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.

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AUSTRALIA

Ph +61 3 9445 0500

PO Box 1570
Collingwood, VIC 3066
Australia

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

Jaime Gough - International Manager
jaime@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

Ph +64 9 378 9667

PO Box 8926
Symonds Street, Auckland 1150
New Zealand

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

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Don McGlashan BIOGRAPHY

Don McGlashan is recognised as one of New Zealand’s foremost songwriters, artists and performers with five entries in APRA New Zealand’s Top 100 Songs Of All Time. His career spans from the seminal post-pop-punk band Blam Blam Blam, to art experimentalists The Front Lawn, to platinum selling and internationally recognised popular band The Mutton Birds.

DISCOGRAPHY & CREDITS

  • Marvellous Year (2009, Arch Hill Recordings)
    Marvellous Year (2009, Arch Hill Recordings)

    'Marvellous Year' is the second solo recording from the very talented New Zealand singer / songwriter Don McGlashan, formerly of The Mutton Birds, The Front Lawn, and Blam Blam Blam.


    On 'Marvellous Year', McGlashan is joined by The Seven Sisters band -- Chris O'Connor, Maree Thom, Joh Segovia & Dominic Blaazer -- who give the songs real energy and depth. Don's songwriting and ability to capture melody and the everyday moment is stronger than ever." Marbecks, NZ

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  • No. 2 Soundtrack (2006, EMI Records)
    No. 2 Soundtrack (2006, EMI Records)
    Bathe In The River from No. 2 was judged Number One at the 2006 APRA Silver Scroll awards with the song winning its composer Don McGlashan the 2006 APRA Silver Scroll for Song Of The Year.
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  • Warm Hand (2006, Arch Hill Records)
    Warm Hand (2006, Arch Hill Records)

    I'm still mourning the demise of the great New Zealand popsters The Mutton Birds in 2002 (may they reform someday!). But some of the sting has diminished via the fine album by one-time second banana Alan Gregg as Marshmallow and finally (after four years of writing for Kiwi film and TV), this rather great debut solo LP by the band's ex-leader, McGlashan. Bravo.

    -Jack Rabid, New York Mag

     

    It's hard to believe that this is the first solo album by one of New Zealand's most revered singer-songwriters. With over two and a half decades of musical output behind him - from early chart forays with his 'agit-punk' band Blam Blam Blam in the 80s, through to the critically acclaimed work with music/theatre/film duo of The Front Lawn, and then to the chart-topping success of The Muttonbirds through the 90s as well as film and television soundtrack work in the intervening years, including the successful No. 2 soundtrack earlier this year - McGlashan has consistently produced songs that have not only achieved popular and critical success, they have, in many cases, become part of New Zealand's cultural psyche.

    -Smoke Notes

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  • Blam Blam Blam — The Complete Blam Blam Blam (2003, Festival Mushroom NZ)
    Blam Blam Blam — The Complete Blam Blam Blam (2003, Festival Mushroom NZ)
    Compilation of Blam Blam Blam material from their short career of vigorous live shows and chart-topping hits. Includes: "Don't Fight it Marsha...", "There is no depression in NZ", and "Luxury Length."
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  • The Mutton Birds — Flock: The Best Of The Mutton Birds (2002, EMI NZ)
    The Mutton Birds — Flock: The Best Of The Mutton Birds (2002, EMI NZ)
    The Mutton Birds formed in 1991 in New Zealand. Don McGlashan, David Long (replaced by Chris Sheehan in 1996), Ross Burge and Alan Gregg have released 4 albums in NZ all of which have exceeded gold sales status and have achieved international acclaim with releases throughout Europe, South America and Canada.
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  • The Mutton Birds — Rain, Steam & Speed (1999, Shhhh!)
    The Mutton Birds — Rain, Steam & Speed (1999, Shhhh!)
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  • The Mutton Birds — Too Hard Basket (1998, Gravy Train)
    The Mutton Birds — Too Hard Basket (1998, Gravy Train)
  • The Mutton Birds — Angle Of Entry (1997, Gravy Train)
    The Mutton Birds — Angle Of Entry (1997, Gravy Train)
  • The Mutton Birds — Envy Of Angels (1996, EMI NZ)
    The Mutton Birds — Envy Of Angels (1996, EMI NZ)
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  • The Front Lawn — More Songs From The Front Lawn (1993, Front Lawn Records)
    The Front Lawn — More Songs From The Front Lawn (1993, Front Lawn Records)
  • The Mutton Birds — Salty (1993, Virgin)
    The Mutton Birds — Salty (1993, Virgin)
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  • The Mutton Birds — The Mutton Birds (1992, EMI NZ)
    The Mutton Birds — The Mutton Birds (1992, EMI NZ)
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  • The Front Lawn — Songs From The Front Lawn (1989, Front Lawn Records)
    The Front Lawn — Songs From The Front Lawn (1989, Front Lawn Records)
    The Front Lawn were Don McGlashan and Harry Sinclair. They toured from 1985 to 1990 and released two albums via Virgin/EMI : 'Songs From The Front Lawn (1989) and 'More Songs From The Front Lawn' (1993).
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