Mel Driscoll
Music Industry Education & Experience
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My career in music and entertainment began behind the camera, photographing my father's live performances. This early exposure sparked both a passion for live music photography and a love of working in challenging low-light environments.
That passion led me to join local street press publication Reverb Magazine, where I quickly discovered my enthusiasm for music journalism. Beginning with album and single reviews I progressed to interviewing artists ahead of tours and album releases, conducting in-depth conversations about their creative projects and careers. Career highlights included covering press events for internationally renowned artists such as Billy Joel and Aerosmith, interviewing touring artists one-on-one, and working alongside Australian rock icons including Grinspoon and The Living End.
After relocating to Atlanta, Georgia, I joined the team at Eddie's Attic, one of the United States' most respected independent live music venues. Hosting between two and four performances daily, seven days a week, the venue provided extensive experience across event marketing, artist relations, contract administration, tour logistics, and live event execution. My responsibilities included promoting ticketed events online and throughout the Atlanta market, coordinating with artists and tour managers, managing performance logistics, and producing video content during soundchecks for the venue's collaborative project, The Attic Sounds. I had the opportunity to work with artists including Otis Redding Jr., Sharon Osbourne and Molly Ringwald, while contributing to the operation of the venue's renowned Open Mic Nights and biannual Open Mic Shootout competition, which has launched the careers of numerous emerging artists. Eddie's Attic has played an important role in the careers of artists such as John Mayer and Justin Bieber, further cementing its reputation as an influential venue within the American music industry.
I also travelled once a year to sponsor the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Festival in Las Vegas to which I was also one of the Live Burlesque Performance togs.
Following my time at Eddie's Attic, I joined the team at RCS Productions, where I worked alongside leading international talent agencies including Creative Artists Agency, William Morris Endeavor, United Talent Agency and Paradigm Talent Agency. This role involved supporting performances and events featuring internationally recognised artists including The Beach Boys, Pat Benatar, Barenaked Ladies, Boz Scaggs, Melissa Etheridge and Sheryl Crow, providing invaluable experience working with major touring artists and industry professionals. Alongside my professional career, I studied Music Business and Marketing at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, achieving a 4.0 GPA. I later returned to Australia to complete my Diploma of Music Business, further strengthening my expertise across artist management, marketing, touring and the broader music industry.
Live Performance Photography and Videography

Education
Berklee College of Music, Boston Massachusetts
4.0GPA
Billboards #1 Rated Music Business School.
To date there have been 107 Berklee Alumni wins to 266 Grammy Awards including Record of the year 'Uptown Funk' featuring Bruno Mars & John Mayer for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance with 'Say' and Best Rock Vocal Performance for 'Gravity'.
Students of Berklee include John Mayer, Melissa Ethridge, Quincy Jones, The Mars Volta, Steely Dan, Mariah Carey, Dixie Chicks, Aerosmith and more...
International Music Marketing
- Export Ready
- National Music Scenes and Data Mining
- Export 101
- Understanding and Marketing your strengths: Analytics, Research, Social and Data
- Rights and Administration: Legal Requirements Abroad
- Working with PR, Radio and Digital Media
- Tour De Force: International Booking Primer
- The Rise of the Showcase Festival
- Non Traditional Revenue Opportunities
- You and Label Services: Managing Campaigns and Expectations
- Developing Markets
- Expanding on Case Studies
Online Music Marketing
- Music Marketing: Past, Present, and Future
- Getting Started with Online Music Marketing
- Creating Web Presence
- Mailing Lists
- Identifying and Targeting Niche Market
- Building Community and Generating Demand
- Digital Distribution
- Direct-to-Fan Tools and Platforms
- Forecasting, Structuring Campaigns, and Implementation
- Creating Direct-to-Fan Marketing Plan
- Offline Marketing Strategies and Finalizing Direct-to-Fan Marketing Plan
- Data, Analytics, and Measuring Results
Music Marketing
- Principles
- Terms
- Practices
- Merchandising
- Publicity
- Radio promotion
- Retail & Distribution
- Advertising
- Touring
- Marketing
- Promotion
- Press
TAFE NSW - Diploma of Music Business
Collaborate in creative processes
Coordinate touring arrangements
Develop and implement own self-care plan in the creative industries
Develop and manage a budget
Develop event concepts
Develop social media engagement plans
Enhance professional practice using creative arts industry knowledge
Establish and manage recording contracts
Identify and develop new music artists
Manage artists and their careers
Manage copyright arrangements
Manage distribution of music and associated products
Manage licensing and assignment of works
Manage the promotion of creative acts
Originate and develop concepts
Provide freelance services
Source funding for projects
Journalism
I began with album and single reviews before uickly realising I had a passion for photojournalism.
