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First Nations Womxn In Music Victoria

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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24.01.2022 WEEK 2: Our Guest Artist was the soulful sista, Deline Briscoe @yalanji_mama who shared her powerful journey of music, song, motherhood, passion & resilience. ‘Deline Briscoe is a unique artist who has been fine tuning her songwriting and performance skills for 2 decades, since 2009 Deline has toured worldwide as a principal artist with one of Australia’s leading Performing Arts Companies Black Arm Band. International Yalanji woman of song Deline Briscoe launched her s...tunning solo debut album, Wawu in 2018 since then Wawu has had success hitting #1 in the USA, Roots Music Report, World Music Album Charts 2020. Since then Deline has toured Wawu and has featured at Australia’s largest music export market Bigsound (2019) and WOMADelaide (2020). Wawu tracks have featured on National playlist all over the Australian Radio Networks. Her band usually tours with a unique combination of musicians with master pacific percussionist, Airileke (Yothu Yindi), and Jamaican jazz pianist, Stephen Maxwell (Jimmy Cliff). The Trio brings powerful tasteful set with percussive bite, blues grit and jazz Infused vocals. The Live show interweave Wungkabadi (Yalanji Traditonal song) with Jazz Roots Hip-Hop driven by her arrangement of Bama (First Nations) Harmonies arranged, a unique sound to the Far North QLD region.’ We thank you & congratulations on the birth of your Boorai Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbnDlJa7GB9rEsoG6MntR2A Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3z3rhWvh9EffrXsMJqiFPw

20.01.2022 Week 3: Our Guest Panelist for ‘Your music future: Goal setting’ was ALPHAMAMA @alphamama ALPHAMAMA... Musician, Mystic, Mother. With venomous rap verses and womb deep wailing, her voice has been described as HoneyFire to soothe and ignite the soul. She has released 2 albums and her third double album is set to be released in December 2020. ALPHAMAMA is here to initiate you into fierce vulnerability and the authority of You. Growing up as the daughter of an Indonesian preacher and a European South African Nurse, she is naturally gifted as a healer and truth speaker. She is an Advanced Spiral Practitioner and an experienced facilitator of various programs, workshops and retreats. She founded Chxrch of The Goddxss, a growing movement that worships art and celebrates the divine in all things and also runs GodQueen, a record label that mentors, develops and releases femme and non-binary artists. Alpha has been coaching artists since 2013 and her online music academy, Bossing The Scene has been running since 2017 seeing over 20 artists create their own careers in music. ALPHAMAMA is the self professed Queen of Vulnerability. The Realest Bitch on The Internet. Passionate about liberating authentic human expression in all the ways. Music, Sex and Spirituality are her playground. All of her offerings can be found here: link.tree/alphamama Thank you Alphamama for sharing your music journey, wisdom and authenticity as an artist, coach and mentor.

20.01.2022 WEEK 2: Our Guest Panelist for ‘How to get more bookings’ was Emily Ulman, Director and Programmer at Isol-Aid festival @isolaidfestival Emily Ulman is a multi-talented venue booker, festival programmer, producer, publicist, teacher, entertainment manager, musician, radio presenter, podcast enthusiast, AFL Western Bulldogs fanatic and highly respected contributor to the local music community of Melbourne, Australia. For over 18 years Ulman has curated stages and shows at ve...nues across Melbourne, notably The Prince Bandroom, The Gasometer Hotel, The Toff in Town, Boney, The Kelvin Club and The Post Office Hotel. She has also produced special events including the first ever-live music program for White Night Melbourne in 2013, The Fitz Ritz in 2017 and CHANGES summit 2019. With unparalleled expertise in booking lineups that are consistently diverse and eclectic, Emily is a key force in driving the Melbourne music scene towards a progressive and inclusive future. She is currently Managing Director and programmer of Isol-Aid festival and the programmer for the Brunswick Music Festival. Thank you again @millylala

