Native Tongue Music Publishing

Native Tongue Music Publishing
Native Tongue is an independent music publisher, with offices in Australia and New Zealand.
Besides acquiring rights to local writers, we also administer the works of overseas writers and catalogues for Australia and New Zealand.

Established in 2003, Native Tongue has built a respected catalogue of local writers. We set out to provide writers with a publishing company dedicated to assisting with the development of their skills as songwriters and composers throughout their careers.

Although we are a small company, we see this is one of our major advantages. It enables us to be far more proactive than our competitors and react quickly to the needs of our clients, whether they be film and television companies, commercial advertisers or the bands of which our writers are members.

We see our role as getting out there and getting things done, working with the band, the management, the record label and the distributor to make things happen.

Our job is to work with you to help you achieve your goals, as a songwriter and in many cases; an artist. We have a broad network of contacts we can utilise in all areas of the business – record companies, distributors, booking agents, promoters, publicists, radio, etc.

We will work with you, your management and record distributor to maximise sales of your record. You probably have most bases covered but there will always be something we can do to help squeeze those extra sales. It may be that we help a band get on a festival bill, provide advice on obtaining touring grants or come up with that song opportunity in a film that breaks through at the box office – who knows – it's an ephemeral business and its not always easy pinning down where things will come from.

If you are looking to place songs with other artists we have a worldwide network of contacts who work songs on that basis. If you want to co-write we will work with you to develop connections with writers you want to work with. If you want to compose film or television scores we are ideally placed to help you realise these ambitions.

We get out there and do the hard yards wherever it is required.

We have over the years developed publishing relationships internationally and through our music supervision business have come to know those companies who work particularly hard gaining sync licenses and pursuing the ancillary income that is available around the world. We have also established a network of international sub-publishers to administer our works around the world. In each case our sub-publishers are established independents with a long term track record of working within their own territory.

Native Tongue also enjoys strong relationships with all the major US, UK, Canadian and European music supervisors and can submit clients works for use in a wide range of projects around the world.

We are also the only publisher with offices and staff on the ground in Australia and New Zealand enabling us to fully represent your copyrights in the key markets in our home territory.

Native Tongue is closely associated with Mana Music, which is the major music supervisor for feature films, television series, and documentaries in Australia and New Zealand. As a result Native Tongue is in a strong position to place its writer's songs in the wide range of projects.

A similar situation applies in respect to television commercials where once again Mana Music is the major provider of licensing services to the advertising agencies.

CONTACT DETAILS

Australia
+61 3 9445 0500

PO Box 1570
Collingwood, VIC 3066
Australia

Chris Gough - Managing Director
chris@nativetongue.com.au

Matt Tanner - A&R / Creative Manager
matt@nativetongue.com.au

David Nash - Copyright & Royalties Manager
david@nativetongue.com.au

Kate Mills - Licensing & Admin Assistant
kate@nativetongue.com.au

New Zealand
+64 9 378 9667

Po Box 8926
Symonds Street, Auckland 1150
New Zealand

Jan Hellriegal - General Manager
jan@nativetongue.co.nz


United Kingdom

Jaime Gough - International Manager
jaime@nativetongue.com.au
Ariana Tikao

Ariana Tikao

Ariana Tikao is a singer-songwriter based in Christchurch, New Zealand. She is of Kai Tahu (Maori), and Pakeha descent.

Ariana comes from a background of years of singing and composing her unique style of heartfelt music in both te Reo Maori and English, beginning with her group Pounamu in 1993. She draws on folk, pop, jazz and reggae styles, with a strong emphasis on Maori chant.

Recently Ariana has been collaborating with award-winning electronica producer Leyton to create her second solo album, Tuia. Ariana was honoured last year with a Toi Maori award for her contribution to Maori music.

10May2010
ARIANA TIKAO Touring in May and June

Exceptional Native Tongue singer songwriter Ariana Tikao will be gracing the stages of New Zealand to celebrate NZ Music Month, and Matariki in May and June, 2010.

 

The Wahine Toa tour will consist of a set of Hannah Howes' and Ariana Tikao's songs, and they will accompany each other for part of each set. On tour with them will be the hugely talented Ben Lemi Wood of Hikoikoi fame, on percussion/drums/keys/backing vocals, and the virtuosic talents of Nanako Sato on keyboard/backing vocals. Nanako will also play a support slot for each show, of her original songs.

 

TOUR DATES

Fri May 21st Christchurch 

Cathedral Square. 12pm. Free. All ages.

 

Fri May 21st Lyttelton 

Harbour Light Theatre. 7.30pm. $15 / $10 child. All ages.

 

Sat May 22nd Dunedin 

Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers. 8.30pm. $15. R18.

 

Sun May 23rd Oamaru 

The Penguin Club. 7pm. $15. R18.

Sat May 29th Paekakariki 

St Peter's Hall. 7pm. $15 / $10 child. All ages.

 

Sun May 30th Wellington 

San Francisco Bathhouse. 7pm. $15. R18.

 

Fri June 4th Leigh 

Sawmill Cafe. 9pm. $15. R18. 

