Bangkok and Beyond: Navigating Thailand’s Music Scene and Southeast Asia Opportunities
Following the recent Bangkok Music City conference, VMDO’s Networking Breakfast series returns on Wednesday, February 25, with a timely panel discussion spotlighting Southeast Asia’s rapidly expanding music markets.
Bangkok Music City (BMC) is firmly recognised as one of Southeast Asia’s most influential music conferences and showcase festivals. The 2026 edition hosted over 12,000 attendees, 180 industry delegates, and 86 artists from 16 countries.
Speakers include Dom Alessio (Sounds Australia), a dedicated champion of Australian music globally, alongside Wenona Lok (Live Nation Australia and New Zealand), Max Thomas (Secretly Distribution), and Daniel Anthony (Flagrant Artists). This panel will offer a deep dive into the Southeast Asian market, covering critical nuances in Thailand and the region, current country trends, consumer behaviour, and the relevant digital platforms.
Join VMDO for an insightful morning conversation and networking focused on building meaningful connections and unlocking new opportunities for Australian artists, managers, labels, and music businesses across Thailand and the wider Southeast Asian region.
Attendees are encouraged to stay on after the panel to network and meet the speakers.
Doors open at 8:30 am
Panel begins at 9:00 am sharp
Light breakfast snacks, tea and coffee provided.
Tickets to VMDO Links are free, but bookings are essential.
SPEAKERS:
Dom Alessio
Dom Alessio has spent almost two decades supporting and championing Australian artists. Beginning as a music journalist and blogger in the mid-2000s, Dom moved into radio, most notably hosting triple j's Australian music Home & Hosed for eight years, introducing audiences to future global stars such as Alison Wonderland, Courtney Barnett, Flume, Gang Of Youths, RUFUS DU SOL, Sampa The Great and many more. He's continued on that path with Sounds Australia, the country's music export office, connecting the international industry with Australian music by coordinating showcases, networking events, and meetings all over the world. You'll also occasionally find him on ABC Radio, behind the DJ decks or hosting music trivia.
Wenona Lok
Wenona Lok is a Promoter and Talent Buyer at Live Nation Australia and New Zealand, focusing on Asian pop content and talent. In her role, Wenona is tasked with breaking and touring Asia-Pop acts across the region and working with local teams to bring more diverse Asian talent down under. Wenona displays a wealth of knowledge of the Asian touring market. She has a proven track record of managing successful relationships with Asian talent, evidenced by her work promoting a diverse range of Asian-Pop tours, including sell-out K-Pop acts TWICE (the biggest K-pop tour to date) and ITZY, Mandarin Pop/Rock acts Mayday and Joker Xue and K-Indie Yerin Baek, Chinese hip-hop artist MaSiWei, and Thai-Kiwi Phum Viphurit. Wenona is also a contributing editor to Live Nation’s Future Sound (Asia Pop) report and wrote the foreword.
Wenona has an impressive background in public relations, having worked in corporate communications, while also co-founding and managing Imagikai. Imagikai works with companies and talent that are interested in engaging local and international Asian audiences in Australia and the broader Asia-Pacific market.
Max Thomas
Max is the Head of Marketing & Campaigns at American indie distributor Secretly Distribution, looking after operations and marketing for their distributed artists and labels for ANZ and Asia. He started his career at Apple Music in London on the Editorial & Label Relations team, before moving to independent hip-hop label GRADUATION* as a Product Manager. Four years ago, he made the move down under as Secretly Group’s first employee in Australia, working across the labels Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar and Secretly Canadian, where he worked on projects by artists including Phoebe Bridgers, Bon Iver, Mitski, Khruangbin, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Faye Webster, Japanese Breakfast and more; overseeing all marketing, strategy and on-ground activity for Secretly’s releases in APAC. His current role sees his remit expand to work with labels including Third Man Records, Ghostly International, Merge Records, Captured Tracks, Rhymesayers and many more.
Daniel Anthony
After spending a good 15 years in the roles of independent manager, band member (and occasional roadie), Daniel joined Nate at Flagrant Artists in 2016.
Swiftly taking on the role of FAM Co-Director, Daniel is the business Yin to Nate’s Yang. Responsible for onboarding some of the company’s most successful and dynamic names, including producer/artist Taka Perry, and FAM’s most recent roster addition, viral icon Ūla, Daniel undoubtedly has the coveted industry skill of discovering new talent.
Although FAM has a strong global focus, Daniel’s expertise shines in Southeast Asia. Having spent the past several years investigating industry insights in those territories, Daniel continues to make exceptionally valuable connections across numerous music businesses, including labels, DSP’s, promoters and publishers throughout SEA territories.
An ex-artist himself, Daniel brings a wealth of experience in nurturing musical talent and is dedicated to developing the individual style of each artist he works with.