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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Sola Rosa BIOGRAPHY

The Sola Rosa story began long, long ago, in the formative mists of 1980s synth-pop and 1990s practice rooms, culminating in the pre-Sola band, Cicada.


However, washing dishes, wearing black and touring New Zealand can only sustain a body for so long, so with the new century breaking its waters and demanding wholesale change, Andrew gave the world the Sola Rosa "Starter for 4 EP".
And what a change it was. Hand-made and hand-sold, all copies were successfully merged into discerning CD collections all over New Zealand.


"Entrance to Skyway EP", followed up in style garnering Andrew the Best Independent Release award at the New Zealand's annual indie-radio awards, the b-Nets, before being re-released by Festival Mushroom Records and selling four figures nationwide.

Now safe in the arms of a record label, the debut album, ‘Solarized', was released in 2001 after eighteen months in the making. The album received excellent reviews, proving popular sales-wise on both sides of the Tasman, and winning Best Electronica Release at the "grown-up" New Zealand Music Awards. The second album, ‘Haunted Out-Takes' (FMR, July 2003) was another award-winner, taking the Best Downbeat Release trophy at the 2004 b-Nets, as well as receiving excellent media reviews and figures to match.

So there it is - a potted history of Sola Rosa. It's always going to be a journey, but the scenery changes at every turn and the soundtrack just gets better. Standing still never did cut it - you gotta move on to find the best action.


DISCOGRAPHY & CREDITS

  • Get It Together (2009, Way Up Recordings)
    Get It Together (2009, Way Up Recordings)

    "The fourth full length offering from Sola Rosa retains the slick grooves and stylish tunes that Sola Rosa are renowned for".

    - Amplifier

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  • Moves On (2005, Warners)
    Moves On (2005, Warners)

    Third album proper from Andrew Spraggon's Sola Rosa, and as the title suggests, "Moves On" is a step onward and surely upward for Spraggon More than previous Sola Rosa releases, "Moves On" has a more organic feel of being played by actual musicians rather than a guy making music on his laptop even when its not always the case, which is a credit to Spraggon as a producer and musician An excellent downbeat listen. Recommended.

    -Amplifier

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  • Haunted Out-Takes (2003, Festival Mushroom Records)
    Haunted Out-Takes (2003, Festival Mushroom Records)

    Like all good downbeat releases 'Haunted' has a genuine cinematic quality which will easily seduce and absorb the willing listener. With wide appeal this album will deservedly infiltrate many collections sooner or later - so why fight it? Recommended.

    -Smoke CDs

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  • Solarized (2001, Festival Mushroom Records)
    Solarized (2001, Festival Mushroom Records)

    Andrew Spraggon's incredible attention to detail is clearly evident on the album, as he evokes a realistic range of moods and place from the cool.

    -Amplifier

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