Bigsound continue to up the ante with the news Australian icon Paul Kelly will join the line-up of speakers presenting a keynote speech at the 2018 Brisbane event (4-7 September). Lagwagon's Joey Cape and Fat Wreck Chords founder Erin Kelly-Burkett have also been added to deliver keynote presentations.
After last month's massive first band announce (stay tuned for the second announce soon), BIGSOUND 2018 is quickly shaping up as the must-attend event, again, of 2018 for the music industry.
Reflecting on both his career and the future of Australian music, Paul Kelly will educate and inspire both those new to the industry and veterans needing a reminder of why Australian music is the best in the world.
But music isn't the only focus of BIGSOUND, with the conference taking an active part in broaching a host of real-world issues at this year's event.
Today, they've revealed a first of its kind mental health workshop, through a partnership with Support Act, Levi’s ® and Access EAP, helping delegates 'identify mental health issues, learn to manage them and create strategies to help others'.
"Employees of corporate organisations in other industries have free access to professional development opportunities that independent music entrepreneurs could only dream of being able to afford," QMusic CEO and BIGSOUND producer Joel Edmondson says.
"This is a big reason that the music industry is decades behind many other industries in terms of gender equity, mental health, corporate governance and overall people and culture development. The evolution of the BIGSOUND conference experience is designed to give delegates exposure to learning experiences that can radically transform how they think, work and relate to other people."
Other new speaker additions include triple j, Double J and Unearthed music directors Nick Findlay, Dorothy Markek and Dave Ruby Howe, US visa expert Brian Zabinski (Tamizat), Collab Asia YouTube guru Jerry Soer, indie label organisation A2IM UK's Sky McElroy, Gusher Magazine's Juliette Younger and Isabella Trimboli, and ex-industry worker and now life coach Viv Fantin.
BIGSOUND tickets are now available. Click here for more information.
2018 BIGSOUND 2nd Speaker Announce
Erin Kelly-Burkett – Fat Wreck Chords (KEYNOTE)Joey Cape – Lagwagon (KEYNOTE)
Paul Kelly (KEYNOTE)
Anna Benefield – Panache Booking LLC
Blake Rayner – The Orchard
Brian Zabinski – Tamizdat
Brianna Liebling – The Billions Corporation
Clemence Renaut – ATC Live
Dan Rozenblum – 33 And West
Daniel Sheinberg – Nettwerk Music Group Inc
Dave Ruby Howe – triple j
Dorothy Markek – ABC/ Double J
Emilie Davaine – LA Factory by Caramba
Emily Roehl – Superfly
Emma Zillmann – From The Fields
Isabella Trimboli – Gusher Magazine
Jen Pearce – Low Profile
Jerry Soer – Collab Asia
Juliette Younger – Gusher Magazine
Karen MacMillan – Universal Music Group
Kevin Pedersen – WhatsYourRupture?
Liz Rogers – Brett Oaten Solicitors
Nick Findlay – triple j
Paul Niederer - Raiseworth Pty Ltd
Peta Ellis – River City Labs
Philip Vafiadis – Innovyz Institute
Rachel Kelly – Downtown
Rhianna Patrick – ABC Radio
Sky McElroy – A2IM
Terry Gold – Techstars Adelaide
Tom Bownes – Live Nation
Vanessa Burt – Fat Wreck Chords
Viv Fantin – Next Act Coaching
Who join the previously announced:
Mardi Caught – The Annex (KEYNOTE)
Virginia Hanlon Grohl – From Cradle to Stage (KEYNOTE)
Alex Berenson – Vinyl Me, Please
Alison Rosenfeld – Aperture Music
Amber Carew – Saddle Creek Records
Ben Rafson – We Are Free
Bernie Cho – DFSB
Brontë Jane – Third Side Music
Carlos Lopez Jr. – Domino
Eric Fritschi – Mtheory
Fabrizio Onetto – OCESA Seitrack
Jessi Frick – Citrine Management
Joe Greenwald – C3 Management
Jon Box – Universal Canada
Katie Garcia – Secretly Group/ Bayonet
Lucy Pitkethly – Eat Your Own Ears
Madison McCabe – Hidden Track Music
Markell Casey – Pulse Music Group
Nevin Domer – Maybe Mars Music
Owen Mallon – Paradigm Talent Agency
Paul Bridgewater – Line of Best Fit
Rachel Cox – Sad Grrrls Club
Shaun Faulkner – X-Ray Touring
Tim Luckow – Stem
Tom Wironen – Friendly Announcer
