Thank you for taking the time to look into ACT-cess. We are ready to build Australia’s Online Music Community Database with the help of like-minded people.

ACT-cess has an ALL Australian music community focus that includes individuals, bands, groups and industry. It will be an easy to use service that will benefit communication, connectivity, awareness, accessibility, networking and in some cases, act autonomy in the music community.


Picture credits listed below the testimonials.

We have listened to many people in the music community and have identified the need for an up to date all Australian music community database. The functionality of ACT-cess will save time and alleviate stress. It will help the whole music community from the ground up. We are doing this because it will help the most people possible. And we can. (some testimonials from around Australia further below)

Functionality:
- You can develop your own database, and as the central hub, ACT-cess will keep your database current.
- You can be found on ACT-cess and your individual/band and/or industry profiles are loaded up free.
- For communication to be sent and received, the sender and the receiver need to have them as a consented contact or collection of people (e.g. guitarists, specific genre, type of industry or company). This will eliminate spam and allow targeted communication.
- There is no need to build another site. Acts can add their own preferred links to music and videos so their time building a fan base isn't duplicated. ACT-cess can direct people to where you want them to go..
- Your contact information can be yourself (if you are self-managed),or your agent, parent, manager etc.
- A notice board will feature a number of different music community related topics and you can be alerted to notifications on request.

Paid memberships can receive consented contacts from the site, use the notice board and full functionality of the website.
Free memberships cannot receive other act’s contact details but they can have their details available to people and use the site’s search options.

All memberships pledged through Pozible receive a life time of annual half price memberships at the "ACT-cess Pioneer" rate. The availability of this half price annual rate for a lifetime is limited in time and quantity. (See rewards).

The 3 stages of ACT-cess
1. "ACT" (Complete) Research, plan, set foundations, source technical solutions. Commit 100% to the project.
2. "ACT-cess" (Current). Welcome people to receive great rewards from choosing their early bird pledge through Pozible to build the ACT-cess website.
3. "ACT-ivate" (following the Pozible campaign) launch (October this year).

ACT-cess needs your support with stage 2. The building of the website to incorporate all the functionality is approximately $17,000. (Please see quote at http://quotes.karmabunny.com.au/quote/view/147/CDr... ACT-cess has acts who will be testing the site prior to its launch. After the website is built ACT-cess will be self-sustainable through its memberships.

Karen King and Andrew Cooper have had 40 years' experience in a variety of fields in the music community and booked about 8000 acts between them, so you can imagine how many times they have found contact details hard to find, missing or not current. From this, ACT-cess was created.

Karen King and Andrew Cooper, ACT-cess Coordinators.

With it unleashed a whole can of worms. ACT-cess has organized the worms to help keep the music community fertile : )

ACT-cess has partnered with:
- Karmabunny for the technical solutions and website construction.
http://www.karmabunny.com.au/
Darren Coulter, Project Manager and Director Karmabunny.

- Resident Adviser as worldwide media partner and has 75,000 acts on their database.
http://www.residentadvisor.net/

HERE'S WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID. (from a variety of people in the music community from all states and territories).

“ACT-cess will allow me to reach more acts, and provide more opportunities for live performances. I can build my own act data base with ACT-cess, knowing that it will be continually updated.” Gregory Nusinovitsch, Managing Director, Valve Bar and Venue 871 George Street, Sydney, NSW.
Greg and Andrew, Valve Bar and Venue.

“Looks like a very impressive resource. We can also put a link to ACT-cess on our site.” Lisa Bishop, General Manager, Music SA, Adelaide, SA.
Lisa Bishop, MusicSA
Lisa Bishop, MusicSA

“ACT-cess . . . . will be a fantastic tool for artists’ networking endeavors.” Luke Rinaldi, Director Sweet Mate Music, Band Manager, Booking Agent, Tour Coordinator, Perth, WA.
Spencer, Sweet Mate Music Office Dog.

