Brisbane music festival/conference BIGSOUND has just dropped its full schedule of live shows and conferences, and has added a bunch of new speakers to its lineup.
Running for three days this September in Brisbane’s iconic Fortitude Valley precinct, the event will feature over 160 live shows, as well as discussion panels and keynote addresses from leaders of the Aussie music industry.
With things getting off to an early start on the event’s Tuesday night with official parties hosted by Pandora and Mushroom, the real fun gets under way on Wednesday with lunchtime events from CAAMA and Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance.
The party doesn’t stop there though, with an afternoon soiree hosted by Fans x NFE x Pilerats and evening events such as the Home Indigenous showcase and the Red Bull Sound Select party.
Thursday backs it right up again, this time with lunchtime parties from the Gold Coast Music Awards and BEMAC, while Pandora sees you through the afternoon and Oztix and Singapore Sound System keeping the vibe alive well and truly into the night.
And for anyone still looking for more action on Friday evening, there is a wind-down party at The Triffid. Only in the music industry would Friday night be a wind down, amirite? This is all in addition to the official BIGSOUND Festival lineup, which is huge and features the likes of Tkay Maidza, Luke Million, Harts, DZ Deathrays and more playing across a number of venues.
It’s not all parties though, with organisers also dropping the conference program, announcing a further 80 new speakers including Merlin’s Charles Caldas, Vinyl Me Please’s Cameron Schaefer, artist Sarah Blasko, Indonesian promoter Sarah Deshita, Double J’s Myf Warhurst, triple j’s Ollie Wards, Today Show music producer Sarah Mason, Sony/ATV’s Craig Hawker and one half of the Moldy Peaches Kimya Dawson among many others.
The conference program will include panel topics like the value of sync and artist placement, the contemporary role of physical music sales, pathways for Indigenous musicians, and much more. Popular topics like festival booking, the digital music economy, the metal genre, artist management and community radio will return for an annual review.
Catch this year’s full BIGSOUND schedules at the BIGSOUND website. The BIGSOUND mobile app is available now in the Apple App Store and Google Play, and the full list of speakers and buyers is available below.
BIGSOUND 2016
Wednesday 7th – Friday 9th September
Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
Tickets: BIGSOUND
BIGSOUND 2016 Industry Speakers/Buyers
Peanut Butter Wolf – Stones Throw Records (USA) – Keynote
Chris Carey – Media Insight Consulting (GBR) – Mini Keynote
A.B. Original (Briggs & Trials) – Keynote
J Rocc – Stones Throw Records (USA) – Keynote
Jaddan Comerford – UNIFIED – Keynote
Kim Gordon – Artist (USA) – Keynote
Kimya Dawson – Artist (USA) – Keynote
Brodie Lancaster (AUS) – Mini Keynote
Charles Caldas – Merlin BV (NLD) – Mini Keynote
Lars Murray – Pandora (USA) – Mini Keynote
Phil Silverstone – Eventbrite – Mini Keynote
Aaron Miller – Arts & Crafts (CAN)
Adam Sylvester – United Talent Agency (USA)
Alastair Green – Maker Agency
Alex Becket – Creative Artists Agency (USA)
Alex Black – Big Deal Music (USA)
Alex Bruford – ATC Live (GBR)
Alex Young – Dew Process
Alex Zaccaria – Bolster
Alexander Grigg – Palms
Alicia Sbrugnera – Spotify
Anthony Zaccaria – Bolster
Becc Bates – South Australian Music Development Office
Andrea Szew – Szew Law Group (USA)
Andrew Stone – Chugg Entertainment
Angela Glaister – Sweat It Out / Sound Sauce
Anthony Dever – Industry 5000
Arlo Enemark – Xelon Entertainment
Ben Dennis – Myriad Management
Brett “Nozz” Nossiter – ARN
Cam Durnsford – PBS 106.7FM
Cameron Schaefer – Vinyl Me, Please (USA)
Catherine Haridy – Catherine Haridy Management
Chad Gillard – Future Classic
Charlie Ellison – Rice Is Nice
Ben Eltham – Crikey
Bruce Tweedie – Music Mill
Catherine Satour – Artist
Chit Chat – Artist
Chloe Turner – LISTEN
Chris Johnson – Amrap
Chris Swanson – Secretly Group (USA)
Chris “Muz” Murray – Falcona
Christine Cao – The Windish Agency (USA)
Chris Stevens – Consultant
Craig Hawker – Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia
Dana Erickson – Grandstand Media & Management (USA)
Claire Collins – Bossy Music
Craig Bruce – craigbrucecoaching.com
Dalse Yoon-Young Kong – Zandari Festa (KOR)
Daniel Champagne – Artist
Danielle Marsland – Pilerats
David O’Rourke – Nightlife
