Music: Count Us In 2016

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Music: Count Us In is Australia’s biggest school initiative, with more than 500,000 participating students from over 2,100 schools nationwide. Growing in reach and impact since 2007, MCUI exists to support teachers to deliver music in the classroom, addressing a lack of training and experience in this specialist area. Music Matters has collaborated with MCUI for 5 years now, working with local animators to bring to life the song through animation. This year we worked with Small Town Animations to animate “Let It Play” for 2016.

Animation by Small Town Animation
Music: Count Us In song for 2016
“Let It Play”
Writers: Stella Kelly, Tom Meadows, Bonnie Staude and Breanna Truscott with John Foreman OAM (Program Ambassador) and Jay Laga’aia (2016 Program Mentor)

Small Town Animation Pty Ltd is a team of animators and passionate storytellers based in Sydney, Australia who specialise in crafting engaging stories through animation and motion graphics. You can see their work here.

Dean Ormston

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Brad from Energy Groove chats to the head the of the Member Services Group for APRA AMCOS, Dean Ormston. Dean oversees the company’s Membership, Distribution, International, Communications and Government Relations portfolios. Hear about Dean’s exciting role, what its like to work at APRA AMCOS, the impact of the proposed changes to the Copyright laws to the Australian music industry and more!

00:28 What is APRA AMCOS?
03:58 What is Dean Ormston’s role in APRA AMCOS?
06:00 What is it like working at APRA AMCOS?
07:55 What issues do APRA AMCOS deal with?
11:10 What is the economic contributions of live music to the Australian Economy?
12:40 What was the reaction of APRA AMCOS to funding cuts to the music industry?
16:27 Dean’s reaction to the Productivity Commission’s Draft Report on Copyright laws in Australia
20:38 What would the consequences of the adoption of fair use in Australia?
22:00 What is Dean Ormston listening to right now?
23:30 Where can we learn more about APRA AMCOS?