closure of the Tote in Melbourne.
During the past two years we have seen a scary decline in music venues, most notably in Sydney and Melbourne. House hold local favourites that have fed the hearts of music lovers for years, showcasing incredible Australian and International music, have folded or reframed how they showcase live music due to the pressures of restrictive policy and big business building developers. In a matter of a couple months, one of Melbourne’s most revered venues, the East Brunswick Club will open it’s band room for the last time, making way for the development of apartment dwellings.
This year, SLAM invites the nation to demonstrate its support for live Australian music by celebrating local musicians in small venues on the same night all around the country. Thursday February 23.
Dario Phillips Management has brought together ten of Hobart’s finest songwriters to join in the nationwide celebrations and show our appreciation for our talented local artists and venues who inject culture into our society; providing the space for artists to perform and pubic to consume live original music.
Look forward to an intimate night of solo performances, bring your own beanbag and settle yourself in for this special evening featuring:
Dean Stevenson (11.15), Seth Henderson (10.50),
Ben Wells (10.25), Jonno Coleman (10.00),
Samuel Cole (9.35), Al Future (9.10),
Jade Young (8.45), Andrew Marshall (8.20),
Hannah May (7.55), Jed Appleton (7.30)
The Grand Poobah – 142 Liverpool Street
Thursday February 23
Doors 7pm - $7 Entry
BYO Beanbags
www.slamrally.org
IT'S GOING TO BE A HOT SUMMER!
27 December 2011 @ 12pm by Dario
Summer is well and truly going to be huge! and extremely busy here in the DPM camp. We love festival season, a time to catch up with friends, check out some damn stellar live music from all around the World, and soak up the hot summer rays with a cold beer and delish food!
If you’re out and about over the next few weeks attending the sensational festivals happening in Hobart, go listen, dance and immerse yourself in the live music. There is a humungous amount of incredible talent on show! The Colemans, The Adam Cousens Band and Ben Wells & The Middle Names will be performing all around town, get along and dance til your hearts content at:
The Falls Music & Arts Festival
www.fallsfestival.com.au
Ben Wells & The Middle Names
Dec 30 Friday – 11.25am, The Valley Stage
The Taste Festival
www.tastefestival.com.au
The Adam Cousens Band
Dec 28 Wednesday – 1pm
Dec 31 Saturday – New Year’s Eve! 7.30pm
The Colemans
Dec 31 Saturday – 1pm
Ben Wells & The Middle Names
Jan 2 Monday – 11.30am
Cygnet Folk Festival
www.cygnetfolkfestival.org
The Colemans
Jan 6th Friday – 7pm (Carmel Hall)
Jan 7th Saturday – 4.00pm (Loongana Park)
The Adam Cousens Band
Jan 7th Saturday – 4.30pm (Drill Hall)
Jan 8th Sunday – 3.30pm (Cygnet Town Hall)
Until next time, keep well and share the music
Dario Phillips
AS DAYS GO BY...
12 Decmeber 2011 @ 11am by Dario
The year is ending in a furious flurry in the DPM camp. From October to seeing out the year 2011, DPM is connected to a whopping 47 shows! These gigs cross multiple state boundaries striking a chord with audiences in Tassie, VIC, NSW/ACT, QLD and SA.
Ben Wells & The Middle Names will hit up Falls Festival Marion Bay after the folks at Triple J gave them the Unearthed nod! It goes without saying that we’re incredibly stoked to be joining the list of amazing Australian artists who have been Unearthed previously. Before they take to the Falls stage, they’re off on an East Coast tour saying hello to audiences in Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle and Port Macquarie – where another festival stage awaits them at Festival of the Sun!
Adam Cousens gives his band a well earned rest on his upcoming “Goin’ out East” tour, joining his singer-songwriter pals Jay Fraser and Teinne on a 12 date solo tour from Tassie to Queensland. Cousens’ is going back to where it all began, the solo troubadour with stomp box and guitar getting audiences in a fun dancing frenzy.
The Colemans are in pre-production for their next release, and between you and me, their churning out absolute killer tracks! They continue to amaze me, the talent and song writing prowess each Coleman has is extraordinary. I’m excited! These new songs will be on display at their special Christmas show, delighting the audience with a set of solo, duo, trio, quartet performances before bringing the full band out for a set as well!
The busy schedule doesn’t look like stopping as we cross into the New Year. The Colemans and The Adam Cousens Band will be performing multiple times at the Cygnet Folk Festival and Ben Wells & The Middle Names have some sweet support slots coming up as they prepare to unveil their sensational debut EP “House, Come Home”. Our concept events will be back again to treat Tasmanian audiences, with plans underway for One Fine Day Fest 2012.
DPM will take another big step, adding personnel to the working team and broadening our activities further. Exciting projects await us in 2012 as we continue forging ahead to provide premium quality and innovative service to our artists, our event initiatives and fostering continued growth for the Tasmanian music sector.
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Until next time, keep well and share the music
Dario Phillips
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10 December 2011 @ 10am by Dario
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