Catherine Haridy
The various roles Catherine Haridy has filled within the music industry gives her a perspective many managers would long for; whether it's knowing what music journalists need, what gets played on radio or what A&R reps are looking for, Cath has experienced it. Her career has run the full gamut of the Australian music industry. Beginning as a contributor for Melbourne's Inpress Magazine, Cath demonstrated early on that she had a keen eye for talent. Around this time she also volunteered at Melbourne's legendary Triple R Radio, filling in for The Breakfasters and producing various one-off specials.
Before long she found herself at Warner Music Australia as A&R co- ordinator working for Michael Parisi, then shortly after Festival Mushroom Records, where she assisted in the setup of small imprint Sputnik Records (28 Days, motor ace, MGF and MUSE). Consequently as A&R Manager, Catherine signed some of Australia's most promising and successful bands of the last few years including Eskimo Joe (quadruple platinum), George (double platinum), Gyroscope (Gold) and Red Jezebel as well as hitching her A&R wagon to Motor Ace, Gerling, 67 Special and Olivia Newton John amongst many others. During her time at FMR Cath was also instrumental in working on special projects such as Corroboration, a journey through contemporary Australian and Indigenous music which featured collaborations between great Australian artists such as Kylie Minogue and Jimmy Little.
Having experienced all A&R had to offer, in 2006 Cath decided to make the move to the other side of the negotiation table and throw herself full-time into artist management. At present, Catherine Haridy Management's primary artists are Eskimo Joe and Bob Evans (aka Kevin Mitchell from seminal Perth band Jebediah) along with Producers Andy Lawson (End of Fashion) and Jimi Maroudas (Tim Rogers, Ice Cream Hands).