Tutors and speakers have been announced for the 10th YAMI (Youth + Adults in the Music Industry) summit, which will take place in Wānaka at the start of NZ Music Month (May 3-4).

Musicians from Home Brew, The Teskey Brothers, The Black Seeds, Latinaotearoa, Haz & Miloux, The Nudge, The Nomad, Black Comet, and Gin Wigmore will be joining the summit, as will a number of talented local artists including Anna and Rick Shaw and Laura Lush.

Participants will learn to navigate the music industry with workshop and seminar topics covering performance, DJing, songwriting, beatmaking, royalties and distribution, album release, marketing and management. 

New classes this year include ‘musical matchmaker’, sampling and looping, releasing an album, and vocal and guitar masterclasses.

YAMI director Lynne Christie said support from the music industry is vital as most of the crew are volunteers.

"The staff, tutors and speakers from all sectors of the creative and events industries are incredibly generous with their time and knowledge; they tap into focussed hacks that guide talented artists to the next level," she said.

Gin Wigmore, who will be guiding songwriters and composers, said she was "delighted” to be a part of the summit, and award-winning artist Tom Scott (Homebrew, Avantdale Bowling Club, @Peace) said he had heard about the summit through other musicians and was looking forward to mentoring committed performers, writers and producers.

Scott's manager Lorraine Barry (who also manages Sir Dave Dobbyn, Aidan Fine, Home Brew, and Avantdale Bowling Club) will also speak and guide at the summit along with Karyn Rachtman of Mind Your Music, who curates the soundtracks for some of the most influential movies and tv shows of the past two decades.

Representatives from NZ On Air, APRA, IMNZ and NZ Music Commission deliver an often unheard perspective to steer future recording artists through the next stages of their career.

Early bird tickets for the summit have sold out, but standard places for Junior (ages 10 to 13 years), Youth (ages 14 to 18 years) and Adult (ages 19 to 110 years) are still available at Ticketfairy.