2015 Little BIGSOUND Lineup Announced

The official lineup of speakers for this year’s Little BIGSOUND music forum has been unveiled, including artists, photographers, managers, songwriters, producers and other Australian music industry figures.

Artist-wise, the fifth annual Little BIGSOUND will see the likes of Art Of Sleeping‘s Jarryd Shuker, 7-Bit Hero’s Hans Van Vliet, electronic artist Michelle Xen and Rolls Bayce‘s Dean McGrath inspiring 15-25 year olds with their words of wisdom.

This year’s industry panel also includes Footstomp Music director Graham Ashton, 4ZZZ music director Chris Cobcroft, Room40’s Lawrence English and Collision Course PR’s Tim Price, who will all discuss the music industry and offer their advice to anyone interested in the music business.

This year, Little BIGSOUND is also taking applications from local artists who would like to play at the event. Applications will be taken from Friday, 29th May until midnight Monday, 1st June, and the artists chosen will be announced on 10th June.

Little BIGSOUND 2015 is supported by Queensland’s contemporary music organisation, QMusic, and will be held at The Judith Wright Centre in Fortitude Valley on 27th July.

View Little BIGSOUND’s 2015 speaker lineup, below, and for more information, visit the QMusic website.

UPDATE 01/07/15: Little BIGSOUND has made its second 2015 speaker lineup announcement, adding the likes of Smack Face Music’s Trina Massey, Graetzmedia’s Dan Graetz and Young Strangers’ Jane Slingo. View the full updated list of speakers, below.

Gallery: BIGSOUND Live 2014, Brisbane 10.09.14 / Photos by Rebecca Reid

Little BIGSOUND 2015 Speaker Lineup

ADRIAN EYRE (Splat Studio)

BEN KNIGHT (Knight Photography)

BRANKO COSIC (1000Hz Recordings)

CARLY DICKENSON (Manager / Electronic Artist)

CAM SMITH (Incremental Records)

CHRIS O’NEILL (APRA AMCOS)

CHRIS COBCROFT (4ZZZ)

DEB SUCKLING (SUGARRUSH Music)

DEAN MCGRATH (Rolls Bayce)

DAN GRAETZ (Graetzmedia)

DANNY KENNEALLY (As Paradise Falls)

DONOVAN MILLER (Nowhere Audio)

GRAHAM ASHTON (Footstomp Music)

HANS VAN VLIET (7-Bit Hero)

JARRYD SHUKER (Art of Sleeping)

JACKIE MARSHALL (Songwriter)

JANE SLINGO (Young Strangers)

JULIA BRIDGER (Manager/Producer)

KELLIE LLOYD (Songwriter)

LAWRENCE ENGLISH (Room40)

MAGOO (ARIA Award Winning Producer)

MATTHEW TUCKER (Brian Tucker Accounting)

MARTINE COTTON (Music Industry Inside Out)

MEGAN STARR-THOMAS (The Brisbane Collective)

MICHELLE XEN (Electronic Artist)

NEIL MCCULLOUGH (SAE)

PATRIK WIKSTRÖM (QUT)

PAT BALFE (Venue Booker)

PAUL WATSON (Depth Charge Music)

SAHARA BECK (Songwriter)

SARAH CHIPMAN (Title Track)

SEJA VOGEL (Songwriter)

TIM ARIEL (THINK Creative)

TIM PRICE (Collision Course PR)

TOM BYRNES (Mannequin Republic)

TANJA HALL (JOLT)

TRAD NATHAN (Crowbar Brisbane)

TRINA MASSEY (Smack Face Music)

Little BIGSOUND 2015

8:30am to 3:30pm Monday, 27th July 2015

Judith Wright Centre, Fortitude Valley