“Andrew and Karen are well equipped to manage this undertaking and I have total belief in their ability to create avenues to help more artists engage in their art and bring it to our communities.”
Mijo Biscan, Singer Songwriter, Director, Creativity Mindset Mastery, Melbourne.

“The idea of creating a national database / user interface driven by the music community, that can be accessed on different levels is both unique and smart” Neville Clarke, Director Disk-Edits, Hindmarsh, SA.
Neville Clark, has mastered acts ranging from The ARIA winning Hill Top Hoods, to the hobby home musician.

“There is plenty of scope for the sector to have better information channels”
Gavin Findlay, President MusicACT, Canberra, ACT.

“There are very few people who have worked with thousands of bands and for as long as Karen and Andrew and yet managed to keep their enthusiasm, remarkable in fact.”
Harlin, Jarryd, Seb, Pete and Tom, Crossing Red Lines (The Band) Sydney. NSW.

“The availability of information within the performing arts sector is fragmented . . . . . ACT-cess will be Australia’s first dedicated Music Community Data Base.” Barry Shipplock MAICD FSAE BBus Urban Wildlife Photography, Fortitude Valley, QLD.
Barry with Billie, also does volunteer work for the less fortunate.

“ACT-cess connects all the dots for a central communication hub . . . . commitment and innovativeness” Dino Jag Lavista, Artist, House of WoW Publishing and Music Industry Practitioner, Adelaide, SA.
Dino Jag Live, & Music Director of Square Peg The Stage Play.

“In my opinion this web portal has the potential to strengthen the grass roots section of the contemporary music industry within Australia by providing an online community music environment.” Jack Tinapple The NEO (Band) and Director of Powerfunk Records, Larrakeyah, NT.
Some say "Jack" of all trades.

“Finding an innovative and well researched tool that really aids the live music community is very refreshing, and I feel ACT-cess is right on the money with this.” Bruce Fogarty, FOG Productions, WORX Studios & Rehearsal Rooms. Brisbane, QLD.
Bruce and Julia

“Oh man – writing a passionate testimonial for Andrew and Karen’s work in the Oz music scene is like shooting fish in a barrel!
Anything they touch to do with music is bound to turn to gold, purely as a result of the time, money and passion they’ve invested into the live music scene around the country over the past decade or so.”
Nick Reeve, Hammerhead (band) Singer Songwriter, Launceston, TAS. (Also new Dad).

“The ACT-cess Database seems to me like the perfect extension to the outstanding work the duo have been doing for years.”
Ulus Fuat, Youth Development Officer, City of Mitcham, SA.

(Photos included in the above collage before the testimonials are thanks to (top left to bottom right) Strada9, Shivon of Lipsmack & Dirt Playground, Billy February & The Advertiser, P.S. Rolecall & The Valve, Dino Jag and Ronnie Taheny of Arty Records, (Ireland, Germany & Australia), Brad Marr of Massive (previously Fastrack), Georgia Carey, Sharon Brooks, Anthony Morriss, Pisten Broke, Deena, David Robinson, Blenheim Festival, Gus McKay, MaTthew Vecchio of Pink Noise Generator and Matt Vecchio Music.

The first $10,000 raised from the Pozible campaign will go towards the cost of the building of the ACT-cess website.
Further funds raised will be directed to expand our resources to manage with the growth of the database.

Karmabunny have quoted $16445 for the website to be built, tested and launched live. (There have been a couple of minor adjustments and improvements since the quote).
http://quotes.karmabunny.com.au/quote/view/147/CDrxOIcV

The main challenge for ACT-cess will be growing as the community grows, and keeping up to date with changes to contact details. Karen and Andrew are committed to making sure this happens. They see it as a privileged to “share the love” with the music community to keep it vibrant.

Radio Adelaide Podcast - Interview with Matt Vecchio, announcer, song writer, band member Pink Noise Generator, sound engineer, booking agent, computer programing student. (Approx 12mins)