Meet the APRA Ambassadors

Amanda Brown

APRA Member since 1991

As composers and musicians we don't generally have a regular income, superannuation or holiday pay and APRA have sustained me with royalties throughout my musical career.

Additionally, the people at APRA have been incredibly helpful and supportive whenever I have sought advice on a variety of matters ranging from cue sheets to copyright. Composers can be solitary creatures and by holding seminars, events and award nights APRA helps to bring us together and encourages the growth of a real music community.

Ashley Irwin

APRA Member since 1980

When I first moved to Los Angeles I met with representatives from ASCAP and BMI to discuss the prospect of leaving APRA and joining a local American society. While both ASCAP and BMI were prepared to welcome me with open arms, the ASCAP executive asked me, "Why do you want to leave APRA? It's one of the best performing right societies in the world." That was over 20 years ago and I'm still a proud APRA member. Thank you ASCAP!

Brendan Gallagher

APRA Member since 1990

How many part time plumbers do you know? APRA and its reciprocal collection societies around the world allow creative people to make that giant leap of faith where they practice their craft as a full time occupation. So they can do what they are supposed to do, create music, and let a professional society, who has their best interests at heart, administer and protect their intellectual property rights.

Burkard Dallwitz

APRA Member since 1988

APRA has been instrumental in helping me understand and learn about the rights involved in screen music as well as creating a supportive environment that connects me with fellow composers. 

APRA protects and collects. What more could you ask for!

Carl Vine

APRA Member since 1979

I can't imagine any serious composer surviving without the services of APRA and its international affiliates.

Disseminating music involves an increasingly complex web of shifting international relationships, and the collective understanding and competence offered by APRA is unique and indispensable.

Christopher Gordon

APRA Member since 1991

APRA is vital to my financial security. By supporting songwriters and composers across various styles of music through grants, awards and seminars, APRA is an active part of the Australian music community.

David Arden

APRA Member since 1992

For 26 years now I have been a member of APRA. In this time, APRA has worked with me as a storyteller and a songwriter.

By working together with APRA to bring the knowledge of copyright for my work - as a Gunditjmara/Kokatha musician - I can now keep my song living a long time after I’m gone. So then my children and their children can benefit from my storytelling and my musical songlines, pathway of my Gunditjmara/ Kokatha culture.

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Jessica Mauboy

APRA Member since 2008

The music industry can be hard to navigate. To any young Indigenous songwriters out there, do yourself a favour, join APRA.

With APRA helping me, I know my music is protected and I can focus on writing my next album, creating ground breaking Australian urban music and let APRA look after protecting my rights.

APRA is a not for profit organisation: their job is to help songwriters and composers.

APRA will be a great part of your team.

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Jonathan Zwartz

APRA Member since 1983

Songwriters should become APRA members because APRA, apart from protecting, educating, connecting and inspiring us, give us our dignity. Dignity in a world that expects music to be free, a world that expects the pleasure of creating to be reward enough, a world that does not understand the commitment it takes to be a songwriter.

Lapulung Dhamarrandji

APRA Member since 1992

There's a value in our songs that give value to our lives. We know when we're writing the lyrics and music of our songs, that APRA helps to protect our rights and pay us royalties

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Lior Attar

APRA Member since 1997

APRA has been one of the most important supporting organisations in my career, both in terms of being a financial supporter through its collection role,  as well an avenue for information and lobbying. As artists, we all belong to various communities and families. APRA is the organisation that gives us the chance to belong to a greater community with more strength and influence to adequately represent us in society.

Melinda Schneider

APRA Member since 1995

In a business where you can feel quite alone, struggling to get a break or to get people to take notice of your latest, greatest song, APRA has been there as a support network for me. I’ve gained more knowledge and understanding of the music business from a songwriter’s point of view and I’ve made some real, what I believe will be lasting friendships. I’ve also met some of my favourite musical collaborators through APRA.
 

Naomi Pigram

APRA Member since 2009

For years now I have been encouraged to  sign up to APRA and  for years I just didn't get round to it 'cause I thought that it would take up too much time and be too hard. 

Not long ago I did sign up and was shocked at how easy it was. APRA takes the worry out of keeping track of  who's playing my music, and they collect any royalties I am entitled to.

APRA is there to look after songwriters and in my opinion is "Too Deadly".

Each of my songs are a little piece of me and now that they are all registered with APRA, I feel reassured that this is so.

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Seaman Dan

APRA Member since 1997

APRA has always helped me since I joined up.

I want all Indigenous songwriters to know APRA does a great job to help you protect and respect your culture so it can be passed on to the next generations. They are always ready to help and always aware of how important culture is to our mob.

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Troy Cassar-Daley

APRA Member since 1991

When I first registered with APRA as a young musician I only got returns on live performances when I played some of my new songs because I had nothing released at the time in the early 90’s. I was about to move to Maryborough QLD to join a new band and I had just enough fuel money to get me there before I started working with them.

A day before I left a cheque for $700 shows up from APRA for my live performance royalties!! I was so glad I had joined and I also got to eat something on my drive from Tamworth to Maryborough. Big bonus and great to still be a proud member of APRA.

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William Barton

APRA Member since 2003

APRA has a great team of experts to help further develop your musical expressions and to help attain what you deserve in your musical ambitions. With their vast range of networks globally and nationally, APRA will help your musical assets will reach their true potential.

 

 

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