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ABOUT THE SOUNDCHECK
Tiana Speter
The Soundcheck is solely owned and operated by award-winning journalist, writer and presenter Tiana Speter.
Raised on a diet of classical music before evolving into a rock and metal-devouring machine, Tiana has spent over 15 years working in creative industries. Establishing The Soundcheck, an independent Australian-based music media website, in 2017, Tiana has since evolved her professional gaze to also incorporate freelance copywriting, social website building and design, music/entertainment publicity, and on-camera/audio hosting and producing for a range of companies and bands.
Outside of running The Soundcheck, Tiana writes for and operates PR campaigns with Dallas Does PR, writes bios and designs EPKs for emerging and established artists, and has previously interviewed everyone from Tom Morello through to Deftones, Paul Kelly, Duran Duran, Slipknot, Poppy and hundreds more. Tiana’s work can be found on Rolling Stone Australia, Music Feeds, Tone Deaf and The Music, and she has been the ongoing host of various news and interview series including for Good Things Festival since 2022, the Brisbane leg of the inaugural Knotfest TV series in 2023, the Destroy All Lines tour interview series A Peek Behind The Lines, and various podcasts and special one-off projects.
In 2024, Tiana was awarded the Australian Women In Music Awards' Women In Heavy Music Award. Also in 2024, Tiana appeared as a guest heavy music expert on triple j's Hottest 100 program, The Tally Room, and was a featured speaker at the Australian Women In Music Award's first ever Breaking Metal Barriers panel in 2023.
With an extensive history in television production and music, including just shy of a decade working for the Seven Network, Tiana’s diverse creative background and passion brings sparkle to every project she takes on. Can she talk and write underwater? Yes, and she'll do it while drooling over riffs and making accidental puns.
The Soundcheck specialises in heavier music - but everything and anything is welcome round these parts. At the end of the day, The Soundcheck praises three rules above all else:
Artist First. No Gatekeeping. Music Is Life.