Paul Piticco

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Name = Paul Piticco
Background = non_performing_personnel
Birth_name = Paul Piticco
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Origin = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Occupation = Record producer, manager, organiser
URL = http://www.dew-process.com/
http://www.secret-service.com.au/

Paul Piticco is the founder of Secret Service Artist Management, a musician management company and live music organiser, as well as the director of Dew Process, an independent record label.cite web|url=http://www.qpac.com.au/qpac_partners/about_qpac/board_of_trustees/|title=Board of Trustees|publisher=Queensland performing arts complex|accessdate=2007-11-04|date=2003] Both organisations are based in Piticco's home town of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Secret Service Artist Management, and Piticco, manage numerous Australian musicians including Bernard Fanning, The Grates, Drag, Powderfinger, and The Predators. [cite web|url=http://www.secret-service.com.au/|title=Secret Service Artist Management|publisher=Secret Service Artist Management|accessdate=2007-11-04] They also distribute the music of international artists through Australia and New Zealand.

The Secret Service, along with Byron Bay's Village Sounds, are responsible for the management of Splendour in the Grass, a live music festival held annually in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia, since 2001. [cite web|url=http://www.dew-process.com/about.cfm|title=About Dew Process|publisher=Dew Process|accessdate=2007-11-04] [cite web|url=http://w3.splendourinthegrass.com/About-Splendour/history.html|title=Splendour In The Grass history|publisher=Splendour in the Grass|accessdate=2007-11-04] Secret Sounds has also brought several international musicians to Australia for concerts, including Coldplay, Brian Wilson, and Sonic Youth.

In 2007, Piticco co-promoted the "Across the Great Divide" Tour, a tour headlined by popular Australian bands Powderfinger and Silverchair promoting reconciliation in Australia. The tour is carbon neutral, and aims to reduce the 17 year gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-indegenous Australians.

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