SXSWeek 2009: March 13-22
Interactive: March 13-17
Film: March 13-21
Music: March 18-22

SXSW Music Sponsors

Speakers

SXSW 2009 Confirmed Speakers

[everything subject to change]

Ken Abdo, Lommen Abdo Law Firm
John Agnello
Martin Atkins, Invisible Records
Roggie Baer, Rajiworld Tour Consultants
Richard Bengloff, The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM)
Bill Bentley, Sonic Boomers
Paul Bezilla, Lommen Abdo Cole King & Stageberg
Mark Bliesener, BandGuru Management
Fiona Bloom, The Bloom Effect Inc
Bob Boilen, NPR Music
Kevin Bowe, Bashti Music
Todd Brabec, ASCAP
Jeffrey Brabec, Chrysalis Music Group
Clem Burke, Blondie Music Inc
Bill Childs, WRSI-FM: Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child
Bev Chin, Scorch Marketing
Mike Cloward, Devil in the Woods/The Lower Class Revolt
Sean Coakley, Songlines
Ted Cohen, Tag Strategic
Robin Cook, Perfect Sound Forever
Stu Cook, Creedence Clearwater Revival
Larry Crane, Tape Op/Jackpot! Recording
Jose (Joe) Cuello, MTV
Jennifer Czeisler, Sub Pop Records
Jennifer D'Angora, Sonicbids
Bart Day, Entertainment Law Group LLC
Don DeBiase, Studio D Productions
Gourmet Delice, Blow The Fuse Records
Valerie Denn, Val Denn Agency
Dez Dickerson, Pavilion Entertainment
Ben Dickey, Constant Artists
Bob Donnelly, Lommen Abdo Cole King & Stageberg
Michael Dutcher, Dim Mak
Erika Elliott, Central Park SummerStage
Jim Eno, Public HiFi
Jay Faires, Lionsgate
Rick Farman, Superfly Productions
Kenneth Freundlich, Freundlich Law
Daryl Friedman, GRAMMYs
Lawrence Gelburd, Gelboni Productions
Daniel Glass, Glassnote Entertainment Group
Karen Glauber, Hits Magazine
Jake Gold, The Management Trust
Howard Greynolds, Touch and Go/Overcoat Management
Jason Gross, Perfect Sound Forever
Matt Hanks, Shore Fire Media
Ali Hedrick, The Billions Corporation
Benjamin Herson, Nomadic Wax LLC
Rick Heysquierdo, The Lone Star Jukebox KPFT 90.1 FM Pacifica
Matt Hickey, High Road Touring
Rand Hoffman, Interscope/Geffen/A&M
Dawn Holliday, Slims/Great American Music Hall
Courtney Holt, MySpace.com
David Hooper, MusicMarketing.com
Tor Hyams, HyLo Entertainment
Mike Jacobs, Jacobs & Associates
Nels Jacobson, Harness, Dickey & Pierce PLC
Quincy Jones, Quincy Jones Music
Regina Joskow, The Verve Music Group
Adam Katz, Tsunami
David Katznelson, Birdman Recording Group Inc
Season Kent, SK Film Music
Giti Khalsa, Salomon Smith Barney
Rob Kitsis, Brothers Entertainment Merchandising
Tim Kolleth, Alligator Records
Ted Kryczko, Walt Disney Records
Jo Lenardi, Barsuk Records
Christine Lepera, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
David Lessoff, New West Records
Mark LeVine PhD, University of California at Irvine
Marc Lipkin, Alligator Records
Dan Mackta, Jive Records/Zomba Label Group
Kenny MacPherson, Chrysalis Music Group
Trey Many, The Billions Corporation
Mike Martinovich, Flatiron Management
Tim Matson, Lommen Abdo Law Firm
Glenn Max, South Bank Centre/Meltdown Festival
Dave McClaughry, Harness, Dickey & Pierce PLC
Alasdair McMullan, EMI Music
Katrina McMullan, Mattel Inc
Brian McNelis, Lakeshore Records
Gary Meyer, Gary R Meyer PC
Paula Moore, Hits/RTB
Lynn Morrow, Adams and Reese LLP
Steve Nice, Nice Management and Consulting
Phil Nicolo, Studio 4 Recording
Lisa Nupoff, Warner Bros Records Inc
Michael Ochs, Michael Ochs Archives
Panos Panay, Sonicbids
John Pantle, United Talent Agency
Clay Pasternack, CPI/Burnside Dist
Whitney Pastorek, Entertainment Weekly
Alexandra Patsavas, Chop Shop Music
Lara Pearson, Law Office of Lara Pearson
Edward Pierson
Jim Pitt, NBC
Matthew Pryor, The New Amsterdams LLC
Mark Pucci, Mark Pucci Media
Tim Quirk, Rhapsody America
Simon Raymonde, Bella Union
Fred Remmert, Cedar Creek Recording Studio
Rick Rogers, DLR Management
Ian Rogers, Topspin Media
Henry W Root Esq, Law Offices of Henry W Root PC
Josh Rosenfeld, Barsuk Records
Jay Rosenthal, Recording Artists' Coalition
Joseph Salvo, HIT Entertainment
Tom Sarig, Esther Creative Group
Rich Schaefer, TAO-The Artists Organization
Steven Scharf, Steven Scharf Entertainment/Carlin America
Alicen Schneider, NBC Universal TV Music
Craig Schumacher, WaveLab Recording Studio
Bonnie Simmons, Bonzilla Corp
Bruce Solar, The Agency Group
Stan Soocher, University of Colorado at Denver
Greg Sowders, Warner Chappell Music
Eric Speck, The Island Def Jam Music Group
Russ Steele, Amplifier
Seymour Stein, Sire Records
Jody Stephens, Ardent Music LLC
Michael J. Stern
John Strohm, Johnston Barton Proctor & Rose LLP
David Swartz, Alliance Talent International
Chris Taylor, Last Gang Records Inc
Judy Tint, Judy Tint Counselor at Law
Geoff Travis, Rough Trade Records
Katie Tuten, The Hideout
Don VanCleave, TAO-The Artists Organization
Veronica Villarreal, Koch Records
Peter Visvardis, Warner Chappell
Madonna Wade-Reed, Whoopsie Daisy
Bill Whelan, McGuinness/Whelan Music Publishing Ltd
Tom Windish, The Windish Agency LLC
Howard Wuelfing, Howlin' Wuelf Media Inc
Brian Zisk, SanFran MusicTech Summit
Danny Zook, Alien Music Services

Twenty-Two Years of Keynotes

Lou Reed


2008 - Lou Reed

2007 - Pete Townshend

2006 - Neil Young

2005 - Robert Plant

2004 - Little Richard

2003 - Daniel Lanois

2002 - Robbie Robertson

2001 - Ray Davies

2000 - Steve Earle

1999 - Lucinda Williams

1998 - Nick Lowe

1997 - Carl Perkins

1996 - Krist Novoselic

1995 - Bob Mould

1994 - Johnny Cash

1993 - Gov. Ann Richards

1992 - Michelle Shocked
Willie Nelson

1991 - Rosanne Cash

1990 - Kinky Friedman
(Invocation: Exene Cervenka)

1989 - Robert Christgau
(Invocation: Mojo Nixon)

1988 - Bob Guccione, Jr.

1987 - Huey Meaux