# venue

name: VerticalResponse
name_index: V
phone: 415-808-6817
web_link: www.partners.verticalresponse.com
address_street: 501 2nd St #700,
address_city: San Francisco
address_province: CA 94107
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/vertical_response.jpg
booth: 606
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 606
  Categories: Mktg/Promotions/PR, Online Service, Software/Web tool
  			
  Boost your business with our award-winning email marketing suite. Add VerticalResponse’s email functionality to your application or service and watch your business and profits grow.

  • Integrate easily with our flexible and reliable API or re-sell our turn-key software to quickly get up and running
  • Administer multiple accounts from one dashboard
  • Earn commission or receive a discount on messages sent
  • Customize our application with your own identity, or create a custom interface
  • Tap into a full feature-set of email marketing, list management and reporting tools with one simple integration

  We invite you to leverage our experience and reputation to provide unmatched email service, support, and delivery.

  Take advantage of our Exclusive SXSW show offer:
  Get started with VerticalResponse for Developers or Agencies and enjoy 50% off our regular setup fees.  Purchase must be made during tradeshow dates to qualify.


name: The Connextion
name_index: T
phone: 888/606-6874
web_link: www.theconneXtion.com
address_street: 11768 Westar Ln Unit C,
address_zip: 98233
address_city: Burlington
address_province: WA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/the_connextion.jpg
booth: 542
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 542
  Categories: Distribution, Manufacturing/Merchandising, Online Service, Retail
  			
  Since 1997 we have been running the official estores for musicians/filmmakers/authors/festivals (including SXSW).  

  theconneXtion's services include: Fulfillment, Digital Downloads, Distribution (both Direct2Consumer and Direct2 Digital Retail), elist Management, eMarketing, CD/DVD/MERCH Manufacturing, and even reporting to SoundScan — theconneXtion.com does it all!  But don't just believe us, listen to what our artists say:

  \'The Connextion is without a doubt the best d2c fulfillment company anywhere.  Our long association with them has produced both measurable and direct benefits.  They're a solid, dependable team from top to bottom and when we need someone we get an actual human being PRONTO!
  - Mike Thompson, Merch/Fan Relations - Alejandro Escovedo

  \'The Connextion takes the headache out of e-commerce.  I'd recommend their services to anyone.\'  - Darin Klein, SXSW

  \'I am very impressed with the way The Connextion handles the Voodoo Daddy mail order program.  They offer a personal touch with a professional attitude.  Having been active in the merchandising aspect of our business from day one.  I am pleased to work with a company that understands what it takes to make it happen.\'
  -Dirk Shumaker - Bass Player for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy


name: Hotel Rex
name_index: H
phone: 415/217-4050
web_link: thehotelrex.com
address_street: 562 Sutter St,
address_zip: 94102
address_city: San Francisco
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/hotel_rex.jpg
booth: 1423
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1423
  			
  Hotel Rex in Union Square was inspired by the downtown San Francisco art and literary salons of the 1920's and 30's. Vibrant and alive, the clubby lobby surrounds guests with distinctive San Francisco period furnishings, walls of antiquarian books, and an exceptional collection of exotic objects, original portraits and murals. Our guestrooms are decorated in a palate of Provencal colors and feature the work of local Union Square artisans. Enjoy a complimentary glass of wine daily between 5pm and 6pm, stay connected and stay fit with access to our business center and Union Square's Club One Gym and bring you furry friend along as we also offer dog bowls, beds and treats. When we created Union Square's Hotel Rex in San Francisco, we imagined the famed Hotel Algonquin in New York City with its arts & literary legacy. The West Coast was missing such a place and over the past dozen years, the Rex has become the crossroads for creative people from all walks of life. You'll see an occasional author book signing in the lobby, maybe a poetry reading, or live jazz on Fridays in the library bar. Even the art in this place has a story as the provocative large drawings of great American writers and artists in the Salon were created by one of the bellmen within our company. People appreciate the clever and worldly nature of the Rex in Union Square which allows it to be slightly hip without being pretentious.


name: SocialToaster
name_index: S
phone: 410/889-7770
web_link: www.socialtoaster.com
address_street: 800 Wyman Park Dr Ste 310,
address_zip: 21211
address_city: Baltimore
address_province: MD
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/social_toaster.jpg
booth: 510
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 510
  			
  SocialToaster is a social marketing platform that engages supporters to promote your content to their social networks; driving website traffic and providing comprehensive reporting on the effectiveness of your efforts.


name: WhaleShark Media
name_index: W
phone: 512-777-2970
web_link: www.retailmenot.com
address_street: 515 S Congress Avenue, Suite 700
address_city: Austin
address_province: TX 78704
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/retailmenot.jpg
booth: 1522
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1522
  			
  WhaleShark Media, Inc. is the world's leading marketplace for coupons and deals.  The company's websites connect consumers seeking savings with discounts from more than 70,000 top merchants, stores, and retailers.  WhaleShark Media welcomes more than 100 million unique visitors to shop its sites every year.  The WhaleShark Media portfolio of coupon and deal websites includes www.RetailMeNot.com - the largest online coupon site in the United States,www.Deals.com, www.Deals2Buy.com, www.CheapStingyBargains.com, www.CouponSeven.com, andwww.CouponShare.com. WhaleShark Media is a fast-growing, profitable company funded by venture capital firms Austin Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and Adams Street Partners and is based in Austin, TX.


name: The Thirst Project
name_index: T
phone: 317-691-5806
web_link: thirstproject.org
address_street: 3611 Motor Ave Ste 200,
address_zip: 90034
address_city: Los Angeles
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/thirst_project.jpg
booth: 423, 425, 427
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 423, 425, 427
  			
  1.1 billion people on our planet do not have access to safe, clean drinking water. Every 15 seconds a child dies from a water-related disease.

  The Thirst Project began in 2008 as seven college friends in Los Angeles sought to raise awareness of the global water crisis on their campus. Within one month, three schools had joined together with students sharing ideas for fundraising efforts to move beyond awareness into making impact. In that month, these three campuses were able to raise over $12,000 to build freshwater wells in developing nations and impoverished communities. 

  Two years later, The Thirst Project is fully functioning charity. Each year, The Thirst Project travels across the country speaking to High School/College students on over 100 campuses, using sensory, tactile, creative elements to take students through the story of the water crisis and move them to action. 

  Through Dances for Water, Video Game Tournaments for Water, Walks for Water and much more, this movement of students has raised over $600,000 in less than 3 years, and given 50,000 people on 4 continents, in 10 countries safe, clean water for the rest of their lives!


name: IDA Singapore
name_index: I
phone: 650/654-1187
web_link: www.ida.gov.sg
address_street: 3 Twin Dolphin Dr Ste 150,
address_zip: 94065
address_city: Redwood City
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/infocomm_singapore.jpg
booth: 1335-1341, 1434-1440
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1335-1341, 1434-1440
  			
  IDA cultivates a vibrant and competitive IT industry in Singapore through its roles as the IT industry champion, the national IT master-planner and developer, and the Government CIO.  Talk to us and learn how we can help you expand your business in Asia.

  IDA is also hosting a panel discussion on Singapore’s startup scene at the SXSW Tech Summit on March 17.  Be inspired by the perspectives of entrepreneurs and government officials as they share what creating a startup in Singapore is like. Also, discover why foreign startups love using Singapore as their Asian launch pad. 

  For the first time, IDA is leading a delegation of 10 innovative Singaporean startups to exhibit at SXSW.  Come and meet with 2359 Media, Brandtology, Chalkboard, Foound, GotoCamera, Playmoolah, Sambaash, Socialico, Wordster and Zopim.  Check out what these companies are doing and build new relationships.     

  Join us for our Singapore ROARS party at The 512 on March 14 6pm to network with fellow Interactive badge delegates and startups from Singapore.  Drinks and food on us!


name: thePlatform
name_index: 0-9
phone: 206/436-7940
web_link: www.theplatform.com
address_street: 3101 Western Ave Ste 300,
address_zip: 98121
address_city: Seattle
address_province: WA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/the_platform.jpg
booth: 331, 430
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 331, 430
  Categories: Media, Online Service, Software/Web tool
  			
  thePlatform™ is the leading online video management and publishing company. Media companies rely on thePlatform as their open, central hub for managing, monetizing, and syndicating billions of video views annually. thePlatform's services provide unmatched versatility for designing and supporting video businesses on PCs, mobile, and TV.


name: DR Handmade Strings
name_index: D
phone: 201-599-0100
web_link: www.facebook.com/pages/DR-STRINGS/50690713771
address_street: 7 Palisade Avenue,
address_city: Emerson
address_province: NJ 07630
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/dr_handmade_strings.jpg
description:
  Since 1989, DR HandMade Strings has been dedicated to making wonderful sounding handmade strings. The idea is that great sound inspires a musician to play better and longer, while enjoying themselves even more.

  DR’s goal is to recreate the very best of old fashioned handmade craftsmanship and combine that with the most technically advanced materials and/or coatings available to transcend the boundaries of the string making process. This effort is in the pursuit of great sounds to inspire unrivaled musicianship.
  		
  			
  Since 1989, DR HandMade Strings has been dedicated to making wonderful sounding handmade strings. The idea is that great sound inspires a musician to play better and longer, while enjoying themselves even more.

  DR’s goal is to recreate the very best of old fashioned handmade craftsmanship and combine that with the most technically advanced materials and/or coatings available to transcend the boundaries of the string making process. This effort is in the pursuit of great sounds to inspire unrivaled musicianship.


name: The Art Institute of Austin
name_index: T
phone: 512/468-4352
web_link: www.artinstitutes.edu/austin
address_street: 101 W Louis Henna Boulevard, Ste 100
address_zip: 78728
address_city: Austin
address_province: TX
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/art_institutes.jpg
booth: 739, 741
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 739, 741
  Categories: Education
  			
  The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), with over 40 locations in North America, is an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals. The Art Institutes offer culinary arts curricula at more than 30 of The Art Institutes locations. The Art Institutes graduates are employed by companies and organizations of all types and size, including some of the most prominent companies in the United States, such as: MTV, Time Warner, AT&T, Home Depot/EXPO Center, Lockheed Martin, Nordstrom, Nintendo of America, Walt Disney & Affiliates, Marriott, Yahoo Broadcast Services, Ernst & Young, Microsoft, Ford Motor Company, and the Fox Entertainment Group. The Art Institutes schools offer a broad range of programs including: Audio Production, Computer Animation, Culinary Arts, Culinary Management, Fashion Design, Fashion & Retail Management, Graphic Design, Industrial Design Technology, Interactive Media Design, Interior Design, Media Arts & Animation, Photography, Restaurant Management and Video Production. Not all programs are offered at all schools.


name: Carlos Hernandez
name_index: C
phone: 713-412-4374
web_link: www.carloshernandezart.com
address_street: 1447 Lamonte Ln,
address_zip: 77018
address_city: Houston
address_province: TX
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/carlos_hernandez.jpg
booth: 318
description:
  Flatstock - Booth 318
  			
  				B-movies, subculture and humor are passions of Carlos Hernandez and can be seen through all aspects of his work. A multi-faceted artist, Hernandez has found success in the areas of graphic design, fine art and silkscreen printing. After receiving a design degree from Texas Tech University, he moved to Houston, Texas from his hometown of good ol’ Lubbock, Texas (Home of Buddy Holly). 

  One of his career highlights has been his work with childhood idol and hot rod legend, Ed “Big Daddy” Roth. Hernandez has also built a regional following with his “Day of the Dead Rock Stars” series.

  Hernandez made a name for himself in the Houston music scene as the original drummer for the Flamin' Hellcats.


name: Square
name_index: S
phone: 415/375-3176
web_link: www.squareup.com
address_street: 901 Mission St,
address_zip: 94043
address_city: San Francisco
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/square.jpg
description:
  Square is a revolutionary service that enables anyone to accept credit cards anywhere. Square offers an easy to use, free credit card reader that plugs into a phone or iPad.
  			
  Square is a revolutionary service that enables anyone to accept credit cards anywhere. Square offers an easy to use, free credit card reader that plugs into a phone or iPad.


name: Walmart Gamecenter On Tour
name_index: W
web_link: www.walmart.com/gamecenter
address_street: ,
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/gamecenter.jpg
booth: SB1
description:
  Screenburn - Booth SB1
  			
  Want to check out all the latest games live and in person? 

  Demo the hottest Xbox and Kinect games like Homefront, WWE Allstars and more before they release and experience awesome tournaments, giveaways and cool prizes! Gamecenter is hitting the road and going on tour, and stopping at South by Southwest! Also, check back soon on Walmart.com/gamecenter for future stops, hot game releases and more coming your way!


name: guyburwell
name_index: 0-9
phone: 503/752 8689
web_link: http://www.guyburwell.com
address_street: 2529 NE Wasco St A,
address_zip: 97232
address_city: Portland
address_province: OR
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/guyburwell.jpg
booth: 510
description:
  Flatstock - Booth 510
  			
  		From his lair in Portland, OR, Guy Burwell assembles inspired works of imagination, wielding brush, pen, squeegee and Wacom wand with equal aplomb. An artist from birth, Guy has slow-cooked his craft into a unique stew of character creation, dynamic composition and visual pun. With such clients as Thrasher Presents, Laika Studios, My Morning Jacket and Nickelodeon, his fantastically detailed illustrations are now fixtures of contemporary culture.

  MARK PEDINI- AUSTIN, TX 2009


name: NewTek
name_index: N
phone: 210/370-8000
web_link: www.newtek.com
address_street: 5131 Beckwith Blvd,
address_zip: 78232
address_city: San Antonio
address_province: TX
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/newtek.jpg
booth: 310, 312, 314
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 310, 312, 314
  			
  NewTek, a worldwide leader in portable live production, video editing, 3D animation and special effects tools, was founded on the principle that the ability to create movies and television should be available to everyone. NewTek designs innovative and affordable video and 3D products, including the TriCaster™ product line, 3PLAY™ and LightWave 3D® that are easy to learn and use by a single artist or producer but versatile enough to be installed in the largest production facility or network studio. 3D artists and live video producers using NewTek products deliver results no matter what the demand, from Academy® Award-winning blockbuster films and Emmy® Award-winning television shows to National league sports and the high school daily newscast. NewTek has won numerous industry accolades, including two Emmy® Awards.

  Clients include: MTV, ESPN X Games, New York Giants, WNBA, NBA Development League, Fox News, BBC, NHL, Nickelodeon, the Steve Harvey Morning Show, CBS Radio, ESPN Radio, Fox Sports, USA TODAY, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), \'Furious World.\' NewTek products have been used in feature films and television shows, including \'Avatar,\' \'Alice in Wonderland,\' \'TinTin,\' \'Repo Men,\' \'V,\' \'Fringe,\' \'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation\' \'The Fairly OddParents\' and more.

  NewTek is privately owned and based in San Antonio, Texas. For more information, please visit: www.newtek.com.


name: Jakprints Inc
name_index: J
phone: 877-246-3132
web_link: www.jakprints.com
address_street: 3133 Chester Ave,
address_zip: 44114
address_city: Cleveland
address_province: OH
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/jakprints.jpg
booth: 305
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 305
  Categories: Manufacturing/Merchandising
  			
  Jakprints Inc. (www.jakprints.com) is the ultimate one-stop print shop for all of the products and services needed to Create Merchandise, Promote An Event and Market Your Brand.  Specializing in apparel screen-printing, dye-sublimation and embroidery, as well as stickers, labels and full-color offset, digital and large-format printing.  Jakprints manufactures everything under one roof and with the convenience of a dedicated Account Manager who is familiar with you and your brand.  Custom quote any project over the phone, via email or visit jakprints.com to request estimates and place orders 24/7/365.


name: SonaBLAST!
name_index: S
phone: 502/561-1162
web_link: www.sonablast.com/
address_street: The Green Building , 732 East Market St
address_zip: 40202
address_city: Louisville
address_province: KY
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/sonablast.jpg
booth: 1210
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1210
  			
  Louisville, Kentucky's sonaBLAST! Records was
  established in 2002 by then New York-based film producer Gill Holland. After signing several artists there during the first four years, Holland moved himself and its operations
  to Louisville, where he and his small team have continued to unearth and support quality artists, especially local Louisville musical acts.

  sonaBLAST! is a label and publishing company, dba pubBLAST! Songs (BMI), sonaBLAST! Songs (ASCAP) and NuluBLAST (SESAC). By controlling both the master recordings and doing co-publishing deals with our artists, sonaBLAST! Records is an extremely user-friendly \'one-stop\' shop for music supervisors, film directors and producers. We have placed songs in over thirty movies (\'Loggerheads\', \'Blue State\', \'Mentor\', \'Push\', ) and TV shows such as \'One Tree Hill\', \'Parenthood,\' \'Bones\', \'Windfall\', \'Army Wives\', \'Jersey Shore\', \'16 and Pregnant\', \'Maui Fever\', \'Vampire Diaries\', and commercials for places like Match.com, Burton snowboards, AMC, etc.

  As our offices are housed in the 'greenest' commercial building in Kentucky, \'The Green Building\', we go the extra mile to practice environmental stewardship by using eco-friendly materials to print our albums.


name: Seidio
name_index: S
phone: 832/204-1125
web_link: www.seidio.com
address_street: 10415 Westpark Dr. #B,
address_city: Houston
address_province: TX 77042
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/seidio.jpg
booth: 1038
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1038
  Categories: Manufacturing/Merchandising
  			
  Seidio, Inc. was founded in Houston, Texas in 2002. Our company began with the idea to create unique quality products for PDAs, and when PDAs transformed into smartphones, we evolved right along with them.  Today, we have emerged into a global company with a large following in metropolitan cities across the nation and in various countries around the world. 

  From our inception we’ve been creating groundbreaking products to protect and enhance the functionality of smartphones.  Our unique designs have become standards in the industry and our success hasn’t gone unnoticed.  Revolutionary features like our “rubberized” soft touch coating can now be found on many competitive products. As pioneers in our field, we continuously strive to be front-runners in an ever-changing market. To do this, we use our years of experience and valuable customer feedback to bring new ideas to fruition. We do not outsource any part of the production process and quickly move from prototype to build to market. 

  While many developers are limited to a small scope of products, we are a full line accessory manufacturer for today’s popular devices.  Our product line is expansive covering many different needs of the smartphone user. A sampling of our solutions includes extended-life batteries for extra talk time, stylish cases to protect your phone, innovative holsters for secure and easy access, and convenient desktop cradles to keep your device powered and up-to-date. To see more, visit our Products section online.


name: Todd Slater
name_index: T
phone: 512/341-0252
web_link: www.toddslater.net
address_street: 1709 White Oak Loop,
address_zip: 78681-2115
address_city: Round Rock
address_province: TX
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/tod_slater.jpg
booth: 114
description:
  Flatstock - Booth 114
  			
  Todd Slater and Demonsweat Design began as a one man show in Tyler, TX in the summer of 2003 on the 42nd floor of the infamous Tex MacNamara building (the tallest building in East Texas) before relocating to Houston. It was in the piney woods of East Texas that Todd learned to screenprint and design posters. 

  Since 2003, Todd has worked closely with Ween, The White Stripes, Spoon, The Black Keys, The Decemberists, My Morning Jacket and many many others. Todd is known for diversity in his work and has vowed to never make the same poster twice.


name: Wildwood Music
name_index: W
phone: 409/781-2217
address_street: PO Box 1093,
address_zip: 77612
address_city: Buna
address_province: TX
description:
  Wildwood Music of Texas.
  We have been involved with Texas Guitar Shows for 20 years.
  Specializing in all makes and models of new and used instruments. Original vintage parts and tubes.
  Come see us at SXSW.		
  			
  Wildwood Music of Texas.
  We have been involved with Texas Guitar Shows for 20 years.
  Specializing in all makes and models of new and used instruments. Original vintage parts and tubes.
  Come see us at SXSW.


name: Livewires
name_index: L
phone: 800/933-9899
web_link: mylivewires.com
address_street: 8780 Jefferson Hwy,
address_zip: 55369
address_city: Osseo
address_province: MN
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/live_wires.jpg
booth: 404
description:
  Gear Alley - Booth 404
  			
  LiveWires redefines the listening experience by offering high-quality custom in-ear monitors at an accessible price. At only $249 for dual driver and $379 for triple driver, LiveWires customs are the best value in the industry.


name: German Pavilion
name_index: G
web_link: www.bmwi.bund.de
address_street: German Federal Ministry of Econimics and Technology, Villemombler Strasse 76
address_city: 53123 Bonn
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/landesmesse.jpg
booth: 619, 621, 718, 720
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 619, 621, 718, 720
  Categories: Association/Organization, Distribution, Event/Convention, Film Services, Label, Management, Mktg/Promotions/PR, Media, Non-Profit, Online Service, Online Entertainment, Retail, Software/Web tool
  			
  It is a great honor for us to welcome you to the German Pavilion @ SXSW 2011. 25 companies are exhibiting on-site and represent \'Wunderbar - German Music at SXSW 2011\': A.S.S. Concert & Promotion / Airlink / Bundesverband Musikindustrie / c/o pop / finetunes digital media services / German Music Publishers Association / Germany’s Capital Region Berlin-Brandenburg - Berlin Stand
  / Grace Helly Graphics / Grand Hotel van Cleef /  Ibero Tour Service / ICS Festival Service - Wacken Open Air / Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt / jazzahead! / Membran Entertainment Group / MUSICJUSTMUSIC / MxO - Mobile Opportunities Expo & Trend Conference / Neuland Concerts / Oktober Promotion & Management/ (Pop Up - Festival, Tradeshow and Conference of the Independent Music Scene / Reeperbahn Festival / RockCity Hamburg / Subliminal Society / Uta Bretsch_Communications / vinylrecorder.com / Warner Music Group Germany Holding.
    
  The Berlin Stand (joint by 20 companies based in Berlin) and the Hamburg Stand are located next to our booth.  
     
  The German Pavilion is presented by: 
  Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
  www.bmwi.de
  In cooperation with:
  Association of the German Trade Fair Industry (AUMA)
  www.auma-fairs.com
  Supported by:
  Initiative Musik gGmbH
  www.initiative-musik.de
  Organized by:
  Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH – Messe Stuttgart International
  www.messe-stuttgart.de


name: GoodWoodNYC
name_index: G
phone: 718/809-8939
web_link: goodwoodnyc.com
address_street: 109 Ingraham St Ste 302,
address_zip: 11237
address_city: Brooklyn
address_province: NY
booth: TBD
description:
  Style - Booth TBD
  			
  		GoodWoodNYC was started in 2007 by combining both art and fashion with designing products engraved and assembled into wooden accessories.

  The brand was created by founder Kerri O'Connell, who had previously worked as a graphic designer in the fashion industry before conceiving the concept for GoodWood.

  All of the products made by GoodWoodNYC are created and designed in their work shop in Brooklyn, New York. Every GoodWood piece is hand sanded, painted and assembled with extreme attention to detail and quality.

  Many of GoodWood's products have been worn by a number of celebrities and tastemakers including Snoop Dogg, Nas, Chromeo, Bun B and Mos Def, to name a few.

  GoodWood has also been involved in collaborations, creating pieces for brands such as Famous Star and Straps, Nike 6.0, DC shoes, Supply Circuit and most recently Mishka.

  The Brand also creates custom designed pieces which are completely hand painted and involve crystals and wood inlays. These techniques have been recently introduced to the product line in pieces such as The Life Cross and the Jesus 2011.

  GoodWood will keep creating unique products that push the limits of the accessories game. Never letting you forget they are The Original, for Originals.


name: The Good Child
name_index: T
phone: 214/412-9033
web_link: www.officialgoodchild.com
address_street: 2024 Sam Houston Dr,
address_zip: 75044
address_city: Garland
address_province: TX
booth: TBD
description:
  Style - Booth TBD
  			
  THE GOOD CHILD is a Dallas, TX t-shirt and accessory brand designed and cared for by myself, Heather Abbott.

  This brand started out of passion and runs on my energy alone. The Good Child brand is personable; each style is designed with high attention to details to keep the brand message strong and you looking fresh.

  What is the brand message?
  Stay good, be humble. ®


name: GameGround, Inc.
name_index: G
phone: 646/4987268
web_link: www.gameground.com
address_street: 10 W 18th Street, 7th Floor,
address_zip: 10011
address_city: New York
address_province: NY
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/gameground.jpg
booth: 100, 102
description:
  Screenburn - Booth 100, 102
  			
  GameGround is a lightweight personalized gaming app that enhances games helps players connect, compete, and share all the elements of their gaming activity, across platforms and game genres. 

  It learns not only what gamers are playing, but also what they are achieving on PC, Xbox and any website. This enables new missions, rewards, high score incentives and ways to share success to prove who is the best amongst friends. 

  GameGround is currently in open beta.


name: Bling Nation
name_index: B
phone: 650/529-4101
web_link: www.blingnation.com
address_street: 364 University Ave,
address_zip: 94301
address_city: Palo Alto
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos10/bling_nation.jpg
description:
  Bling Nation is a mobile platform that enables unique tap-and-connect capabilities with rich social media connectivity and cost-effective mobile payments at checkout.  Businesses receive super-charged loyalty programs with actionable analytics, helping them turn their best customers into Fans and their friends into new customers. Bling Nation closes the loop between the online and offline customer experience at checkout. For additional information, visit www.blingnation.com or follow us at www.twitter.com/blingnation. Join the tap-and-connect world of Bling Nation!						
  Categories: Mktg/Promotions/PR, Online Service, Retail, Software/Web tool
  			
  Bling Nation is a mobile platform that enables unique tap-and-connect capabilities with rich social media connectivity and cost-effective mobile payments at checkout.  Businesses receive super-charged loyalty programs with actionable analytics, helping them turn their best customers into Fans and their friends into new customers. Bling Nation closes the loop between the online and offline customer experience at checkout. For additional information, visit www.blingnation.com or follow us at www.twitter.com/blingnation. Join the tap-and-connect world of Bling Nation!


name: TRU
name_index: T
phone: 312/951-4844
web_link: www.tru-insight.com
address_street: 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 250
address_city: Chicago
address_province: IL 60654
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/tru.jpg
booth: 442
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 442
  Categories: Mktg/Promotions/PR, Other
  			
  		TRU is the global leader in tween, teen and young adult consumer insights with 30 years experience bringing youth culture to hundreds of the world's top marketers and organizations.

