Music Love Presents Women In Music

Leanne de Souza has been a manager for nearly 20 years. She is from Brisbane and was booking and touring  artists internationally in the 90s with a phone and a fax machine - back when the music scene in Brisbane was virtually non-existent. She has managed acts like Kate Miller Heidke, Thelma Plum, The Medics, Katie Noonan's band George, and more. She ended up leaving artist management behind in 2015 which was a huge moment in her life. Now she is studying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, and has become a wonderful advocate for indigenous artists. Leanne is also a board member of the Queensland Performing Arts Trust and while she's not managing artists anymore, she is the the Executive Director of the AAM which is the Association of Artist Managers in Australia. It's a peak body for artist managers - and if you manage an artist, head to aam.org.au and find out how you can be supported as a manager. Leanne offers many fascinating insights given her history and e