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(Top L-R): Jaguar Jonze, Jane Gazzo, Sahara Herald
(Bottom L-R): Brendon Love, Gordi.

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Introducing the Mental Health Stream in partnership with Levi’s®

Never before has the issue of Mental Health been so essential to platform front and centre at BIGSOUND. The Mental Health Stream, presented in partnership with Levi’s®, will deliver over seven hours of dedicated content from the legends at Support Act and Next Act Coaching.

These panels will look at:

What happens when change is monumental featuring singer/songwriter Gordi, artist manager Charlotte Abroms and Isol-Aid co-founder Emily Ulman. 10:30 – 11:30am (AEST), Wed 21 Oct.

How to look out for mates having a rough time  featuring Brendon Love from The Teskey Brothers with Jaguar Jonze. 12:00 – 1:00pm (AEST), Wed 21 Oct.

Conflict resolution with “Don’t Tell Me To Calm The F*ck Down” also featuring Brendon Love from The Teskey Brothers with UNIFIED’s Caleb Williams. 1:30 – 2:30pm (AEST), Wed 21 Oct.

Approval seeking and handling rejection in work relationships featuring triple j’s Max Quinn, Nathan Cavaleri, and Fanny Lumsden. 12:30 – 1:30pm (AEST), Thu 22 Oct.

Self-sabotage featuring Frontier Touring’s Sahara Herald, triple j’s Max Quinn, and Dr Kamran Ahmed from Rave Reviewz. 11:00am – 12:00pm (AEST), Thu 22 Oct.

How we might rescue this year from the scrap pile of history and make it mean something featuring Nat’s What I Reckon, The BIGSOUND50 artist Dallas Woods, and Fanny Lumsden. 3:00 – 4:00pm (AEST), Wed 21 Oct.

Mental Health Advocates panel featuring Jaguar Jonze, Nathan Cavaleri, Sahara Herald from Frontier Touring, Fanny Lumsden, Brendan Love of The Teskey Brothers. 2:00-3:00pm (AEST), Thu 22 Oct.

Keeping Mob Strong featuring Fred Leone, Candice Lorrae, Cerisa Grant from Support Act and Troy Benjamin from Really Good Radio. 3:30 – 4:30pm (AEST), Thu 22 Oct.

Guided meditation with Mindful Nation Guide. 10:30 – 10:45am (AEST), Thu 22 Oct.

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Hard End Of The Road

Also with a strong focus on mental health and story sharing is Howard Freeman’s (Big Day Out, The Rolling Stones, AC/DC) keynote presentation The Hard End Of The Road: Overcoming The Stigma and Building Help Seeking Behaviour.

Howard Freeman, CrewCare co-director and co-founder is a man on a mission to empower and educate touring personnel in seeking help and supporting each other and creating a culture of care.

Tune in via the Main Conference Stream from 5:00pm (AEST), Wed 21 Oct.

Proudly partnering with Support Act, CrewCare raises money and awareness whilst looking after the welfare of all Australian professional production workers. CrewCare directs all donations and fundraised monies through the Support Act Roadies Fund, ensuring that crew have access to ongoing vital crisis relief and mental health services.

CrewCare is a voluntary organisation that relies on memberships to ensure all fundraising efforts are directed to Support Act and meet their intended purpose. Supporters are also encouraged to join. Join here.

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Streaming LIVE Tomorrow

In less than 24 hours almost 5000 BIGSOUND delegates will experience a first in the event’s 19 year history and tune in to participate virtually from over 30 countries worldwide. 

BIGSOUND will be kicking off tomorrow morning, Wednesday 21 October at 8:45am (AEST). Check the schedule for your local time. 

If you haven’t yet, have a quick read of the Virtual BIGSOUND Guide for tips on how to get the best out of your BIGSOUND 2020 experience (and access the all-important tech support).

Virtual How-To Guide

BIGSOUND extends a huge thank you to all of our sponsors for helping to make this event a reality in 2020.

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AMNPLIFY – DB

Dave Bruce

My nickname is “The Amnplifier”. Why? Because around here my focus is on being a conduit for providing greater outcomes that people come here for. My day to day “work” is living in the moment, and I love helping others concentrate on finding their connection to themselves through their experiences.

Why start a music environment? The truth is I love music, I love writing, and I love life. I work with musicians every day, and I feel certain that I will be until they put me in the ground. I have been managing people in businesses of some sort for over thirty five years so along the way I have developed some “wisdom” from my regular and constant “observations”.

Amnplify your experience. That is what we want you to do here, and if you want to let me know why you do, or don’t, shoot me a message on Facebook.

Hope you enjoy yourself here and find something that hits you somewhere.