South By Southwest 2002 Gearing Up To Rock Austin!!!
By
Frank Meyer,
Contributing Editor
Monday, December 17, 2001 @ 12:47 AM
SXSW Announces Initial List of
Adhering to the number one rule in showbiz - the show MUST go on - South by Southwest (SXSW) Music and Media Conference is gearing up for an impressive 16th year. With that in mind, make arrangements soon to be in Austin, Texas from March 13 - 17, 2002 for a productive, enlightening, and overwhelmingly musical week.
SXSW is proud to announce that Robbie Robertson will deliver the keynote address opening the 16th annual conference on Thursday, March 14, 2002 at the Austin Convention Center. Acts confirmed to appear at the SXSW Music Festival include The Supersuckers (Seattle, WA), High On Fire (San Francisco CA), Girls Against Boys (Washington DC), Man or Astro-Man? (Atlanta GA), Add N to (X) (London UK), Black Sun Ensemble (Tucson AZ), Bullfrog featuring Kid Koala (Montreal QC), Chicks on Speed (Berlin Germany), Clinic (Liverpool UK), Neil Finn (Te Awamutu New Zealand), Hanson (Tulsa OK), Kim Richey (Nashville TN), and The Webb Brothers (Chicago IL).
Join music business professionals from around the world for four days of panels, interviews, demo listening sessions, and the mentor program. This year the conference panels will begin on Wednesday March 13th with a special track of introductory and entry level discussions known as the Crash Course. This track of panels was so well received last year that Attracting Media Attention, Indie Label Opportunities, How Much Does Music Matter?, Artists vs. Technology, The Road To Airplay, Studio Tips, Online Retail, A&R Myths and Realities, Publishers' Role in Creating Income Streams, Digital Music Subscription Services, Are Recording Contracts Fair?, and Touring - Exclusive Artist-Promoter Deals. Many more topics are in the works.
SXSW Interviews this year will be conducted with Hilary Rosen, president and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America, and author Peter Guralnick. Confirmed speakers include: Lorraine Ali, writer, Newsweek; Bill Bentley, senior vice president, Media Relations, Warner Brothers Records; Jeff Brabec, vice president, Business Affairs, Chrysalis Music Group; Todd Brabec, executive vice president, Membership, ASCAP; Frank Callari, senior vice president of A&R/Artist Development, Lost Highway Records; Bev Chin, Gorgeous PR; Paul Corbin, vice president, Writer Publisher Relations, BMI; Karen Glauber, president, Hits Magazine; Martin Goldschmidt, managing director, Cooking Vinyl; Mario Gonzalez, attorney; Nic Harcourt, music director/host "Morning Becomes Eclectic," KCRW; Carol Holz, project manager, Southwest Wholesale Records and Tapes; Ken Irwin, owner, Rounder Records; Jon Pikus, director A&R, Columbia Records; Kurt Reighley, writer, Seattle Weekly; Frank Riley, agent, High Road Touring; John Rubeli, vice president, A&R, Atlantic Records; Rob Seidenberg, president, Mammoth Records; Bonnie Simmons, Bonzilla Corp.; Brian Turner, music director, WFMU; Bruce Warren, program director, WXPN/World Cafe; Nan Warshaw, Bloodshot Records; Howie Weinberg, senior engineer, Masterdisk. All panel topics and speakers are subject to change. Consult our website at sxsw.com for the schedule.
The list of bands is only 10% complete, but it is an incredible start. Bands that are scheduled to play include: The Angel (Los Angeles CA), Anvil FX (Sao Paulo BRAZIL), Atom and His Package (Philadelphia PA), Bare Jr (Nashville TN), Beulah (San Francisco CA), Bigbang (Oslo NORWAY), Big Leaves (Cardiff UK), Jeff Black (Kansas City MO), Brainfailure (Beijing CHINA), Brian Jonestown Massacre (Los Angeles CA), David Bridie (Melbourne AUSTRALIA), The Briefs (Seattle WA), Nicole Brophy and Jodi Moore (Sydney AUSTRALIA), Simon Bruce (SydneyAUSTRALIA), Richard Buckner (Edmonton AB), John Butler Trio (Fremantle AUSTRALIA), Car Stereo Wars (Melbourne AUSTRALIA), Chancho en Piedra (Santiago CHILE), Doudou Cissoko
(Bordeux FRANCE), Clem Snide (New York NY), Color Filter (Tokyo JAPAN), Cravo Carbono (Belem BRAZIL), DASH (New Orleans LA), The Datsuns (Auckland NEW ZEALAND), The Delphines (Los Angeles CA), Departure Lounge (Nashville TN), Destroyer (Montreal QC), The D4(Auckland NEW ZEALAND), D14 (Zaragoza SPAIN), The Gabe Dixon Band(Brooklyn NY), DJ Dolores Y Orchestra Santa Massa (Recife BRAZIL), DJRoger Moore (Belo Horizonte BRAZIL), DNA Doll (London UK), Susan Enan (Belfast UK), Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel (Chicago IL), FOE (Tokyo JAPAN), Genitallica (Monterrey MEXICO), The Gift (Portugal) (Alcobaca PORTUGAL), The Glands (Athens GA), Howling Guitar (Tokyo JAPAN), Jenai (Nashville TN), Jesus Jones (London UK), Daniel Johnston (Waller TX), Norah Jones (New York NY), Joselo (Mexico City MEXICO), Jucifer (Athens GA), KaitO (Norwich UK), The Kingsbury Manx (Chapel Hill NC), Kitty Wu (Copenhagen DENMARK),Knievel (Sydney AUSTRALIA), La Honda (London UK), The Latebirds (HelsinkiFINLAND), Lo-Ball (Los Angeles CA), Macha (Athens GA), Marcy Playground (New York NY), The Mayflies USA (Chapel Hill NC), Megababe (Tokyo JAPAN), Mr. Scruff (London UK), Mono (TokyoJAPAN), The Mooney Suzuki (New York NY), Mull Historical Society (LondonUK), my morning jacket (Louisville KY), Nile (Greenville SC), pexbaA