  From MTV to Mazda, the State Department to Seventeen Magazine, and PepsiCo to Paramount, TRU's insights into youth are considered the first and last word on the most influential, early adopting and adapting cohort in history.


name: SLAPPA Distribution
name_index: S
phone: 704/676-4891
web_link: www.slappa.com
address_street: 6012 Old Pineville Rd Unit A,
address_zip: 28217
address_city: Charlotte
address_province: NC
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/slappa.jpg
booth: 838, 840
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 838, 840
  			
  SLAPPA builds backpacks, laptop bags and cases for digital products and focus's on utilizing unique designs and materials that provide ultimate protection and offer unparalleled value.   SLAPPA has become know by DJ's, pro-audio professionals, gamers and travelers as a brand that offers kick-ass products and outstanding customer service.  More information on SLAPPA products can be found at www.slappa.com (if you're in Canada www.slappa.ca; in Europe www.slappa.co.uk and in Australia www.slappa.com.au).


name: Twilio
name_index: T
phone: 425/698-7497
web_link: www.twilio.com
address_street: 501 Folsom St, 3rd Floor
address_zip: 94103
address_city: San Francisco
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/twilio.jpg
booth: 1011
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1011
  Categories: Online Service, Software/Web tool
  			
  Twilio is revolutionizing telecommunications with simple APIs for voice and SMS.  A renaissance is underway for software developers looking to build phone applications that span devices, networks, mobile and landline phones.  Thousands of companies are turning to Twilio to help them build the next generation of communications applications.

  Twilio, the cloud communications company.  Simple, powerful, pay-as-you go.


name: Delicious Design League
name_index: D
phone: 773/350-8981
web_link: www.deliciousdesignleague.com
address_street: 3200 W Carroll Ste 301,
address_zip: 60624
address_city: Chicago
address_province: IL
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/delicious_design.jpg
booth: 313, 315
description:
  Flatstock - Booth 313, 315
  			
  Delicious Design League was started in 2006 by two friends; Jason Teegarden-Downs and Billy Baumann; in
  Chicago Illinois.

  With over ten years of experience in the design and ad biz we started Delicious simply as a rock poster design/screen-printing hobby but by 2008 it had quickly grown into a full-time design and illustration studio. Over that span we had gone from designing rock posters for bands you’ve never heard of for lunch money to designing and illustrating for some of the most recognizable brands in the world.


name: SKYFER
name_index: S
phone: 703/226-8017
web_link: www.skyfer.com
address_street: 1934 Old Gallows Rd Ste 350,
address_zip: 22182
address_city: Vienna
address_province: VA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/skyfer.jpg
booth: 823
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 823
  Categories: Online Service, Software/Web tool
  			
  SKYFER™ (www.skyfer.com) is a free web and mobile application that connects users within close vicinity and allows exchange information, request services, and take offers in real time. 

  Finding local services has never been easier. No more browsing internet for companies that are no longer in business, or wasting time on the phone. Status availability, location, and service request expiration are the three key components of the Skyfer platform that will ensure your message is received by a company located within specified radius and is available to perform the work requested based on your time-frame. Public profiles and ratings will help deciding if a service provider can be trusted to do the job. 

  If you are someone who wants to earn a few extra bucks by doing projects in your neighborhood, Skyfer is the only the place where you can transform your skills to services and offer them to your local community. Decide which projects you want to respond to, and then get in touch with a third party without sacrificing your privacy. 

  Additionally, Skyfer users can send message notifications about suspicious activity in the neighborhood and ask for or offer help when needed. 

  It can be said, then, that Skyfer is a true community tool that can let neighbors bind closer and professionals market their services in a really localized way.


name: locaii
name_index: 0-9
phone: 469-248-7414
web_link: www.locaii.com
address_street: 3235 Cole Ave Unit 80,
address_city: Dallas
address_province: TX 75204
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/locaii.jpg
booth: 116
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 116
  Categories: Event/Convention, Mktg/Promotions/PR, Media, Online Service, Online Entertainment, Retail, Software/Web tool, Other
  			
  The app - 

  locaii is an engaging way to interact with others while at your favorite places.  Start a conversation wherever you are by sharing polls or pics with those who are there and those who wish they were. 

  The company - 

  We are social people who are passionate about the mobile computing revolution.  We aggressively build apps that make our daily experiences more fun and engaging.  Our social location app – locaii – allows users to start conversations focused on and around their favorite places.

  Our mission -

  We create micro-communities - locaii - in the location-based digital world where users can find useful and entertaining interactive-experiences.


name: Casio Inc
name_index: C
phone: 973/361-5400
web_link: www.casio.com
address_street: 570 Mt Pleasant Ave,
address_zip: 07801
address_city: Dover
address_province: NJ
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/casio.jpg
booth: 408
description:
  Gear Alley - Booth 408
  			
  Utilizing years of experience in state of the art digital technology, Casio has become a world leader in the music instrument business. Casio produces some of the most advanced and innovative keyboards and digital pianos for all levels of players.


name: G-Brat's Guitars Inc
name_index: G
phone: 972-816-7736
web_link: www.gbratsguitars.com
address_street: 3430 Mindy Ln,
address_zip: 76065
address_city: Midlothian
address_province: TX
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/g-brats.jpg
description:
  G-Brat’s Guitars was founded by Scott and Monique Robbins in October of 2003.

  I know… you’re probably thinking, “what a coincidence… Scott and Monique have the same last name!” They’ve been married for 26 years and have 3 kids (Chris - 26, Valorie – 24 and Sean – 22) … who are all musicians as well.

  Scott’s passions have always been; God, family, and guitar.

  He has been a guitar playing fool for over 38 years now. He was a Classical Guitar major at Hartt College of Music ( University of Hartford ) and later went on to graduate from G.I.T. (Guitar Institute of Technology) in Hollywood , California . It was Scott’s passion for guitar and Monique’s support and generosity ($$$) that led them to start this great venture, which birthed “G-Brat’s Guitars” in October of 2003. It has been a continued “learning experience”… but finally… in our 40’s… we have found our niche! With an eye for detail, real quality, and genuine care for our customers… we only buy and sell the best pre-owned guitars… and we guarantee satisfaction. Whether you are buying a set of Dean Markley strings or an expensive collectable guitar… it is our goal to make every G-Brat’s Guitars customer… a repeat customer.

  Monique's passions are God, family and art.

  She has been in the graphics arts business for 28 years. Whether it was making titles for motion pictures and television or doing web design she always keeps her hand doing something artistic. We are always looking for new ways to expand and in 2010 guitar cards, guitar candy are just a couple of things that are coming up. These things will be able to be found at the guitar shows first.

  Sean Robbins joined the G-Brat's Guitars in 2009. His passions are God, family and music.

  He is married to Anna Robbins (she is working hard and in nursing school to become an RN) and they have a baby girl named Madi. Both girls are the light of his life. He plays keyboards, drums and records. He came to help us by doing photo work, website updates and shipping. His plans are to start his own music company. Right now he is going to college, taking care of his family and learning the family business.

  So plug in… get out your favorite guitar pick… and LET’S ROCK! 	
  			
  G-Brat’s Guitars was founded by Scott and Monique Robbins in October of 2003.

  I know… you’re probably thinking, “what a coincidence… Scott and Monique have the same last name!” They’ve been married for 26 years and have 3 kids (Chris - 26, Valorie – 24 and Sean – 22) … who are all musicians as well.

  Scott’s passions have always been; God, family, and guitar.

  He has been a guitar playing fool for over 38 years now. He was a Classical Guitar major at Hartt College of Music ( University of Hartford ) and later went on to graduate from G.I.T. (Guitar Institute of Technology) in Hollywood , California . It was Scott’s passion for guitar and Monique’s support and generosity ($$$) that led them to start this great venture, which birthed “G-Brat’s Guitars” in October of 2003. It has been a continued “learning experience”… but finally… in our 40’s… we have found our niche! With an eye for detail, real quality, and genuine care for our customers… we only buy and sell the best pre-owned guitars… and we guarantee satisfaction. Whether you are buying a set of Dean Markley strings or an expensive collectable guitar… it is our goal to make every G-Brat’s Guitars customer… a repeat customer.

  Monique's passions are God, family and art.

  She has been in the graphics arts business for 28 years. Whether it was making titles for motion pictures and television or doing web design she always keeps her hand doing something artistic. We are always looking for new ways to expand and in 2010 guitar cards, guitar candy are just a couple of things that are coming up. These things will be able to be found at the guitar shows first.

  Sean Robbins joined the G-Brat's Guitars in 2009. His passions are God, family and music.

  He is married to Anna Robbins (she is working hard and in nursing school to become an RN) and they have a baby girl named Madi. Both girls are the light of his life. He plays keyboards, drums and records. He came to help us by doing photo work, website updates and shipping. His plans are to start his own music company. Right now he is going to college, taking care of his family and learning the family business.

  So plug in… get out your favorite guitar pick… and LET’S ROCK!


name: Ableton Inc
name_index: A
phone: 646/723-3336
web_link: www.ableton.com
address_street: 43 West 24th St 12th Fl,
address_zip: 10010
address_city: New York
address_province: NY
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/ableton.jpg
booth: 304
description:
  Gear Alley - Booth 304
  			
  Who: Ableton is about one hundred software developers, business people and product specialists. Most Abletons are active in music production, performance or DJing.

  What: We make software for creating, producing, and performing music. Our flagship product, Live, has introduced a new approach to making music with computers on stage and in the studio that some call revolutionary. Live has received outstanding feedback from the international press and artists. There are now several hundred thousand Live users worldwide, and the number is growing fast.

  When: Ableton was founded in 1999 as an AG under German law. Live was introduced to the market in late 2001. Ableton Inc., our United States subsidiary, was incorporated in 2006.

  Where: Ableton headquarters are in Berlin, Germany, in the central \'Mitte\' district, near many great clubs and music venues. Ableton Inc. is in New York, in Manhattan's Chelsea district, also near great clubs and music venues.

  Why: We started Ableton in order to realize our personal vision of a computer-based music-making solution. We now enjoy working with a team of exceptionally bright and talented people, and take gratification from serving and interacting with the Live user community, the coolest we know.


name: Atlantic.Net Inc.
name_index: A
phone: 321 206-1371
web_link: www.atlantic.net
address_street: 440 West Kennedy Blvd,
address_city: Orlando
address_province: Florida 32810
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/atlantic.net.jpg
booth: 10
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 10
  			
  	
  Established in 1994, Atlantic.Net is a market-leading hosting solutions provider renowned for providing exceptional infrastructure as a service and simplifying complex technologies. The company operates a SAS 70 Type II audited and certified hosting solutions platform to assist businesses around the globe with their advanced IT needs. 
  Atlantic.Net offers several variations of its easy-to-set up cloud product, including public cloud for self-serve provisioning, private cloud for individual companies, and hybrid solutions, mixing cloud with an array of the latest web technologies. 
  Atlantic.Net’s cloud platform implements many innovative features addressing storage, computing capacity, provisioning, and even billing in a whole new way. The resulting computing experience is totally different and more secure than anything that's been available. 
  Atlantic.Net Cloud Servers provision instantly, provide very fast disk performance, bill by the second versus monthly or hourly and can be customized to the specific needs of our clients. In addition, Atlantic.Net's core cloud computing infrastructure operates at 40 gigabits per second.  
  Atlantic.Net has long been recognized as a trusted advisor for its innovative, industry-specific hosting solutions. Atlantic.Net is dedicated to implementing custom tailored hosting solutions to enable organizations to enjoy the benefits of cost savings that reinvigorate their own bottom line. Atlantic.Net’s technological savvy and strategic acumen have been the foundation for its reputation and profitability since 1994. 
  Free Trial & Setup and servers up and running in 30 seconds!  http://www.atlantic.net/


name: Venyu
name_index: V
phone: 225/214-3800
web_link: www.venyu.com
address_street: 7127 Florida Blvd,
address_zip: 70806
address_city: Baton Rouge
address_province: LA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/venyu.jpg
booth: 1407, 1409
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1407, 1409
  			
  Venyu At A Glance

  Venyu was founded in 1989 as Network Technology Group. Initially, a technology solutions integrator, NTG became known as a true data protection solutions provider having helped save numerous businesses post-Katrina through the use of Venyu’s business continuity center, backup services and colocation hosting services. In 2008, NTG acquired Boston-based online backup provider, AmeriVault. The two merged companies produced Venyu – a fully-equipped data protection, recovery and availability company. 

  Venyu, headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, currently operates three commercial datacenters with a fourth coming online in April 2011 in Bossier City, Louisiana. The expanded footprint will allow further data protection capabilities and access to datacenter infrastructure for Venyu’s Gulf Coast client base. In addition, the new facility bolsters Venyu’s geographic diversification for our replication strategy further linking Boston, Springfield, MO and Baton Rouge, LA enhancing redundant architecture and fault-tolerance.

  Venyu recently launched a retooled backup and recovery suite called RestartIT. The new product line-up shifts the focus from simply backing up business data to the ability to quickly recover the data and systems in the event of an outage. 

  Learn more about Venyu and RestartIT: 
  Venyu.com & RestartIT.com


name: UKTI
name_index: U
phone: (44)207/215-8997
web_link: www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
address_street: Kingsgate House 66-74, Victoria Street
address_city: London
address_province: SW1E 6SW
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/ukti.jpg
booth: 707-715, 806-814
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 707-715, 806-814
  			
  The originality and quality of British music makes it a major influence on global tastes and trends.

  Creative talents in all fields of the music business are drawn to the UK, attracted by its vibrant creative reputation, cultural diversity and sophisticated audiences.

  UK Trade & Investment is the government organisation that helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy and assists overseas companies to bring their high quality investment to the UK.  We provide expertise and contacts through our extensive network of specialists in the UK, and in British embassies and other diplomatic offices around the world.

  UK Trade & Investment‘s work with the UK music industry includes organising missions to key overseas markets such as the US and Japan, the UK’s significant presence at important international trade events such as SXSW and Midem and one-to-one business support to help UK companies take advantage of these and other global opportunities.


name: Knight Foundation
name_index: K
phone: 3059082600
web_link: www.knightfoundation.org
address_street: 200 S Biscayne Blvd Ste 3300,
address_zip: 33131
address_city: Miami
address_province: FL
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/knight.jpg
booth: 907, 909, 1006, 1008
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 907, 909, 1006, 1008
  Categories: Media, Non-Profit, Other
  			
  		Knight Foundation
  Advancing journalism in the digital age and promoting informed, engaged communities.


name: vufind
name_index: 0-9
phone: 408/739-2880
web_link: www.vufind.com
address_street: 1290 Oakmead Pwky Ste 107,
address_zip: 94085
address_city: Sunnyvale
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/vufind.jpg
booth: 1312
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1312
  Categories: Online Entertainment, Software/Web tool
  			
  Vufind is a mobile social network that lets users play, share and connect based on recognizing their interests visually.
   
  Vufind is part mobile social real-life game that leverages object recognition, and part Groupon-style recommendation/deal engine for hyperlocal advertisers based on recognizing users' interests, intent, and mobile context.

  Vufind’s mobile social games (branded vuHunt) are Stratego-style board games played on real-life neighborhoods as the battlefield to build an empire and win local prizes and offers. 
  VuHunt turns any mobile device into a visual robot that can be used to play games with friends around a real city, or on a virtual city map. The objective is to compete with friends to become the richest vuHunter, and to meet certain challenges to win specific prizes and deals from local advertisers that match your interests. Players can team up to raid neighborhoods, and can also organize their own vuHunt with their own theme and objects.


name: Generator
name_index: G
phone: (44)191/255-4460
web_link: www.generator.org.uk
address_street: Clun Annex, 36 Lime St
address_city: Newcastle Upon Tyne
address_province: NE12PQ
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/generator.jpg
booth: 707-715, 806-814
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 707-715, 806-814
  			
  Generator is the leading Music Development Agency in the UK providing the framework of support where current and emerging talent, existing and new music business and other organisations can easily and regularly access information, skills-building programmes as well as advice and guidance that allow them to develop long term economic success.

  www.generator.org.uk


name: American Public Media/Minnesota Public Radio
name_index: A
phone: 651/228-4911
web_link: www.publicinsightnetwork.org
address_street: 480 Cedar St, Minnesota Public Radio
address_zip: 55101
address_city: St Paul
address_province: MN
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/american_pub_media.jpg
description:
  American Public Media’s Public Insight Network (PIN) promotes deep connections between journalists across the country and the communities they serve. Every day, sources in the PIN add context, depth, humanity and relevance to news stories at trusted newsrooms around the country. The PIN provides journalists with the tools and training to tap our growing network of nearly 100,000 sources, engage their own audiences, and produce high-quality journalism. Using our industry-leading platform, journalists and citizens reach beyond pundits, PR professionals and polemics to inform themselves and each other, strengthening the communities they serve.
  				
  Categories: Media, Non-Profit, Software/Web tool
  			
  American Public Media’s Public Insight Network (PIN) promotes deep connections between journalists across the country and the communities they serve. Every day, sources in the PIN add context, depth, humanity and relevance to news stories at trusted newsrooms around the country. The PIN provides journalists with the tools and training to tap our growing network of nearly 100,000 sources, engage their own audiences, and produce high-quality journalism. Using our industry-leading platform, journalists and citizens reach beyond pundits, PR professionals and polemics to inform themselves and each other, strengthening the communities they serve.


name: Zodiac USA
name_index: Z
phone: 303/319-8404
web_link: www.zodiacusashoes.com
address_street: 120 Hurricane St #3,
address_zip: 90292
address_city: Marina Del Rey
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/zodiac.jpg
description:
  Zodiac USA

  Zodiac USA has deep roots in the rock-n-roll culture of the 70's. It was then that two tannery owners pieced together scraps of mismatched leather to create a whole new vibe in footwear. Worn by hippies, rock stars and socialites alike, Zodiac USA embodied the cool, free spirited attitude of the times. With a nod to its past, Zodiac USA is perfectly at home in the street, city and country styles of today. Eclectic, creative and cool, its the past, present and future of the American denim culture. 

  Melissa Diner collected the brand her whole life and after years of diligence, now works with Brown shoe on the Zodiac USA brand.

  Zodiac Girls Christy Peterson and Lauren Hastings featured.

  Zodiac USA can be found in select retailers such as revolveclothing.com, dillards.com and Dillards nationwide. 

  Visit www.zodiacusashoes.com for more information.  			
  			
  		Zodiac USA

  Zodiac USA has deep roots in the rock-n-roll culture of the 70's. It was then that two tannery owners pieced together scraps of mismatched leather to create a whole new vibe in footwear. Worn by hippies, rock stars and socialites alike, Zodiac USA embodied the cool, free spirited attitude of the times. With a nod to its past, Zodiac USA is perfectly at home in the street, city and country styles of today. Eclectic, creative and cool, its the past, present and future of the American denim culture. 

  Melissa Diner collected the brand her whole life and after years of diligence, now works with Brown shoe on the Zodiac USA brand.

  Zodiac Girls Christy Peterson and Lauren Hastings featured.

  Zodiac USA can be found in select retailers such as revolveclothing.com, dillards.com and Dillards nationwide. 

  Visit www.zodiacusashoes.com for more information.


name: First Music Contact/Music From Ireland
name_index: F
phone: (353) 1/878-2244
web_link: www.musicfromireland.org
address_street: N Lotts Space 28,
address_city: Dublin 1
address_province: Dublin 1
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/music_from_ireland.jpg
booth: 821
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 821
  Categories: Association/Organization, Non-Profit
  			
  						Music from Ireland is the brand built around Irish acts showcasing at key international music showcases. It is run by First Music Contact and is funded by Culture Ireland and the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO)
  www.musicfromireland.org


name: VGKids
name_index: V
phone: 734/480-0667
web_link: vgkids.com
address_street: 884 Railroad St Ste C,
address_zip: 48197
address_city: Ypsilanti
address_province: MI
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/vg_kids.jpg
booth: 403
description:
  Flatstock - Booth 403
  			
  VGKids makes custom t-shirts, hoodies, totes, posters, custom vinyl stickers, music packaging, and a whole slew of other things. Our clients are touring bands, radio stations, filmmakers, magazines, websites, festivals of all sorts, derby girls, clothing lines, artists, institutions, record labels, skate shops, activists, national brands and all the rabble-rousers, hackers, and entrepreneurs in between.

  We’re in the business of making awesome merch. Get in touch and we’ll make some awesome merch for you.


name: Loyal K.N.G.
name_index: L
phone: 903-220-8067
web_link: loyalkng.com
address_street: 101 East Center St,
address_zip: 75693
address_city: White Oak
address_province: TX
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/loyalkng.jpg
description:
  Loyal K.N.G. is an acronym which means “Knowledge Never Goes”, while loyal follows as being supportive for knowledge. The knowledge gained from culture and everyday experiences isn’t something that will leave us, but a gift used to open new doors toward achieving a dream. It’s a journey of a group of artists having fun and working hard creating something unique and fresh from the ground up.


  From video, blogs, and clothing, Loyal K.N.G. strives to be great in all area as a company. It’s a brand driven by love and passion for art and culture. Our design sensibilities are influenced by music, movies, and art that we strongly associate with. In it’s own way, Loyal K.N.G. is a love note to all the great influences, inspiration, and culture that driven us to do what we love today.


  website: http://loyalkng.com

  twitter: http://twitter.com/loyalkng
  			
  Loyal K.N.G. is an acronym which means “Knowledge Never Goes”, while loyal follows as being supportive for knowledge. The knowledge gained from culture and everyday experiences isn’t something that will leave us, but a gift used to open new doors toward achieving a dream. It’s a journey of a group of artists having fun and working hard creating something unique and fresh from the ground up.


  From video, blogs, and clothing, Loyal K.N.G. strives to be great in all area as a company. It’s a brand driven by love and passion for art and culture. Our design sensibilities are influenced by music, movies, and art that we strongly associate with. In it’s own way, Loyal K.N.G. is a love note to all the great influences, inspiration, and culture that driven us to do what we love today.


  website: http://loyalkng.com

  twitter: http://twitter.com/loyalkng


name: Endurance Diary
name_index: E
phone: 512/663-6646
web_link: endurancediary.com
address_street: 7001 Beauford Dr,
address_zip: 78750
address_city: Austin
address_province: TX
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/endurance_diary.jpg
booth: 324
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 324
  Categories: Software/Web tool
  			
  Endurance Diary is a website and phone application that together allow athletes to track their performance related information including location, speed, elevation and biometric data. Information about workouts or special events can be entered manually, uploaded from device files or fed live through the phone to the site. The phone app handles input from multiple training devices and gives the athlete the ability to share their information in real time with friends or teammates. Achievements such as meeting fitness targets or goals can be easily posted to multiple social media sites.


name: StageSpot
name_index: S
phone: 888/567-8243
address_street: ,
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/stage_spot.jpg
booth: 206, 208
description:
  Gear Alley - Booth 206, 208
  			
  StageSpot is the best spot for all your gear and accessories! visit us at StageSpot.com!


name: Texas Indie Arcade
name_index: T
phone: 254/8673322
address_street: 3801 Campus Drive,
address_zip: 76705
address_city: Waco
address_province: TX
booth: 309-311, 408-410
description:
  Screenburn - Booth 309-311, 408-410
  			
  The Texas Indie Arcade's mission is to promote the \'Texas Flavor\' that local development studios have to offer. Breakthrough creations across multiple platforms will be demonstrated, from mobile application development for the multiple hand held devices, to full experiences created solely for the desktop.  The Texas Indie Arcade booth will present attendees with the opportunity to see what local studios are doing to create unique experiences in both game play and application development. Come by to play the newest games your local companies have to offer!


name: Sennheiser/Neumann
name_index: S
phone: 615/305-6916
web_link: sennheiserusa.com
address_street: One Enterprise Drive ,
address_city: Old Lyme CT 06371
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/sennheiser.jpg
booth: 301, 303
description:
  Gear Alley - Booth 301, 303
  			
  Sennheiser delivers true-to-life sound. Choose from premium audio products for listening, performing, recording and even gaming. A leader in audio technology for over 65 years, Sennheiser understands the demands of audio professionals and enthusiasts.


name: Soundcheck Austin
name_index: S
phone: 512/444-0023
web_link: soundcheckaustin.com
address_street: 1901 E 51st St, Stage 4
address_zip: 78723
address_city: Austin
address_province: TX
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/soundcheck.jpg
booth: 201, 203
description:
  Gear Alley - Booth 201, 203
  			
  Soundcheck has been providing professional touring musicians and recording artists with top notch rehearsal space and top-quality equipment rentals and experienced technicians since 1993.  Now with our new Austin location we’re bringing our expertise to the Southwest.


name: New Relic
name_index: N
phone: 415/404-6740
web_link: www.newrelic.com
address_street: 139 Townsend St, Ste 505
address_zip: 94107
address_city: San Francisco
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/new_relic.jpg
booth: 1327
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1327
  Categories: Software/Web tool
  			
  	New Relic, Inc. is the leading software-as-a-service provider of application performance management solutions that enable developers and operations teams to quickly and cost effectively monitor, troubleshoot, and tune application performance in real time. Thousands of organizations around the world use New Relic RPM to monitor and optimize more than 120,000 production application instances, including customers 37signals, AT&T Interactive, Atlassian, CSC, Gilt Groupe, Intuit, REA Group, Sears, Shopify, Shutterfly, and Simon and Schuster. New Relic also partners with leading cloud management, platform and hosting vendors including Amazon AWS, Blue Box Group, Brightbox, Engine Yard, Eucalyptus, GigaSpaces, GoGrid, Grid Gain, Heroku, Joyent, Microsoft Windows Azure Platform, Red Hat, RightScale, SpeedyRails, Stax Networks and VMware. New Relic has been named by Gartner as one of the “Cool Vendors in IT Operations and Virtualization;” by CRN as one of the “100 Top Cloud Computing Companies;” by Always-On Networks as one of the “Top 100 On-Demand Companies;” and by ThinkStrategies as a “Best of SaaS” award winner. New Relic is a private company headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA. New Relic is a registered trademark of New Relic, Inc. To learn more, visit www.newrelic.com.


name: MadPixel
name_index: M
phone: 502/419-1117
web_link: www.madpixelartanddesign.com
address_street: 881 Clarks Ln,
address_zip: 40217
address_city: Louisville
address_province: KY
booth: 412
description:
  Flatstock - Booth 412
  			
  Madpixel is an art and design studio specializing in combining our passions: Photography, Illustration, Design and Printmaking. Louisville, Kentucky based husband and wife team, Ron Jasin and Mary Yates, combine these techniques to create unique designs for a wide variety of clients. Madpixel was started in 1992 as a hobby, doing band flyers and advertisements for photocopied ‘zines, but in 2005 it all just clicked. Doing small-run, hand printed gig posters has opened doors that allow us to do something for a living that hardly feels like work.


name: Bamboo Instrument Guys-B.I.G
name_index: B
phone: 9545933662
web_link: www.bambooinstrumentguys.com
address_street: 127 SW 12th Ave.,
address_city: Boynton Beach
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/bamboo.jpg
booth: 309
description:
  Gear Alley - Booth 309
  			
  Bamboo Instrument Guys has a presence at SXSW to promote the BIG bamboo SAXOPHONE.  This hand-crafted instrument offers the sound of a traditional sax. Our design blends the old and new to create a unique instrument that is extremely affordable to own, maintain and carry.  The simplicity of design is great for beginners and wonderful for players “on the go”.  With a traditional mouthpiece it is great for embouchure exercise.  So affordable anyone can play it; so portable it can be played anywhere, anytime. These qualities make it a great instrument for all types of music programs from schools to youth centers.  We have developed a curriculum easy enough for an elementary student to follow. Our other bamboo instruments include: flutes, penny whistles, pan flutes, shakers, “biguiros”, “shakuiros” and shakers.  Our pan flute is available assembled or in a craft kit for you to enjoy stringing together.  Custom fitting and design are available on some instruments for a slight fee.
  Bamboo is a grass and a great renewable resource with many varieties reaching harvest size within a year.  All of our products are handmade with bamboo grown in the USA.       
  Facilitating joy; promoting music…..”Good for the Soul”


name: Open Arms
name_index: O
phone: 512/9712177
web_link: theopenarmsshop.com
address_street: P.O. Box 161872,
address_zip: 78716
address_city: Austin
address_province: TX
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/open_arms.jpg
description:
  Open Arms is a social enterprise, founded just 5 months ago. The company employs refugee women, from war-torn countries like the Sudan, the Congo and Nepal, to create one-of-a-kind sustainable fashion from 100% recycled t-shirts. Located right here in Austin, TX, Open Arms is on a mission to do business differently - to pay a living wage in a family-friendly work environment, creating self-sufficiency and dignity for the women they employ. 

