How live music creates communities & long-lasting experiences for all of us, with Renée Gray

Renée Gray is the Community Development Manager for Australian Start-up Six8. Six8 is a community that uses technology to bring music lovers together with music makers to create live music experiences. The landscape of music has been changing and music makers are suffering with income at a 15-year low and opportunities for emerging artists drying up. Renée speaks of her journey of being raised in a house that restricted the types of music her family was allowed to listen to through to leading a start-up that is taking a stance in the industry to evoke positive change. Renée is passionate about creating a future where live music is normal part of our day to day lives. Through Six8 Renée is kick-starting that future by creating new and exciting opportunities for music lovers and making sure that music makers are fairly financially rewarded. Whilst our conversation centres around the Australian Music Industry, a lot can be learned, and ideas taken away for live music anywhere. Live music has always been an important and deeply rooted part of humans and now more than ever it is crucial to support artists and their craft! Renee shares a couple of wonderful experiences of those kinds of experiences and how we all can contribute, big or small, to ensure live music is something for all to enjoy and for generations to come. Highlights of our time together: · Growing up a little bit unconventional when it came to music · Her experience working and thriving in a music business in Australia · Live music community event during the COVID pandemic · Her take on the current status of the Australian Music Industry · Ideas how we all can support our local artists · The vision of Six8 & how they intend to impact the (local) music scene across Australia Connect with Renee Gray https://www.six8.com.au/ www.facebook.com/Six8.LiveMusic www.instagram.com/six8.music 2022 Hot Sheet For those of you keen to learn more about our Australian music scene and discover both emerging and established artists near you, we’ve curated 2022 Hot Sheet just for you. https://www.six8.com.au/2022hotsheet/ It includes some tips on how you can get involved with positively contributing to securing the future of music LIKED THE EPISODE? Then I am sure others would like to hear it, too. Why not share this episode with them or leave a review on Apple Podcasts so I can reach more people. Join us in the official Living on the B Side Community Facebook group HERE.