I’ve applied to many grants over the years to various Australian Music programs and in May 2025 I was beyond delighted to receive an offer to be in the
REGIONAL TOURING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Program offered by Music NSW.
I applied by providing my bio, social links videos, links to songs and a range of photos for promotion, As part of the Program, I would be involved in two Online Professional development workshops with two industry professionals, and then work together with two other artists to put on Three shows.
The Zoom workshops were:
1. Online Workshop – 16th July 2025 Tour Management by Christian McBride, and
2. Online Workshop – 7th August 2025 – Support Act REWIRE – Addressing mental health in the Music Industry by Dr Ash King.
Our Regional tour is called
The Rising North.
It was with The Florin Arc (Armidale),
Pam Hata (Grafton), and Myself,
We played our three gigs at
The Jacaranda Festival GRAFTON,
The Beach Hotel BYRON BAY and
No 5 Church Street, BELLINGEN.
I did one side show, which was a Gospel Choir Workshop at The Studio Space at Bellingen Memorial Hall. I have always wanted to go and do that, and I would not have taken that plunge without the support from Music NSW.
And as part of this Regional Touring Project, I felt I needed more Overwhelm, so I created an album to release – beginning on the first gig and over the following 4 months, and created Merchandise to gift at each event.
As part of the MUSIC NSW Support, I need to show all the documentation/artwork/promo STUFF I/We did, so, following, is all the Stuff! I’m sharing this as a link to give to them, but also to show You the process and what went down, in case this insight may shine any light on your project, whatever it may be.
TOP IMAGE CREDIT:
Adam Hourigan (Grafton Jacaranda Festival 2025)