  Open Arms' eco-chic accessories and apparel are fashionable yet comfortable and silky soft. Each upcycled scarf or skirt varies in design and personality, featuring funky graphics and patterns or delicate ruffled blossoms (or both!), all coordinated with complementary color schemes. 

  Open Arms is a company with a conscience, creating awareness that everyday choices can change the world. Join us on our mission: to EMPLOY resettled refugee women at a living wage, to ENGAGE the community in recycling and refugee awareness and to watch our customers ENJOY the sustainable fashion they buy from Open Arms!
  			
  Open Arms is a social enterprise, founded just 5 months ago. The company employs refugee women, from war-torn countries like the Sudan, the Congo and Nepal, to create one-of-a-kind sustainable fashion from 100% recycled t-shirts. Located right here in Austin, TX, Open Arms is on a mission to do business differently - to pay a living wage in a family-friendly work environment, creating self-sufficiency and dignity for the women they employ. 

  Open Arms' eco-chic accessories and apparel are fashionable yet comfortable and silky soft. Each upcycled scarf or skirt varies in design and personality, featuring funky graphics and patterns or delicate ruffled blossoms (or both!), all coordinated with complementary color schemes. 

  Open Arms is a company with a conscience, creating awareness that everyday choices can change the world. Join us on our mission: to EMPLOY resettled refugee women at a living wage, to ENGAGE the community in recycling and refugee awareness and to watch our customers ENJOY the sustainable fashion they buy from Open Arms!


name: PC Tools
name_index: P
phone: 415/848-9772
web_link: www.pctools.com
address_street: 350 Ellis Avenue, 3rd floor
address_city: Mountain View CA 94304
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/pc_tools.jpg
booth: 224, 226
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 224, 226
  Categories: Software/Web tool
  			
  PC Tools is dedicated to building and supplying consumers with simple, effective and affordable PC protection and performance tools. For over twelve years, we have offered industry-leading and award-winning products to tackle the world’s evolving threats and security challenges. Our experienced Research and Development teams ensure PC Tools maintains a competitive edge in both protection and performance software for Microsoft® Windows® and Mac OS®. Our innovative behavioral technology defends computers against both known and unknown threats solely by detecting their malicious behavior. The 2011 portfolio includes Spyware Doctor, Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus, PC Tools Internet Security, Registry Mechanic and the new, PC Tools Performance Toolkit. For more information, go to www.pctools.com.


name: Solvate
name_index: S
phone: 646-720-7115
web_link: www.Solvate.com
address_street: 405 Greenwich St 2nd Fl,
address_zip: 10013
address_city: New York
address_province: NY
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/solvate.jpg
booth: 1538, 1540
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1538, 1540
  			
  Whether you’re an employer who needs the best contract talent or an independent professional at the top of your game, Solvate’s platform makes it easy to build trusted, productive work relationships in the cloud. Employers can quickly find the essential contract talent they need, start ongoing relationships and work confidently on our safe, on-demand platform. Freelancers gain nationwide exposure to businesses in need of their skills. Solvate helps them find clients and makes sure they get paid.


  Solvate's delivers world class talent--over 1,000+ US based independent contractors, highly vetted and already under contract, and we handle all the billing and payments, too, so our clients and talent members can focus on the work. We've catalogued our talent so it's easy to search by skills and experience, and our on-staff recruiters support the effort with handpicked recommendations. Our platform enables collaborative work in real time - communicate, allocate budgets, and log hours as incurred.


  Solvate is a venture backed technology company based in New York City. Our mission is to make it easy for people to work productively together in the cloud. Our dream is to make the American labor economy more efficient. We believe that you build trust through transparency and accountability, that time is precious--make the most of every hour, and that autonomy gives rise to great work.


name: The Wall Music
name_index: T
phone: (886)223657746
web_link: www.thewall.com.tw
address_street: 5F, No.105, Sec. 2, Roosevelt Rd,, Da-an District,
address_city: Taipei City
address_province: 106-46
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/the_wall.jpg
booth: 927
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 927
  Categories: Label, Management
  			
  The Wall is Taiwan’s best known live house. Founded in 2003 and recently featured in the New York Times, New York Times Magazine and named by Monocle magazine as one of ten places in Taipei not to miss, it is an all-purpose rocketeria including a 700-person capacity rock club, indie CD shop, tattoo parlor and practice studios.
  The management company behind the scenes is The Wall Music, Taiwan’s most important single platform for indie rock. Aside from the club, the company runs several of Taiwan’s biggest indie music festivals, operates a rock venue in Taiwan’s
  second largest city of Kaohsiung, manages several Taiwanese bands, and regularly invites and promotes international artists in Taiwan. Artists recently presented by The Wall Music include Blonde Redhead, Kings of Convenience, Guitar Wolf, Mew and Toe (Japan).

  Working through multiple channels, The Wall Music has established itself as a major tastemaker in Taiwan and built a considerable listernship for indie rock in Mandopop-dominated Taiwan. The Formoz Festival (1995-2008) became a major
  Asian festival in the mid-2000s under management of The Wall Music, drawing over 10,000 per year and inviting headliners such as Moby, Mercury Rev and Super Furry Animals. Now Megaport Festival in Kaohsiung annually brings similarly known international acts, and bands including Mogwai and others have played other festivals run by The Wall Music. Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s second largest city with a population of 2.8 million, is rapidly gaining international exposure, and by hosting
  a major festival and opening a rock club, The Wall – Peir Two, The Wall Music is showing itself to be a major player in Taiwan’s national music industry.

  The Wall Live House founded in 2003, this 500-person capacity live house in Taipei sits in the vicinity of National Taiwan University, only a few hundred meters from where Taiwan’s first rock clubs appeared following the end of martial law in 1988. It is Taiwan’s premier venue for local rock acts and each month hosts multiple international artists, including recent performances by No Age, Deerhunter, Asobi Seksu, British Sea Power, Shonen Knife and many others.


name: T Rex Guitar Effects
name_index: T
phone: 615/656-4600
web_link: www.musiquip.com
address_street: 325 Blvd. Bouchard,
address_city: Dorval
address_province: QC H9S 1A9
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/t-rex.jpg
booth: 207, 209
description:
  Gear Alley - Booth 207, 209
  			
  Self-described “techs geeks and music freaks”, T-Rex Engineering manufactures boutique effects pedals for guitar & bass using a blend of hi-tech innovation with old-world craftsmanship. This Danish company was founded in 1996 and launched internationally in 2002, and manufactures over 30 pedals that combine digital precision with analog warmth. Some of the company’s more notable pedals include the iconic Replica and Reptile delays, the Mudhoney and Mudhoney II distortions, the Room-Mate tube reverb, the brand new Octavius tri-tone generator, the “no frills” Tonebug Series, and FuelTank line of power supplies. Found on the pedals boards of many of the music industry’s leading guitarists and bassists, T-Rex delivers superior tone on stages and in studios around the globe.
   
  T-Rex will be presented by Musiquip, their exclusive American distributor. Musiquip will also showcase gear from several of the other brands it distributes in the USA: Tanglewood Guitars, AER Amplification, and Hiscox Cases.


name: Bike Hugger
name_index: B
phone: 2063997036
web_link: bikehugger.com
address_street: 3220 56th Ave SW,
address_city: Seattle WA 98116
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/bikehugger.jpg
booth: 106
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 106
  Categories: Media
  			
  Bike Hugger is back in Austin to host Built: A Series of Talks by People Who Create at SXSW. This series of five minute talks by unique creators will occur on the Next Stage in the SXSW Trade Show. After Built, join us in our booth for various happenings like schwag-a-thons, street art, and more.


name: UKPA
name_index: U
phone: (44)44/07725084531
web_link: www.lukedrozd.com
address_street: 38b Peckham Rye,
address_city: London
address_province: England
booth: 416, 418, 420
description:
  Flatstock - Booth 416, 418, 420
  			
  UKPA

  The UKPA (UK Poster Association) is an umbrella organization created to help support and promote the work of UK poster artists. This year at SXSW it will be helping to host, through the financial help of the UKTI and the ongoing support of British Underground, the work of a range of British artists at the helm of the ever expanding UK poster scene. 

  Featured artists:

  BRAG - www.bragcollective.com 
  BRAG started in 2006 and is a collective of seven Brighton based artists working in screen-printing and poster design. Representing the collective will be Rhys Wootton who is also director of Octopus Gallery, a platform for international underground art to exhibit

  Graham Pilling / Army of Cats – www.armyofcats.com
  Army of Cats aka Graham Pilling is a Leeds based designer known, for his distinctively bold and textured design work. 

  Luke Drozd – www.lukedrozd.com
  Luke Drozd a man who lives in London and makes things. These include posters.

  Scrawled  - www.scrawled.co.uk
  Scrawled aka Glyn Smyth is a Belfast based designer and illustrator who creates intricate and haunting designs for the heavier side of the world of rock. 

  Telegramme - www.telegramme.co.uk
  Telegramme produce an exciting range of self-intiated, collaborative and commerical illustration & design projects for the music world and beyond. They are helping other people to create new things all the time.

  WeThreeClub – www.wethreeclub.com
  WeThreeClub are Cambridge based husband and wife duo Alex and Chris White who alongside beautiful design work also curate exhibitions and organize events through their company Poster Roast.


name: Neer
name_index: N
phone: 858/651-6883
web_link: www.neerlife.com
address_street: 5775 Morehouse Dr,
address_zip: 92121
address_city: San Diego
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/neer.jpg
booth: 740, 742
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 740, 742
  			
  Neer™ is the must-have, mobile phone location-based service designed with today’s modern family in mind. Neer offers trusted and automatic location sharing to answer those simple , everyday family questions: “Have you left work yet?” “Did the kids get picked up?” “Did you stop at the grocery store on your way home?” Neer saves you time by automatically providing answers in a secure, intuitive, and fun-to-use app. 

  You define your own locations - “Home”, “Office”, “Jonah’s School”, “Grocery Store” - and Neer automatically shares your current location only with the people you choose, and only at the times you choose. Neer is the ultimate organizer and communications tool for today’s busy families. 

  Neer is not a novelty app designed to broadcast your location to vast social networks. Neer uses location to communicate only to those who need to be in the know. Neer uses all the features of your smartphone to dynamically sense your location, eliminating the phone calls or text messages needed to synchronize the day. Developed by Qualcomm Services Labs, you can trust your most confidential information and most important communications to this Fortune 500 company and pioneer of wireless technologies.

  With Neer, now you know.


name: Conduit
name_index: C
phone: 650/340-1550
web_link: www.conduit.com
address_street: 400 S El Camino Ste 375,
address_zip: 94402
address_city: San Mateo
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/conduit.jpg
booth: 1235, 1237, 1334, 1336
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1235, 1237, 1334, 1336
  Categories: Mktg/Promotions/PR, Online Service, Online Entertainment, Software/Web tool
  			
  Conduit is the fastest-growing network of web and mobile app publishers with over 260,000 members and 230 million end-users. The Conduit Network empowers publishers – from global brands to independent developers – to create, exchange and distribute apps, and to collaborate through business and social partnerships.

  The Conduit Network features the award-winning Conduit Platform, Conduit Mobile Platform and Conduit App Marketplace, providing publishers with a comprehensive solution for developing, sharing and managing apps that engage users constantly. Since 2005, the Conduit Platform has enabled publishers to rapidly encapsulate content and deploy it everywhere from web browsers and Community Toolbars to mobile devices. Publishers can distribute and exchange their apps directly, or through the innovative Conduit App Marketplace.
    
  With Conduit, global brands including Major League Baseball, Road Runner, Univision, the Chelsea Football Club, Fox News, iVillage, the National Hockey League, Travelocity, and TechCrunch are marketing themselves online – along with hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized organizations in more than 120 countries around the world.  Join the Conduit Network at www.conduit.com.


name: GameSalad
name_index: G
phone: 512.468.8227
web_link: gamesalad.com
address_street: 3925 W Braker Lane,
address_city: Austin
address_province: TX 78759
booth: 1417, 1419
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1417, 1419
  			
  Games are a powerful means of human communication, a unique form of interactive expression that should be democratized so that anyone from any age or culture can participate. GameSalad looks to take part in the mobile computing revolution, as five billion cell phones across the world are replaced with a new generation of intelligent mobile devices. These devices will change the way people learn, consume, and play.


name: Santa Cruz Guitar Company
name_index: S
phone: 831/425-0999
web_link: www.santacruzguitar.com
address_street: 151C Harvey West Blvd,
address_zip: 95061
address_city: Santa Cruz
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/santa_cruz_guitar.jpg
booth: 403, 405
description:
  Gear Alley - Booth 403, 405
  			
  Since 1976, Richard Hoover has combined the time honored tradition of master violin making and bench style guitar building with a team concept. The Santa Cruz Guitar Company was the first to present boutique guitars handmade by a small team of luthiers to the steel string, acoustic marketplace. They were the breakout from the large, established manufacturers, setting the precedent for the boutique guitar niche. They haven’t strayed since, creating the finest sounding handmade acoustics in the world. Presently, Richard and his dedicated team of a dozen luthiers are making the most sophisticated instruments of their kind, using responsibly harvested, old-growth tone woods. To ensure consistent harmony, sustain and sophistication of complex tone, the guitars are hand voiced and tuned, built in strict climate control for stability and crafted with the experience of professional repair technicians for easy maintenance. Dovetail neck joints and Nitro-cellulose finishes are just some of the more time consuming practices Santa Cruz Guitar Company employs over cost effective factory techniques to ensure heirloom quality and superior, consistent sound. SCGC is a bona fide custom shop, with over 60% of their guitars being custom orders. Whether its a nut width or neck profile, specialized tone woods, overlays and bindings, or extensive inlays, Santa Cruz Guitar Company does it all. Eric Clapton, Tony Rice, Norman Blake, Jerry Garcia, Brad Paisley, Joan Baez, Colin Hay, Steve Earle, Ben Harper, Bill Nershi and Jeff Tweedy are just some of the artists that have bought a Santa Cruz over the years.


name: Infragistics, Inc.
name_index: I
phone: (609) 448-2000
web_link: www.infragistics.com
address_street: 2 Commerce Drive,
address_city: Cranbury
address_province: NJ 08512
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/infragistics.jpg
booth: 203
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 203
  			
  As the world leader in user interface development tools and experts in the User Centric Design, Infragistics empowers developers to build and style User Interfaces that are the foundation for developing killer apps— applications with extreme functionality, complete usability and the “wow-factor!”

  Infragistics enables user experiences and data visualizations in line of business applications across all .NET platforms — Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, and Silverlight; innovative components for jQuery, Reporting and Mobile for Windows Phone 7/iPhone/Android; value-added services including UI testing tools, support, training and consulting; and UX tools-Quince and Quince Pro. For information on Infragistics, products and services, visit www.infragistics.com.


name: ArtWork Tannemyr True Temperament
name_index: A
phone: (46)/854902050
web_link: www.tannemyr.com
address_street: c/o SSR , Liljeholmsvagen 8 t.h
address_city: 117 61 Stockholm
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/tannemyr_guitars.jpg
booth: 103, 105
description:
  Gear Alley - Booth 103, 105
  			
  Artwork printed on rusted metal sheets and high end guitars. A result of a cooperation between Sweden’s finest, Tannemyr and Anders Thidell around the theme ¨Art and Guitars¨.
  All guitars are equipped with Thidell’s pattern: True Temperament Fret system to fulfill the symbiosis between art and technical.

  World known and respected guitarists such as Steve Vai, John McLaughlin, Dweezil Zappa, Kee Marcello, John Herington and many others are users of the True Temperament Technique. Guitarists are artists, and as an artist, you experience your guitar as a piece of art. Unique samples of paintings and guitars will be shows at our stand in Gear Alley.


name: Acts of Sharing
name_index: A
phone: 817/271-7135
web_link: actsofsharing.com
address_street: 809 Baylor St,
address_zip: 78703
address_city: Austin
address_province: TX
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/acts_of_sharing.jpg
booth: 1321
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1321
  Categories: Media, Online Service, Software/Web tool
  			
  Providing what someone needs. Saving money.  Loving people.  These are just a few of the ways in which Acts of Sharing empowers people to live and love in a bigger way.  Acts of Sharing is a platform created to connect people to what they need through the people they love.  Principally, we believe most everything you’re looking for can be found through the relationships you share.  Consider that most of what we have sits idly on shelves, in garages, and throughout our homes for months on end without being used.  With all that we each possess, simply knowing what those in your community have and are willing to share enables you to find much of what you are buying and looking for on a regular basis. Acts of Sharing seeks to enable people to find what they need locally through those they are already in community with on a regular basis.  Through creating a hub where people connect together and share what they have we’ve seen peoples’ lives transformed to meet each other’s needs and develop deeper, lasting relationships with one another.  Loving people with all you have.  That’s the mission of Acts of Sharing.  Join us at www.ActsofSharing.com!


name: Pollstar
name_index: P
phone: 559/271-7900
web_link: www.pollstar.com, www.pollstarpro.com
address_street: 4697 W Jacquelyn Ave,
address_zip: 93722
address_city: Fresno
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/pollstar.jpg
booth: 644, 646
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 644, 646
  			
  For more than 25 years, Pollstar has been the Concert Industry's leading business trade publication. Along with managing the world's most extensive international database of concert tour information, Pollstar publishes timely news, extensive box office summaries, tour itineraries and vital industry contact information as well as providing in-depth research for industry professionals. Pollstar publishes the magazine weekly along with several annual special editions, a series of specialized contact directories.


name: Printfection
name_index: P
phone: 303/459-7990
web_link: www.printfection.com
address_street: 3700 Quebec St Unit 100-136,
address_zip: 80207
address_city: Denver
address_province: CO
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/printfection.jpg
booth: 536
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 536
  			
  Since 2004 we've been helping niche brands build relationships and brand awareness using custom printed merchandise.  We're headquartered in Colorado with on-demand fulfillment centers in Colorado, California, and New York.   Wherever passionate audiences gather, you'll find Printfection-powered merchandise stores.


name: GroundLink
name_index: G
phone: 212-527-7469
web_link: www.groundlink.com
address_street: 134 W 37th St , 2nd Fl
address_zip: 10018
address_city: New York
address_province: NY
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/groundlink.jpg
booth: 437
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 437
  Categories: Distribution, Online Service, Retail, Software/Web tool
  			
  GroundLink is a travel technology company that aggregates, manages and executes limousine, taxi, shuttle, car-rental & public transportation services worldwide. Through retail websites, mobile apps, API's (http://www.groundlink.com/api) and a proprietary marketplace, GroundLink provides individuals, corporations and partners with a single booking and reservation system for all forms of transportation, worldwide under one-account. With over 45,000 affiliates, millions of transactions per year, and partnerships that include Royal Caribbean (CCL), JetBlue(JBLU), Continental (CAL), KAYAK and others, GroundLink is the only true marketplace to seamlessly connect supply and demand for the ground travel industry worldwide.


name: Lumete
name_index: L
phone: 212-477-8066
web_link: lumete.com
address_street: 119 Mott St.,
address_city: New York
address_province: NY 10013
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/lumete.jpg
booth: TBD
description:
  Style - Booth TBD
  			
  Based in New York, Lumete is an independent luxury sunglasses brand for women, by women. Our debut collection of handmade sunglasses combines sculptural detail, symbolic ornamentation and ultrafemininity. 

  Featuring fine-quality zyl acetate in richly hued patterns and layers, Swarovski crystals, custom hardware, detailed painting, intricate etching and scratch resistant CR39 lenses, the collection includes five styles in four colorways each. Each pair of Lumete sunglasses comes stunningly packaged in a satin drawstring “Lumete treasure bag” that includes a signature hard case and a soft pouch, as well as the Lumete locket (a clever eyewear-holding necklace). 

  “Lumete” (pronounced \'lou-met\') is derived from the words lumen and amulet. The Renaissance alchemical concept of Lumen Naturae refers to the light hidden in all matter, which alchemists believed could be released and transformed through their work. An amulet is an object used for protection and luck. Sunglasses are beautiful amulets that adorn your face, protect your eyes, and help you see clearly. Metaphorically, they connect your inner vision and your perception of the world. 

  Lumete’s Colombian designer, Clara Herrera, and her Texan business partner, Barbara Warren, launched Lumete in July 2010 as a refreshing independent alternative to the optical conglomerate. The difference shows in the uniqueness of Lumete designs, the comfortable fitting, and the quality of the materials and craftsmanship.

  Lumete sunglasses can be found at fabulous independent boutiques and on lumete.com. We are thrilled and honored to participate in Style X.


name: IndieFilmz.com
name_index: I
phone: 773-251-5390
web_link: www.indiefilmz.com
address_street: 625 N Michigan Ave, Suite 422
address_zip: 60601
address_city: Chicago
address_province: IL
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/indie_filmz.jpg
booth: 511
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 511
  			
  Support the Shorts!

  At Indieflimz.com we believe that tight story-telling is to shorts what espresso is to coffee.  Our goal is to bring you the widest variety and the deepest dive into the world of independents and the stories they tell. 

  IndieFilmz.com is a groundbreaking showplace for serious producers and fans of independent film, video and digital motion pictures. Our member-driven community serves artists by providing a single place to instantly showcase, store, market and sell short films and series to the public.  We bring you the best in independent cinema, while encouraging fans to support the independent movement by buying directly from the artists they enjoy. 
  The short format brings out the best storytellers.  It’s where you’ll find an emerging or an established filmmaker really work through new ideas and take the greatest risks.  We bring fans some of today’s brightest talents at a critical stage in their careers and the creative process.  We’re the place where you’ll catch a surprising look at an artist you already know or discover someone new before they go viral or burst onto the international scene. From local studios to festivals and special events – we cover the ground as new directors and artists are discovered by the major studios and traditional distributors.  Indiefilmz.com participates in these events to help spotlight artists emerging on the web and to help educate producers and directors about the opportunity to develop their creativity and their business platform through services like Indiefilmz.com.


name: Pond5, Inc./Pond5.com
name_index: P
phone: 646/233-2155
web_link: www.pond5.com
address_street: 419 Lafayette St. ,
address_zip: 10003
address_city: New York
address_province: NY
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/pond5.jpg
booth: 919, 1018
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 919, 1018
  Categories: Online Service, Other
  			
  Pond5 - \'the world's stock media marketplace\' - is a place for media producers to buy and sell stock video footage, music, sound effects, and other stock media elements (*announcements pending!)  Everything on Pond5 is licensed at accessible prices under a royalty-free license, and can be integrated into virtually any production you can think of -- television, film, web, etc -- indefinitely.  Artists come from all over the world, and get one of the best deals in the industry: 50% royalties on prices they set, and a non-exclusive contract where they retain full ownership of their work.

  Featuring a kaleidoscopic cornucopia of instantly downloadable stock media:
  • 550,000+ video clips (the world’s largest online rf collection!)
  • 40,000+ sounds effects
  • 17,000+ production music tracks
  • 280+ customizable AE projects

  Good Prices * Great Stock Media * Honest Deal for Artists

  Stop by!
  www.pond5.com

  (Use code SXSW2011 for 10% off all purchases, through March 31 2011)


name: Poptank Studios Inc
name_index: P
phone: 213.250.3924
web_link: http://www.poptank.com
address_street: 312 West 5th Street,
address_zip: 90012
address_city: Los Angeles
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/poptank.jpg
booth: 124, 126
description:
  Screenburn - Booth 124, 126
  			
  Poptank is producing musical teaching systems, presented as hands-on, socially networked, computer games.

