Experience

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  BandLab Technologies

  • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • A&R, Australia and New Zealand

    • Jul 2022 - Present
    • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    I joined BandLab to create a Pro Feedback offering for their community of 65 million passionate music creators, which includes globally trending artists such as d4vd, ThxSoMch, Luh Tyler, and Diego Gonzalez. Over the past year, I've onboarded 70 of the world's leading producers and mix engineers, including Grammy winners Kevin 'KD' Davis, Lu Diaz, Ariel Chobaz, Adam Kasper, and Chris Shaw, to provide high level feedback to BandLab creators on how to make their songs and mixes better.My role at BandLab was expanded to also include driving A&R for Australia, New Zealand and beyond, identifying the best emerging producers and songwriting talent in this part of the world.ABOUT BANDLAB:Founded in 2015, BandLab is the next-generation social music creation platform on a mission to break down the technical, geographic, and creative barriers for musicians and fans. Free-to-use, the mobile-first cross-platform DAW and social network, unites the entire creator journey into one place, boasting a suite of features and tools for creators to make music, share their music with fans, earn a living, and even top the charts.

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  SongChecks

  • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • Founder of SongChecks.com

    • Nov 2021 - Jul 2022
    • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    https://www.songchecks.com/SongChecks is a curated platform for producers, mixers, bands, and songwriters of all levels and locations to get affordable written feedback on their songs and mixes from the world’s leading producers, mixers, and mastering engineers.There are 75 pros on SongChecks, including multiple Grammy winners such as F. Reid Shippen, Kevin 'KD' Davis, Howie Weinberg, Dave Way, Steve Thompson, Chris Shaw, and numerous others.The objective of SongChecks is to empower indie music makers to become more proficient at the craft of writing, self-producing, and mixing their own music or the music of others.

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  Feature Shoot

  • Sydney, Australia

  • Co-founder and co-CEO Feature Shoot Media

    • Feb 2019 - Oct 2021
    • Sydney, Australia

    Feature Shoot Media is an innovative digital media company for photographers and photography brands. Through industry first initiatives such as The Print Swap, and via the globally-respected website, Feature Shoot, the Feature Shoot team has cultivated deep personal connections amongst, and between, photographers and other creative professionals across the world.

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  Conversant Media

  • Australia
  • Online Audio and Video Media
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Co-founder, Publisher and Editorial Director

    • Nov 2007 - Dec 2018

    I co-founded Conversant Media back in 2007. Over 11 years, we launched three successful websites: The Roar, Lost At E Minor and Techly. Conversant Media was acquired by APN News & Media in November 2016 (https://mumbrella.com.au/apn-news-media-buy-rest-adshel-404023). During my time at Conversant Media, I assumed the dual role of Group Publisher and Editorial Director across our portfolio of sites whilst retaining the hand-on position of Managing Editor of Lost At E Minor. Notable achievements include: * Built a digital media company from 2 founders to 22 people when it was acquired in full by HT&E* Conceptualized and launched 3 commercially successful websites: Lost At E Minor, Techly & The Roar* Grew Lost At E Minor's Facebook page from zero fans to 500,000+* Lead native content ideation and integration across all three sites for campaigns generating millions of dollars in revenue

  • Co-founder and Editorial Director of The Roar (Australia's leading sports opinion website)

    • Jun 2007 - Dec 2018

    I co-founded The Roar in mid-2007 and was the Editorial Director and Managing Editor for the site between 2007 and 2011. I remained Editorial Director of The Roar until departing Conversant Media in late 2018.From small beginnings with just one lead writer, The Roar went on to become Australia’s leading sports opinion website, combining expert columnists with edited fan-written sports articles and videos. It focuses on sports opinion and engaging conversation amongst a passionate community of readers. Each month, The Roar published around 600 fan articles and more than 60,000 comments from nearly two million visitors.The Roar was also a pioneer in the user-generated video model through its innovative grassroots sports platform, Club Roar (https://www.theroar.com.au/club-roar/).

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  Lost At E Minor

  • Sydney, Australia

  • Founder and Managing Editor

    • Mar 2005 - Dec 2018
    • Sydney, Australia

    I launched Lost At E Minor (lostateminor.com), a website and daily newsletter that celebrates a diversity of creatives, as a passion project from my Redfern living room in early 2005. From very humble beginnings, it went onto become a key pillar in the broader Conversant Media digital media business that my brother Zac and I founded in 2006.Among other achievements, I grew Lost At E Minor's Facebook audience to 500,000 Likes; got monthly traffic up to 1 million+; and featured more than 15,000 talented photographers, artists, and musicians on the site. In addition, I launched the Lost At E Minor Sessions, which saw a carefully curated selection of bands and musicians perform on our office rooftop and Lost At E Minor Submitted, a user-generated video initiative. Notable occasional contributors to Lost At E Minor over the years included legendary street artists, Shepard Fairey and Ron English.

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  Flavorpill

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Global Managing Editor

    • Feb 2007 - Nov 2007
    • Greater New York City Area

    I was the Group Global Managing Editor at Flavorpill (flavorpill.com), an open network of culturally connected people publishing curated cultural guides to key major cities across America and producing specialist art and music email-based publications. During my time at Flavorpill, I lead a major overhaul of the editorial process and conceptualised the popular offshoot culture blog, Flavorwire.

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  Riot Magazine

  • Sydney, Australia

  • Co-founder/Managing Editor

    • Apr 2005 - Dec 2006
    • Sydney, Australia

    Conceptualized and developed all content within this monthly edgy culture magazine, liaised with art directors to ensure high standards of design aesthetics throughout, and commissioned and generated content for each issue.

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  STU Magazine

  • Sydney, Australia

  • Managing Editor

    • Feb 2001 - Feb 2003
    • Sydney, Australia

    Drove editorial content and strategy for STU magazine, a free monthly street publication for Australian creatives featuring edgy art, music, fashion and design. Initiated an international art direction project which saw notable designers in key cities around the world each art direct a city-specific themed issue of STU magazine (e.g. Deanne Cheuk was the Art Director for the STU explores New York edition).