Musicians Koen Aldershof and Jemilah Ross-Hayes, alongside creative community Movespace founder Kiran Patel have decided to take the serious matter of artist business education into their own hands, with a series of Sunday afternoon artist development panel sessions discussing the ‘ins and outs’ of being a music artist in Aotearoa.

Tickets available here

The target audience for these discussions will be emerging artists, interested in progressing or kickstarting their music careers, primarily between the ages of 16-24. 

Already confirmed panellists taking part include Jason Holecliff, Emily Wheatcroft-Snape, Carly Gill, Matt Eller, Mukukā Kalengamaliro, Rodney Fisher, Anya Vitali, Calvin Culverwell, Mazbou Q, Carmel Bennett, Reshma Martin, Andy Morris, Finn McLennan-Elliott and Joost Langeveld.

All sessions will be held at Movespace in Tāmaki Makaurau, from 2-4 pm. 

September 4 – Ins and Outs of Artist Identity:How to define and present yourself as an artist

September 18 – Ins and Outs of Artists’ Wellbeing: How to take care of yourself on and off stage

October 2 – Ins and Outs of Social Media: Online presence and content creation

October 16 – Ins and Outs of Releasing Music: How to get your song heard.

October 30 – Ins and Outs of Money, Money, Money: Financing being a full-time musician. How to thrive, not just survive.