  For private instrument owners and buyers, the Poptank system provides a way to learn and enhance skills that is interactive and fun and that makes learning easier and faster. Instead of spending hours of tedious practice alone in an otherwise silent room, the aspiring musician will enjoy a socially networked video game experience while learning to play his or her own instrument.


name: Netbiscuits
name_index: N
phone: 703/435-9008
web_link: www.netbiscuits.com
address_street: 11190 Sunrise Valley Dr.,
address_city: Reston
address_province: VA 20191
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/netbiscuits.jpg
booth: 424, 426
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 424, 426
  			
  Netbiscuits enables you to develop, publish and monetize cross-platform mobile sites and apps. 
  Our world leading cloud software platform serves the mobile Internet services for premium online, media and retail companies such as eBay, Universal Music, MTV Networks, HSN and Axel Springer, as well as leading agencies such as SapientNitro, Publicis, Razorfish and Ogilvy. Globally Netbiscuits processes more than 4.4 billion mobile page and content requests for its customers each month. Founded in 2000, the company has 90 employees in the USA, Germany, UK and Singapore.
  The award winning Netbiscuits platform is available as a cloud-based software service (SaaS). At www.netbiscuits.com all tools, interfaces and mobile enabling technologies are provided to develop, publish, monitor, and monetize professional mobile web applications. By using Netbiscuits, media companies, agencies, retailers, brand owners, developers, and service providers achieve a faster path to profit from their mobile Internet programs.


name: Clear Channel - iheartradio
name_index: C
web_link: www.iheartradio.com
address_street: 32 Avenue of the Americas 2nd Fl,
address_zip: 10013
address_city: New York
address_province: NY
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/iheartradio.jpg
booth: 1139, 1141
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1139, 1141
  			
  iheartradio delivers 750+ of America’s favorite local radio stations to your iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone 7 and iPad. New York's Z100, and Power 105, LA's KFI and KIIS FM are all included in this easy-to-use, free radio app. Online and Mobile. www.iheartradio.com


name: Boondock Saints
name_index: B
phone: 323-469-1616
web_link: www.boondocksaints.com
address_street: 4470 W Sunset Blvd, Ste 281
address_zip: 90027
address_city: Los Angeles
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/boondock_saints.jpg
booth: 1009, 1011
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1009, 1011
  Categories: Online Entertainment, Retail
  			
  Boondock Saints, LLC is the official marketing and communication arm for the cult-classic film “Boondock Saints.” We manage media inquiries and requests for personal appearances and operate Boondocksaints.com and Boondockstore.com to provide the public with a dynamic interactive forum for discussion and user-generated content along with instant access to updated information about the films (Boondock Saints and Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day,) related music, merchandise and a variety of other creative developments in progress.  We also produce special events for the growing community of Boondock Saints fans worldwide.


name: Soundation Studio
name_index: S
phone: (46)/86609910
web_link: www.soundation.com
address_street: Brannkyrkagatan 13,
address_city: 11820 Stockholm
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/soundation.jpg
booth: 1439
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1439
  			
  Soundation Studio is the free online music making application that gives everyone the opportunity to make music on the internet. With instant access to music making tools like a loop library, virtual instruments, real time effects, automation, audio recording and editing. You can save, post to web or download your work. If you need more sounds there is an integrated sound shop that offers an array of high quality loops ready to be used directly in Soundation. There are paid accounts that offer access to the premium sound library and AudioLocker a desktop application that lets you import your own sounds into Soundation as well as store your personal sounds in your Soundation “cloud account”.


name: Beyond Gaming
name_index: B
phone: 567/6862179
web_link: www.beyondgaming.com
address_street: 1301 N Summit St.,
address_zip: 43604
address_city: Toledo
address_province: OH
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/beyond_gaming.jpg
booth: 121-125, 220-224
description:
  Screenburn - Booth 121-125, 220-224
  			
  Beyond Gaming, LLC exists to offer competitive console gamers new ways to enjoy their gaming experience. By leveraging its proprietary technology, Beyond Gaming, LLC offers members the ability to participate in stakes based competitive gaming action, on their favorite console game titles against each other regardless of time or geographic location in a safe, secure and legal environment. The dynamic online portal, www.BeyondGaming.com, is packed with feature rich Web2.0 content such as interactive video/voice chat, user profiles, instant messaging, hi-definition video and photo uploads. Join the community and enter an array of competitions. Users can identify the skill level of the competition from our proprietary skill ranking and user reputation systems. Everybody loves to play hard, but nothing beats earning Cold Hard Cash! Win a Tournament, Head2Head Competition or League Match on Beyond Gaming and be rewarded with Cash in your account. Join Now and Play For $omething at www.BeyondGaming.com.
  Follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/beyondgaming
  Become a Fan on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/91QtCc
  Check us out on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/beyondgamingnet


name: Appiction
name_index: A
phone: 877-588-3382
web_link: www.appiction.com
address_street: 11921 N Mopac Expwy Ste 320,
address_zip: 78759
address_city: Austin
address_province: TX
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/appiction.jpg
booth: 815, 914
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 815, 914
  Categories: Software/Web tool
  			
  You need to be where your customers are - on the go, mobile. Appiction will get you there. iTunes has reached 10 billion downloads and Android Market is catching up. A business without a mobile device application now is like a company without a website: invisible. Appiction is the premier provider of mobile applications. When Apple needed to deliver mobile services to their select customers, they trusted us exclusively; so has Final Draft, Samsung, Somnio, and hundreds of others. Don’t entrust your dream or mission-critical mobile project to just anyone with a business card. Come visit our Austin offices and meet our people. We guarantee you’ll be impressed.  Real people, real experience, real power.
  Appiction. Be everywhere.
  http://appicts.com/clients/appiction/presentation/


name: TrueFire
name_index: T
phone: 727-898-8866
web_link: truefire.com
address_street: ,
address_city: St Pete
address_province: FL 33705
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/truefire.jpg
booth: 409
description:
  Gear Alley - Booth 409
  			
  Over the past 17 years, TrueFire has worked with over 450 top artists and educators building what Guitar Player magazine calls “the planet's largest and most comprehensive selection of guitar lessons.”

  TrueFire's massive library of video lessons covers all styles, techniques and levels. Guitar lessons and courses are available as standalone software on disk for Windows and Mac computers; online video on-demand subscription programs;  mobile apps for iPhone and iPad; as well as a 2-way interactive online tuition program featuring personalized one-on-one instruction from top guitar instructors.

  Guitar players, instructors and students of of all ages, from 170 countries rely on TrueFire to \'learn, practice and play\' their preferred styles and techniques.


name: Huddle Hub
name_index: H
phone: 617/678-1041
web_link: www.huddlehub.com
address_street: 25 Intervale Rd,
address_zip: 02481
address_city: Wellesley
address_province: MA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/huddlehub.jpg
booth: 609
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 609
  Categories: Media, Online Entertainment, Software/Web tool, Other
  			
  	HuddleHub is a fantasy sports management platform that allows people to manage their fantasy teams in a social and friendly environment. HuddleHub is also launching a unique Fantasy Bracket Challenge where users select players instead of teams. Sign up while at SXSW for your change to win an iPad 2!!


name: Designica Software
name_index: D
phone: 512/215.0078
web_link: www.designicasoftware.com
address_street: 1913 Rio Grande,
address_zip: 78705
address_city: Austin
address_province: TX
booth: 1442, 1444
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1442, 1444
  Categories: Software/Web tool
  			
  Designica is an art management software designed to organize your art department and make it more efficient, simplifying the management of your business and improving customer service.

  Our systems manage customers, jobs, image templates, versions, notes, and attachments meaning the end of paper forms, file systems, post-it notes, lost art, miscommunication, and mistakes.

  Drag and Drop your art into our software and instantly Designica analyzes it for colors and dimensions and generates a preview.

  Designica is location-based, so you can manage a single team or severals teams in different offices easily. It is cross-platform, seamlessly sharing and communicating between Mac's and PC's. It is multilingual allowing you to communicate with remote employees.

  Keep track of your work easily using the built in dashboard. The search function allows you to find your art with whatever information you have reducing wasted time searching through old customer files.

  Advanced Reporting tools help you analyze your business and results of your employees.Easily keep an eye on your trends and see where your business is performing well and where it needs improvement.

  Every design department is different and whether yours operates on Windows or Mac OS X or a combination of the two, Designica is at home, ensuring quality and speed, no matter what the environment.


name: strawberryluna
name_index: 0-9
phone: 412/654-3788
web_link: www.strawberryluna.com
address_street: 5711 Friendship Avenue, No. 10
address_zip: 15206
address_city: Pittsburgh
address_province: PA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/strawberryluna.jpg
booth: 404, 406
description:
  Flatstock - Booth 404, 406
  			
  Based in Pittsburgh, PA strawberryluna is a husband & wife design full service design studio. With a strong emphasis on music industry work from CD and album art to hand silkscreened posters, t-shirt designs and more, our aim is to connect artists to their fans with their best foot forward. Always.

  We work with record labels, managers, and bands directly to create the perfect image through art. And we do it with the only tools we know, creativity, hard work and a passion for our work and your image. 

  How many times have you seen design and art work for a band and thought: \'Wts?\' We'll never leave you hanging like that.

  Hire us. Because we totally just want to make you look great.


name: Bigsby Vibratos & Accessories
name_index: B
phone: 912/748-7070
web_link: www.bigsby.com
address_street: PO Box 2468,
address_zip: 31402
address_city: Savannah
address_province: GA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/bigsby.jpg
description:
  Guitar Show Extravaganza!  Gretsch Guitars, TV Jones Guitars & Pickups and Bigsby Vibratos are teaming up at the Austin Texas Guitar Show to present the first ever 'Guitar Show Extravaganza'. Live Pick-Up winding demonstrations by Tom ‘TV’ Jones. Live Vibrato installations by Bigsby Product Specialist Adam Seutter. Meet Gretsch Guitars Product Specialist Joe Carducci. FREE ‘Pit-Stop’ service checks for your Bigsby equipped guitar. Get ‘Gretsch Guitar Girl’ Kim Falcon’s autograph on Saturday 3/19. Tom 'TV' Jones will also be offering a select number of guitar setups FREE. Stop by the booth for instant prizes and other special offers.

  The invention of genius engineer Paul Bigsby, Bigsby Vibratos are heard today on recordings in almost every style of music. Today guitar players of almost every style turn to Bigsby to add the finishing touch to their instruments—a beautiful, subtle, and extremely functional statement.

  ORIGINAL KALAMAZOO™ SERIES Vibratos are still Sand Cast by hand in the USA, the old fashioned way. Molten aluminum is poured into Sand Cast molds, exactly as Paul Bigsby made the original Bigsby Vibratos in the 1950s.  Original Kalamazoo™ Series Vibratos are lovingly made to enhance your instrument while delivering Paul Bigsby’s original vision in every way.  Models: B3, B5, B6, B7, B11, B12, B16

  LIGHTNING™ SERIES Vibratos are designed for players who want the Bigsby sound and “vibe” but for a less expensive instrument. Named in tribute to “lightning fast” Merle Travis who inspired Paul Bigsby to build his first vibrato.  Series I Models: B30, B50, B60, B70.  Series II Models: B500, B700 				
  			
  Guitar Show Extravaganza!  Gretsch Guitars, TV Jones Guitars & Pickups and Bigsby Vibratos are teaming up at the Austin Texas Guitar Show to present the first ever 'Guitar Show Extravaganza'. Live Pick-Up winding demonstrations by Tom ‘TV’ Jones. Live Vibrato installations by Bigsby Product Specialist Adam Seutter. Meet Gretsch Guitars Product Specialist Joe Carducci. FREE ‘Pit-Stop’ service checks for your Bigsby equipped guitar. Get ‘Gretsch Guitar Girl’ Kim Falcon’s autograph on Saturday 3/19. Tom 'TV' Jones will also be offering a select number of guitar setups FREE. Stop by the booth for instant prizes and other special offers.

  The invention of genius engineer Paul Bigsby, Bigsby Vibratos are heard today on recordings in almost every style of music. Today guitar players of almost every style turn to Bigsby to add the finishing touch to their instruments—a beautiful, subtle, and extremely functional statement.

  ORIGINAL KALAMAZOO™ SERIES Vibratos are still Sand Cast by hand in the USA, the old fashioned way. Molten aluminum is poured into Sand Cast molds, exactly as Paul Bigsby made the original Bigsby Vibratos in the 1950s.  Original Kalamazoo™ Series Vibratos are lovingly made to enhance your instrument while delivering Paul Bigsby’s original vision in every way.  Models: B3, B5, B6, B7, B11, B12, B16

  LIGHTNING™ SERIES Vibratos are designed for players who want the Bigsby sound and “vibe” but for a less expensive instrument. Named in tribute to “lightning fast” Merle Travis who inspired Paul Bigsby to build his first vibrato.  Series I Models: B30, B50, B60, B70.  Series II Models: B500, B700


name: Animoto
name_index: A
phone: 212.260.2948
web_link: www.animoto.com
address_street: 214 Sullivan St., 2F
address_zip: 10012
address_city: New York
address_province: NY
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/animoto.jpg
booth: 835, 934
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 835, 934
  			
  Animoto.com is a web application that creates MTV-style videos with the click of a button.

  Users simply choose a song, video clips, and images. Animoto then automatically generates a unique video for them. No two videos are ever the same.

  Many of the post-production techniques that the founders used while working as producers for MTV, Comedy Central & ABC are used in Animoto's patent-pending Cinematic Artificial Intelligence developed to think like an actual editor and director. The resulting video is produced in a widescreen format, containing the visual energy of a music video and the emotional impact of a movie trailer.

  Animoto Productions is based in New York City with an office in San Francisco.


name: Tableau Software
name_index: T
phone: 206/633-3400
web_link: www.tableausoftware.com
address_street: 837 N 34th St Ste 400,
address_zip: 98103
address_city: Seattle
address_province: WA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/tableau.jpg
booth: 329
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 329
  Categories: Software/Web tool
  			
  Tableau Software’s award-winning products make it easy for people to rapidly transform data into smart visual analytics.  What data?  Any data of any size, any format and any subject.  Tableau’s truly revolutionary products simplify the way data is visualized, explored and communicated. We’ve done years of research to build a system that supports people’s natural ability to think visually. Shift fluidly between views, following your natural train of thought. You’re not stuck in wizards or bogged down writing scripts. You just create beautiful, rich data visualizations.

  How does it work? You simply drag & drop to create data visualizations, then publish them as live interactive widgets on the web. All the things you wished you could do—work with huge data, mash up different data sources, visualize data in different ways and create dashboards—are possible in Tableau. Cindy Sedlacek, Director of Data Administration at Cornell University, said of Tableau: “We do 10 times the analysis in half the time, with half the staff.” 

  Google, Playdom, Zynga, eBay, and thousands more companies use Tableau Software’s rapid-fire business intelligence to do fast, ad hoc analysis on any data. From web analytics to gaming interaction statistics to nursing labor productivity, it’s the way thousands of companies go from frustration to insight. 

  It’s faster and easier to analyze your data in Tableau. In fact, it’s downright fun.


name: The Creative Circus
name_index: T
phone: 404/477-6721
web_link: www.creativecircus.edu
address_street: 812 Lambert Dr,
address_zip: 30324
address_city: Atlanta
address_province: GA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/creative_circus.jpg
booth: 1310
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1310
  Categories: Education, Mktg/Promotions/PR
  			
  The Creative Circus is unlike any school you’ve experienced before. More a subset of the communications arts industry than academia, The Creative Circus has prepared some of the world’s best working creative talent and is a top feeder school to some of the most sought after creative shops in the world. 

  At the end of the two-year program, Creative Circus grads are armed with experience, and killer portfolios (both traditional and digital) that show creative directors and recruiters what they know and how they think. The Creative Circus is the first step to a career as a working creative.


name: Hosco Press
name_index: H
web_link: hoscopress.com
address_street: ,
address_city: Omaha
address_province: NE
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/hosco_press.jpg
booth: 502
description:
  Flatstock - Booth 502
  			
  Hosco Press is a screen print and letterpress design/print studio owned and run by artists Fred Hosman and Jewel Noll. Based out of Omaha, Nebraska, Hosco Press specializes in the design and production of gig-posters and other band merchandise.  Head printer/designer Fred Hosman's work will be on display and for purchase at Flatstock 29.  For more information please visit HoscoPress.com


name: Songtrust
name_index: S
phone: 212/625-2985
web_link: www.songtrust.com
address_street: 485 Broadway, 3rd Fl
address_zip: 10013
address_city: New York
address_province: NY
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/songtrust.jpg
booth: 311
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 311
  Categories: Association/Organization, Education, Online Service, Software/Web tool
  			
  Songtrust is the first online solution that empowers all songwriters to take control of their music publishing rights, by simplifying the process of song registration and royalty collections. This is the first digital publishing service of its kind, complimenting the array of online promotion, tour planning, and digital distribution tools being used by an increasingly empowered generation of DIY musicians.
   
  Before Songtrust, the vast majority of songwriters were left without a viable publishing solution. The music publishing industry traditionally works only with songwriters at the top of the radio and album sales charts, leading to millions of unregistered song copyrights. Even as advances in digital music distribution have created a significant increase in publishing revenues for more songwriters, millions of bands and writers remain unregistered and cannot collect their royalties.  
   
  Songtrust solves this problem.

  Songtrust streamlines the complex process of registering song copyrights, collecting royalties, and maximizing licensing opportunities, and empowers individual songwriters with new technologies to track how and where their songs are being used around the world.

  With Songtrust as their partner, songwriters can focus on their craft knowing that their music publishing rights are being professionally managed for less than $10 per month.
   
  Songtrust is truly a turning point in the management of intellectual property, and one that is unique to the digital age.


name: Quotegine
name_index: Q
phone: 248-266-0604
web_link: quotegine.com
address_street: 801 S Adams Rd Ste 101,
address_zip: 48009
address_city: Birmingham
address_province: MI
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/quotegine.jpg
booth: 342
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 342
  Categories: Software/Web tool
  			
  Quotegine is an Internet-based application that allows organizations to create and deliver web-based sales proposals in minutes. The powerful analytics utility allows users to be notified instantly when proposals are viewed and know exactly what recipients are looking at. Designed to allow the user to build customized and branded sales proposals online in minutes, the simple proposal creator makes quoting fast and easy. From one page text-based job quotes, to multi-section, media-rich proposals, the Quotegine proposal builder gives users the flexibility and power to create engaging sales content fast.


name: Reunion Blues
name_index: R
phone: 707/765-1500
web_link: http://www.reunionblues.com
address_street: 3950 Cypress Dr Ste B,
address_zip: 94954
address_city: Petaluma
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/reunion_blues.jpg
booth: 205
description:
  Gear Alley - Booth 205
  			
  Founded in 1976, Reunion Blues has become known as the music industry’s premier gig bag and case company. With over 70 models available for fretted, brass, woodwind, strings and percussion instruments, the selection is deep and wide. The products are available in Performance fabric, in Classic full-grain leather, and in a new leading-edge RB Continental series that is enjoying huge success in the industry. There’s even a selection of multiple instrument bags like double guitar and triple trumpet.  

  Wherever we go, scores of veteran players relate heart-felt stories of still using the same Reunion Blues bag they purchased one, two, even three decades ago. Over the years, terms like “Road Warrior”, “Old Friend” and “Better With Age” have become synonymous with the product, while “Legendary” and “Bullet-Proof” have been used to describe the brand.  

  Now heading for its 35th year, Reunion Blues remains faithful to maintaining the established quality of the product. We are also committed to refining the elements that made Reunion Blues a classic in the first place, by bringing the line into the 21st century with modern materials and designs.  

  Only Reunion Blues continues to earn the music industry reputation as the best of the best.


name: Fandemic
name_index: F
phone: 210/274-6368
web_link: www.fandemicworld.com
address_street: 4107 Medical Dr #4204,
address_zip: 78229
address_city: San Antonio
address_province: TX
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/fandemic.jpg
booth: 1502, 1504, 1506
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1502, 1504, 1506
  			
  Fandemic is an interactive phone application that brings out the music lover in all of us. It has two main purposes: the first is to allow for a platform in which bands, musicians, d.j.’s, and anybody wanting to promote their live music can do so on a nationwide phone app. Fandemic will provide that bridge that is so often neglected with our local talent. Fandemic is not subject to any one genre or any age level. There is something at live music events that everyone knows, but sometimes cannot always explain. There is that magic that happens while listening to these amazing artists work their craft they utterly love. We at Fandemic want to allow for as many people to share in this experience. 

  The second main purpose is to provide that channel that is so often neglected for the fans. How often have you wanted to go see some live jazz, but don’t know where to go? How often have you heard of a local band, but can never find their website or where they’re playing at or have just forgotten about the performance you wanted to see? Providing that one stop resource where fans of all types can find live music on a user friendly app will quench that thirst that so many have to hear more live music, that hunger to try different bands because they know where they’re playing, and that resource to continue to be a fan of their favorite local acts.


name: DENTSU INC
name_index: D
phone: (81)036/216-4667
web_link: www.dentsu.com
address_street: 1-8-1 Higashi-shimbashi, Minato-Ku
address_city: Tokyo
address_province: 105-7001
booth: 921, 923, 925
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 921, 923, 925
  			
  Founded in 1901, Dentsu Inc. has held the position of the world's largest single-brand agency for almost 40 years. Through its unique \'Integrated Communication Design\' approach, Dentsu offers 
  multinational clients the most comprehensive range of advertising and marketing services in the industry. While continuing to expand its presence in the digital arena, Dentsu is active in the production and marketing of sports movies, anime and other entertainment content on a global scale. The Dentsu Group has more than 6,000 clients and close to 20,000 employees worldwide.
  Dentsu News: http://www.dentsu.com/news/index.html
  Dentsu Inc.: http://www.dentsu.com/index.html


name: Sonicbids
name_index: S
phone: 617/502-1300
web_link: www.sonicbids.com
address_street: 500 Harrison Ave Fourth Flr , Ste 404R
address_zip: 02118
address_city: Boston
address_province: MA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/sonicbids.jpg
booth: 229, 231, 328, 330
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 229, 231, 328, 330
  			
  Sonicbids is the leading matchmaking site for bands and music promoters. Since 2001, the company has focused on empowering emerging artists to build sustainable music careers by connecting them with leading festivals, licensing opportunities, consumer brands and more. In 2010, Sonicbids facilitated more than 80,000 deals between its members. To learn more about Sonicbids, visit www.sonicbids.com and follow us on Twitter @Sonicbids.


name: 2Checkout.com Inc
name_index: 0-9
phone: 614-921-2450
web_link: www.2checkout.com
address_street: 1785 OBrien Road,
address_city: Columbus
address_province: Ohio 43228
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/2checkout.jpg
booth: 1510, 1512
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1510, 1512
  Categories: Online Service, Retail
  			
  Founded in 2000 and based in Columbus, Ohio, 2Checkout.com, Inc. is a worldwide leader in payments and e-commerce services featuring a world-class suite of payment related services. 2CO powers online merchants with global payment methods and a world-class fraud prevention service on our co-branded, safe, secure, and reliable PCI-compliant payment pages.  Go “glocal” – ask 2CO how “glocalization” will help you grow your business.  For more information visit http://www.2checkout.com.


name: Monster Worldwide
name_index: M
phone: 1-800-MONSTER
web_link: www.monster.com
address_street: 5 Clock Tower Pl Ste 500,
address_zip: 01754
address_city: Maynard
address_province: MA
booth: 1241-1247, 1340-1346
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1241-1247, 1340-1346
  			
  Monster Worldwide, Inc., a parent company of Monster.com, is the leading global online jobs site focused on matching talent and opportunity, powering our customer’s growth and accelerating their competitive advantage by helping them expertly source, match and manage talent. We inspire seekers in key markets in North America, Europe, and Asia, to improve their lives by precisely matching them to the right opportunities and equipping them with the right tools to fuel their potential. Monster  offers real job opportunities at thousands of companies in dozens of industries, a powerful search engine for pinpointing the most relevant results, and advice and resources to help seekers succeed in the search and, ultimately, in their career. To learn more about Monster's industry-leading products and services, visit www.monster.com. More information about Monster Worldwide is available at http://about-monster.com.							

  At SXSW, check in to Cool Jobs with Monster using Gowalla on your smartphone to energize your career life & win prizes

  Follow us on Twitter - @MonsterWW - to find us at any time during SXSW

  Don't forget to follow hashtag #SXSWMonster – for all the cool job postings from SXSW. 

  Check out the SXSW Hiring Hub powered by Monster online and on the Trade Show floor at booth #1241-1247, 1340-1346


name: Austin Community College
name_index: A
phone: 512/223-4798
web_link: www.viscom.austincc.edu
address_street: 11928 Stonehollow Dr,
address_zip: 78758
address_city: Austin
address_province: TX
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/game_dev_inst.jpg
booth: 128, 130
description:
  Screenburn - Booth 128, 130
  			
  Serious about game play? So are we. We've created the ACC Game Development Institute, a program designed and taught by seasoned game industry veterans who have the experience, know how, and inside-track knowledge.

  Learn the multidisciplinary skills needed to cultivate a game from inception to full-fledged experience in a gamer’s hands. Work shoulder to shoulder with other students who are as passionate and dedicated as you are. Connect with industry professionals in existing companies or budding game designers and developers. 

  Programming, creative writing, music, art, and design are all part of well-rounded games. The GDI teaches them—and you'll put it all to work with our state-of-the-art equipment and software. At the GDI, your imagination is the limit!

  You can:
  - Train to join the booming game development industry.

  - Prepare to transfer to an advanced college program. 

  -Hone, expand, and update your professional skills.

  Software we currently teach:
  -Autodesk 3D Studio Max & Maya
  -Pixologic ZBrush
  -Industry standard game engines


name: Fender
name_index: F
phone: 830/399-0413
web_link: www.fender.com
address_street: 8860 E Chaparral Rd Ste 100,
address_city: Scottsdale
address_province: AZ 85250
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/fender.jpg
booth: 104
description:
  Gear Alley - Booth 104
  			
  Fender® is the world’s leading guitar brand and is synonymous with rock ‘n’ roll. Fender instruments are known worldwide for starting the rock revolution, and they continue to be highly prized by today’s
  musicians and collectors.  www.fender.com


name: Maximum Positive
name_index: M
phone: 972/490-7400
web_link: www.maximumpositive.com
address_street: 5930 LBJ Fwy Ste 307 LB13,
address_zip: 75240
address_city: Dallas
address_province: TX
booth: 319,418
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 319,418
  Categories: Distribution, Event/Convention, Film Commission, Film Services, Mktg/Promotions/PR, Non-Profit, Online Service, Online Entertainment
  			
  Maximum Positive's Vid-Skit Face Off provides a platform for recording artists, musicians, actors, editors, film/video producers and directors to generate income by linking their art to a cause.  The first featured competition will use video assets from the \'Romeo & Juliet with Family Therapy\' produced by Max Poz Studios which was shot in front of green screen to allow perforance artists to cut themselves into the feature.


name: MyCube
name_index: M
phone: (65)6/536-4280
web_link: mycube.com
address_street: 3D River Valley Road, #02-04 Shophouse Row
address_city: Singapore
address_province: 179023
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/mycube.jpg
booth: 929, 931, 1028, 1030
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 929, 931, 1028, 1030
  Categories: Media, Online Service, Online Entertainment, Software/Web tool
  			
  MyCube is a next-generation social network, a combination of a privacy-focused social network with a rich content exchange.

