Australian Music Industry

Brendan Callinan likes to say that everything he owns he obtained because of music. As a rock performer in the highly successful Australian group the Radiators, Brendan played and wrote several of the groups songs. After years on the road he was offered a job as a sales rep for Roland –beginning with half of the country as his territory. After a successful run, the territory was expanded to include the entire country, which Brendan enjoyed for a spell before hiring an assistant. Brendan has also been very active in the Australian music products association overseeing the expansion of several programs and advocacy activities.
 

Ian Harvey has served as president of the Australian Music Products Association since taking over for Rob Walker in 1999. Since that time, Ian has been on the front lines in the world-wide effort to expand the music industry globally. Ian has developed relations with other countries and companies to form strong alliances in getting the message out about the benefits of active music making. Born in Melbourne, Australia, Ian played clarinet in school and later performed jazz before working for the retail store, Rose Music. That store was later bought by Yamaha, which led to Ian’s 16-year career with that musical instrument giant. He served as the manager of the Yamaha school programs in Australia working with teachers, parents and retailers across the country.

Peter Hayward was the chairman and founder of Australis Music Group. He founded Australis Music in 1973 and over the next 33 years he made an enormous contribution to the music industry and formed so many close relationships with people from all parts of the world. His understanding of the growth and development of the Australian music industry was second to none. Peter was the past President of the AMA and an Industry Award recipient. During the interview, Mr.

Rob Walker has been a leader in the global music products marketing that seemed to shift into high gear in the mid ‘90s when he was CEO of the Australian Music Association (AMA). Rob was instrumental in growing the Association’s influence and valuable relationships and creating programs and special events geared towards increasing the number of active music makers in Australia. Several of his programs were showcased at the Global Economic Summit in 1995. NAMM CEO, Joe Lamond, hired Rob as Director of Market Development as well as Executive Director of the American Music Conference (AMC) in 2001.