With some of the world's music elite descending on Brisbane for this year's BIGSOUND in September, QMusic has teamed up with Youth Music Industries (YMI) to create the second annual Little BIGSOUND, a one-day forum for young people aged 14-25 looking to break into the music industry.

The first line-up of speakers for the September 15 event at the Judith Wright Centre include artists Sam Hales (Jungle Giants), Ian Haug (Powderfinger, Airlock Studios) and Jeremy Neale (Velociraptor), who’ll join booking agents Stephen Wade (Select Music) and BJ Hemmling (Cherry Red), Triple J personality Maggie Collins and managers Tom Larkin (Calling All Cars) and Stefan Emslie (Art of Sleeping).

"Little BIGSOUND gives Queensland youth a unique insight behind the closed doors and perhaps the first taste of what could become a fulfilling career in music," YMI's Little BIGSOUND Director Gonzalo Rodino says.