  MyCube allows individuals and organizations to interact with others on their own terms, with full control over their information, content and privacy; provides robust publishing tools allowing the creation of everything from short updates to full multi-media articles; and delivers an “interest grid” which allows users to filter network content by topic and/or individual.

  MyCube will launch in private beta early 2011 and anticipates a full public release by the end of Q2 2011


name: urThots.com
name_index: 0-9
phone: 214/701-3281
web_link: www.urthots.com
address_street: 7557 Rambler Rd, Ste 700
address_zip: 75231
address_city: Dallas
address_province: TX
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/urthots.jpg
booth: 144, 146
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 144, 146
  Categories: Distribution, Mktg/Promotions/PR, Online Service, Online Entertainment, Software/Web tool
  			
  urThots.com provides a highly engaging and interactive platform for artists, gamers, filmmakers, and fans. Launching at SXSW, urThots.com is introducing a feature-rich social experience, interactive streaming music channel, and tons of other cool things designed to bring sharing discovery, and engagement to the next level. To learn more visit us online at www.urthots.com.


name: WordPress.com
name_index: W
phone: 877/273-8550
web_link: wordpress.com
address_street: 60 29th St #343,
address_city: San Francisco
address_province: CA 94110
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/word_press.jpg
booth: 829, 831, 928, 930
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 829, 831, 928, 930
  Categories: Online Service, Software/Web tool
  			
  WordPress.com is one of the world's most popular ways to blog. Start a free blog in seconds, and start sharing your ideas with the world. 

  You can get a blog started in less time than it takes you to read this sentence. All you need is an email address. You’ll get your own WordPress.com address (like you.wordpress.com, you can switch to a custom address later if you’d like), a selection of great free and customizable designs for your blog (we call them themes), 3 gigabytes of file storage (that’s about 2,500 pictures!) and many other great features. Blog as much as you want for free. Your blog can be public to the world or private for just your friends, and our premium features are completely optional.

  You can change the look of your blog with over a hundred attractive themes ranging from professional to fun to crazy, and switch themes instantly with just a click of a button. Our stats system gives you up-to-the-minute data on how many people are visiting your blog, where they’re coming from, which posts are most popular, and which search engine terms are sending people to your blog. And if you have questions about using or extending your blog, we’ve got some of the most responsive support around.

  If you love to create, you’ll love WordPress.com. Learn more and sign up for a free blog today at http://wordpress.com.


name: TubeMogul
name_index: T
phone: 510-653-8919
web_link: www.tubemogul.com
address_street: 1250 53rd Street, Suite 6
address_zip: 94608
address_city: Emeryville
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/tubemogul.jpg
booth: 420, 422
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 420, 422
  Categories: Mktg/Promotions/PR, Media, Online Service
  			
  TubeMogul is a video advertising and analytics company.  We help brand advertisers place video ads in front of highly targeted audiences.  We give advertisers complete control over ad placements before the campaign and complete insight into where their ads ran after the campaign.   We also offer cost per view pricing, so advertisers only pay for viewers who watch their videos.    Because our ad platform is built on top of our massive video analytics service we can target the audiences who actually want to watch the brand's video ad.  Finally, we provide premium video analytics and custom research to our clients, offering valuable learnings and insights for each campaign run on our platform.  The control, transparency, optimization and insights we offer make our solution the most accountable and effective way to get video ads watched.


name: Shoutlet
name_index: S
phone: 608/833-0088
web_link: www.shoutlet.com
address_street: 1 Erdman Pl Ste 102,
address_zip: 53717
address_city: Madison
address_province: WI
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/shoutlet.jpg
description:
  Shoutlet is a centralized social media management platform for companies to engage customers and monetize their online communication. It incorporates Facebook and Twitter management, Social CRM, widget building, email and mobile marketing, social commerce, and real-time analytics.							
  Categories: Online Service, Software/Web tool
  			
  Shoutlet is a centralized social media management platform for companies to engage customers and monetize their online communication. It incorporates Facebook and Twitter management, Social CRM, widget building, email and mobile marketing, social commerce, and real-time analytics.


name: Peel
name_index: P
phone: 408.410.4086
web_link: www.peel.com
address_street: 4655 Old Ironsides Dr. Suite 200,
address_city: Santa Clara
address_province: CA 95054
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/peel.jpg
booth: 819
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 819
  Categories: Equipment/Hardware, Manufacturing/Merchandising, Online Entertainment, Retail, Software/Web tool
  			
  Peel is a popular free app that lets you discover and locate TV you’ll love by learning the shows you already watch and like.  Add Peel universal control for remote control of your whole entertainment system, allowing you to watch with a single tap and control volume, channel, source and more with simple gestures – all right from your iPhone or iPod touch.  Simply watching TV teaches Peel your viewing habits, and your show suggestions will get more and more personalized over time.


name: MXL Microphones & Mogami Cable
name_index: M
phone: 424/225-0694
web_link: mxlmics.com
address_street: 1910 E Maple Ave,
address_zip: 90245
address_city: El Segundo
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/mxl.jpg
booth: 401
description:
  Gear Alley - Booth 401
  			
  The MXL microphone line continues to amaze the most critical recording producers, mixing engineers and live  performing artists. 
  The studio collections “Revelation” and “Genesis” tube condenser microphones are being used on hit records now.
  The Live series of microphones offer clarity, intelligibility and high output to all performers and presenters. The LSC microphones are amazing.
  USB and technology microphones are now being used for music, conferences and education. The ease of plug and play and the compatibility to all third party software make USB microphones a part of every day life.

  I can assure you that we have been working hard to develop product lines that are the best quality and value for all consumers.  

  MXL where great recordings and performances begin.
  www.MXLmics.com


name: Furturtle Show Prints
name_index: F
phone: 801/376-7240
web_link: furturtle.com
address_street: 1150 Denver St,
address_zip: 84111
address_city: Salt Lake City
address_province: UT
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/furturtle.jpg
booth: 302, 304
description:
  Flatstock - Booth 302, 304
  			
  Travis Bone of Furturtle Show Prints is an illustrator and print-maker hailing from the snow swept valleys of Utah’s Rocky Mountains. His poster design style is clean and simple; most posters are printed using just two colors.  Furturtle Show Prints is a one-man act- Travis does his own screen-printing in his Salt Lake City studio.  He has created posters for numerous bands and events including Ben Harper, My Morning Jacket, The Swell Season, Iron & Wine, Death Cab for Cutie and Pickathon: Indie Roots Festival.


name: Custom Shop Guitars
name_index: C
phone: 210/414-4422
web_link: www.customshopguitars.com
address_street: PO Box 880,
address_zip: 78009
address_city: Castroville
address_province: TX
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/custom_shop_guitars.jpg
booth: 519, 521
description:
  Guitar Show - Booth 519, 521
  			
  Custom Shop Guitars sells Collings acoustic guitars, electric guitars, mandolins, and ukuleles exclusively! We specialize in custom and one-off Collings instruments. Only The Best!


name: GetContact.Info
name_index: G
phone: 510-907-1112
web_link: www.getcontact.info
address_street: 3125 Elm Street,
address_city: Oakland
address_province: CA 94609
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/get_contact_info.jpg
booth: 1315
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1315
  Categories: Online Service, Software/Web tool
  			
  Create, exchange, scan, it's that easy. GCI provides an simple approach to exchanging contact information anywhere with any phone. Our application creates customized barcodes that deliver your online profile (such as vCards and social media data) in a small scannable package. Using our online service then helps you update and manage your contacts in a single place while tracking vital stats like who, when, and where you met someone. Try our new business card templating engine and start connecting today.


name: NEVERDIE Studios
name_index: N
phone: 786/4137718
web_link: www.ROCKtropia.com
address_street: 6834 Hollywood Blvd,
address_zip: 90028
address_city: Los Angeles
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/neverdie.jpg
booth: 136, 138
description:
  Screenburn - Booth 136, 138
  			
  NEVERDIE Studios was founded by legendary Avatar Jon NEVERDIE Jacobs. The Studios main focus is  expanding the Frontiers of Pop Culture into Virtual Reality.

  NEVERDIE Studios is the developer of ROCKtropia, \'The Music Planet\' ROCKtropia is a Real Cash Virtual World inspired by the mythology of pop culture and Music icons.

  Current artists on the ROCKtropia planet include, Lemmy, Motorhead, Kevin Rudolf, Juelz Santana, NEVERDIE, Cheri Moon, with more joining all the time.


name: Marvell Semiconductor
name_index: M
phone: 408/222-2500
web_link: www.marvell.com
address_street: 5488 Marvell Ln ,
address_zip: 95054
address_city: Santa Clara
address_province: CA
booth: SB5
description:
  Screenburn - Booth SB5
  			
  Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) is one of the world’s largest semiconductor companies and designs and sells more than one billion chips per year used in a spectrum of familiar and best-selling products — from the world's most popular smartphones, to eReaders, laptops, plug computers, HDTVs and tablets.  Marvell leveraged its number one market share position in silicon solutions for the storage media market and now leads the revolution in mobile computing and always-connected consumer products.  The Company's expertise in integrating multi-functionality into very high performance, very low power systems on a chip is driving the next generation of products in mobile and wireless, networking, consumer and green products.


name: Section 101
name_index: S
phone: 646-435-7933
web_link: www.section101.com/
address_street: 150 West 28th Street, Suite # 804
address_city: New York
address_province: NY 10001
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/section_101.jpg
booth: 546
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 546
  Categories: Mktg/Promotions/PR, Online Service, Software/Web tool
  			
  		
  Section 101 has created a revolutionary solution that provides artists and bands with online branding, content management, analytics and marketing all in one platform.
  Today, no single solution provides marketing across multiple channels while simultaneously managing content in a database-architecture environment all from one location.
  The company is proud to announce at this year’s SxSW,  the release of it’s new enhanced feature set for emerging and established Artists.  This new solution offers a highly personalized site with all the features and functionality needed for the Artist at an affordable price. “Our new feature set was built leveraging our years of experience and expertise with Artists and Bands at various stages of their careers. Section 101’s new offering solves the online challenges Artists at all levels face while providing a high degree of creative customization and flexibility,” says Liz Leahy, Section 101’s CEO and co-founder.

  Section 101 is now home for a diverse array of artists and brands, including critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Diane Birch, Grammy award winning artists Marc Cohn and Duran Duran, eclectic indie rockers Junip, Early Winters, Hesta Prynn, Corey Taylor (Slipknot), The Rube Goldberg Estate, WDST Radio and the highly successful summer music festival Mountain Jam.

  Quite simply, Section 101 is the best solution to making entertainment brands better. www.section101.com


name: Insomniac Games
name_index: I
phone: 818 729 2400
web_link: www.insomniacgames.com
address_street: 2255 N Ontario St, Suite 550
address_zip: 91504
address_city: Burbank
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/insomniac_games.jpg
booth: 113-117, 212-216
description:
  Screenburn - Booth 113-117, 212-216
  			
  Founded in 1994, Insomniac Games is an independent game developer with studios in Burbank, CA and Durham, NC.  In 17 years, we’ve sold more than 35 million console videogames worldwide.   Up until now, all of our titles have been developed exclusively for PS one, the PlayStation 2, and the PlayStation 3 -- where we’ve developed more games and sold more copies collectively than any competitor so far. We are now in production on our first multi-platform title with EA Partners.  
  Insomniac has produced three of PlayStation’s most recognizable franchises: Resistance, Ratchet & Clank and the first three Spyro the Dragon games. Hopefully you’ve heard of them! As of 2010, Insomniac Games has grown to 195 hard-working, creative souls and remains completely independent.  As an independent studio, we create and develop the kind of games that we’d like to play, instead of some boring license or port forced on us by corporate overlords.  It also means we follow our own production plan that allows us to stagger development so that we have smaller teams, time to visualize a game in pre-production and longer timelines to add final polish.
  Insomniac Games is the only game developer to make the Best Companies to Work for in America list and has received 12 workplace awards in 5 years.  Insomniac believes in giving back and supports numerous charities dedicated to bettering the lives of children through distractive entertainment. 
  We’re excited to be attending SXSW for the first time!  Come by and say hi.


name: TechSmith
name_index: T
phone: 517/381-2300
web_link: www.techsmith.com
address_street: 2405 Woodlake Dr,
address_zip: 48864
address_city: Okemos
address_province: MI
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/techsmith.jpg
booth: 340
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 340
  Categories: Software/Web tool
  			
  TechSmith’s screen capture and recording software helps users communicate clearly and simply. Our renowned product line, including Snagit, Jing, Morae, Screencast.com and the Camtasia family of products, make it easy to eliminate boring bullet points and paragraphs, and replace them with illuminating images and videos. Whether you want to enhance PowerPoint slides, create a training video, or record a presentation with the click of a button, TechSmith products give you professional looking, easy to share results without any difficulties. 

  At TechSmith, we are always listening to the needs of our customers, and our products are constantly evolving to match their requests, so visit our booth to give us your feedback! We would love to talk to you about our free trials, demos and show you how TechSmith products can help you!


name: DigiTech
name_index: D
phone: 801/566-8800
web_link: www.digitech.com
address_street: 8760 S Sandy Pkwy,
address_zip: 84070
address_city: Sandy
address_province: UT
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/digitech.jpg
booth: 406, 408
description:
  Gear Alley - Booth 406, 408
  			
  Digitech by Harman
  For more than 25 years, DigiTech has brought innovative and exciting guitar effects to professional and amateur musicians around the world with our RP-series, Hardwire and Vocalist products.


name: Meyer Sound
name_index: M
phone: 510/486-1166
web_link: meyersound.com
address_street: 2832 San Pablo Ave,
address_zip: 94702
address_city: Berkeley
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/meyer_sound.jpg
description:
  Meyer Sound designs and manufactures high-quality, self-powered loudspeakers for the professional audio industry. Founded in 1979, the company is a worldwide supplier of installed systems as well as touring systems for artists such as Norah Jones, Michael Buble, and Metallica.			
  			
  Meyer Sound designs and manufactures high-quality, self-powered loudspeakers for the professional audio industry. Founded in 1979, the company is a worldwide supplier of installed systems as well as touring systems for artists such as Norah Jones, Michael Buble, and Metallica.


name: Eminence Speaker LLC
name_index: E
phone: 502/845-5622
web_link: eminence.com
address_street: PO Box 360, 838 Mulberry Pike
address_zip: 40019
address_city: Eminence
address_province: KY
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/eminence.jpg
description:
  In 1966, Bob Gault founded what was to become the world’s largest loudspeaker manufacturing company after working as an engineer for Magnavox and CTS (Chicago Telephone Supply). Ironically, Gault started Eminence hoping to maintain three 18″ speakers per day, based on a commitment from Ampeg’s Everett Hull. Under the leadership of Gault and most recently his son, Rob, the company’s capacity has grown to over 10,000 speakers per day, employing nearly 200 people.

  Gault was the president of Eminence from the company’s inception until 1992. He officially retired in 1993, but continued to make valuable contributions to the company. Gault passed away on October 4, 2002. He was a husband, father, and grandfather. Gault was also an avid golfer. He is greatly missed by his family, the music industry, and the Eminence community.

  Eminence, Kentucky (population 3000) is centrally located in the heart of Kentucky, between Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio. Bob Gault chose this location as it was ideally situated for shipping products all over the USA. The Eminence and Henry County community could also provide the labor needed to manufacture products on a large scale. After forty years, Eminence, Kentucky continues to provide ideal conditions for the manufacturing and distribution of the World’s #1 Loudspeakers.
  			
  In 1966, Bob Gault founded what was to become the world’s largest loudspeaker manufacturing company after working as an engineer for Magnavox and CTS (Chicago Telephone Supply). Ironically, Gault started Eminence hoping to maintain three 18″ speakers per day, based on a commitment from Ampeg’s Everett Hull. Under the leadership of Gault and most recently his son, Rob, the company’s capacity has grown to over 10,000 speakers per day, employing nearly 200 people.

  Gault was the president of Eminence from the company’s inception until 1992. He officially retired in 1993, but continued to make valuable contributions to the company. Gault passed away on October 4, 2002. He was a husband, father, and grandfather. Gault was also an avid golfer. He is greatly missed by his family, the music industry, and the Eminence community.

  Eminence, Kentucky (population 3000) is centrally located in the heart of Kentucky, between Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio. Bob Gault chose this location as it was ideally situated for shipping products all over the USA. The Eminence and Henry County community could also provide the labor needed to manufacture products on a large scale. After forty years, Eminence, Kentucky continues to provide ideal conditions for the manufacturing and distribution of the World’s #1 Loudspeakers.


name: ARe Cafe
name_index: A
phone: 800/478-8976
web_link: www.arecafe.com
address_street: 334 East Lake Road, Ste 286,
address_city: Palm Harbor
address_province: Florida 34685-2427
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/arecafe.jpg
booth: 1331, 1430
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1331, 1430
  			
  All Romance eBooks, LLC was founded in 2006, is privately held in partnership, and headquartered in Palm Harbor, Florida. The company owns AllRomance.com, which specializes in the sale of romance eBooks, OmniLit.com, which sells both fiction and non-fiction eBooks, and AReCafe.com, a rich community-based social networking platform for passionate bibliophiles.


name: Brown Paper Tickets
name_index: B
phone: 800/838-3006
web_link: www.brownpapertickets.com
address_street: 220 Nickerson St,
address_zip: 98109
address_city: Seattle
address_province: WA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/brown_paper_tickets.jpg
booth: 306, 308
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 306, 308
  			
  To give more and take less. Brown Paper Tickets is changing the world with a better way of doing business, including exceptional service and reasonable pricing for customers worldwide. We value people, communities, ethics, and the environment, as much as the bottom line. Our goal is to deliver the kind of service we would want for ourselves.


name: HowAboutWe
name_index: H
phone: 202/906-0436
web_link: www.howaboutwe.com
address_street: 20 Jay Street, Suite 932
address_city: Brooklyn
address_province: NY 11201
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/how_about_we.jpg
booth: 222
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 222
  Categories: Online Service
  			
  HowAboutWe makes it fun and easy to go on awesome dates. People say \'How about we...\' and then fill in the dots with a date idea. Each day, new date ideas are posted from people in your area who share your interests. Find a date you want to go on, check out the profile of the person who posted it, then go out. It's that simple. 

  HowAboutWe totally flips the script on traditional online dating by foregoing complicated profiles and elaborate questionnaires and focusing on the actual date. 

  We're built around the idea that you can tell a lot about someone by what they like to do. Each Date Proposal provides an ideal digital first impression that reveals something unique about the person behind it. Find people who share your interests and new ways to explore your city. And there's no need for endless back-and-forth messaging. The date's already planned -- just figure out a few details and you're set.

  HowAboutWe is a more natural -- and more fun -- way to find romance. Our activity-based approach is all about making the online part easier so you can get to the offline part faster. It's the modern way to date.


name: Fandor
name_index: F
web_link: www.fandor.com
address_street: ,
address_city: San Francisco
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/fandor.jpg
booth: 213
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 213
  Categories: Distribution, Film Services, Media, Online Service, Online Entertainment, Software/Web tool
  			
  Fandor is for film lovers who need easy access to independent films. Unlike other movie services, Fandor surfaces films through a combination of expert guidance and interactive features – dramatically simplifying the search and discovery process. Instead of wading through thousands of titles and deciphering automated suggestions, Fandor presents a carefully chosen library and highlights user recommendations, enabling personalized discovery.


name: E-Junkie.com
name_index: E
web_link: www.e-junkie.com
address_street: ,
address_zip: 85705
address_city: Tucson
address_province: AZ
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/ejunkie.jpg
booth: 343
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 343
  Categories: Online Service, Retail, Software/Web tool
  			
  E-junkie is a slap-on shopping cart and digital delivery service which provides copy-paste shopping cart buttons which can be pasted on any website, blog or social network (like Facebook) to sell any digital or tangible good and accept payments via major payment processors.

  E-junkie eliminates the need to create and maintain a separate storefront as it lets merchants add e-commerce capability to their existing web presence.

  E-junkie's cart has built-in features like shipping & packaging calculator, sales tax & VAT calculator, discount management, affiliate management, inventory management, digital delivery and social DRM.

  E-junkie is no bandwidth limit, no transaction limit and no setup fee. Currently E-junkie is being used by over 10,000 active merchants to process over $8 million in sales every month.


name: Opera Software
name_index: O
web_link: www.opera.com
address_street: 1875 South Grant Street, Suite #750
address_city: San Mateo
address_province: CA 94402
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/opera.jpg
booth: 1035-1039, 1134-1138
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 1035-1039, 1134-1138
  			
  Opera Software believes access to the Web is a universal right. Since 1996 we have worked to make that a reality on almost any device that is capable of connecting to the Web, be it a computer, mobile phone, TV, game console, picture frame, or even refrigerator. 

  Opera has long championed innovation not only in browsers, but on the Web itself. Over the years, Opera has played a decisive role in creating some of the most vital web browser features, like tabbed browsing, and nurtured some of the most common web standards, like CSS and HTML5.

  Visit http://www.opera.com/ to try an Opera browser today. It might surprise you.


name: MazzaArt.com
name_index: M
phone: 661/877-1859
web_link: www.mazzaart.com
address_street: 23235 8th St,
address_zip: 91321
address_city: Newhall
address_province: CA
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/mazzaart.jpg
description:
  MazzaArt.com is the home of illustrator/designer Jim Mazza. The studio is located in sunny Los Angeles, CA. MazzaArt.com mainly creates screen printed  posters for various promotion companies and bands, as well as, the occasional t-shirt or sticker design. 		
  			
  MazzaArt.com is the home of illustrator/designer Jim Mazza. The studio is located in sunny Los Angeles, CA. MazzaArt.com mainly creates screen printed  posters for various promotion companies and bands, as well as, the occasional t-shirt or sticker design.


name: Motus Digital
name_index: M
phone: 972-943-0008
web_link: www.motusdigital.com
address_street: 2805 E Plano Parkway, Suite 250
address_zip: 75074
address_city: Plano
address_province: TX
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/exhib_logos11/motus_digital.jpg
booth: 243
description:
  Tradeshow - Booth 243
  Categories: Media, Online Entertainment
  			
  A motion capture studio dabbling with the concept of creating live cartoons.  We will have demos at our booth and staff on hand to talk about different possible applications of our technology.


# event_type

name_last: Fran's Daughter
name: Fran's Daughter
name_index: F
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F22685.jpg
website_link: http://www.fransdaughter.com
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNIdhZD4tqE
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Narrative Short
search: Fran's Daughter Eric F Martin
original_serial: event_FS11697
original_venue_serial: Alamo Lamar A
description:
  Director: Eric F Martin
  USA | 12 minutes


  Starring:
  Amy Cale Peterson, Ann Benson, Jennifer Christopher


  Margaret (Amy Cale Peterson) takes care of her mother, Fran (Ann Benson), an Alzheimer’s patient.  When a stranger named Janet (Jennifer Christopher) arrives bearing a letter from Fran, questions arise that challenge Margaret’s most basic assumptions.


name_last: Toro y Moi
name: Toro y Moi
name_index: T
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/290.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Toro_y_Moi-Talamak.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/toroymoi
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xic7n7tZdac
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: Toro y Moi
original_serial: event_MS14961
original_venue_serial: Radio Day Stage Austin Convention Center
description:
  Toro Y Moi is 23 year old Columbia, South Carolina native and resident Chaz Bundick. After earning a BFA in Graphic Design at The University of South Carolina, Chaz decided to push his music further now that he has more time on his hands. His mom came from the Phillipines to the United States, where she met her future husband (who's African American) in college. They lived in New York City taking in all the wonderful cultural influences the city's rising underground scene had to offer at the time (late 70s/early 80s). Deciding to slow down and be closer to family, they moved to Columbia, South Carolina where they had their first child...

  Chaz Bundick's methods are constantly changing and evolving. Heavily influenced by his parent's vinyl and tape collection, he also possesses great admiration for contemporary influences like Animal Collective, Sonic Youth, J Dilla, and Daft Punk.  Like most prepubescent teens, he had his punk band and once that died out, the 'side project' soon became the main focus.

   

  Toro y Moi started in 2001 as a bedroom project but quickly grew into the live performance realm. The songs are born from a plethora of different genres, from freak-folk to R&B to French House.

   

  Before any full length album has been released, Toro Y Moi has already received praise from music websites like Pitchfork and Gorilla Vs. Bear as well as print features in the NME and Dazed and Confused.


name_last: Inside America
name: Inside America
name_index: I
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F29716.jpg
website_link: http://www.insideamerica-themovie.com
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9RrpdPf5lg
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Narrative Feature
search: Inside America Barbara Eder
original_serial: event_FS11592
original_venue_serial: Alamo Lamar B
description:
  Director: Barbara Eder
  AUSTRIA | 107 minutes
  Austrian Film Commission


  Starring:
  Raul Juarez, Aimeé Lizette Saldivar, Zuleyma Jaime, Luis De Los Santos, Carlos Benavides, Patty Barrera


  INSIDE AMERICA negotiates the fine line between a documentary sensibility and highly dramatized stories. It’s a portrait of six High School kids in a small border town in Texas who are caught between boredom and violence. Cocaine-addicted cheerleaders, patriotic ROTC-students, gang members and Mexican girls in search of a husband, collide in this story.


name_last: Rebranding: Tales of a New Identity
name: Rebranding: Tales of a New Identity
name_index: R
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/rebrandingtalesofanewidentity.jpg
website_link: http://www.mapquest.com
hashtag: #MQidentity
event_category: Business
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
search: Rebranding: Tales of a New Identity Christian Dwyer AOLMaureen Sullivan AOL
original_serial: event_IAP8174
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Salon E

  Participants:
  Christian Dwyer (AOL)
  Maureen Sullivan (AOL)

  Summary
  Strength of brand is potentially just as powerful as the product itself.  In this discussion, we'll talk about the ups and downs to refreshing a major brand and share opinions on when and why it's appropriate to create a new identity.


name_last: Arabrot
name: Arabrot
name_index: A
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3283.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Arabrot-Holes_Fake_Dimitri.mp3
website_link: http://www.arabrot.com/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Metal
search: Arabrot
original_serial: event_MS13023
original_venue_serial: Barbarella Patio
description:
  ***
  Årabrot Biography, 2010
  ***

  Årabrot is a Norwegian noise-rock band from Haugesund, Norway.