Editorials and interviews include:
Dallas Frasca
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Photography
Journalism
Eddie's Attic Atlanta Georgia
After relocating to the USA I was based in Atlanta Georgia. I worked a music marketing gig over at Eddie's Attic based in Atlanta Georgia. A ticketed venue doing 2-4 live artist performances a day 7 days a week. Eddie's Attic was known to have the smallest greenroom in America and was quite proud of it. I would do a lot of posters, go through a lot of contracts and riders and in need of crossing out a lot the venue could not provide.
Monday's saw an open mic night that saw a baby Justin Bieber, John Mayer perform before their fame and more. We'd put on a bi-annual Open Mic Shootout where I scavenged for prizes from local businesses but also recording studios and music industry business. A notable winner of the open mic night was John Mayer who was coincidently also working as the door guy for Eddie's Attic. The owner/operator of Eddie's Attic is also a talent buyer for Live Nation so had the roster for touring artists at his finger tips.
RCS Productions Talent Acquisition
Working for RCS Productions was the highlight of my USA stint. Getting experience from getting artists, going through their artist contracts then re-writing them for our clients, working alongside artist managers, agents, crew and of course artists on show day.
My music industry spans from taking photographs at LIVE concerts and festivals to then doing album reviews for print press media to then interviewing and writing up editorials for print press media. I completed a TAFE Marketing Course in 2013 before interviewing artists for Reverb Magazine and The Brag
Artists:
10,000 Maniacs
20 Ride
38 Special
Allmän Bros Band - Tribute
Ansley Stewart
Back in Black - ACDC Tribute
Band X - 80's Covers
Banks and Shane Son Volt
Barenaked Ladies
Big Sams Funky Nation
Blackberry Smoke
Blair Crimmins
Blues Traveler
Bogey and the Viceroy
Boz Scaggs
Brian Setzer
Bruce Hornsby
Buddy Guy
Casting Crowns
Charlie Daniels Band
Chase Bryant
Chase Rice
Chris Janson
Chris Knight
Colt Ford
Colton Dixon
Corey Smith
Craig Morgan
Creedence Clearwater Revisted - Tribute
Crystal Clear Band
Departure - Journey Tribute Band
Drift Jam
Drivin N Cryin
Edwin McCain
Electric Avenue - 80's Cover Band
Emily Minor
Everclear
Fleetwood Max
For King & Country
Front Country
Garrison Keillor
Garry Allen
Georgia Satellites
Gladys Knight
Glow Band
Glow Band - 80's Cover Band
Grains of Sand
Gump Fiction
Guster
Huey Lewis
Indigo Girls
J.J Grey & Mofro
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
Jay Leno
Jeremy Camp
John Michel Montgomery
Jon Stickly Trio
Kel Taj
Kellie PicklerLoCash
Kool & the Gang
Lauren Alaina
Lee Roy Parnell
Lifehouse
Little River Band
Little Texas
Lonestar
Loretta Lynn
Love & Theft
Lyle Lovett
Marietta Symphony
Martina McBride
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Melissa Ethridge
Members Only
Michael Feinstein
Michael McDonald
Mike Veal Band
Molly Ringwald
Morris Day & the Time
Mothers Finest
Mountain Faith
Murder by Death
Night Ranger
Passion
Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
Phillip Phillips
REO
Rick Springfield
Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Rumors - Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band
Runaway June
Sarah Evans
Scott Miller
Shawn Mullins
Sheryl Crow
Shinyribs
Sister Hazel
Sons of Sailors
Sons of Sailors
Starship & Eddie Money
Steep Canyon Rangers
Steppin Stones