19.01.2022 Check the enchanting new single, 'Falling' by Bumpy

19.01.2022 WEEK 4 - The self managed artist vs management Guest Panelist: CERISA GRANT is a Jawoyn/Walpiri/Gurindji woman, born and raised in Katherine NT and is the events manager for the Barphirdiila Foundation & also manages Lil Kootsie and BILL$.... Cerisa has a passion for music and for her community, whilst raising her young son she is currently working on starting her own Label ‘Mobb Ties Music’ and working alongside one of the biggest indigenous owned labels in Australia, Bad Apples Music and Barpirdhila Foundation. Thank You to sista Cerisa, a rising powerhouse in music management, for joining us on the program! We are grateful for Cerisa's support, generosity of time, knowledge, commitment and dedication to our community, especially within the First Nations Music industry.

18.01.2022 To all the deadly womxn, non binary and Firs Nations, Mob of colour this amazing camp starts tomorrow and registrations close today at 12pm so check it out and register, it looks sooo deadly! https://insession.world/

13.01.2022 Ok fam We’ve been laying low on here busy workin’ behind the scenes - can you believe we are already up to week 9 of our program FNWMV Let’s take it back & let you in on some of our journey thus far! Week 1 of the program was all about the INTRODUCTION: ... We had a grounding Welcome to Country by Aunty Di Kerr & were joined by the incredible Monica Weightman as our 1st Guest Artist for the program! ‘Monica Weightman is a musician and Murri woman. She grew up in Townsville, influenced by her Islander father Roy and with the musical genes of her Scottish-English-Italian mother. Although she never really associated with the large Torres Strait Islander community in Townsville, she said she had more recently been seeking out more of the heritage that so clearly shaped her songs. Weightman came to Melbourne in her 20s and studied jazz for a while before joining an all-girl trio. Monica Weightman walked away from beckoning fame and fortune, along the way writing songs with inmates from the Deer Park women’s prison. ‘It’s a journey of love: I don’t think you essentially get into it for the money,’ she said. When Weightman released her second CD, Lost Generation, she said it was equally important to give back to and learn from younger musicians and the disadvantaged members of the community. To know where you are from gives you a sense of pride and purpose, a sense of place in the world, I understand that now.’ It was an absolute privilege having Aunty Di Kerr Welcome us to Country & Monica kick off the program imparting such needed wisdom, inspiration & song to us womxn! Thank You! https://youtu.be/1Q5GkV-E3ow https://youtu.be/Q0izgjIIODc

12.01.2022 "Gently assert your sovereign right and power." Quote by, Maylene Slater-Burns, Founder of First Nations Women In Music Victoria"Gently assert your sovereign right and power." Quote by, Maylene Slater-Burns, Founder of First Nations Women In Music Victoria

11.01.2022 Check out our girl Kee'han - https://www.facebook.com/watch/

08.01.2022 WEEK 3: Our Guest Artists for Week 3 for ‘Your music future: Goal setting’ were The Merindas @themerindas ... The Merindas are the collective force of Ballardong Whadjuk and Nyoongar woman Kristel Kickett (from Tammin, WA) and Candice Lorrae of Jawoyn and Thursday Island heritage (born in Darwin, NT). Now based in Melbourne, these soul sisters are set to trail-blaze their innovative style of Indigenous music. They describe their unique sound as electronic pop with a dance-hall feel, alongside hip hop and R&B influences. With three singles under their belt (We Sing Until Sunrise, Before Daylight and their latest release ‘I Feel It’), their hotly anticipated debut album We Sing Until Sunrise (Ngangk Ngoorndiny Ngala Warangka - strongly reflects that we are forever singing, forever dancing and forever celebrating our culture). This is the essence of who The Merindas are and the ethos they bring to each of their performances. The Merindas formed in 2012 singing Motown hits for the premier of The Sapphires Movie. What was supposed to be a one off show became a full-time career performing around 400 shows in the last eight years. Garnering rave reviews on the live circuit, playing festivals and major corporate events across Australia, The Merindas present a world-class, fresh and energetic show. They have supported some of Australia’s biggest stars including International Grammy Award winning artist Brandy and UK artist Craig David. Keeping culture alive and strong through language and song, The Merindas long awaited album was released in June 2020. During their performance, audiences can expect choreographed dance moves, soaring vocals and visual projections that weave into the fabric of their music and stories. They are backed by the mastery of DJ Jake Steele and joined by ‘Wala Connections ’- the fierce dance duo of Thara Brown and Natarsha Bamblett. Together with the The Merindas, they add strength and beauty to celebrate the continuation of culture through music and dance. Thank you to our sistas for sharing their journey, knowledge and incredible music with us! Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1R8Uf8oKAHqcgYNwDn2eSf?nd=1 Website: https://www.themerindasmusic.com/