(Belo Horizonte BRAZIL), Poncho Kingz (MEXICO), Quintron (New Orleans
LA), Radar Tanta (Belo Horizonte BRAZIL), The Revs (Dublin IRELAND), Riddlin' Kids (Austin TX), Amy Rigby (Nashville TN), Sahara Hotnights (Robertsfors SWEDEN), The Scooters (Cardiff UK), Seaworthy (Athens GA), Serafin
(London UK), Sing-Sing (London UK), Toby Slater (London UK), Jenny Toomey (Washington DC), TSOL (Huntington Beach CA), ultrasound (Den Haag THE NETHERLANDS), ulu (New York NY), Umphrey's McGee (Chicago IL), Valv (Belo Horizonte BRAZIL), Robert Walter's 20th Congress (San Diego CA), Xploding Plastix (Oslo NORWAY). This list is, of course, subject to change.
Registering for the conference has multiple advantages. In addition to having access to the panels and priority access to the music festival, SXSW registrants will be able to attend the Austin Music Awards, the outdoor stage shows, a huge industry Trade Show, the Acoustic Day Stage, the infamous softball tournament, and have the opportunity to sign up for the golf tournament. Also available to registrants from January to December of each year is the Online Registrants¹ directory, an invaluable listing of the music industry professionals attending SXSW. All of these things together create an unparalleled opportunity for doing business.
Register now, save money, book your hotel and spend an incredible week soaking up information, interacting with music professionals and seeing some of the best signed and unsigned bands in the world. Sign up at www.sxsw.com. For more information, contact SXSW at sxsw@sxsw.com or call 512/467-7979.
South by Southwest Music and Media Conference is sponsored by Miller Lite, Jim Beam, The Austin Chronicle and KLBJ-FM. Media Conference is sponsored by Miller Lite, Jim Beam, The Austin Chronicle and KLBJ-FM.
beijingpunk - 3/7/2003 8:55:35 AM i am an american but living in china at the moment.. and i just want to say that if you have a chance on saturday night that you MUST see brainfailure and hang on the box from beijing, china play!!! having lived in beijing 3 years cuz of my dads job, i have become very close to them, especially the members of brainfailure and please give them as much support as possible! this is their first time in the states and i cant even be there with them =( if you were doubting the punk talent coming out of china, there is no reason too cuz if you see these guys you will be pleasantly surprised for sure!!!
Eddieshead - 2/27/2003 2:58:53 AM the rant below is totally unrelated so just ignore it
Eddieshead - 2/27/2003 2:58:06 AM Rant #1 - part 2….(to Nemesis, and indirectly Death Chronicle)… check back to my post (2/25/2003 12:46:06 AM) - Show me where I said DEATH “just play fast”? Those were your words, Nemesis (2/25/2003 10:44:27 AM), not mine….- part 3….(to Nemesis)….My dispute with your post - Nemesis (2/24/2003 11:07:20), concerns your argument that any line-up of DEATH would “shred the pants off any one of the bands” named by MelodicRockKing (2/24/2003 10:10:04). I asked you then, as I will now - How the FUCK do you know? Do you see these other bands rehearse? Do you spend time with the musicians from those bands when they are not all together to know what they play in their free time? Musicians in a group make compromises all the time for the sake of a bands style or the audience they wish to reach out to. You say yourself in numerous later posts that many of the best drummers are “jazz fusion” drummers. Obviously they are not playing “metal” music all the time. Why would you think that the musicians in IRON MAIDEN, or The SCORPIONS play only their own music, and therefore would be unable to handle the type of metal played by DEATH? I am not saying that they can, I just object to you belittling them because you don’t like them, or that just because you like another band more then that band must have the best musicians. It comes down to capability, and unless you have some higher power, how would you know what anyone is capable of?….part 4….(to Nemesis)…. In my post (2/25/2003 12:46:06 AM), I did say “speed does not = skill” but that was in no way a reference to DEATH or PANTERA. Just as I’m sure that you did not mean to categorize ACCEPT (or the other bands named by Melodic) as Glam - (your words 2/24/2003 11:07:20 PM)….part 5…(to Nemesis - again)…did you check my post? Show me now where I said IRON MAIDEN, The SCORPIONS and shit (your words: Nemesis 2/25/2003 10:50:44 AM) are better musicians than DEATH? My intention was never to get into a better or best discussion. The heart of the matter is that I believe each are talented in their own right. I have no quarrel with your taste in music - and we all have the right to rant about what we like or dislike. However should anyone use the Jr High logic of “I don’t like it, they must have no talent” then they will get a reaction from me.
