SOUND CHECK

Lindy Morrison is National Welfare Coordinator for Support Act. With a glittering career as a  drummer for The Go-Betweens, and as one of Support Act's original cast, Lindy talks about COVID-19, crisis relief and a touch of history.

Recently releasing her debut EP 'Diamonds & Liquid Gold', Australian Singer-Songwriter, Producer and Multi-Media Artist Jaguar Jonze, talks to Support Act regarding her recent experience with COVID-19, the effects it's had as an artist and the overall mental health wellbeing amongst the music industry.  

Listen to Jaguar Jonze: https://linktr.ee/jaguarjonze

Catherine Haridy is one of the Australian music industry's best known artist managers, and a passionate advocate for all who come into the profession. As a former Board Member of Support Act, Executive Officer for the Association of Artist Managers, and manager for Eskimo Joe and Bob Evans, Cath has been at the front line of supporting those in the industry doing it tough.

Martin Foley, Victorian Minister for Creative Industries and Mental Health, joins Luke from Support Act to discuss his first live gigs, why preserving live music is so important to our society and how we will respond to rising instances of mental illness within the creative industries sector.  

"We're going to need industry, we're going to need peak bodies such as Support Act, and we're going to need mental health organisations across the community to work with us to tailor particular outcomes for particular communities"  

"It could push us over the edge, but we can't allow it to"

As one of the Founders of Isol-Aid, Emily Ulman has transformed the way live music is consumed in Australia. As an artist and festival programmer, Emily speaks candidly about how COVID-19 has impacted her personally and the music industry, in both negative and positive ways. Isol-Aid has raised a significant amount of money towards our crisis relief fund - to make a donation, go to - https://bit.ly/3cXbrlN

Luke is joined by Patrick Donovan, CEO of Music Victoria. Together Luke and Patrick discuss the first days of COVID-19 and the industry's immediate response, Patrick's career as a lover and performer of and advocate for Victorian live music, and what's on the agenda for Music Victoria.  For more information on Music Victoria: https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/

Melissa Meagher is a Financial Coach for Fincare, Access EAP and the Support Act Wellbeing Helpline. Luke and Melissa discuss how to bring down your household expenses and manage your income better as we navigate these tough financial times.

Live from LA, Vanessa Amorosi joins Luke to discuss her new charity single 'Isolation'. We also discuss the reasons behind why she and others have helped raise funds for Support Act, the lifestyle of touring and how to find time to be creative and when to chill. Vanessa's single 'Isolation' is from the new album 'The Blacklisted Collection', available now, with all proceeds going to Support Act.  

Listen/Download: https://apple.co/2wOlL06

Sound Check JobKeeper update #2 with Tom Harris from White Sky. Tune in for info about eligibility, how you apply and what you’ll need to support your claim. 

For more information: https://supportact.org.au/covid-19-resources/

White Sky Accounting: https://whitesky.com.au/

Let's discuss self worth, self love and self understanding. How do we maintain a sense of purpose when in isolation?  We're joined again by the always illuminating Ash King from The Indigo Project.