05.01.2022 Week 4: Our Guest Panelist for ‘The self managed artist vs management’, was Ninakaye Taane-Tiorau @alivewithninakaye NINAKAYE TAANE-TINORAU... Hailing from the Ngati Maniapoto tribe, Ninakaye is a Music Manager, Event Manager, Mentor, Mother, Grandmother, Kemetic Yoga instructor and Ambassador for the global My Sisters Are Warriors movement. An older sister to popular Aotearoa artist @tikitaane Tiki Taane, Ninakaye has managed her brother, his companies, events and record label since 2007. She mentors via the NZ Music Managers Forum, also in her capacity as a founding member of the Maori Music Managers Development Initiative and is hugely passionate about building relationships with other First Nations people across the globe. We are so thankful to have had Ninakaye on our program; to be able to connect internationally with First Nations Womxn like Ninakaye is such an honour. Ninakaye shared such invaluable wisdom and experience that we could all learn from profoundly. Our music is sacred and what we share and who we are is sacred. Ninakaye highlighted that in each space and venue that she and her artists enter there must be cultural safety and respect. Truly reminding us, setting an example and precedent of the importance of reclaiming our power and asserting our cultural, mental, spiritual and emotional safety as a priority within the music industry!

04.01.2022 WEEK 2: Our other Guest Panelist for ‘How to get more bookings’ was Larissa-Jane Ryan. Larissa-Jane Ryan is the co-founder and Director of Hutch Collective @hutchcollective specialising in Artist Management, Project Management and Content Creative. She is responsible for guiding the careers of artists, such as include Odette and Didirri. Recently through Hutch Collective, she became a Director / Brand Manager for live session channel baked.... Larissa is a Wamba Wamba woman of the Gourrmjanyuk people. Her amiable character forged through overcoming her inability to read, and upbringing in the foster care system and as a ward of the state. Now an avid reader, she seeks always to learn. Through music Larissa has been able to travel the world attending conferences such as Brisbane’s BIGSOUND, Austin’s SXSW, Brighton’s’ The Great Escape and Barcelona’s Primavera Pro. Before Artist Management, she freelanced and consulted on brand and marketing for artists including, The Jezabels, Hayley Mary, Kingswood and Pierce Brothers. She has overseen rebrands, including Tour Promoter David Roy Williams and worked across National tours, (The Monkees, Steven Wilson, Opeth and Eluveitie.) Larissas passion for artistic collaboration, artist platform and visibility is what inspired the emergence of the Hutch Collective Thank you for sharing your journey and knowledge for Week 2 of our program @larissajaneryan

01.01.2022 First Nations Womxn in Music Victoria pay our respects to the Day family and upon their request last Tuesday, WEEK 9 of our program, we wore pink to honour and celebrate the life & birthday of a strong Yorta Yorta Woman, Mother, Aunty, Grandmother, MATRIARCH, Tanya Day. We stand in solidarity sending our love & strength to the Day family. #justicefortanyaday ... #pinkfortanyaday Thank you to our special Guest Artists StiffGins and Mo’Ju for joining us, sharing powerful wisdom and healing music with us all.