Dean Ormston – APRA AMCOS
Deb Suckling – SugarRush Music
Edwin Tehrani – New World Artists
Clairy Browne – Artist
Dom Alessio – triple j
Ella Thompson – Artist
Elly Scrine – Huntly
Emily Ulman – The Toff In Town / The Gasometer Hotel
Graham Muir – We Are Unified / 24Hundred Store
Jackie Shuman – Good Ear Music Supervision (USA)
Jen Taunton – Level Two Music/ Midnight Choir/ Nice Rights
Jess Beston – Tiny Monster – Artist Management & Artist Development
Jessica Strassman – Columbia Records & StarTime International (USA)
Emilie Davaine – A Gauche de la Lune (FRA)
Emily Wurramara – Artist
Emmy Feldman – Canvasback (USA)
Frank Henry – Brisbane City Council
Fred Leone – Impossible Odds Records
Georgina Ingham-Myers – Nova 106.9
Glenn Dickie – SOUNDS AUSTRALIA
Guy Blackman – Chapter Music
Imran Ahmed – XL Recordings (USA)
Ivano Maggiulli – Brace Yourself PR (UK)
Jacek Tuschewski – Mighty Games
Jacinta Parsons – Double J/ABC
Jacqui Walter – Stage and Screen Travel
Jamie Timony – These New South Whales
Jane Blondel – Songs For Children (SGP)
Jared Kristensen – Ticket Squad
Jaymis Loveday – Video Director
Jen Cloher – Milk! Records
Jeremy Maciak – Vagrant Records / BMG (USA)
Gawurra – Artist
Jim Pitt – Conan (USA)
Joanna Cave – Support Act
Jodie Regan – Spinning Top Music (USA)
Johann Ponniah – I OH YOU
John Castle – Producer/Engineer
Jon Coombs – Secretly Publishing (USA)
Jon Salter – ATO Records (USA)
Jonno Seidler – Journalist
Josh Roth – Superfly (USA)
Joel King – Music Feeds
John Atkins – White Sky
Julia Wilson – Nice Rights / Midnight Choir / Rice Is Nice
Katie Noonan – Queensland Music Festival
Julie Crabtree – Zebra Psychology
Kate Hennessy – Journalist
Katie Rynne – Select Music
Katie Cunningham – Junkee Media
Kavisha Kuruk – White Sky
Kirsty Rivers – Creative Australia
Lachlan Kanoniuk – FasterLouder
Lachlan Macara – triple j Unearthed
KUČKA – Artist
Laura Byrne – Made In Katana / The Scouted
Lauren Murray – William Morris Endeavour
Lawson Higgins – The Royalty Network, Inc USA
Lochlan Watt – triple j / Thy Art Is Murder
Lindsay McDougall – Artist
Maggie Collins – BIGSOUND
Marco Walzel – Avocado Booking (GER)
Marcus Teague – Journalist
Marcy Bulkeley – Wild Card AV (USA)
Maree Hamblion – Sony ATV
Mark Vaughan – Atomic Soul (NO)
Mark Grose – Skinnyfish Music
Mark Smith – MusicNT
Matt Ash – Raw Power Management (USA)
Matt Bird – White Sky Royalty Accounting
Matthew Young – King Parrot / Extreme Management Group
Nikita Lavrinenko – Paper and Iron Booking Co. (GER)
Paige McGinley – Booker/Talent Producer
Paul Mason – Australia Council for the Arts
Regan Lethbridge – Lemon Tree Music / 123 Agency
Meg Williams – Inertia Music
Melody Forghani – twnty three
Micheal ‘Miko’ Smith – CAAMA Music
Michelle Brown – 4ZZZ
Mike Landers – White Sky
Mikey Cahill – Journalist
Millie Millgate – SOUNDS AUSTRALIA
Mitch Knox – TheMusic.com.au
Myf Warhurst – Double J
Nicholas Jones – Tone Deaf
Nick Yates – Unified
Olivia Bartley – Olympia
Ollie Wards – triple j
Oscar Dawson – Artist
Paige X Cho – Bolster
Paul Barclay – ABC
Paul Curtis – Consume
Phil Larsen – Prettygreat
Pixie Weyand – The Zoo
Rebecca Reato – Deathproof PR
Rev. Moose – Marauder (USA)
Rich Moffatt – Way Over There
Rob Cannon – AIM
Roger Shepherd – Flying Nun Records (NZ)
Roman Trystram – Creative Artists Agency (UK)
Sally Kellaway – Zero Latency VR
Samantha Torres – NSW Department of Justice
Sarah Deshita – Ismaya Live (INA)
Sarah Mason – Today Show / Channel Nine
Sean Horton – Red Bull Sound Select (USA)
Sebastian Freed – The Bowery Presents (USA)
Sharna Taylor – Caloundra Music Festival
Simon Wheeler – Beggars Group (UK)
Siobhan Kranz – Mushroom Promotions
Stephen Green – SGC Media Group
Sarah Blasko – Artist
Sarah Hamilton – Ditto Music
Shannon Logan – Jet Black Cat
Taylor Testa – Universal Music Publishing Group (USA)
Tim Hollo – Green Music Australia
Tim Charles – Ne Obliviscaris & Welkin Entertaiment
Tom Wironen – Post Hoc Management (USA)
Simona Castricum – Artist
Stephen Goodhew – FBi Radio
Steve Lacy – Leading Teams
Stu MacLeod – RTRFM 92.1
Thomas Heymann – Pandora
Tim Price – Collision Course
Tim Shiel – Artist
Tim Kelly – Inertia
Tom Larkin – SIGNAL Agency Group / The Studios In The City / Homesurgery MGMT
Tom Harris – White Sky
Travis Banko – Lunatic Entertainment
Tyler McLoughlan – The Sound Pound
Vanessa Picken – Comes With Fries
Vanja Bezbradica – Remote Control Records
Victor Van Vugt – Producer (AUS/GER)
Wayne Connolly – Producer
Zac Ives – Goner Records (USA)
