MUMBAI: Warner Brothers’ Seymour Stein and Fox TV’s head of music Ward Hake are scheduled to speak at the BIG SOUND Music Industry Summit and Showcase 2008 in Australia this September
Warner Brothers’ Seymour Stein and Fox TV’s head of music Ward Hake are
scheduled to speak at the BIG SOUND Music Industry Summit and Showcase 2008 in Australia this September.
The USA serves the biggest contingent to the summit this year, with labeland A&R heads Jeff Blue (Capitol), Rod Kukla (American Recordings), and notably Warner Brothers’ VP Seymour Stein and A&R Lisa Nupoff among the speakers. Also recording their presence will be Ward Hake (20th Century Fox TV), Ian Fintak (The Agency Group- America’s biggest booking agency), Mike Howlett (Producer) and Brandon Fuller (A&R Worldwide), plus Mike Walsh (Music Director X FM), and Japan’s Taka Chuyo (Fijipacific) and Daisuke Ihorihara (Bullion Records).
Now in its seventh year, BIG SOUND, organised by the Queensland Music.Network is one of the most important, influential and fastest-growing music industry events in Asia Pacific, continuing to attract leading industry figures from around the world. To be held between 10 and 12 September 2008, the summit will coincide with Brisbane’s live music event Valley Fiesta.
Says CEO Denise Foley said, “We are excited to be able to align ourselves with the fantastic live music event that is Valley Fiesta, and to show our international and interstate delegates that after BIG SOUND they can stay in Brisbane and enjoy another three days of non stop music and fun.”
BIG SOUND is positioned as Australia’s most internationally focused music festival and conference, producing three days of panels, workshops and artist showcases for local, national and international music industry representatives. The conference connects the connectors, creating an environment to simultaneously launch the hot new artists of tomorrow and the new and innovative business ideas that will take them to the top.