badhabit - 12/24/2001 9:00:28 AM ONE MORE THING YA FUCK TEXAS.
VicRattlehead502 - 12/19/2001 1:31:36 PM BadHabit: I know the Cowboys are pathetic this year... ALL teams have shitty seasons. However, after going 1-15 in 89, 3 years later they won 3 superbowls in 4 years. The Cowboys have a shitty season or two and then they usually turn around and become DOMINANT for a LONG TIME. Why do you think so many people hate them? The PAC 10 *is* a tough conference, but in your heart of hearts, you KNOW the BIG XII has more chops. Peace.
badhabit - 12/19/2001 12:53:18 PM Fact the Seattle seachicks, beat the fuck out of Cowboys, fact the Pac 10, is the strongest conference in college football.
tbirdbass - 12/19/2001 11:20:35 AM thanks dude, i'll email ya soon. peace and thanks again!
Rippen420 - 12/19/2001 11:19:34 AM Awww, tbird and Vic are getting along! I feel better knowing there are some decent human beings on this site. No of my business, but I had to say, that was a cool exchange.
VicRattlehead502 - 12/19/2001 11:08:07 AM tbirdbass: I have a wicked sense of humor sometimes, but I'm not a deviant. I tend to put my wagons in a circle when people like BadHabit blurt out opinions w/o explaining the facts as to why. (As in saying something "Totally SUCKS" w/o giving ANY explanation as to why they feel that way.) I also try to understand that people have different opinions than I do, and that it's ok. As for the wine you mentioned, I've never heard of it. How much is it, and how hard will it be to find? If you send me the cash and the delivery dues, I will send it to you. (I realize you have no reason at all to trust me, but honestly, I can do it, if you'll tell me where I can find it, and where to send it.) My e-mail is VicRattlehead502@knac.com. Lemme know if you're interested, we can talk.
tbirdbass - 12/19/2001 10:52:30 AM hey vic, i do have a weird request, one you'll probably tell me to fuck off on, since we haven't exactly seen eye to eye on everything. there is one good wine that comes out of your area, but the damn shipping laws will not allow cal/tex alcohol deliveries. it's from "alamo cellars" and it's a blend called "el guapo". i got the "99 last year when i played there, but i don't think i'll be there this year. if i send you cash, will you send me a bottle of the 2000?? (i'm guessing this is the part where you'll fall of yer chair laughing and either tell me to fuck off or, "yea, send me the money", and i'll never receive??)... here's having faith in other rockers....
VicRattlehead502 - 12/19/2001 9:54:58 AM SPLATTERED_FECES: With a screen-name like yours, I can tell that your statements are CREDIBLE and have "oodles" of MERIT.
VicRattlehead502 - 12/19/2001 9:53:18 AM Cool... the fewer people who move here, the better it is for us who are fotunate enough to LIVE in Austin. BadHabit: Fort Hood is the largest Military base in the country, The Longhorns are rated higher and have less losses than the Huskies (not to mention picked to WIN the Holiday Bowl), Stevie Ray Vaughn can play circles around ANY guitarist *you* can name, The Dallas Cowboys have won 5 superbowls (So I guess WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS means you suck) so yeah... from that vantage point, I guess Texas really DOES suck. (About as much as SEX, WEEKENDS, and an ICE COLD BEER on a HOT DAY sucks.) I think I've proven my point with *FACTS*, not opinion. Peace.
SPLATTERED_FECES - 12/18/2001 11:29:25 PM I just left Austin and It sucks totaly Sucks.Afew good bands Ya, but most everybody there is a stuck up trendy Yuppie or a greasy beener and If you walk in the wrong bar you will find yourself cornholed in the can.
badhabit - 12/18/2001 10:08:54 PM Fort Hood Texas sucks The Longhorns suck Washington will destroy them in the Holiday Bowl.SRV, is very overrated the Cowboys, will always SUCK ASS.
