The Board of Support Act Limited (SAL) are pleased to announce the formation of a South Australian branch (SALSA), headed up by industry veteran, David Day. David has put together an enthusiastic team of locals who will assist Support Act in raising much needed funds to help music industry colleagues who fall on hard times.

The team consists of:

DAVID DAY
Chair: SALSA

David is from the other side of the business. He started in radio at the age of 16 and now at 56 is still ‘rockin’ on the air at Triple M Adelaide. He is noted for his absolute passion in promoting Australian talent from the early days of the Twilights, Masters, Zoot, to Sherbet, Skyhooks, Cold Chisel, AC/DC, Dragon, L.R.B. Billy Thorpe, Brian Cadd, Russell Morris, Jo Camilleri, John Swan, to today’s Australian Rockers.

He’s been a published author [History of South Australian Music from 1956], a radio programmer and music director, a Councilor for The City Of Glenelg, a TV presenter, a music journalist, and if that’s not enough he has his own Radio and Television School where he teaches the Art Of Voice Over and Public Speaking. He has his own record company, Chart Records looking after Adam Hills. David also has a diploma in creative writing and with his work partner, Phil Dowse, of 18 years, consults some of the biggest radio stations in over 20 countries.

He has an acute awareness of what it’s like to be ‘knocking on heavens door’ as he calls it.

He spent 3 years on dialysis, had both his kidneys taken out, survived cancer, 2 heart attacks, a triple by-pass and is now a very healthy and energetic transplant recipient.

JANE INTINI
Dacie Management Pty. Ltd/Entertainment Management and Publicity

For the past 25+ years, Jane has been involved in the entertainment industry in various capacities. For the first 20 years, music was the passion – with stints as a programmer & announcer at SAFM & Triple M, assisting in a live music agency, managing, promoting and touring a number of bands. In 2000, Jane formed her own, specialist, national, entertainment PR business. In that time she has worked alongside Joan Rivers, Pauly Shore, Ron Moss, Charlie Landsborough, The Chinese National Orchestra, The Sick Puppies & many others. She is now proud to be working with a plethora of Australia’s most well loved comedians via A-List Entertainment, the first annual Adelaide International Guitar Festival, the annual FUSE Conference and Showcase and a range of independent artists in a multitude of genres and art forms.

ROB PIPPAN
ARS Producer/Musician

Rob Pippan is a music producer, lead guitarist, songwriter and musical director and has been active in the Australian music industry for 30 years.

On the live scene Rob was the guitarist and founder of the Zep Boys, MD with Australian music legends such as Glen Shorrock, Brian Cadd; and has also worked with numerous other artists such as Doc Neeson, Ross Wilson and Lisa Edwards.

He is the songwriter and music producer behind television programs such as Channels Seven’s new kid’s program “The Fairies”, Channel Nine’s “Pick your Face” and “Here’s Humphrey” and Ten’s “The Music Shop”. Rob’s album for the Fairies “Fairy Magic” was nominated for and ARIA award for ‘Best Children’s Album’ in 2006, and has just received a nomination for an ARIA award for ‘Best Children’s Album’ in 2007 with “Fairy Beach”

Robs is presently signed to AC/DC’s publishing label Alberts Productions in Sydney and his business ‘Rob Pippan Studios’ produces and presents local artists to major and independent labels

GARY BURROWS
APRA

Gary Burrows has worked in the Music Industry for the past 40 years.

Based in Adelaide he played in various bands including Brass Carnival and The Boys as a drummer, singer and songwriter. He currently tours with his new band, The Rustlers, as guitarist, singer, songwriter, performing at Country Music Festivals around Australia and has recently signed an international publishing deal for his compositions with Canberra based Hardrush Music Corporation.

For 24 of those years he has managed the Adelaide office of APRA and still today is responsible for licensing in South Australia as well as the Northern Territory.

As part of his commitment to the industry Gary has also served on committee’s including Ausmusic, Arts SA Recording Assistance Programme, Rockpool-SAMIA and Fuse and was MC and a co-ordinator, along with the AHA and sympathetic politicians, for the rally against building development that threatened the business of entertainment in adjoining and nearby Hotels. The legislation was consequently changed to protect the performance of live and recorded music from such complaints under the “prior use” umbrella.

David Minear

David is the “Not-so-big Kahuna” of Bombora Creative – a small independent record label he started a couple of years back. The label’s first release in 2005 was the widely acclaimed “Lawson” by John Schumann and The Vagabond Crew (www.henrylawson.com.au)

In 2006, in partnership with producer Kerryn Tolhurst, David put together “Delightful Rain: A celebration of Australian surf music”. (www.delightfulrain.com.au)

This unique CD/DVD project, filmed and recorded over two weeks in a Sydney surf club, gathered together some of Australia’s finest surf musicians: The Atlantics., Richard Clapton, Tamam Shud, GANGgajang, Celibate Rifles, Robbie Hirst, Martin Rotsey, Dom Turner, Les Green, Dan Rumour, Andrew Kidman, Pete Howe, Beau Young and the Pigram Brothers.

Over the last 12 months, the Bombora label has grown to include releases by Martin Cilia, Dan Rumour &The Drift, Michael Turner & The Peaceful Stars and Dean Thomas. There is also a recently launched on-line CD/DVD sales site (www.bombora.net.au)

Prior to Bombora, David spent 26 years with international advertising agency group, Young & Rubicam, in various senior creative and management positions within Australasia and overseas.

In recent years, David has held a number of board positions including Chairman of the South Australian Film Corporation (2001 – 2004) and Chairman of the Melbourne Tigers Basketball Club (2001 – 2006).

BRIAN GLEESON
Consultant - Event Co-Coordinator for Frontier touring / Chugg Entertainment.

Brian is a non-committee member.

Contacting SALSA

Email:
Post: 1st Floor, 144 South Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000

Brian Cadd (the Interstate Branch Co-ordinator) commented “it’s wonderful to see this exciting new expansion of our original operation. Empowering the State Branches is going to make a huge difference to our fundraising as well as a general heightening of awareness about SAL”.