 

Sat June 5th Auckland 

Corban Estate Arts Centre. 2pm. $15 / $10 child, senior. All ages.

 

Sun June 6th Raglan 

Yot Club. 9pm. $15. R18.

 

Ariana on Myspace.

27Oct2009
'TUIA’ MUSIC VIDEO WINS AWARD AT imagineNATIVE FILM + MEDIA FESTIVAL

The music video directed by Louise Potiki Bryant for Ariana Tikao's song TUIA, won ‘Best Music Video' at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Awards in Toronto, Canada, on October 19th 2009. TUIA is the title track of the Ariana's critically acclaimed second solo album, Te Waka Toi, released in 2008.

 

The video was shot, directed and edited by Louise Potiki Bryant last year. The editing process, which Louise equates to the process of painting, involved developing the footage of these actual landscapes into textured, dream-like worlds.

 

She filmed Ariana in culturally significant landscapes on Banks Peninsula and surrounding areas. Ariana's Kai Tahu tipuna (ancestors) lived in various kaika, or villages all over Banks Peninsula, as well as Tuahiwi, a settlement north of Christchurch.

 

Ariana has just been named a finalist in the Waiata Maori Awards for Best Maori Female Solo Artist. She recently worked with Louise again to develop her new show for the Christchurch Arts Festival, OHAKI. This was also funded by the Ngai Tahu Fund.

 

Ariana is currently being represented by Creative New Zealand's international team at the WOMEX expo in Copenhagen, and again next month at AWME (Australasian World Music Expo) in Melbourne, and Ariana's latest single was included on a compilation album Creative New Zealand produced for these expos. Ariana is also going to AWME in November as a delegate.

 

TUIA meaning ‘stitched' is a metaphor for the connections between people, within and across generations. The award at alterNATIVE has given these Kai Tahu artists affirmation of the quality and significance of their collaborative work within an international context.

27Oct2009
STAIRWAY TO HELL TOUR
The STAIRWAY TO HELL tour starts next week in Adelaide. Make sure you get your tickets to party with The Amity Affliction, as it is the last tour before the band leave for the UK & Europe.

 

THE AMITY AFFLICTION STAIRWAY TO HELL TOUR

Thursday October 22nd - Fowlers Live, Adelaide (Lic AA)

Friday October 23rd - Pow (Mynt Lounge), Werribee (18+)

Saturday October 24th - The Corner Hotel, Melbourne (U/18 and 18+)

Sunday October 25th - The National Hotel, Geelong (U/18 and 18+)

Thursday October 29th - Tuggeranong Community Centre, Canberra (AA)

Friday October 30th - Manning Bar, Sydney (Lic AA)

Saturday October 31st - Hype Central, Castle Hill (AA)

Sunday November 1st - Oasis, Wyong (AA)

Wednesday November 4th - Nightlife, Gold Coast (Lic AA)

Thursday November 5th - Sands Tavern, Sunshine Coast (18+)

Friday November 6th - Club 299, Brisbane (18+)

Saturday November 7th - Princess Theatre, Brisbane (AA)

09Jun2009
Ariana Tikao touring in video and person

ARIANA TIKAO TOURING IN VIDEO AND PERSON

 

The new music video for Ariana Tikao song 'Tuia' is currently touring the country as a part of the Matariki Maori Short Film Festival. The festival is curated by Leo Koziol, who also co-ordinates the Wairoa Maori Film Festival, and will  tour Te Papa, Corbans Estate Arts Centre, Hawkins Theatre in Papakura and many other places and venues.

In other news Ariana Tikao has a new show which will premier at the Christchurch Arts Festival on July 26th. Mixing whānau, whakapapa and whenua, Ariana Tikao's brand new show Ōhākī explores through music the dying words of her ancestor, Tamati Tikao. His Ōhākī was spoken to his family at Opukutahi, on Banks Peninsula on September 27, 1885.

 

Tickets available now HERE.

08Sep2008
Ariana Tikao To Perform As A Soloist At WOW

The Montana World of WearableArt (WOW) Awards show is an extravaganza that twists conventional perceptions of both art and fashion and weaves them into a two-hour performance that has been described as, 'Mardi Gras meets Haute Couture at a Peter Gabriel concert directed by Salvador Dali.'

 

Breathtaking works of art are designed for the moving body, then individually choreographed into an extraordinary theatrical show entwined with every facet of performance: music, dance, lighting, drama and comedy.

 

Native Tongue's own Ariana Tikao will be performing in all shows this year as a featured soloist in the Pacific section. Tickets are available from WearableArt, Ariana is playing in all shows.

 

 Dates for the 2008 Montana WOW® Awards Show Season are:

* Thursday 25 September - 8pm
* Friday 26 September (Awards Night) - 8pm
* Saturday 27 September - 8pm
* Sunday 28 September - 5pm
* Wednesday 1 October - 8pm
* Thursday 2 October - 8pm
* Friday 3 October - 8pm
* Saturday 4 October - 8pm
* Sunday 5 October - 5pm