After announcing over 180 festival artists last month, BIGSOUND continues to turn up the volume revealing another huge line-up of game-changing speakers and industry events, set to descend on Brisbane's Fortitude Valley next month (6-9 September).
What does it take to be in a room with Lauryn Hill, Kanye West, Eminem, The Weeknd and Whitney Houston? CEO and founder of WRKSHP and Grammy Award-winning producer Che Pope is making his way to Brisbane to dish what it takes to 'get sh.t done' – as both a label executive and producer of some of hip hop's most defining albums including 'The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill' and ground-breaking 'Bound 2' by Kanye West."I make records, that's what I do," Che Pope says. "I find different ways to fulfil whatever's needed on a record – sometimes more as A&R, and sometimes more as a composer/ producer – but the results are the same. I call it GSD: Get sh.t done."
Australian-born, respected international music supervisor Tricia Holloway (Walt Disney Imagineering Global Music Executive) will drop in for a digital presentation and conversation, sharing the wealth of experience that led to her current position overseeing the Walt Disney Imagineering Music Studio across Disney parks, attractions, hotels, cruise ships and more.
Joining the list of keynote speakers, Yanyuwa/ Wardaman Songwoman Shellie Morris, Uncle Joe Geia, Carissa Nyalu and JK-47 will unpack the process of navigating the industry through a First Nations' lens and share their viewpoints of blazing their own trail within the music industry.
Want to know how to cross over from contemporary music to the blockbuster gaming and Web3 space? Artists and key figures including Montaigne, Tim Shiel, Woodes and more can tell you exactly that, while leading Music3 figures like Jillian Rothman (VP, New Business at Warner Music Group US) and Unified Music Group CEO Jaddan Comerford breakdown just what it means to enter The Metaverse and beyond.
As usual, BIGSOUND won't shy away from the big issues of the day. Ali Harnell is heading to BIGSOUND to provide a rare glimpse into her job as Live Nation Women President & Chief Strategy Officer and the female-centric commercial initiatives she is spearheading.
While Annabelle Herd (ARIA and PPCA CEO) will breakdown her last 18 months at ARIA and offer her 'outsider' take on the industry, after joining at a time when the industry was hungry for change.
The team at Support Act will discuss Minimum Standards for a Mentally Healthy Music Industry, while Dr Guy Morrow and Maggie Collins (Association of Artist Managers) dig deep and look at the value of management partnerships.
Pivotal to the new BIGSOUND Country programme, Nashville-based Milly Olykan (International Relations and Development of the Country Music Association) will reflect on the growth of country music and will also curate a special edition of SongHubs In The Round.
Presented by APRA AMCOS and led by award-winning country artist Fanny Lumsden and superstar songwriter Shy Carter (Faith Hill, Keith Urban, Ashanti, Meghan Trainor, Charlie Puth), the session brings six cross-genre songwriters together to connect, perform and share their creativity.
These guests join previously announced global Me Too movement founder Tarana Burke and internet-born sensation Rebecca Black, Mushroom Group CEO Matt Gudinski, artist and advocate Jaguar Jonze, and UK chart-topping producer Example.
In addition to BIGSOUND's spread of conference and industry mixers, over 180 of the finest emerging acts will play to hundreds of labels, publishers, agents, festival programmers, publicists and thousands of fans, all keen to discover the next big thing and the headliners of tomorrow.
BIGSOUND takes place in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley 6-9 September.
BIGSOUND 2022 SPEAKERS
Che Pope (WRKSHP)Tricia Holloway (Walt Disney Imagineering)* keynote
Milly Olykan (Country Music Association)* keynote
Ali Harnell (Live Nation Global)* keynote
Aunty Shellie Morris (artist)* keynote
Carissa Nyalu (artist)* keynote
Jillian Rothman (Warner Music - New Business and Ventures)* keynote
JK-47 (artist)* keynote
Uncle Joe Geia (artist)* keynote
Adam Ryan (The Great Escape)
Alexis Benedict (Tomboi Records)
Ali Hendrick (Arrival Artists)
Amy Davidman (TBA Agency)
Andy Irvine (Gyrostream)
Angharad Yeo (journalist)
