The eyes of the music world will turn to Brisbane tomorrow when the annual three-day BIG SOUND music industry conference and festival hits town. And of course the AU review will be there covering it all!
Named by The Music Network as “the country’s pre-eminent music conference”, BIG SOUND delegates will hear from some of the world’s leading music industry figures, and see 60 of the country’s finest artists performing in six Fortitude Valley venues across two nights as part of the public BIG SOUND Live urban music festival.
And the event will be officially opened at 10.00am tomorrow morning by Premier and Minister for the Arts the Hon Anna Bligh MP at The Judith Wright Centre, Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley.
Now in its ninth year, BIG SOUND’s conference program of panels and keynotes reinforce its reputation as a must-attend event for artists and industry alike.
Featuring dozens of world-class speakers, the most important issues facing artists and the music industry today will be in the spotlight including overseas touring, new business models, publishing, communicating with fans, mastering, songwriting and the tricks to putting on a great live show.
BIG SOUND’s first official day tomorrow will feature special keynote presentations from US author and journalist Michael Azerrad, and Chairman of the Mushroom Group Michael Gudinski.
The full conference program is online now at www.bigsound.org.au
Tomorrow night also marks the launch of the two-night public BIG SOUND Live festival – with organisers proud to announce one of Australia’s most respected artists Dan Kelly will join the line-up alongside critically acclaimed Melbourne band, Oh Mercy.
A limited number of BIG SOUND Live tickets are still available but moving fast – so now is the time to grab the hottest tickets of the year. At only $44 (+bf) for both nights, that’s access to 60 bands at $0.73 cents a pop. That’s cheaper than any festival you have been to before, guaranteed.
The line-up also includes sets from Washington, Children Collide, The Naked & Famous, The Vasco Era, Boy & Bear, The John Steel Singers, Parades, Ernest Ellis, The Gin Club, Last Dinosaurs and many more on across six venues – including two outdoor stages.
Tickets are on sale now with full details and schedules available at www.bigsound.org.a
BIG SOUND, an initiative of peak industry body Q Music, is proudly supported by the Queensland Government through a major sponsorship by Trade and Investment Queensland and through Arts Queensland.
Visit http://www.bigsound.org.au/ for full event details.
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BIGSOUND 2010 CONFERENCE SPEAKERS…
Michael Azerrad – author / journalist (USA)
John O’Donnell – Odfellows Publishing / Cold Chisel management (AU)
Michael Gudinski – The Mushroom Group of Companies (AU)
Dave Faulkner – Hoodoo Gurus (AU)
Ed Kuepper – artist (AU)
Brian Ritchie – artist (USA/AU)
Rae Harvey – Crucial Music (AU)
Peter Jesperson – New West Records (USA)
Morgan Lebus – Domino Recordings & Publishing (USA)
Tom Windish – The Windish Agency (USA)
Andy McGrath – ATO Records (USA)
Johnny Beach – Bowery Presents (USA)
Victor Van Vugt – producer (AU/USA)
Robert Forster – artist (AU)
David Hirshland – Bug Music (USA)
Colin Roberts – Big Life Management (UK)
Brett Williams – Monotone Management (USA)
Jake Stone – Bluejuice (AU)
Jen Long – BBC (UK)
Shin Fukuzumi – P-Vine (JAP)
Adam Holt – Universal Music New Zealand (NZ)
Dan Koplowitz – Friendly Fire Recordings (USA)
Catherine Bottrill – Julie’s Bicycle (UK)
Luke Bevans – Universal Music Australia (AU)