Stooges Brass Band
Switchfoot
The American Flyers
The Beach Boys
The Black Jacket Symphony
The Breakfast Club - 80's Covers
The Commodores
The Gin Blossoms
The Goo Goo Dolls
The Head & the Heart
The Headliners
The Lacs
The Molly RIngwalds
The Mustangs
The Mustangs
The Neons
The Presidents of the United States
The Ruperts Orchestra
The Secret Sisters
The Spin Doctors
The Swingin Medallions
The Temptations
The Whiskey Gentry
The Wood Brothers
Three Dog Night
Thunderstruck - ACDC Tribute
Todd Snider
Tony Bennet
Trace Adkins
Travis Meadows
Uptown Funk - Bruno Mars Tribute Band
Vince Gill
Who's Bad - Michael Jackson Tribute
Willie Nelson
Yacht Rock Revue
Zac Seagbaugh
Zach Brown Band Tribute
Agencies
Cities
Alpharetta Georgia
Bainbridge Georgia
Buford Georgia
Carrollton Georgia
Chamblee Georgia
Dallas Georgia
Decatur Georgia
Douglasville Georgia
Duluth Georgia
Dunwoody Georgia
Grainger County Tennessee
Indian Springs
Jekyll Georgia
Johns Creek Georgia
Kingsland Georgia
Kingsport Tennessee
Lafayette Georgia
LaGrange Georgia
Lake City South Carolina
Lilburn Georgia
Macon Georgia
Marietta Georgia
McDonough Georgia
Miami Florida
Mcminnville Tennessee
Milledgeville Georgia
Nevada Kansas
Newnan Georgia
Oak Ridge Georgia
Omaha Nebraska
Peachtree City
Pigeon Forge Tennessee
Powder Springs Georgia
Riverdale Georgia
Savannah Georgia
Sevierville
Stockbridge Georgia
Stone Mountain Georgia
Suwanee Georgia
Vidalia Georgia
Waco Georgia
Waleska
Winchester
Wise Georgia
Woodbine Georgia
Woodstock Georgia
Venues/Parks
Eddie's Attic
Angel Flight Airplane Hanger - Dekalb Peachtree Airport
Anakeesta Tennessee
Atlanta Botanical Gardens (Atlanta & Gainesville)
Cumberland Caverns Tennessee
The Frederick Amphitheater, Peachtree City Georgia
Earl May Boat Basin Amphitheater
Buford Arena
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum
Frederick Brown Amphitheater
Mall of Georgia
Marietta Square
Veterans Memorial Park
Sweetland Amphitheater
Angel Flight Airplane Hanger GA Airport
Anakeesta Tennessee
Atlanta Botanical Gardens (Atlanta & Gainesville)
The Biltmore Estate, North Carolina
Chateu Elan
Chereokee North Carolina
Cobb EMC
Drake Park
Stone Mountain Georgia
Festivals
Brookhaven Arts Festival
Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival
Brookhaven Christmas Lighting
Bushwacker Days Festival, Nevada, Kansas
Kingsport Funfest Tennessee
'Shake your Shamrock' - St Patricks Day
30A Songwriters Competition - Florida
Wire and Wood Songwriters Competition - Alpharetta Georgia
Suwaneefest
Yellow Daisy Festival
Rutledge Tomato Festival Tennessee
Wire & Wood Songwriters Competition
Friendship House Music Festival
Secret City Festival
Tunes from the Tombs - Concert Series in Historic Oakland Cemetery
Alpharetta Brew Moon
Kingsport Twilight Alive
Banjo-B-Que
Vidalia Onion Festival
Kingsland Catfish Festival
Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival
Spring Festival Mall of Georgia
Johns Creek International Festival
Woodbine Crawfish Festival
Movies Under the Stars
Sevierville Blooming BBQ
Greer Family Festival
Dogwood Festival
North Georgia Fair
Porch n Pies Festival
Open Days
Organisations
Atlanta Womens Association
Blue Ridge Motorsports
Callaway Gardens
Chastain Horse Park (Kentucky Derby)
Angel Flight
Carriage Kia of Woodstock
North Bridge Church Dallas Georgia
Georgia School of Nutrition
Greer
Impact Partnership
Oakland Cemetery
Self Regional Health Care
Shepherd Center Foundation
Southwire





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