  Årabrot is named after the city garbage disposal and the local authorities also found it appropriate to place a school for troubled youths there.

  In the same way these garbage disposals are a yeasty oasis of scents and liquids that through the years will mutate into indefinable masses, Årabrot is a band that continuously develops into something more raw and intriguing.

  Since starting out in 2001, Årabrot’s main core has been Kjetil Nernes (songwriter, guitar and vocals) and Vidar Evensen (drums and visuals), and in recent years noise artist Stian Skagen has been a regular on-and-off member of the band. Collaborating with producers such as Billy Anderson (Melvins, Neurosis), Emil Nikolaisen (Serena Maneesh) and Steve Albini (Nirvana, High on Fire) the band has released three full-length albums and a grotesque bouquet of singles and EPs. 2009 alone produced two critically acclaimed Eps’ ‘AbsoluteNegativism’ and ‘I Rove’, together with a double LP with side project Nernes/Skagen, and last but not least the masterpiece ‘The Brother Seed’, the latter earning lots of international attention and a Norwegian Grammy nomination.   

  The stories surrounding Årabrot are many and we won’t waste time summarising them all, but worthy of notice is Årabrot completing a nine-day tour after vocalist Nernes blew his lung the first show, and that Nernes’ riff arm has steel implants after being manhandled by police and dog. Or that the band’s regular female roadie won a pissing contest with David Yow of The Jesus Lizard. 

  No, now we must stop. 

  Årabrot is about to represent for this generation what the sum of Melvins, Birthday Party and Swans was to the generation before them; a source of pleasure from both auditory and moral excesses. The band’s foundation is noise-rock, but has strong elements of industrial music and noise. In Årabrot there is also a dramatic component few other bands in history possess: histories are told and emotions are laid out in a way that’s closer to the compositional techniques of experimental film and theatre than traditional song structure. Last but not least they are drawn to the lyrics that combine elements of two of the most stimulating works of human kind: The Bible and Pornography.


name_last: The Breakfast Show
name: The Breakfast Show
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/british.jpg
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: The Breakfast Show
original_serial: event_HB1706
original_venue_serial: Latitude 30
description:
  Breakfast at The Embassy with some great new music from Jimi's Parade and Bronto Skylift. For guest list: http://www.britishguestlist.info/


name_last: Sound & Scene: The National Parks Project
name: Sound & Scene: The National Parks Project
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F29606.jpg
website_link: http://www.nationalparksproject.ca
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjLTBj1bVYc
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Documentary Feature
original_serial: event_FS11044
original_venue_serial: Alamo Ritz 1
description:
  Director: Stephane Lafleur, Zacharias Kunuk, Peter Lynch, Louise Archambault, Jamie Travis
  CANADA | 100 minutes
  FilmCAN


  The National Parks Project (NPP) is a collaborative film and music project featuring 52 of Canada’s most acclaimed artists. Over Summer 2010, groups of musicians and filmmakers traveled to national parks across Canada, to spend five days making short films and soundtracks inspired by the landscape. This special event will showcase five of the short films produced for the project (see director’s bio for program). Following the screenings, musicians who participated in the NPP will perform a program of original music composed and recorded during the shoots, accompanied by live mixed visuals selected by VJ Ryan Noth.

search:
  Sound &amp; Scene: The National Parks Project  Stephane Lafleur, Zacharias Kunuk, Peter Lynch, Louise Archambault, Jamie Travis


name_last: Career Longevity: Build Your Brand The Rockstar Way
name: Career Longevity: Build Your Brand The Rockstar Way
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/CareerLongevityBuildYourBrand.jpg
website_link: http://www.thehiredguns.com
hashtag: #RockstarCareer
event_category: Work & Happiness
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
original_serial: event_IAP6999
original_venue_serial: Marriott Courtyard
description:
  Room: Rio Grande A

  Participants:
  Allison Hemming (The Hired Guns)
  Nicholas Butterworth (MTVi)

  Summary
  'I can work 'til I'm dead,' is the unfortunate battle cry of digital workers from Millennials to Gen Xers. These days, we can expect to hold at least 10 jobs, have 3 career changes and get laid off twice before we retire. That's a whole lot of career change coming our way—and after the worst recession since the Depression, expect it to get worse before it gets better. 

  How do you sustain? That's what career expert, Allison Hemming will deliver in her presentation, 'Career Longevity: Build Your Brand the Rockstar Way'—so you don't burn out or fade away. 

  From 'Remembering your Fans (and Personal Brand)' to 'Always be Producing,' Hemming will take you through the roadmap to manage your career for the long-haul. And through the lens of rock legends from Bruce Springsteen and Bono to Thom York and David Byrne, motivate you to be intentional, adaptable and accountable so that your career is sustainable. 

  Powered by a DJ spinning rock classics, Allison Hemming will deliver a fresh, irreverent, and informative presentation that will put you on track to have the rockstar career you deserve that's guaranteed to last decades into the future.

search:
  Career Longevity: Build Your Brand The Rockstar Way Allison Hemming The Hired GunsNicholas Butterworth MTVi


name_last: Rey Pila
name: Rey Pila
name_index: R
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2110.jpg
website_link: http://reypila.com/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Rey Pila
original_serial: event_MS14314
original_venue_serial: Flamingo Cantina
description:
  In 2006 Diego composed and co-produced the critically acclaimed “Greatest Hits” with Los Dynamite, an album that allowed them to play for 4 years all over Mexico and the US, touring with Zoe in the Rockampeonato Telcel Tour as well as to share stages with the likes of Interpol, Bloc Party, The Killers and Fat Boy Slim.

  After ending his cycle with Los Dynamite Diego started writing the songs that would end up creating Rey Pila, the self-titled, solo album recorded in October 2009 at the New York studio of producer/engineer Paul Majahan (TV On The Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars). 

  Ranging from psychedelia to Detroit's old sound of Motown Rey Pila holds 10 precious tracks (6 of them in English, 4 of them in Spanish) with huge choruses, squalling dissonance and sheets of twinkling electronic ambience all of them composed and co-produced by Diego.


name_last: Sharon Van Etten
name: Sharon Van Etten
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1185.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Sharon_Van_Etten-One_Day.mp3
website_link: http://www.sharonvanetten.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Singer-Songwriter
search: Sharon Van Etten
original_serial: event_MS13519
original_venue_serial: Central Presbyterian Church
description:
  Sharon Van Etten came to Brooklyn via Jersey via Tennessee via Jersey. Along the way, she sang in choirs, rejected her school’s music program, worked at an all-ages venue, trained as a sommelier, and got a full time job at a record label. She also had some bad experiences in relationships. 

  OK, more than some. 

  epic, Van Etten’s second album, lays a romantic melancholy lining over the gravel and dirt of heartbreak, without one honest thought or feeling spared. She sings of betrayal, obsession, egotism and all the other emotions we hate in others and recognize in ourselves. Yet, Van Etten’s grounded and clenched vocals convey the sense of hope – the notion that beauty can come out of the worst of circumstances. epic is indeed that beauty.

  The album was recorded at Miner Street Studios in Philadelphia with Brian McTear. Where Van Etten’s first record, Because I Was In Love, explored her thoughts on love through minimalism and sparseness, epic embellishes her music to grandiose luminosity. Guitar and singing are joined by drums, piano, lap steel, and a trio of backing vocalists: Meg Baird (Espers), Cat Martino and Jessica Larrabee (She Keeps Bees). The result is a fully realized album that astounds as it elucidates, disturbs as it soothes.  The final track, “Love More,” has already been covered live in a collaborative effort between Sharon fans Bon Iver and The National. 

  A few things need to be made clear about SVE’s music. She’s not the type of “female singer/songwriter” who champions women-centric perspectives and denies personal accountability. Nor is she a strident provocateur. Rather, Van Etten is a performer who fully embraces her femininity while confidently expressing it through intelligent and mature perspectives on relationships. Those turned off by the provincialism of other performers will be pleased that you can identify with Van Etten’s incisive and universal observations about love and loss.

  Since her last album, Sharon Van Etten has sung on The Antlers’ Hospice and performed with them at Radio City Music Hall, sung improv on the Mike Reed Trio’s upcoming album, recorded backup vocals for Swedish popstar Anna Ternheim, appeared on the compilation with the recent issue of Esopus, collaborated with Megafaun (check YouTube!), will be on a soundtrack for the film The Builder along with Bon Iver and Phosphorescent, and has a seven-inch coming out this summer on Polyvinyl. After years of playing repeatedly around the New York scene, Van Etten is preparing for a series of tours that will take her through Europe and the United States. A full band will be realizing epic live.


name_last: JEFF The Brotherhood
name: JEFF The Brotherhood
name_index: J
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1306.jpg
website_link: http://jeffbrotherhood.blogspot.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: JEFF The Brotherhood
original_serial: event_MS13616
original_venue_serial: Mohawk Patio
description:
  JEFF The Brotherhood is Jake and Jamin Orrall, two brothers that play drums and guitar. They grew up in Tennessee making music and trying to have a good time. Since their inception they have been playing anywhere from house parties to rooftops, backyards, bars and art galleries and releasing their own records, tapes, comic books and home made videos. 
             
  The Brotherhood has been called 'kraut punk', 'psychedelic grunge' and 'noise pop' drawing comparisons to bands like Hawkwind, Wipers, and early Sonic Youth.

  They have been carrying their heavy damage all over the country since 2006 and have shared bills with Oneida, Battles, Sonic Youth, Ex-Models, Jay Reatard, Black Pus and Dave Cloud.  Their 'we'll play anywhere' attitude and frenetic live shows have earned them near legendary status in the clubs and basements of Nashville and beyond. With three guitar strings and a minimal drum kit, they manage to distill rock to its primal essence.


name_last: Narrative Shorts 1
name: Narrative Shorts 1
name_index: N
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F31335.jpg
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Shorts Program
search: Narrative Shorts 1 Various
original_serial: event_FS11571
original_venue_serial: Alamo Lamar A
description:
  Director: Various
  VARIOUS | 93 minutes


  The Announcement
  Director: Mark Kienlen
  A woman makes a big announcement to her friends.

  FATAKRA
  Director: Soham Mehta
  Sparks fly as a family reunites.

  Fran's Daughter
  Director: Eric F. Martin
  A woman learns that she may have been switched at birth.

  Howling at the Moon
  Directors: Jason Tippet & Elizabeth Mims
  Matt's grandmother believes that man has never set foot on the moon. Matt got a telescope for Christmas and intends to show her otherwise.

  Nocturn
  Director: Leanne Welham
  Unable to sleep one night, Jody goes to the local gas station and meets a passionate young couple that will turn her night, and her life, upside down.

  PIONEER
  Director: David Lowery
  A father tells his son the most epic bedtime story ever.

  The Strange Ones
  Directors: Christopher Radcliff & Lauren Wolkstein
  A man and a boy, traveling to an unknown destination, find respite in a motel swimming pool. On the surface all seems normal, but nothing is quite what it seems to be.

  The Third One This Week
  Director: Felix Thompson
  A doctor only has one chance to deliver bad news... or does he?


name_last: My Title Is Web Designer, Now What?
name: My Title Is Web Designer, Now What?
name_index: M
website_link: http://www.thisisportable.com
hashtag: #wdskills
event_category: Work & Happiness
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
search: My Title Is Web Designer, Now What? Christopher Cashdollar Happy CogValerie Head Agency 1903
original_serial: event_IAP6491
original_venue_serial: Marriott Courtyard
description:
  Room: Rio Grande A

  Participants:
  Christopher Cashdollar (Happy Cog)
  Valerie Head (Agency 1903)

  Summary
  As agencies and professionals become more entrenched in their processes for creating sites, the role of the web designer has become more nuanced. The skillsets of people who call themselves web designers can vary greatly from one to the next. One may never touch code; one may have their hands in every step of building out their designs; others may be somewhere in between. 

  These days it's hard to know what kind of things you should be expected to do as a web designer. Should we continue to add skills outside of the traditional realm of design to our toolbox? Do we focus on becoming design experts?  The way we answer questions will affect our careers and how we work. 

  In this panel we will discuss what we, as web designers, need to do to adapt to the new trends and ever-changing demands of our craft. We'll talk about what skills a web designer should have in their design toolbox and tackle questions like: should designers know how to code? Where do the skills of a graphic designer and a web designer overlap and where do they differ?  And how does the differentiation of role expectations effect design processes?


name_last: Bobby Long
name: Bobby Long
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1770.jpg
website_link: http://www.bobbylong.info
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Singer-Songwriter
search: Bobby Long
original_serial: event_MS14712
original_venue_serial: The Ale House
description:
  Bobby Long believes in making up for lost time.  The young British singer-songwriter didn’t even start to play guitar until he was 17, but from then on he’s been creating memorable songs inhabited by hauntingly poetic lyrics.  With model good looks and an engaging smile, he is a formidable presence even before he begins to sing.  And when he does sing, it's with a heart-wrenching soulfulness that crushes any chance for apathy.  It's a voice that simply demands attention.  Now armed with an enviable repertoire of material and a legion of loyal fans cultivated through non-stop touring, this force of nature will be impossible to ignore.

  But recognition has actually been hard-won.  Born in Wigan near Manchester in Northern England, Bobby Long grew up from age four in a small town in Wessex—Thomas Hardy country.  At 18, he moved to London to attend university, graduating with a degree in sound and media for film.  He quickly established himself on the local open mic circuit, finding his voice and beginning to develop songs characterized by catchy melodies paired with elusive, imaginative lyrics.  In London he met a circle of fellow musicians, among them Marcus Foster, with whom he wrote a song called “Let Me Sign,” and soon-to-be megastar Robert Pattinson, who would sing it in the 2008 blockbuster film Twilight.

  The next step is his studio debut album, A WINTER TALE (on independent record label ATO Records), on which he wanted to capture the immediacy of those live performances, “to have flaws in it, some signs of human nature.”  Grammy®-winner Liam Watson (The White Stripes’ Elephant) and his analog Toe Rag Studios in London—where they put down five initial tracks in just three days—proved an ideal match for the artist's old-school recording approach.  Backed by a coterie of studio musicians on many of the tracks, he would end up recording 18, finally making a taut selection of 11 original songs. 

  Impressing a widening circle of admirers, including many critics, Bobby has packed venues across the United States, Canada and Europe.  In 2009, he played 160 shows in seven months in seven countries.  The Boston Herald praised his 'likeable, rough-hewn voice' and 'catchy way with a chorus,' while Pollstar reported that he 'continues to amaze audiences with a bare-bones sound reminiscent of early Bob Dylan.'  Radio, too, has done its part, beginning when WXPN in Philadelphia added “Who Have You Been Loving” from Dirty Pond Songs to its playlist and invited him to perform live in their studios.  His 2010 tour schedule kicked off in March with a live WXPN Free at Noon session, which was broadcast nationally on NPR's World Café Live while he was still unsigned.

  He cites Dylan's career, as well as his songwriting, as a major influence.  He also lists Richie Havens, Neil Young, Tim Buckley and Leonard Cohen as influences, along with more modern troubadours like Elliott Smith and Conor Oberst.  A love of American roots music shines through his songs, evident on the album in the intense minor-key folk of 'Penance Fire Blues,' the two-step groove of 'Two Years Old' and the old-timey waltz 'Being a Mockingbird' with its banjo and pedal steel accents.  And Bobby is no dilettante when it comes to traditional sounds—his university thesis was on the social impact of American folk music.

  Above all, it's the honesty and aching vulnerability in his intricate songs (not to mention his shy demeanor on stage) that endears Long to burgeoning audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.  “He breathes a labyrinth of imagery that is so fragile and heartrending—it’s impossible to let go” declared one writer, and as another one put it, 'If music is truly a form of self-expression, then British singer-songwriter Bobby Long apparently cannot tell a lie.'  

  It's been a fast rise, but he's not looking for a cheap route to success.  'I'm in it for the long haul.  This first [ATO] record is just the first step on a ladder.  I want every day to be a learning experience and to have the same kind of career as some of my heroes,' he says.  And he's determined to work hard to do just that.  At 24, Long is an accomplished guitarist, having mastered an uncommon finger-picking guitar style through non-stop performing.  That impeccable approach lifts gentler numbers like 'The Bounty of Mary Jane' and 'Sick Man Blues' just as assuredly as a full-on strum drives the folk-rocker title track of the album, 'A Winter Tale,' and the acoustic epic about loss and longing, 'A Stranger Song' (“Where the wings that sting the borderline, words fall softly to the floor, A woman’s love can cause a man to spill his every flaw”).

  Finally, after countless solo shows, Long is fleshing out his acoustic sound with a band behind him, though he still steps out during the set to play alone.  'I'm writing more with a band in mind now.  I love how good that feels, when your playing is matched by the snare, the bass.'  Inspired by everything from old Jack Teagarden recordings to Dylan going electric, he also says he 'learned a lot from touring about how a show can be like theater.'

  A WINTER TALE merges band power with acoustic rawness, featuring Nona Hendryx (LaBelle) on backing vocals on 'Penance Fire Blues,' B. J. Cole (Elton John, Sting) on pedal steel, Icelandic singer Lay Low on several tracks, and other top-drawer musicians.  And by way of continued extensive touring in North America, he will be bringing A WINTER TALE and what has been called his 'tapestry of tales' to the ever-growing audiences seduced by his compelling voice, musicianship and charm.


name_last: Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
name: Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
name_index: I
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2742.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Ingebrigt_Haker_Flaten-Maxwells_Silver_Demon.mp3
website_link: http://www.ingebrigtflaten.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Jazz
search: Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
original_serial: event_MS11504
original_venue_serial: The Hideout
description:
  De Håker Flaten and The Young Mothers
   
  Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (NO)  ac. and el. bass
  Jawwaad Taylor (US)   trumpet/electronics/vocals
  Jason Jackson (US)  alto and tenor saxophones/guitar
  Stian Westerhus (NO)  guitar/pedals
  Stefan Gonzalez (US)  drums/vibraphone
  Frank Rosaly (US)  drums/electronics
   
  Born out of the desire to continue, yet alter, the musical direction of his quintet, De Håker Flaten and The Young Mothers is the six-piece, transcontinental brainchild of Norwegian bass virtuoso Ingebrigt Håker Flaten.

  Upon moving to Austin in 2009, Håker Flaten sought out to establish new working relationships with improvisers from the vibrant and dynamic creative music undergrounds of Texas-his new home.

  With Texans, Jason Jackson, Jawwaad Taylor and Stefan Gonzalez handling horns, percussion,vocal and rhythm guitar duties; Ingebrigt called upon Chicagoan Frank Rosaly (a member of the Chicago incarnation of Flaten's quintet),  to take his place in the lineup attending to electronics and drums. The addition of Stian Westerhus, the Norwegian guitar phenomenon, completes and solidifies this stellar collective.

  While Ingebrigt is no stranger to the role of bandleader (having previously released two records with the Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Quintet on the Norwegian label, Jazzland Recordings), De Håker Flaten and The Young Mothers now finds him conspiring energetically to meld and shape new sounds with formidable players from varied musical genres.

  A complex amalgam of references and aesthetics within the band makes for a clever, intricate, and raucous sonic foundation that propels the music forward into compelling new territories.

  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


  Ingebrigt studied Jazz at the Music Consevatory in Trondheim, Norway (1992-1995) under the tutelage of  bassplayer Odd Magne Gridseth. A professional musician since 1995, he continues to shape and refine his sound by embarking on extensive international tours with some of the most diverse and important improvisers on the circuit today.
  Most easily recognized for his contributions to the Pan-Scandinavian groups, The Thing and Atomic, Flaten has also left his indelible mark in collabortive projects with musicians from the undergrounds of New York, Chicago, Austin, Houston and Mexico City.
   
  Prolific and inventive, Ingebrigt has participated on more than 100 recordings.

  www.ingebrigtflaten.com
  www.thingjazz.com
  www.atomicjazz.com


name_last: The Mix at Six presented by SapientNitro
name: The Mix at Six presented by SapientNitro
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/sapientnitro_sized.jpg
hashtag: #mixatsixsxsw
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: The Mix at Six presented by SapientNitro
original_serial: event_OE00091
original_venue_serial: Venue 222
description:
  SapientNitro returns to host the always anticipated, never duplicated Mix at Six Party, where they’ll raise the tent on their freakishly entertaining, technologically mesmerizing Carnival of Convergence. Festivities include a live performance from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, as well as DJ Spider spinning deep into the night. An open bar, appetizers, and amazing sideshow complete this unique experience.


name_last: Junius
name: Junius
name_index: J
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/46166.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Junius-The_Time_of_Perfect_Virtue.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/junius
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Junius
original_serial: event_MS15088
original_venue_serial: Emo's Main Room
description:
  After touring solidly across North America, the UK, and Europe for the last several years, the bearded men of Junius are currently working on the follow-up to their critically acclaimed The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist (on The Mylene Sheath worldwide and Make My Day Records in Europe).

  Junius has been electrifying rapt audiences with its spellbinding walls of reverb-drenched guitars, haunting vocals and self-made lights since 2003. The band's music is both cinematic and accessible, building to crescendos which echo some of Post Rock's most epic moments, but with vocals, hooks, and lyrics creating focus throughout. While Junius can be tough to categorize (they've been called a hybrid of Neurosis and The Smiths by Rolling Stone), band members have cited such artists as Bedhead (Junius singer/guitarist Joseph E. Martinez's uncle Trini was their drummer), Philip Glass, Hum, and M83 among a long list of inspirations.


name_last: Eyehategod
name: Eyehategod
name_index: E
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/4056.jpg
website_link: http://www.eyehategod.ee
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Metal
search: Eyehategod
original_serial: event_MS14153
original_venue_serial: Scoot Inn
description:
  They've been called doomcore, sludge and stoner rock, survived line-up shuffles, label hassles and a short-lived split. And after 23 years of creating some of the most corrosive, vile music known to man, EyeHateGod still hasn't lost the piss and vinegar that fueled them back in '88. .. ..


name_last: Black Heart Procession
name: Black Heart Procession
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2633.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Black_Heart_Procession-Wasteland.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/theblackheartprocession
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Avant/Experimental
search: Black Heart Procession
original_serial: event_MS11550
original_venue_serial: Maggie Mae's Gibson Room
description:
  After Three Mile Pilot began an open-ended hiatus in 1997, singer/guitarist Pall Jenkins and multi-instrumentalist Tobias Nathaniel embarked on a darker, more subdued journey as The Black Heart Procession. In the many years and albums since, the band's line-up has expanded and contracted, but at its heart and soul remains Jenkins and Nathaniel.


name_last: Lo-Pan
name: Lo-Pan
name_index: L
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/364.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Lo-Pan-Dragline.mp3
website_link: http://www.smallstone.com/artistinfo.php?artist=61&amp;s=lopan
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Lo-Pan
original_serial: event_MS11588
original_venue_serial: Barbarella
description:
  There is a hidden world where ancient evil weaves a modern mystery.  A world filled with the darkest magic's where all movement is caused by tensions between positive and negative furies. A world in which the furies, when out of balance, turn into demon and live forever. A creature of fast dark destructive power. Repulsive and evil existing only to plague the living as they do with LO-PAN, who is cursed. Cursed with rock and roll genius.
   
  Born out of a combination of dirty rock and roll, stale beer and an unhealthy obsession with 'Big Trouble In Little China,' Columbus's Lo-Pan have been tearing up the club circuit since 2005.  Lo-Pan burst onto the local scene with their locally released self-titled album back in 2006.  The local buzz gave way to more national attention as bands told bands and Lo-Pan began gracing venues big and small with names like Red Giant, Devil To Pay, Juicifer, & the Atomic Bitchwax (just to name a few). Fast forward five years and there's hardly a band worth playing with that they haven't shared a stage with.  Enter the sophomore release, 'Sasquannaut.'  Initial pressings on local indie Nice Life Records sold out quickly and as before the best praise is when one band on the road tells another 'Hey, man you've got to check this out.'  Which brought them, album masters in hand to us here at Small Stone.  'Sasquannaut' had all the makings of a classic, thunderous low ends, pummeling drums, riffs to die for and a voice that soars but for all the genius that shone through it was still rough around the edges (don't get us wrong we love rough around the edges).  So we checked them in to a proper studio and left them in the capable hands of Benny Grotto for a little remixing, a little re-mastering and just ever so much re-recording.
   
