After eleven years, BIGSOUND has well and truly cemented its place on the global scale as the official Twitter hashtag, #bigsound trended worldwide last night.

BIGSOUND 2012 was the home of an intimate, frank and deeply personal keynote speech by Steve Earle, revelations of industry spats from the Are Artists Being Paid Too Much panel, or the passionate discussions of the creation and development of ground-breaking albums in the Making Records That Matter panel.

But in the end it was the final night of live shows that tipped Twitter over the edge as the last of 120 bands finished their blistering showcases in front of over 1000 industry and 2000 punters in 12 of Fortitude Valley’s best live music venues.

As the world asked “what’s a #bigsound”, Australia’s music industry partied before waking up to the final day of conference – with free Bloody Mary’s and vodka and orange to start the hearts of weary delegates. Friday’s program saw inspiring artist keynotes from Ben Lee, Clare Bowditch, David Bridie and Powderfinger’s Ian Haug.

BIGSOUND will return in 2013 to do it all again!
SEPTEMBER 11-13

The Gooch Palms (Photo by Stephen Booth)

TWITTER TALKS…

“send help #evenmyeyelasheshurt”

“Enjoyed BIGSOUND, bigtime! Are tickets around for 2013 yet?”

“My ears and eyes are still ringing. Thanks BIGSOUND.”

“Throw in an extra surprise night? #encore”

“Drunk Mums are the t*ts. That’s all anyone needs to know.”

“#bigsound was a blast! Twas a knockout couple of days”

“Hungry Kids epic comeback accompanied by biggest line I’ve seen all conference”

FOLLOW BIGSOUND ON TWITTER
#BIGSOUND

BIGSOUND is an initiative of peak industry body QMusic and is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and Events Queensland.

Check here for a few photos from BIGSOUND Live 2012 – Night 1