Our Services
We offer a range of services to support artists, audiences and industry including:
Festival and Event Curation
Industry Consultancy
Artist Management and PR Services
Grant Writing and Funding Assessment
Podcast Production
Video Content
Please contact us with your creative ideas - big or small!
Festival and Event Curation
We are music specialists with a passion for delivering incredible live performances. We work collaboratively with our clients to develop a create vision for their events, book the perfect artists and coordinate event logistics. We work with international and local artists and DJs across a range of genres including jazz, soul, roots, classical, rock, hip hop and beyond.
We can negotiate fees with artists and contractors on your behalf, coordinate tech crews, handle contracting and payments, event delivery and report writing. Get in touch to discuss your upcoming event. Check out our event portfolio here.
Past clients include:
Louis Vuitton Fashion Group // City of Melbourne // British Airways // Melbourne Recital Centre // Adelaide Fringe // Nagoya Hilton //Stonnington Jazz Festival// Brunswick Music Festival//
Fees:
Booking agency service, fee based on percentage of artist spend (15%)
Festival curation services, POA
Grant writing and funding
We create funding applications for projects and businesses. We have successfully pitched projects and received funding from organisations including Creative Victoria, Australia Council, City of Melbourne, Darebin City Council, AIR and APRA AMCOS. As grant consultants we have worked with organisations such as Victorian Music Development Office, Port Fairy Folk Festival, So Frenchy So Chic, Roundhouse Entertainment, Destroy All Lines, Beyond The Valley and many more.
We have first-hand experience as grants assessors, sitting on judging panels for organisations such as Creative Victoria, Creative Australia, Australian Music Centre and APRA AMCOS. This gives us an inside view on what makes an excellent grant application and enables us to give you the best chance possible of succeeding with your application.
Fees:
Reading your application draft, supplying feedback notes with suggested edits and one hour zoom consult: $250 + GST
Writing grant application from scratch POA
Grants assessment services POA
“Chelsea developed us a business plan and created a grant proposal that got our label flown to Japan as AIR delegates of the Tokyo International Music Market” — Soul Messin’ Records
Artist Management and PR Services
Designed for self-managed artists, we can support you to create a two-to-five year plan for your band/project. We will analyse and provide feedback on your current digital assets and release; workshop ideas with you to generate audiences; explore collaborative opportunities and advise how to manage multiple projects in order to generate income and a create a sustainable work-life balance. We can also support you to establish business processes to streamline the administration side of your practice, giving you more time to spend on making music. We also provide a mediation service for bands that have hit road-blocks – we can provide a calm, neutral conversation space for bands to discuss interpersonal conflicts or contradicting artistic visions or even to negotiate artist royalties - we can help you to resolve issues that may be preventing your band from achieving your goals.
We also provide public relations services offering radio servicing, press release creation and distribution, biography writing, copy writing and asset production.
Fees:
Press release and biography writing from $150
Copywriting for websites, social media, album notes and $75 p/hr
Artist career coaching $150 for 90min session
Artist Management strategy building one-off consultation, 90 Minute zoom consult with support notes $300
Band mediation and coaching session $POA
Radio Servicing campaign from $700
We can tailor our fees and services to your needs, please get in touch to chat through your project.
Consultancy Services
We have detailed experience in strategic planning and development of project and business plans. We consult regularly with government, industry and artists to create strategic documents that support excellent business function and operation. We can work with you to produce sustainable plans and projects tailored to your business needs.
Past clients include:
Soul Messin’ Records // Australian Music Centre
Music Victoria // Creative Victoria
Fees:
Business plan development, starting at $700
Strategic planning sessions POA
Podcast Production
We have detailed experience in broadcasting and podcast production for media outlets such as ABC, AIR, PBS 106.7FM, Mi-Soul UK and the Australian Community Radio Network. We can create exciting audio content for your business or project, tailored to your audience. We can record and edit your content, create packaged audio segments and support online delivery. Get in touch with your project idea to discuss ideas and pricing.
Fees:
Audio editing at $110/hr
Packaged content creation POA
·Onsite podcast recording (up to four speakers) $150 p/hr
Speaking Appearances, Lectures and Workshops
Chelsea Wilson regularly appears as a guest speaker and keynote presenter at leading industry conferences. Speaking appearances include: Jazz Congress NYC Lincoln Centre, Bigsound Conference, Australasian World Music Expo, Face the Music Conference, Melbourne International Jazz Festival and many more.
She has also lectured at Melbourne University, Monash University, College of the Arts, Box Hill Institute and JMC Academy in Music Business and related disciplines.
Lecture and workshops topics include:
Festival and Event Management //Small Business Management // Public Relations in the Music and Entertainment Industry // Business Communication// Project Management // Copyright and Publishing // Portfolio careers for musicians // Broadcasting and panel operating // Interviewing skills// Grant writing
Keynote topics:
Australian Women In Music // Jazz in Australia // The Cult of Confidence
Fees:
University Lectures (award rate)
Workshops $500 p/hr
Keynotes POA