  Enter Sasquannaut, mark 2: 'Sasquanaut (Remixed & Re-mastered).'  Heavier, more dynamic, louder and just that tiny bit more polished, this is the album that bands and fans new they could make.  Mere words just can't do justice to the effect that a little more time and the proper equipment have had on these eight raging tracks.  Maybe a quote from the bands namesake might sum it up. 'When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: 'Have ya paid your dues, Jack?' 'Yessir, the check is in the mail.' The boys heads back into the studio for a proper follow-up this fall and look for the band on tour this winter and remember IT'S ALL IN THE REFLEXES!


name_last: DJ Dontizl
name: DJ Dontizl
name_index: D
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/41666.jpg
website_link: http://www.datpiff.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: DJ
search: DJ Dontizl
original_serial: event_MS14810
original_venue_serial: Speakeasy Kabaret
description:
  I have been spinning for a little over 6 years now all around the Central Texas area. I have become a well known name among the city of Austin with local businesses, artists as well as all of the surrounding Colleges and Universities. I work the majority of the college events from San Antonio to Waco. I'm and UT grad and I create all the pregame mixes for the UT Longhorn football team. I also create mixes for dance groups and fashion shows. I also have worked a number of the live hip hop shows that are brought to Austin and surrounding cities. I have residency at two night clubs on 6th and work several others in the area for various events. My span covers anywhere from the 18+ crowd all the way to corporate events and even weddings. I can be found on both Facebook and Twitter under DJ DONTIZL. My catch phrase is POW!!!!! I hope you enjoy what you hear POW POW!!!


name_last: Meet the International Festival Bookers
name: Meet the International Festival Bookers
name_index: M
hashtag: #SXSWMeetUp
event_category: Trade Show
event_sub_category: Various
search: Meet the International Festival Bookers
original_serial: event_OE00118
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Exhibit Hall 3/4

  The Trade Show Meet Up Pavilion will host International Festival Bookers on Wednesday 3/16. Whether you are an artist, booking agent, manager, or just want to learn more about festivals overseas, this is the best place to meet the creators of international festivals. There is no need to sign up (like with international speed dating), just come by and learn about the opportunities available in new countries.


name_last: Too Soon? Timing Topical Web Videos
name: Too Soon? Timing Topical Web Videos
name_index: T
hashtag: #Chtoosoon
event_category: Emerging
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP000259
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Salon F/G

  Participants:
  Jeff Rubin (CollegeHumor.com)
  Michael Gregory (Gregory Residence LLC)
  Patrick Cassels (CollegeHumor.com)
  Sarah Gregory (Gregory Residence)
  Streeter Seidell (CollegeHumor.com)

  Summary
  Learning the art of when and how to create a web video for maximum comedic and cultural impact, while being mindful of an issues timeliness.

search:
  Too Soon? Timing Topical Web Videos Jeff Rubin CollegeHumor.comMichael Gregory Gregory Residence LLCPatrick Cassels CollegeHumor.comSarah Gregory Gregory ResidenceStreeter Seidell CollegeHumor.com


name_last: Nanocelebrity: How to Combine Expertise with Voice
name: Nanocelebrity: How to Combine Expertise with Voice
name_index: N
website_link: http://www.lancaster.ohiou.edu
event_category: Future15
event_sub_category: Future15
search: Nanocelebrity: How to Combine Expertise with Voice Shane Tilton Ohio University of Lancaster
original_serial: event_IAP6529
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom E

  Participants:
  Shane Tilton (Ohio University of Lancaster)

  Summary
  The purpose of this panel is to focus on a few key points. The first point is to briefly discuss how to form content within the channels of social media communication (microblogging/microcommunication/anything that uses XMPP to transmit information) that shows off a person's expertise.  The presentation will use examples from key figures in the field and note how those figures connect their knowledge with their audience.
    
  The second point that will be explored in this presentation will be how “opinion leaders” were formed in this channel. It looked like since these channels used as a pseudo-formal “many-to-many” communication platform, it seemed that the strength of speaker comes from the ability of that speaker’s message to be re-transmitted, how “well-known” is the user and the value of the information/knowledge being delivered by the user. It is a through a combination of these factors that a user can attract and maintain a following. Examples of this will be shown during the presentation.

  The final point that I want focus on is how these opinion leaders using these channels to deliver vital information to an audience. I would like to be able to tell the stories of the community outside the confines of the network. There is a series of interesting and complex narratives that can be shared by these nanocelebrities to the rest of the outside world. These narratives will be shared during the presentation.


name_index: H
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/June.jpg
hashtag: #SXSWNextStage
event_category: Trade Show
event_sub_category: Various
original_serial: event_OE00018
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
name_last:
  How to Offer Your Content in 100 Languages Featuring June Cohen of TED and Seth Bindernagel of Mozilla

name:
  How to Offer Your Content in 100 Languages Featuring June Cohen of TED and Seth Bindernagel of Mozilla

description:
  Room: Exhibit Hall 3/4

  The web is a global medium and offering your website in multiple languages is becoming less of a luxury and more of a necessity. A social translation program is one way to make your website more accessible to a global audience, while also turning users into contributors. Is social translation an option for your website? (or film? or product?) If so, how do you ensure quality? What motivates volunteers? Is machine translation an option? Panelists from leading-edge social translation projects, including June Cohen of TED, Kristin Windbigler and Seth Bindernagel of Mozilla, share what they've learned.

search:
  How to Offer Your Content in 100 Languages Featuring June Cohen of TED and Seth Bindernagel of Mozilla


name_last: Go DJ Knowledge & The Trendsetters (Between Sets)
name: Go DJ Knowledge & The Trendsetters (Between Sets)
name_index: G
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/596.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Go_DJ_Knowledge__and__The_Trendsetters-Texas.Sample.Mix.mp3
website_link: http://www.twitter.com/Godjknowledge
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: Go DJ Knowledge &amp; The Trendsetters (Between Sets)
original_serial: event_MS14807
original_venue_serial: Fuze
description:
  From a very early age, DJ Knowledge knew he wanted to man the turntables. Currently based in Austin, Knowledge was turned on to DJ culture after hearing artists like Funkmaster Flex and DJ Premiere perform on the radio during a childhood trip to New York City. The Texas DJ primarily spins hip-hop and plays regularly both on the radio and at parties and club nights throughout the Austin area. 2008 DJ of the Year(Austin Hip-Hop Awards), Inducted into the Go DJs in 2009, 2010 Underground DJ of the Year(Platinum Hood Awards)


name_last: Lady Lamb the Beekeeper
name: Lady Lamb the Beekeeper
name_index: L
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/43008.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Lady_Lamb_the_Beekeeper-Penny_Licks.mp3
website_link: http://www.ladylambthebeekeeper.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Singer-Songwriter
search: Lady Lamb the Beekeeper
original_serial: event_MS14440
original_venue_serial: Dot Com Day Stage Austin Convention Center
description:
  Lady Lamb the Beekeeper is the musical moniker of Aly Spaltro. With her sprawling lyric and melody-based songs about lost, true & unrequited love; nostalgia, nectarine meat & wolf maulings, The Phoenix deemed Lady Lamb the Beekeeper as the 'best new band from Maine' in August, 2010. On a recent Brooklyn Vegan review of her live set, ‘Aly Spaltro quickly won me over with her beautiful lyrics, husky voice, guitar playing skills, and earnest little kid-like eyes. Unlike the other artists on the bill, Aly powered through her set alone. There were no bells and whistles, just a girl and a couple of guitars, and the result was stunning.’


name_last: Indie Game Developers: What Platform Suits You?
name: Indie Game Developers: What Platform Suits You?
name_index: I
website_link: http://us.playstation.com
hashtag: #psnsxsw
event_category: ScreenBurn
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP7129
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 12AB

  Participants:
  Jack Buser (Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC)
  Jamil Moledina (EA/Electronic Arts)
  Jesse Vigil (Codename)
  Rade Stojsavljevic (Jet Set Games Inc)
  Sophia Coney (Outso)

  Summary
  It starts with an idea and a handful of creative minds, but where it goes from there can be anyone’s guess.  Today’s indie game developers face a unique set of challenges, not the least of which is determining which platform will best aide in their eventual success. Video game publishers continue to change overnight, offering developers new tools to implement into their titles and competitive options for extending the game value. With all of these changes, indie developers are left with several unanswered questions: how do I go about choosing the best distribution method for my game? Which platform harnesses the audience that my game is best suited for? How do I fully take advantage of all the aspects that a platform has to offer? This panel brings together representatives from various platforms as well as indie developers to discuss the lessons learned when developing games for traditional consoles, virtual worlds, portable devices, social platforms and beyond.

search:
  Indie Game Developers: What Platform Suits You? Jack Buser Sony Computer Entertainment America LLCJamil Moledina EA/Electronic ArtsJesse Vigil CodenameRade Stojsavljevic Jet Set Games IncSophia Coney Outso


name_last: You've Built a Social Network, Now What?
name: You've Built a Social Network, Now What?
name_index: Y
website_link: http://www.cisco.biz/web/solutions/cmsg/platform.html
hashtag: nowwhat
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Marketing
original_serial: event_MP6580
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 11AB

  Moderator:
  Bill Werde (Billboard)

  Participants:
  Dan Scheinman (Cisco)
  Michael Fiebach (Fame House)
  Paul Sinclair (Atlantic Records)

  Summary
  You have 1,000 fans on Facebook and 500 followers on Twitter, but what do you with them? How do musicians keep, engage, and grow their online communities to boost their brand, fuel their inspiration, shape their craft and… ultimately make money?

search:
  You've Built a Social Network, Now What? Dan Scheinman CiscoMichael Fiebach Fame HousePaul Sinclair Atlantic RecordsBill Werde Billboard


name_last: IPL Meet Up
name: IPL Meet Up
name_index: I
event_category: Meet Up
event_sub_category: Meet Up
search: IPL Meet Up Monica Sack SXSW STAFF
original_serial: event_IAP000655
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Room 616AB

  Participants:
  Monica Sack (SXSW STAFF)

  Summary
  s the SXSW Interactive Festival continues to grow, it often becomes harder to discover / network with the specific type of people you want to network with. Hence a full slate of daytime Meet Ups are scheduled for the 2011 event. These Meet Ups are definitely not a panel session -- nor do they offer any kind of formal presentation or AV setup. On the contrary, these sessions are a room where many different conversations and (and will) go on at once. This timeslot is for people who worked in the IPL (Interactive Panel Liaison) program to meet, interact and share war stories. Cash bar onsite.


name_last: Banner Pilot
name: Banner Pilot
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/301.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Banner_Pilot-Central_Standard.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/bannerpilot
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Punk
search: Banner Pilot
original_serial: event_MS12324
original_venue_serial: Scoot Inn
description:
  Banner Pilot is a young punk rock quartet from Minneapolis that formed in 2005 and used to jokingly describe their band as, “if Jawbreaker, The Lawrence Arms, and Alkaline Trio got in a knife fight and Jawbreaker won… but just barely.” Hell, that’s actually a pretty good description! But that would make for a pretty bunk band bio and it doesn’t quite sum it all up. Any time you have a band made up of hard-drinking bookworms, you just know there’s a good story and some hijinx. First and foremost, they just unleashed Collapser unto the world. It’s their first for the San Francisco punk label, Fat Wreck Chords. But before we get to that stuff, a brief history lesson and some insights… 
  There’s a theory going around that attempts to explain why so many great bands come from Minneapolis. It suggests that the sub-zero Winter temperatures leave young Minnesotans with few options when it comes to activities and that the bitter cold compels them to hunker down and create art in basements and practice spaces. For those of you unfamiliar with the extreme weather we’re referring to, let’s just say that all the analogies involving witch’s teats and brass bras can’t possibly do it justice. It’s fuckin’ cold in the Twin Cities. And it sucks. But that never seemed to bother any of the locals, and Minneapolis is known as an overachiever when it comes to music scenes. We’re not just talking about the Replacements and Prince; there’s a lot of great indie bands, punk bands, and even an especially vibrant underground hip hop scene. Thus explains the urgency and drive behind Banner Pilot; and like their contemporaries, the intensity of their music rivals the harsh conditions. Whatever doesn’t kills these bands, seemingly makes them stronger.
  Before the band caught Fat Mike’s interest, they actually released a previous full length with NYC’s Go-Kart Records that put them on the map, so Banner Pilot didn’t come out of nowhere. Half of the band emerged from the ashes of a Minneapolis outfit known as Rivethead, who were the train-hopping, dumpster-diving darlings of the basement scene. Bassist Nate also moonlights as a member of Off With Their Heads and has played on all their records. To put it simply, their punk cred is not in question. But that kind of stuff is not a concern of Banner Pilot’s and never has been—they’re a band that does things for the right reasons and their sincere, punchy punk anthems are proof of that. They’re a truly Midwestern band in that respect: earnest, cerebrial, and passionate.


name_last: Josh Kaufman
name: Josh Kaufman
name_index: J
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/kaufman.jpg
hashtag: #sxbookstore
event_category: Bookstore Appearance
event_sub_category: Various
search: Josh Kaufman
original_serial: event_OE00547
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom D Foyer

  Josh Kaufman will be stopping by the SX Bookstore to greet registrants and sign copies of his new book, The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business.


name_last: Kite
name: Kite
name_index: K
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/46348.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Kite-Firefly.mp3
website_link: http://www.kitesound.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Kite
original_serial: event_MS11033
original_venue_serial: 512 Rooftop
description:
  Two Guys, Five years, Thousands Of Fly Miles. Four Countries.
  Two Continents. Eight International Awards. Five Barbados Music
  Awards Nominations. Three Honorary Mentions Billboard World
  Songwriting Contest. Two Studio Albums.Twenty five Songs.

  'Kite demonstrates the talent and dedication to write a
  'Hit Song'.'

  - Jim Halsey, President, Billboard World Song Contest.

  Kite are from the small Caribbean island of Barbados and have
  been strutting their stuff since 2004, receiving wide radio airplay
  and developing a large, loyal following through their live
  performances.

  iLandRock

  Kite got together in Barbados in 2003 and after their honorable
  mention at the Billboard World Songwriting Contest they
  released of their debut album, 'Up In The Air', and got consistent
  regional radio airplay from then on. 'Up In The Air' saw them
  working with top Caribbean producer Jeremy Harding (Sean Paul
  producer/manager). The spot-on combination of big, radio-ready
  songs and use of steel drum and 'vintage' Reggae guitar in their
  'iLandRock' sound made a big impression on the booming music
  scene in the Caribbean. They just didn't sound like anybody else.
  They just sounded right (or 'tight', as they say in the
  Caribbean!).

  Kite Festival

  Kite headlined Culture Shock, the Caribbean's premier international pop/rock festival on the beach in Bridgetown, Barbados featuring bands from the U.S.A., Canada, The U.K., Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados. They also returned in from the Florida Music Festival where they were the only band from outside North America selected to showcase and after their performance were signed to a deal by RipTide Music from LA.

  Altitude

  Kite songs have been featured on several Prime Time North
  American Television shows and 'The Stone Angel' Movie Trailer.

  - Ghost Whisperer (CBS)
  - Degrassi (2 songs) (CBC [Canada], MTV Overdrive)
  - Lincoln Heights (ABC Family)
  - Jericho (CBS)
  - 90210 - (The CW Network)
  - 'The Stone Angel' (Alliance Films)

  Kite's music continues to grow, with their song 'Fading Fast'
  featuring Barbadian rapper Billy Kincaid receiving airplay on
  BBC's 1Extra radio show, and 'Firefly' charting on the
  Garageband Pop/Rock charts for many months on the top 20.
  Kite played support for James Blunt on January 14, 2009.

  Kite Wire

  Kite are currently recording their new EP, 'Drive-In of Dreams',
  and 'Spinning' is the first single off their new EP for 2011. Kite have been officially selected to perform at South By South West 2011
  in Austin, Texas, USA.


name_last: Future Clouds and Radar
name: Future Clouds and Radar
name_index: F
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/46853.jpg
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Future Clouds and Radar
original_serial: event_MS12196
original_venue_serial: Easy Tiger
description:
  Future Clouds and Radar, Austin practitioners of 'sprawling orchestral art rock,' (New Yorker) released their celebrated eponymous double-disc debut in 2007 and followed it in the fall of 2008 with the equally impressive Peoria. This storied ensemble whose live show can feature anywhere from 5 to up to 16 musicians at a time is the creation of Robert Harrison, best known as the leader of Austin cult-garage-heroes, Cotton Mather. Though FCAR has kept a relatively low profile over the last two years while Harrison has turned his attention to producing other artists, the band plans to perform at SXSW 2011 and will commence work on new studio recordings shortly thereafter. Here's how the  blog  3Hive describes the music of Future Clouds and Radar....


  'The name might lead you to believe you've discovered a bedroom-dwelling nocturne with a sampler and a laptop, but in fact it's an apt choice for Robert Harrison's (Cotton Mather) lilting latest project. Harrison is a friend of the gee-tar, which makes sense for an album recorded outside of Austin. But he's also a purveyor of all the little things that make for twinkling psychedelic pop. Floating through these catchy songs about SubUrbia and jumping from Harrison's Lennon-esque tongue are touches of bouyant pop maestros past and present: the Beatles, Flaming Lips, Beach Boys, Mercury Rev, Wilco, and Austin's own 13th Floor Elevators. Not that you need such name-dropping to ride Future Clouds and Radar's wave, but you may as well know ahead of time that you're in for an aural vacation as well as a trip.'


name_last: Next Stage: Net Neutrality Debate with Cindy Cohn (EFF), Maggie Reardon (CNET) and more
name: Next Stage: Net Neutrality Debate with Cindy Cohn (EFF), Maggie Reardon (CNET) and more
name_index: N
hashtag: #SXSWNextStage
event_category: Trade Show
event_sub_category: Various
search: Next Stage: Net Neutrality Debate with Cindy Cohn (EFF), Maggie Reardon (CNET) and more
original_serial: event_OE00015
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Exhibit Hall 3/4

  Next Stage will feature a debate on Net Neutrality, to compliment SXSW Interactive’s special late break programming. Hear Cindy Cohn represent the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s perspective, moderated by Maggie Reardon of CNET. More TBA.


name_last: Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Transparency: New Success Standards
name: Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Transparency: New Success Standards
name_index: C
website_link: http://www.rivetsoftware.com
event_category: Greater Good
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP7339
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 10AB

  Participants:
  Erin Meezan (Interface, Inc.)
  Greg Janecek (Reddwerks)
  Jay Whitehead (Corporate Responsibility Magazine)
  Philip Winterburn (Rivet Software)

  Summary
  As the country continues to struggle with the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the damage has again elevated the importance of requiring businesses to operate in an eco-friendly, socially responsible manner.  Sure, more corporations are focusing on social responsibility and sustainability, but are they really making a difference?  According to a recent international survey in Corporate Responsibility Magazine, nearly 70% of companies surveyed admitted they couldn’t measure the impact of their 'green' initiatives.

  The sustainability movement is gaining momentum every day, but the harsh reality is that in order to be globally adopted, there must be a way to review and reconcile the demand for sustainability with the requirement for profitability.  The solution? Sustainability reporting that integrates financial and non-financial data to deliver a more complete view of the business. Reporting that connects corporate financial performance with corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) behavior. Reporting that delivers a holistic view of the business to improve information transparency and traceability for every stakeholder.

  Learn more about the news standards being developed to create integrated sustainability and financial reports to give a clear picture of a company's overall performance.

search:
  Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Transparency: New Success Standards Erin Meezan Interface, Inc.Greg Janecek ReddwerksJay Whitehead Corporate Responsibility MagazinePhilip Winterburn Rivet Software


name_last: The Autumn Defense
name: The Autumn Defense
name_index: A
website_link: http://www.theautumndefense.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: The Autumn Defense
original_serial: event_MS13700
original_venue_serial: Momo's
description:
  By day John Stirratt and Patrick Sansone sell thousands of albums, tour the world with indie juggernaut Wilco and lend their writing, playing and producing abilities to dozens of high-profile recordings. But by night these renowned pros are able to sit down, relax and create something special that comes straight from the heart of why they pursued music as a career - and that's the Autumn Defense.

  After releasing 2007's The Autumn Defense on their own Broadmoor label, Stirratt and Sansone have now teamed up with North Carolina's Yep Rock Records to release their latest full-length work, Once Around. For the past nine years, this pair of Southerners-turned-Chicagoans have quietly been nurturing the reverent, classic pop of the Autumn Defense. Though the outset of the band saw Stirratt handling the bulk of the songwriting while Sansone lent his talents to production, the duo has steadily evolved into a partnership in both respects. From 2000's debut LP The Green Hour to the critically lauded, salt-of-the-earth folk rock of 2003's Circles, the Autumn Defense developed its late afternoon kickback sound like a fine wine develops and deepens  with time. Once Around is a formidable tapestry of thoughtful, intricate sunshine wrapped around a core of timeless, experienced songwriting. It's the kind of record that needed to be made, for the audience but also for the artists.

  But that part didn't come easily.

  'I think the possibility of an Autumn Defense album after the self-titled LP was a little bit in question,' Sansone says. 'It wasn't explicit...but I think we needed a little bit of time to reconnect with why we do this, and realize how much we enjoy it.'

  The majority of that reconnecting occurred while Stirratt and Sansone were in New Zealand last year to record the Seven Worlds Collide charity LP with singer/songwriter Neil Finn and a host of other talented musicians. 'The experience in New Zealand was instrumental in this,' Sansone recalls. 'We were spontaneously writing new songs, having other musicians that we really respect recording with us and reacting so positively to the Autumn Defense material.'

  The result is a distinctly Autumn Defense record, full of lush melodic textures, invitingly delicate pop arrangements and frequents nods to the AM gold, soul and radio rock that dominated the group's formative years.

  But the band has also had its ear to the groundswell of modern independent music. 'Seeing a lot of the newer, vocal based groups like Grizzly Bear and Fleet Foxes makes me appreciate the vocal sound that we've always had,' Stirratt notes. 'It's prompted me to highlight the harmony aspect of our group even more than before.'

  While those groups are currently selling out theaters and headlining festivals, the Autumn Defense is content to quietly lead the resurgence of the Laurel Canyon folk movement, much as they have for nearly a decade. Trends in pop music come and go like the fashions that accompany them, and rare is the outfit that knows itself well enough to hang its hat on the belief that melody, harmony and a healthy record collection are the foundational elements of great music. The Autumn Defense embodies a sound that doesn't worry about fitting into the current independent cannon, chiefly because it's a sound that never goes out of style.


name_last: Will Your New Technology Win? Ask a Tree
name: Will Your New Technology Win? Ask a Tree
name_index: W
website_link: http://www.draftfcb.com/
hashtag: #sxswtree
event_category: Emerging
event_sub_category: Solo
search: Will Your New Technology Win? Ask a Tree Ross Mclean DraftFCB
original_serial: event_IAP6977
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Salon H

  Participants:
  Ross Mclean (DraftFCB)

  Summary
  Picking the right new technology to bet on and be on is a fundamental challenge in just about any business. But separating the future blockbuster from the flash-in-the-pan early enough in its lifespan to matter often baffles many of the smartest among us.

  This presentation proposes a simple analogy to help us dramatically improve our ability to predict which new technologies  are destined to be the next Facebook, and which will be the next Second Life.

  By taking the audience on a historical tour of successes and failures in human technological innovation and filtering the cases through core principles of psychology, anthropology and other social sciences it makes two core points.

  First, it helps us understand why we are often blind to truly great and novel ideas and how we can learn to see them better. 

  Second, it lays out a set of simple principles and a shockingly simple core analogy that anyone working in a field that requires getting humans and technology to interact can use every day.


name_last: Why PR's Future May Not Look Like PR
name: Why PR's Future May Not Look Like PR
name_index: W
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/WhyPRsFutureMayNotLookLikePR.jpg
website_link: http://edelmandigital.com
hashtag: #futurePR
event_category: Social Graph
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
search: Why PR's Future May Not Look Like PR David Armano EdelmanRichard Brewer-Hay eBay Inc
original_serial: event_IAP5805
original_venue_serial: Hyatt
description:
  Room: Hill Country CD

  Participants:
  David Armano (Edelman)
  Richard Brewer-Hay (eBay Inc)

  Summary
  When You Think of PR (Public Relations), your first impression may be of the silver tongued 'flack' spinning a corporations' news, putting a positive slant on everything. With advances in networks, online communities and the ability of the average individual to become their own content producer and influencer&mdash;the face of PR is changing, shifting the focus from communications to engagement in increasingly public spaces both online and off.


name_last: DJ Rapid Ric (Between Sets)
name: DJ Rapid Ric (Between Sets)
name_index: D
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/4486.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/DJ_Rapid_Ric-PLP-_Parkin_Lot_Pimpin.mp3
website_link: http://www.whutitdew.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: DJ Rapid Ric (Between Sets)
original_serial: event_MS15003
original_venue_serial: Venue 222
description:
  -started Djing & recording mixtapes on US/Mexcio border at age 15
  -Move to Austin,  been djing on 6th street (Downtown Austin Music Scene) since
  -interned at CBS radio Beat 104.3 (KQBT) while attending Univ of Texas
  -later worked with Emmis Radio Austin's Hot 93.3 FM (KDHT) until 2009
  -ran a recording studio out of dorm room/  (recorded vocals & did commercials)- later moved studio to house in south Austin- still running.
  -Coined 'The mixtape mechanic'  when i started producing a high volume of Texas-based mixed rap cd's
  -recorded with regional and national artists on mixtapes like (Whut it Dew, & greatest verses series)

  -Traveled the world & did European & Canadian Dates- Djing southern Hip-hop to the world

  -became Chamillionaire's tour Dj and traveled the world with him.. (also did Slim Thug for a short stint) - still a paying gig to this date

  Satellite- Sirius Radio- had a monthly on ShadE 45, and also did XM Chamillitary radio on 66 RAW
  -TV performances-  MTV's TRL, BET's 106 & Park, Carson Daily Show,
  -Hard copyPress articles- New York times, Austin chronicle, Spin, The Source, The Fader, XXL
  -Places that I have actually dj'd- UK, Francee, Holland, Norway, Brazil, NY, LA< Vegas (3 times a year), Dubai, India, many places throughout the US..
  -(Schedule stays pretty busy) - private events, celebrity weddings (ie Derrick Johnson & other former Texas stars),
  - club gigs throughout the state, and a weekly residence in Downtown Austin

  -member of the Houston based dj crew (the Boothpimps) with Johnny J, Ebonix (979 box), & TOny Styles (KRBE)


  -currently have a 2nd studio in downtown Houston (DMG @ the Ballpark)- we provide

  -doing mixtapes with long time Collaborators Chalie Boy & Killa Kyleon

  -Producing music with local musicians

  - did songs with z-ro, BOB, Devin the Dude, Lil Boosie, Slim THug, & many more......


