Greg Phillips

Melbourne based writer Greg Phillips began his long association with the entertainment industry in the early eighties. In 1984 Greg was employed as National Advertising and Marketing Manager of the legendary Australian weekly rock music magazine, Juke. It wasn't long before his passion and knowledge of contemporary music was recognised, leading to Greg writing record and concert reviews, and interviewing some of the artists of the day. In his ten year stint at Juke, Phillips was actively involved in promoting the local music scene and appeared on many music TV shows such as MTV and Rockit, and was heard occasionally on commercial radio broadcasts.

Around the same time Australian Musician was launched, Phillips' newly formed magazine production company Mediaville, also produced Music Press, a monthly music magazine distributed through the Sanity chain. In April 2003, Phillips was called upon again by the Australian Music Association to produce a new quarterly publication called Music in Action, a music education magazine distributed to teachers nationally. Music in Action has not only become an important source of information for Australia's music teachers, but also a powerful music advocacy tool and a communication device between the music industry, education sector and Government. The magazine was a catalyst for driving the recent National Review into Music Education in Schools.

Phillips still produces Music in Action, produces and edits Australian Musician, as well as freelancing for other publications such as Guitar and Bass (UK), Music Inc (USA) The Music Network and Australian Guitar magazine.