Ben Salter – The Gin Club (AU)
Brett Oaten – solicitor (AU)
Bernard Gallbally – Mana Music Australia (AU)
Carney Nir – Secret Service Digital (AU)
Stuart Coupe – Laughing Outlaw Records (AU)
John Mullen – Dew Process Recordings (AU)
Crystle Fleper – Fasterlouder.com.au (AU)
Dave Clayden – tour & event manager (AU)
Gary Mandel – SSB (UK)
Glenn Dickie – EMI/Stage Mothers (AU)
Jesse Barbera – Fans Group (AU)
John Kenny – Kenny and Co Solicitors (AU)
Paul Curtis – Valve Records/Consume (AU)
John Zucco – The Right Profile (AU)
Justin Cosby – Inertia (AU)
Lars Brandle – Billboard Magazine (AU)
Stephanie Carrick – triple j (AU)
Mark Kneebone – Isaac Promotions (NZ)
Megan Reeder – Secret Service/Dew Process (AU)
Michael Nieves – Sugaroo (USA)
Simon Winkler – 3RRR (AU)
Natalie Bell – Milefire Management (AU)
Ben Preece – Mucho Bravado (AU)
Sabiene Heindl – MIPI (AU)
Tim Steward – artist (AU)
Shayne Locke – Cowbell (AU)
Steph Harmon – The Brag (AU)
Leanne de Souza – Buzz Office (AU)
Stephen Green – SGC New Media Marketing (AU)
Tim Levinson – Urthboy / The Herd / Elefant Traks (AU)
Chloe Walsh – Press Here Publicity (USA)
Joel Carriere – Dine Alone Records / Bedlam Music Management (CAN)
Ross Fraser – Sony Music Australia (AU)
Tak Furuichi – JVC Victor Entertainment (JAP)
Mark T Grose – Skinnyfish Music (AU)
Mathew Coyte – Rolling Stone Australia (AU)
Rod Kukla – American Recordings (USA)
Tim Dellow – Transgressive Records (UK)
Simon Lewicki – artist (AU)
Jonas Woost – digital music consultant (GER/CAN)
Andrew Stafford – author (AU)
Richard Kingsmill – triple j (AU)
Benji Rogers – Pledge Music (UK)
Steve Bell – Time Off (AU)
Noel Mengel – The Courier-Mail (AU)
Ford Englander – Sonicbids (USA)
Tim Kelly – Universal Music Australia (AU)
Dave Schenk – Easterfest (AU)
Michael Taylor – Island Records (AU)
Paul Barclay – ABC Radio National (AU)
Darryl Bailey – EMI Music Australia (AU)
Bernadette Ryan – manager (AU)
Gary Seeger – Centrifuge Music Publishing (AU)
Haydn Johnston – Peer Group Media (AU)
Jackson Walkden-Brown – solicitor (AU)
Cary Caldwell – SxSW/The Great Escape (NZ)
Michael McClung – NZ on Air (NZ)
Simon Moor – Sony/ATV Music Publishing (AU)
Bill Hauritz – Woodford Folk Festival (AU)
Cathy Oates – manager (AU)
Andy Cassell – Winterman and Goldstein (AUS)
Evan Davis – Village Sounds (AU)
Katie Noonan – artist (AU)
Lawrence English – Room40 (AU)
Lee Parsons – Ditto Music (AU)
Darren Sanicki – Darren Sanicki Lawyers (AU)
Danny Tseng – B1-Media (TWN)
Megan Washington – artist (AU)
Brett Murrihy – Artist Voice (AU)
Paul McKessar – CRS Music Management (NZ)
Tony Cowper – Liberation Music (NZ)
Dan Condon – Time Off (AU)
Craig Spann – AMIN (AU)
BIGSOUND LIVE ARTISTS…
Washington
Children Collide
The Vasco Era
Boy & Bear
The John Steel Singers
Parades
Ernest Ellis
The Gin Club
Hungry Kids Of Hungary
Bridezilla
The Jezabels
Katie Noonan
Bonjah
The Wilson Pickers
Last Dinosaurs
Halfway
The Checks (NZ)
The Holidays
Amos the Transparent (CAN)
Stiff Gins
Georgia Fair
Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!
Perry Keyes
Dubmarine
The Cairos
The Melodics
Ball Park Music
Artisan Guns (NZ)
Young Revelry
Richard In Your Mind
Eagle & The Worm
Oh Ye Denver Birds
The Naked And Famous (NZ)
The Optimen
Pikelet
The Medics
Melodramas (UK)
Guineafowl
My Fiction
The Transients
Big Scary
Disco Nap
The Honey Month
The Delta Riggs
Daniel Lee Kendall
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Deep Sea Arcade
Jinja Safari
Metals
kyü
Love Connection
Kimbra
Edge Of Colour
Ruby Frost (NZ)
City Riots
The Foreign Objects
Knives At Noon (NZ)
Loon Lake (triplej Unearthed winner)
