James Solomons - EFS Strategic

James is a passionate accountant who gets technology. He understands “The Cloud†and is leading the disruption of the industry in this new digital age. He is part of the new breed of modern accountants who don’t accept the traditional service model.

Realising that tax & accounting compliance services are fast becoming a commodity he and the EFS Strategic team have transformed their practice and now focus on delivering real value to their clients through the use of smart technology tools like Xero. They combine this with their experience in advising small and medium sized businesses to help them grow.

James has over 13 years’ experience in public practice and is a sought after writer, speaker & lecturer. He has presented on a range of topics from cloud solutions to superannuation changes and everything in between. He is a mentor at Macquarie University for under-graduate students and also mentors business owners and managers. James has specific expertise in business structuring, asset protection, succession planning, IT & cloud solutions and internal systems & controls.

James has a Bachelor of Commerce – Accounting degree, Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting and Diploma of Financial Services. He is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Tax Adviser, Xero Certified Adviser & Gold Partner, Registered Tax Agent, an Authorised Representative of Count Financial Limited, a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Justice of the Peace.

He is a board member of long established charity, Kids West (Kids West Western Sydney Paediatric Fundraising Inc) and is a Life Member & Treasurer of the Redbacks Football Club. He also sits on the Executive Committee of the Sydney High School Old Boys Union. He gives freely of his time to a number of smaller not for profit organisations as their honorary auditor and regularly raises money via personal sporting punishments, likes this year’s City2Surf where he and the EFS team raised $12,000 for Kids West!

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Lee Safar - The Music Spring

The Music Spring is an exciting, forward thinking, progressive conspiracy! A conspiracy from within the music industry to demystify how successful music business is being done by everyday artists and music industry professionals all over the world.

At the core of this conspiracy…integrity!

It’s no secret that the traditional music model is long gone. Our job now is to identify what’s actually working, what isn’t and what needs to change to create the next generation of successful artists and music entrepreneurs. The Music Spring is here to have that conversation…live, online, weekly and free.

Each week, an ever changing panel hosted by Australian independent artist Lee Safar, will discuss relevant topics to help unravel the puzzle. In the first season, these topics will include ‘The Value Of Music’, ‘Revenue Streams’, ‘The Music Industry Model’, ‘The Players In The Game’, ‘Creating a #1 Hitâ€, ‘The Label Debate’ and much more. Think SxSW type panels, that happen every week live from each panelists’ home/office/tour bus/dressing room around the world.

We have the conversation via a Google Hangout and broadcast it live through YouTube for you to watch and interact with via Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. You can also checkout the show later as a video or audio podcast if you can’t watch live.

The panelists change weekly and are selected based on their experience from within the industry, and the integrity with which they execute their business and careers.

We’re working hard to bring together guests who can present different opinions on a given topic. They’ll discuss what’s working for them, what’s not working, and what they’re trying to change in order to be more successful at what they do.

The show will cater to both independent and label artists as well as the professionals who support those artists. The conversations will cover a wide spectrum of genre’s and markets.

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