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

Daniel Younger - Creative Manager
daniel@nativetongue.com.au

Gaylene Williams - Copyright & Royalties Manager
copyright@nativetongue.com.au

Natalie Bell - Licensing & Admin Assistant
natalie@nativetongue.com.au

NEW ZEALAND

Ph +64 9 378 9667

PO Box 8926
Symonds Street, Auckland 1150
New Zealand

Savina Kim - Creative Manager
savina@nativetongue.co.nz

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Native Tongue does not give feedback on unsolicited demos or unsolicited material.



The Bads BIOGRAPHY

Brett Adams and Dianne Swann started writing together and formed The Julie Dolphin in London in 1992. Within six months they had a record deal; had written, recorded and produced an E.P. and an album; received critical acclaim and a growing audience when they toured and played live with the likes of Oasis, Green Day, Catatonia, etc; and found themselves on College radio in the States, Radio One in London and single of the week in NME.


TJD were hand-picked by members of Radiohead to tour with them twice through the UK. Dianne is the female silhouette playing keyboards in the Radiohead Live at the Astoria video and the other voice on How can you be sure? a duet with Thom Yorke which featured on the Japanese version of the BENDS (and the B side to Fake Plastic Trees).


Dianne and Brett's songwriting talents were recognised and they signed a publishing deal with Chrysalis Music (UK). XFM added a demo of their song 'Super Model Human' to their A list and soon they were signed to Jerry Moss and Herb Albert's label 'ALMO Sounds'. They recorded an album as 'Boom Boom Mancini' and the excitement continued – videos were shot and tours were booked  – until the sad day Jerry Moss decided that a million years in the music industry was long enough and closed his record company. Dianne and Brett felt as though enough was enough and disbanded BBM.


Dianne and Brett returned to New Zealand in 2002 and have recently finished recording Earth From Space, an album of songs they have written together and separately as The Bads. After the amazing and sometimes stressful London experience, they feel a lot more relaxed about music and things in general, which is evident in this collection of songs that show a strength and maturity, and have a unique yet timeless quality.

DISCOGRAPHY & CREDITS

  • So Alive (2009, Mana Music)
    So Alive (2009, Mana Music)

    " A relaxed, cohesive affair which lets the songs breathe with rustic charm" The New Zealand Herald

    "A flawless country-indie-rocking-popping blend" Cheese On Toast


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  • Earth From Space (2005, South Recordings)
    Earth From Space (2005, South Recordings)

    "Earth From Space, a collection of songs which show a strength & maturity while showcasing a unique & timeless quality. This is simply beautiful music played wonderfully well by passionate musicians". Amplifier NZ

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