Anna Laverty (producer)
Ash King (Support Act)
Bailey Satler (Grandstand Media)
Cerissa Grant (Support Act)
Chelsea Gough (Native Tongue)
Chloe Melick (Inside Out PR)
Chris Vaughan (AUD'$)
Clive Miller (Support Act)
Dev Sherlock (SXSW)
Dobby (artist)
Dr Guy Morrow (University of Melbourne)
Eddie Sikazwe (Secretly Publishing)
Elliott Watkins (aka Muselk)
Eric Deines (Director of A&R for Jagjaguwar)
Fanny Lumsden (artist)
Fil Palermo (Untitled Group)
Fred Leone (artist)
Govind Sandhu (TikTok Head of Artist Partnerships)
Ivano Magiulli (Brace Yourself PR)
Jaddan Comerford (UNIFIED)
Jeff Van Dyck (artist, composer)
Johnno Harrison (Spotify)
Karyn Rachtman (Mind Your Music / Syncposium)
Kenny Consor (Big Green Couch)
Kota Banks (artist)
Luke O'Connor (Support Act)
Maggie Collins (AAM)
Matthew Craig (AUD'$)
Max Shand (Serenade)
Montaigne (artist)
Natalie Waller (ABC, ARIA)
Paige Cho (Bolster)
Robin Jenssen (Manager, Ekko Music Rights)
Ryan Farley (Cooking Vinyl Publishing)
Sally Coleman (Bigsand Band)
Sat Bisla (A&R Worldwide MUSEXPO)
Shy Carter (artist, composer)
Sosefina Fuamoli (journalist)
Tasman Keith (artist)
Tim Shiel (artist)
Uncle Kev Starkey (artist)
Vetta Bourne (artist)
Viv Mellish (Gyrostream)
Woodes (artist)
Who join the previously announced:
Tarana Burke (author)*live digital keynote presentation
Rebecca Black (artist)* keynote
Matt Gudinski (Mushroom Group)* keynote
Jaguar Jonze (artist)* keynote
Example (artist)* keynote
Annabelle Herd (ARIA)
Andrew Stone (Chugg Music)
Casey O'Shaughnessy (Select Music)
Eric Tobin (Hopeless Records)
Heidi Lenffer (FEAT. / Cloud Control)
Jake Taylor (In Hearts Wake)
Jess Keeley (She Wrote)
Joan Westenberg (Moda Dao / Pizza Party)
Johann Ponniah (I Oh You)
John Mullen (Dew Process)
Josh Taylor Anderson (Call & Response)
Kate Duncan (The Push Inc)
Rebecca Young (Collective Artists)
Regan Lethbridge (Lemon Tree)
Sarah Joy (ATC LIVE)
Shaun Faulkner (X Ray Touring)
Tom Taaffe (Paradigm)
Will Church (ATC LIVE)
BIGSOUND 2022 Artist Line-up
Adam NewlingAdrian Dzvuke
AGUNG MANGO
Alter Boy
Andrew Gurruwiwi Band
Andrew Swift
Andy Golledge
Anesu
Aodhan
Asha Jefferies
Ashwarya
Ayesha Madon
Baby Cool
Banjo Lucia
Beckah Amani
BIG SKEEZ
BIG WETT
Birdz
BLOODMOON
Blusher
Bones and Jones
BOY SODA
Brekky Boy
Bud Rokesky
Budjerah
Bumpy
C.O.F.F.I.N
Caroline & Claude
Chanel Loren
Chloe Dadd
Church & AP
CLOE TERARE
Club Angel
Cody Jon
COLLAR
CONCRETE SURFERS
cookii
Dallas Woods
dameeeela
Daniel Shaw
DARLINGHURST
Dean Brady
Death by Denim
Diimpa
Dulcie
Eastbound Buzz
EGOISM
Eilish Gilligan
Eliza Hull
Eluize
Enclave
ENOLA
Evie Irie
Fash
Five Island Drive
flowerkid
FLY BOY JACK
Folk Bitch Trio
Forest Claudette
FOURA
Franko Gonzo
Full Flower Moon Band
Future Static
Germein
Ghost Care
Girl and Girl
Gold Fang
Grace Cummings and Her Band
Grand Pine
Great Sage
Greatest Hits
grentperez
Greta Stanley
Grievous Bodily Calm
Hallie
HANNI
Hauskey
Hinterland
Holliday Howe
Hope D
ISUA
JACOTÉNE
JELLY OSHEN
Jem Cassar-Daley
Jenny Mitchell
Jerome Farah
Jess Day
JessB
June Jones
KANADA THE LOOP
Kee'ahn
KEYAN
Kid Pharaoh
Kutcha Edwards
LÂLKA
Lee Sugar
LION
Liyah Knight
Loren Ryan
LOSER
MALi JO$E
Melaleuca
Melanie Dyer
MELODOWNZ
Memphis LK
merci, mercy
Mia Wray
Mitch Santiago
Molly Millington
Monnie Moonboy
Moss
MOUNTAIN WIZARD DEATH CULT
Mr Rhodes
Mulalo
MUNGMUNG
Mvlholland
Newport
Nick Griffith
Nick Ward
Noah Dillon
OK HOTEL
Old Mervs
Phoebe Go
Pink Matter
Platonic Sex
Queen P
RinRin
Romero
Roy Bing
Ruby Gill
Ryan Fennis & Voidhood
Saint Ergo
Sam Windley
San Joseph
Sappho
Sarah Wolfe
SayGrace
Selfish Sons
Selve
Shanae (FKA MADAM3EMPRESS)
Shannen James
Siobhan Cotchin
Skeleten
Soaked Oats
SOPHIYA
South Summit
Srirachi
Stevan
Suzi
Talk Heavy
Tasman Keith
Taylor Moss
TE KAAHU
Teenage Dads
Teenage Joans
Teether & Kuya Neil
Tentendo
The Atomic Beau Project
The Buckleys
The Last Martyr
The Rions
THE RIOT
The Terrys
The Wolfe Brothers
To Octavia
Toby Hobart
Troy Kingi
Tulliah
VOIID
VOLI K
Waxflower
WIIGZ
Wildheart
Woodes
Yb.
Yen Strange
yergurl
YNG Martyr
Zeolite
ZPLUTO
BIGSOUND Official Venues
Black Bear LodgeBlute's Bar
The Brightside
The Brightside Outdoors
EC Venue
Ivory Tusk
King Lear’s Throne
La La Land
O'Skulligans
The Outpost
Press Club
The Prince Consort Hotel
Prohibition
Ric's Bar + Backyard
Stranded Bar
Summa House
Tomcat
The Warehouse
The Wickham
Woolly Mammoth Mane Stage
The Zoo