  -produced a full album to be released April 5th 2011- Whut IT Dew

  -directing my own videos after shooting 'PUllin UP' for the album-- look at link

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH7lnnXvUy4


name_last: The Green Room hosted by Syncapse
name: The Green Room hosted by Syncapse
name_index: G
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: The Green Room hosted by Syncapse
original_serial: event_OE00316
original_venue_serial: Malverde
description:
  Join us as we honor the speakers/panelists of SXSW - all are welcome to mix and mingle, enjoy specialty cocktails by Malverde mixologists, and unwind to the music of a celebrity DJ JFK from MSTRKRFT.


name_last: Deonne Arnold
name: Deonne Arnold
name_index: D
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2965.jpg
website_link: http://power.gmclife.com/node/124
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Gospel
search: Deonne Arnold
original_serial: event_MS13409
original_venue_serial: Carver Museum Boyd Vance Theater
description:
  Dion Arnold - an only child born in Tulsa, Ok. She has always had a special love for gospel music starting at an early age. Dion is a graduate of Reagan High School and Southwest Texas State University (aka Texas State Univ) San Marcos TX. She is a member of Diakonos Ministries and is currently apart of Recording artist George Powell and Friends. She is saved and a born again believer who strives to live a holy and separated life in this present world.


name_last: Death of the Textbook, Emergence of Games
name: Death of the Textbook, Emergence of Games
name_index: D
website_link: http://whyville.net
hashtag: #gamesnotbooks
event_category: Education
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP5809
original_venue_serial: Hilton Garden Inn
description:
  Room: Sabine

  Participants:
  Alan Gershenfeld (E-Line Media)
  James Bower (Numedeon/Whyville)
  Sara DeWitt (PBS)

  Summary
  Textbooks published on trees are on the way out in Texas, California and the rest of the country and world.  The Textbook industry is hoping they will be replaced with on-line versions spruced up with animated graphics.  However, it is likely that on-line textbooks will be no more successful than magazine advertising that morphed into banner ads.  Linear content with multiple choice answers at the end of each chapter, won't work.  And as with banner ads, on the Internet you can measure that they don't work.  What does work?  Socially networked GAMES.  The question for this panel is whether games will replace traditional educational media, and what those games look like.  What will the teachers manual look like? How will learning be assessed? What happens to the classroom, or the school itself, when on-line learning is available 24/7?  What does the PTA look like if parents can play along with their kids?  What happens to the distinction between vocational and instructional if playing games is equivalent to performing a virtual job or service?  And what happens to the college admission process, if instead of taking a standardized aptitude test, students have been playing a complex game for years.  In fact, what happens to colleges and universities where lecture halls still reign supreme?  There is a revolution underway, driven by kids and the games they play.  Will the educational system adapt or die?  We will see (and discuss).

search:
  Death of the Textbook, Emergence of Games Alan Gershenfeld E-Line MediaJames Bower Numedeon/WhyvilleSara DeWitt PBS


name_last: Sparky
name: Sparky
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F30201.jpg
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Texas High School
search: Sparky Tiffany Giraudon, Kalen Doyle
original_serial: event_FS11619
original_venue_serial: Alamo Lamar C
description:
  Director: Tiffany Giraudon, Kalen Doyle
  USA | 4 minutes
  Greenhill School


  Starring:
  Ryan Ritz, Tiffany Giraudon, Grace Doyle, Cruz Ontiveros, Lupe Ontiveros, Kalen Doyle


  A young man has a great day set out in front of him.  How will he handle his hurdles?


name_last: Sampology
name: Sampology
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/41298.jpg
website_link: http://www.sampology.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: DJ
search: Sampology
original_serial: event_MS12347
original_venue_serial: Malaia Upstairs
description:
  'Sampology makes me wanna breakdance'  - Peaches

  Sam Poggioli aka Sampology is no ordinary turntablist. His legendary 'Super Visual' series has earned him an undeniable reputation as Australia's leading AVDJ, touring with a number of festivals including Big Day Out, Falls Festival, Good Vibrations, Southbound, Parklife, Sydney Festival, Perth International Arts Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival and his hometown's Brisbane Festival and Valley Fiesta.

  He's no stranger to international touring either, previously featured as the AVDJ in the internationally acclaimed 'Tom Tom Crew' which played sold out seasons in 2009 at the New Victory Theatre, Manhattan, Udderbelly London and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2010, he took his second instalment in the AVDJ series, the 'Super Visual Smackdown' overseas for a handful of headline performances, closing the AV stage at the Big Chill Festival, as well as a number of headline sideshows and showcases in the UK and Berlin.

  In 2011, he tours the third instalment in the AVDJ series, the 'Super Visual Monster Mash' across a 10 date Australian tour, as well as showcase performances at SXSW in Austin Texas, Bowery Ballroom in New York and The Echo, LA.

  The technical aspect to his Super Visual shows is impressive, as he madly manipulates video via two turntables using his special Rane mixer and Serato, as well as live-triggering custom animations via his drum machine. But it's Sampology's cheeky sense of humour, seasoning exerts from film and TV shows, filmclips, YouTube clips and vintage VHS finds that takes your ordinary club night and turns it into a stupidly exciting and crazy fun visual mashup. Its like dancing your butt off at your favourite movie of all time, and laughing the whole way through.

  As a producer, 2011 is an exciting year for Sampology. Following his debut single 'Back On The Drums' in 2007 which topped the Juno charts and sold out of several vinyl re-pressings, 'Piggy Bank' (released March 11th) is his long awaited second single. Sampology collaborates with South African artist Spoek Mathambo and Croatia born, Swedish based Gnucci Banana on 'Piggy Bank', which is released in March on Finland label Top Billin. Featured as a 'pop highlight in 2010' by the NY Times, Spoek Mathambo's debut album release in 2010 on BBE was critically acclaimed with the NY Times noting it as 'one of last year's most invigorating releases in any genre' and FADER Magazine describing it as 'potent jacked-up dancehall'. Teamed with Gnucci Banana, who XLR8R claim as a artist who 'brings a palpable sense of young, sexy fun to the beats' the combo of this duo, with Sampology's fresh, uncontrived production, 'Piggy Bank' is a unique and seriously fun take on dancehall influenced club music. 

  Sampology's debut EP is scheduled for an April 20th release on Top Billin, as he takes his Super Visual Monster Mash across ten dates in Australia including the Groovin The Moo Festival tour. 

  'On the decks you have Sampology who has turned spinning records into an art form as he combines sound and vision to create a multimedia sensation'  - British Theatre Guide

  DISCOGRAPHY | REMIXOGRAPHY
  2010 - 'Piggy Bank feat. Spoek Mathambo & Gnucci Banana' Sampology [Top Billin]
  2010 - 'Bora Bee feat. Sunny Dread' Sampology [Top Billin]
  2010 - 'Brazil Pop' Sampology [Top Billin]
  2010 - 'You feat. Lady Chann' Sampology [Top Billin]
  2010 - 'Move It Y'all' Sampology [Top Billin]
  2010 - 'Mic Check' Million Dan (Sampology remix)
  2010 Â 'Drunk In This' Surecut Kids (Sampology remix) [Klub Kids]
  2010 - 'Transatlantic Skank' Two Fresh (Sampology remix) [Klub Kids] 
  2009 - 'Peace & Love' Resin Dogs (Sampology remix) [Hydrofunk Records] 
  2008 - 'Baby' (Sampology remix) [Etc Etc] 

  TOURS 
  2011	        Big Day Out 				Aust 
  2010 	Super Visual Smackdown 	Aust, NZ, UK 
  2010 	Bacardi Express			Aust 
  2009 	Tom Tom Crew 			Aust, USA, UK
  2009 	Parklife Festival  			Aust 
  2009 	Good Vibrations Festival 	Aust 
  2008 	Super Visual Disco Party 	Aust  

  FESTIVALS / SPECIAL APPEARANCES

  2011 	Big Day Out national tour			Aust 
  2011 	Good Vibrations					Gold Coast
  2011	        Tropfest Short Film Festival			Sydney
  2011 	Perth International Arts Festival		Perth
  2011	        Southbound Festival				Perth
  2010	Big Chill Festival 					UK
  2010	Berlin Festival						Germany
  2010	Northbridge Festival				Perth
  2010 	Good Vibrations					Gold Coast 
  2010 	Sydney Festival					Sydney
  2009 	Brisbane Festival					Brisbane
  2009 	Edinburgh Fringe Festival			Scotland
  2009 	Udderbelly						London
  2009 	New Victory Theatre				Manhattan, NY
  2009 	Parklife Festival national tour			Aust 
  2009 	Good Vibrations national tour 			Aust 

  CONTACT 

  Management : 		Jane Slingo management@sampology.com
  Bookings Aust NZ : 	Dayna Young dayna@archeryclub.net.au


name_last: Quickies 5: Artists
name: Quickies 5: Artists
name_index: Q
event_category: Quickies
event_sub_category: Other
original_serial: event_MP990063
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 10B

  Participants:
  Adrian Quesada (Level One Studios)
  Dessa Wander (Doomtree Records)
  Emily Marks (Girls Rock Camp Austin)
  Joey Kramer (Aerosmith)
  Miles Zuniga (These Ghosts Have Bones)

  Summary
  Each artist blazes their own trail creatively, and forms partnerships to bring their music to their audience. There are no easy answers to reconciling creative and commercial concerns that come up. Candid advice helps, and our artists are bringing their experience to the quickies table.

search:
  Quickies 5: Artists Adrian Quesada Level One StudiosDessa Wander Doomtree RecordsEmily Marks Girls Rock Camp AustinJoey Kramer AerosmithMiles Zuniga These Ghosts Have Bones


name_last: SXSW Interview: Chamillionaire
name: SXSW Interview: Chamillionaire
name_index: S
hashtag: chamillionaire
event_category: SXSW Interview
event_sub_category: Various
search: SXSW Interview: Chamillionaire Chamillionaire N/ACharles Creekmur AllHipHop.com
original_serial: event_MP990202
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 18ABC

  Participants:
  Chamillionaire  (N/A)
  Charles Creekmur (AllHipHop.com)

  Summary
  As a cornerstone of the Houston rap scene, Chamillionaire gained fame as a particularly adept lyricist. His early work with self-released and independent labels led to the majors and the platinum success of the album The Sound Of Revenge with its Grammy-winning single 'Ridin’ Dirty.' In addition to his musical accomplishments, Chamillionaire has received acclaim for his work as an entrepreneur and for his technological savvy. He has been at the forefront of online innovations and an early participant in social media. He is sought after both as a compelling artist and as a speaker, bringing the hip-hop generation together in the electronic age.


name_last: Next Stage: Funny Or Die Twitter Live Feed Show featuring hosts Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon
name: Next Stage: Funny Or Die Twitter Live Feed Show featuring hosts Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon
name_index: N
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/FOD3.jpg
hashtag: #FunnyOrDieSXSW
event_category: Trade Show
event_sub_category: Various
search: Next Stage: Funny Or Die Twitter Live Feed Show featuring hosts Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon
original_serial: event_OE00035
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Exhibit Hall 3/4

  Funny or Die and Twitter team-up to bring you the future of funny on the web... 140 characters at a time. Welcome to the ridiculously lucrative world of internet comedy with a panel featuring Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon, music, and seating. Participate in the panel by tweeting in to #FunnyOrDieSXSW !

  www.funnyordie.com


name_last: True Widow
name: True Widow
name_index: T
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3028.jpg
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/truewidow
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: True Widow
original_serial: event_MS11797
original_venue_serial: Valhalla
description:
  True Widow, the Dallas-based co-ed trio known for creating hauntingly beautiful heavy music, have signed to New York-based Kemado Records with an eye on a March 2011 release.

  The band, comprised of singer/guitar player D.H., singer/bass player Nikki Cage and drummer Slim TX, have described their music as “stonegaze” while numerous outlets have offered their take on True Widow’s slowcore-meets-rock hybrid.  AOL Spinner described the band’s music as “morphine-induced melodies dripping with haunting, heartfelt lyrics…,” Punk News said  True Widow does  ”to Autolux what Black Sabbath did to metal”  and hometown weekly, The Dallas Observer, described the band’s self-titled 2008 debut as simply “incredible.”   Retail supporters, Aquarius Records, enthusiastically shared these words with their customers, “Every song here is practically perfect, and each one segues seamlessly into the next, the sort of record where you don’t just remember the melody or the lyrics, but which songs comes next, and how long the pause between songs is, the sound just so hypnotic and mesmerizing, a sort of lyseric doom pop, a druggy post rock, but the thing is, none of that really explains how addictive these songs seem to be. Literally, from the moment we first heard this record, we have not been able to stop listening to it.”


name_last: Soft Swells
name: Soft Swells
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2030.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Soft_Swells-Every_Little_Thing.mp3
website_link: http://www.tim-williams.net
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Soft Swells
original_serial: event_MS11723
original_venue_serial: Skinny's Ballroom
description:
  Modern Outsider Records, the creation of married music industry veterans Chip and Erin Adams, is thrilled to announce Soft Swells, the new indie pop band of Tim Williams, as the label’s first signing. “Tim Williams has been a good friend of ours for a number of years and when he came to us with his new Soft Swells project, we jumped at the opportunity to work with him,” exclaims Chip Adams. “We are proud to unveil Soft Swells’ debut single as the first release on Modern Outsider.” “Every Little Thing” will be released digitally on February 22.

  “Signing to Modern Outsider is truly a dream come true for me,” Williams reveals. “Not only do I get to work on the music I love, I get to do it with Chip and Erin Adams, two of the hardest working and sweetest people in the entire music industry.” Williams began his music career as a singer/songwriter crafting folk-tinged melodies. He emerged on the Brooklyn indie scene in the early 2000s and released three well-received albums on Dovecote Records. After relocating to Los Angeles from Nashville via New York last year, Williams formed Soft Swells, a nod to his beachy new surroundings. The band features Williams’ longtime friend and collaborator Matt Welsh of the alt-country band Phonograph. First single, “Every Little Thing,” is replete with Williams’ canny pop songwriting and features full use of his band’s arsenal: reverby guitar, subtle electronics, stuttering and snapping drums, handclaps and a ringing xylophone.

  www.softswells.com
  www.myspace.com/softswells
  www.twitter.com/softswellsmusic
  http://www.facebook.com/#!/softswells


name_last: Transmedia Storytelling: Constructing Compelling Characters and Narrative Threads
name: Transmedia Storytelling: Constructing Compelling Characters and Narrative Threads
name_index: T
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Interactive Crossover
original_serial: event_FP990108
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 18ABCD

  Participants:
  Barbara Vance (Copperplate Publishing)

  Summary
  Transmedia storytelling is increasingly being seen as the future of entertainment.  A film is no longer just a film; its narrative extends to games, books, online documents, Internet videos, mobile applications, and beyond. 

  But at the foundation of these new storytelling methods are certain narrative traditions that have held up over the centuries.  Without a clear understanding of these structures and methods of character development, a narrative will struggle to survive.  We must, therefore, look beyond the Matrix, going back instead to the Greeks, whose myths provide some of the first examples of genuine transmedia.  These ancient tales crisscrossed through a complex web of drama, poetry, ritual, role playing, and oral recitation, utilizing archetypes that are still the foundation of stories today. 

  In this panel, I will address key archetypes and plot formations found repeatedly in both historical narratives as well as recent successful transmedia franchises.  I will discuss how to asses an audience, then strategically choose specific plot lines and characters for specific mediums based on those audience segments.

  We will look at:

  1.   Making sure your narrative has a solid premise on which to build – without a foundation you cannot lay bricks.
  2.   Key characteristics of appeal characters – how to have bad heroes and good villains
  3.   How to structure the story in an appropriate narrative thread
  4.   Choosing mediums and messages

  Spoken of here, transmedia narratives are not adaptations; they are extensions, networks composed not as afterthoughts to an “original” creative work, but conceived instead in conjunction with them, with thought given to the story, the medium, the audience, and how these elements relate to a cohesive fictional world.

  Transmedia storytelling is increasingly being seen as the future of entertainment.  A film is no longer just a film; its narrative extends to games, books, online documents, Internet videos, mobile applications, and beyond. 

  But at the foundation of these new storytelling methods are certain narrative traditions that have held up over the centuries.  Without a clear understanding of these structures and methods of character development, a narrative will struggle to survive.  We must, therefore, look beyond the Matrix, going back instead to the Greeks, whose myths provide some of the first examples of genuine transmedia.  These ancient tales crisscrossed through a complex web of drama, poetry, ritual, role playing, and oral recitation, utilizing archetypes that are still the foundation of stories today. 

  In this panel, I will address key archetypes and plot formations found repeatedly in both historical narratives as well as recent successful transmedia franchises.  I will discuss how to asses an audience, then strategically choose specific plot lines and characters for specific mediums based on those audience segments.

  We will look at:

  1.   Making sure your narrative has a solid premise on which to build – without a foundation you cannot lay bricks.
  2.   Key characteristics of appeal characters – how to have bad heroes and good villains
  3.   How to structure the story in an appropriate narrative thread
  4.   Choosing mediums and messages

  Spoken of here, transmedia narratives are not adaptations; they are extensions, networks composed not as afterthoughts to an “original” creative work, but conceived instead in conjunction with them, with thought given to the story, the medium, the audience, and how these elements relate to a cohesive fictional world.

search:
  Transmedia Storytelling: Constructing Compelling Characters and Narrative Threads Barbara Vance Copperplate Publishing


name_last: Profiting in Adult: The Recession is Over
name: Profiting in Adult: The Recession is Over
name_index: P
website_link: http://www.cybernetexpo.com
hashtag: #profitadult
event_category: Business
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP5410
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Salon D

  Participants:
  Allison Vivas (Pink Visual)
  Connor Young (Delta House Marketing LLC)
  Jay Kopita (YNOT Summit)
  Kathee Brewer (Daily Babylon)
  Michael Brandvold (Michael Brandvold Marketing)

  Summary
  The last few years the adult online industry saw a perfect storm of the recession, content piracy, and lack of innovation that caused some companies to lose as much as 90% of their profit margins and several others to close up shop entirely.  While many are still reeling and struggling to make ends meet, now that much of the smoke has cleared, who is left standing and why?  Once considered recession-proof, the adult industry is starting to see a bounce back, with an influx of motivated, mature and organized individuals with startups.

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  Profiting in Adult: The Recession is Over Allison Vivas Pink VisualConnor Young Delta House Marketing LLCJay Kopita YNOT SummitKathee Brewer Daily BabylonMichael Brandvold Michael Brandvold Marketing


name_last: Cadalack Ron vs. Mr. Fitness
name: Cadalack Ron vs. Mr. Fitness
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/4400.jpg
website_link: http://www.TexasBattleLeague.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: Cadalack Ron vs. Mr. Fitness
original_serial: event_MS14782
original_venue_serial: Fuze
description:
  Texas Battle League is the premier rap battle league in Texas. With a roster of over 40 rappers and expanding, TBL is taking the state by storm. In this battle Cadalack Ron, a highly popular national battler from Los Angeles takes on Mr. Fitness of Austin who is undefeated in TBL. You can watch all of our past events at http://www.TexasBattleLeague.com


name_last: SxSeattle
name: SxSeattle
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/seattle.jpg
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: SxSeattle
original_serial: event_HB1547
original_venue_serial: Copa
description:
  Seattle. City of Music. Coffee. Rock. Hip-Hop. KEXP. The Pacific Northwest music scene is vibrant and eclectic. Catch the buzz bands from Seattle and grab free flowing cups of caffeine jolt to pick you up or glasses full of the hair of the dog that bit you. Performing live are Macklemore, Fences, Ravenna Woods, The Young Evils, Wild Orchid Children, The Tea Cozies, The Redwood Plan, The Globes, Black Whales, Campfire OK, Grieves w/ Budo, D.Black, The Physics, State of the Artist and Sol. And check back to our web site as we’ll be announcing a surprise you’re sure not to miss! RSVP at www.sxseattle.com


name_last: Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion Dollar Cyber Crime Underground
name: Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion Dollar Cyber Crime Underground
name_index: K
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/KingpinHowOneHackerTookOver.jpg
website_link: http://kingpin.cc
hashtag: #kingpin.cc
event_category: Book Reading
event_sub_category: Book Reading
original_serial: event_IAP8318
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom G

  Participants:
  Kevin Poulsen (Wired.com)

  Summary
  Through the story of Max Butler (May Ray Vision), a brilliant young hacker turned real-life supervillain who seized sole control of a multibillion-dollar criminal network, investigative journalist Kevin Poulsen takes us on an unprecedented journey into the modern hacking underworld.

  Using a blend of cunning grifts and custom software, Max Butler stole millions from modest credit unions, financial behemoths, even fellow hackers. But his most daring feat--and his eventual undoing--came when he succeeded in crowning himself sole ruler of a worldwide computer fraud network. Over the next year, a team of FBI and Secret Service agents would single-mindedly devote themselves to hunting down this underworld's new kingpin.

search:
  Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion Dollar Cyber Crime Underground Kevin Poulsen Wired.com


name_last: Matthew and the Arrogant Sea
name: Matthew and the Arrogant Sea
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/43233.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Matthew_and_the_Arrogant_Sea-Jack_Russel_Kilt.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/matthewandthearrogantsea
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: Matthew and the Arrogant Sea
original_serial: event_MS11535
original_venue_serial: Barbarella
description:
  Matthew Gray began his young career as a solo performer playing locally while fine tuning his craft for songwriting. Before long it became apparent that his musical vision included more orchestration and hands; enter The Arrogant Sea. The band's sound continues to grow and grow as they strive to achieve everything they desire. The chances of seeing them play the same set twice are very slim. Matthew and the Arrogant Sea create something new for themselves and the audience each and every time they play live.With the release of 'Family Family Family Meets The Magic Christian' the band saw new heights.The record was named one of the best releases of 2008 by the Dallas Observer. Since then the band has toured with Midlake and received great reviews from Paste magazine, Pop Matters, Absolute Punk and Prefix Magazine as well as local nominations for best band, best record, best live act and best song. They've played with Akron Family, Dungen, Loney Dear, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Asobi Seksu, Great Lake Swimmers, The Paper Chase, Woods, Centro-matic, Warpaint, Clem Snide, The Middle East, Women, The Spinto Band, Bettie Severett, The Starlight Mints and many other great bands. 2011 is looking to be a very successful year with the release of their second effort ' You Can't Tame A Wild Rabbit ' being hailed as one of the most anticipated records by the Dallas Observer.


name_last: New Music from Wales
name: New Music from Wales
name_index: N
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/wales.jpg
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: New Music from Wales
original_serial: event_HB1600
original_venue_serial: Latitude 30
description:
  The best new music from Wales hosted by BBC Radio 1's Jen Long. Free food and  drink. Enjoy performances by Gallops, We Are Animal, Bright Light Bright Light and The Last Republic. For guest list: http://www.britishguestlist.info/


name_last: Scott Belsky
name: Scott Belsky
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/belsky.jpg
hashtag: #sxbookstore
event_category: Bookstore Appearance
event_sub_category: Various
search: Scott Belsky
original_serial: event_OE00557
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom D Foyer

  Scott Belsky, author of the popular book Making Ideas Happen, will be stopping by the SX Bookstore to meet interested registrants and sign copies of his book.


name_last: Searching for Blind Willie Johnson
name: Searching for Blind Willie Johnson
name_index: S
hashtag: blindwillie
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Various
original_serial: event_MP990185
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 13AB

  Moderator:
  Michael Hall (Texas Monthly)

  Participants:
  Robert Darden (Baylor University)
  Shane Ford (No Direction Productions)
  Steve James (N/A)

  Summary
  Blind Willie Johnson lived in obscurity in Texas from 1897 to 1945, yet he eventually became one of the most influential musicians in American history. His slide-guitar playing changed the lives of everyone from Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters to Eric Clapton, Jimmie Page, Ry Cooder, and Jack White. What is it about Johnson and his playing that still entrances and baffles people 66 years after his death? A musician, a playwright, a college professor, and a journalist try to figure it all out. This panel is presented in conjunction with Texas Monthly.

search:
  Searching for Blind Willie Johnson Robert Darden Baylor UniversityShane Ford No Direction ProductionsSteve James N/AMichael Hall Texas Monthly


name_last: The Spinto Band
name: The Spinto Band
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/46386.jpg
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/thespintoband
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: The Spinto Band
original_serial: event_MS14382
original_venue_serial: Mi Casa Cantina
description:
  The Spinto Band have just competed their third full length album. The recordings were self-produced in their Delaware studio over the course of 2010. In the coming months they are preparing for the release of the album and an accompanying tour. In addition, the band helped create the soundtrack for the 2011 film The Beast Pageant.


name_last: Vockah Redu
name: Vockah Redu
name_index: V
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2211.jpg
website_link: http://www.vockahredu.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: Vockah Redu
original_serial: event_MS15099
original_venue_serial: Emo's Jr
description:
  Although the Magnolia Housing Projects have long been demolished, a light post still stands at the corner where youth like Vockah Redu (Javocca Davis) gathered to rap and create beats. The light post marks one of the birthplaces of Bounce music, a genre of rap specific to New Orleans that has invigorated crowds throughout the South. Vockah Redu and the Cru animate the stage with their dynamic revival of dance, music, and art from the street corner to the club. More than your typical hip-hop act, this theatrical performance sets the stage for a sweaty hands down booty up good time, transforming any party, bar, or dance floor in your neighborhood. 
  THE CRU  The original Cru formed in 1997 and was composed of the Ave Girls;  Joi Jadah (Joi Denise Sessions), Teedy Booh (Tasha Marie Butler), Ninny (Shanita Davis), Grahonda Pooh (Madonna Melissa Oliver).  Currently the Cru is composed of Shortee Whop (Glendell Weir), Energyzah (Clarence Mosley), and 9th Ward Jody (Jody Shepard).  The Cru dominates the stage with electrifying choreography, costumery, skits, and superb street style.


name_last: Roach Gigz
name: Roach Gigz
name_index: R
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/42408.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Roach_Gigz-Can_I_Rap.mp3
website_link: http://www.roachgigz.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: Roach Gigz
original_serial: event_MS14991
original_venue_serial: Nuvola
description:
  Selected as one of 106 KMEL’s Top 10 Freshman Rappers of the Bay Area, 21-year-old San Francisco native Roach Gigz has gone from virtually unknown to one of the hottest artists on the West Coast in just four years.
  Born and raised in San Francisco, CA, Roach was conceived in Nicaragua during the Contra and Sandinista war. His father was a supporter of the Sandinista Liberation Front and has never lived in the United States but Roach’s mom moved to San Francisco and raised him as a single mother.
  Growing up in such a racially diverse city directly affected Roach’s approach to his art. “If people have only heard my music and know my name but have never seen me, they are surprised to find out I’m not Black,” says Roach. “From my experience growing up, race was never really an issue. I’m just an authentic and cool dude and I think my fans see that. It ain’t about race. It’s about the music.”
  Roach Gigz first gained local fame with close friend Lil 4Tay as one half of the group Bitch I Go (B.I.G.). The duo made some noise with the hyphy hit song “I Get It.” However, with no official album or mixtape to tide the fans over things started slowing down for B.I.G. in 2008 and Roach decided to focus more on his solo career.
  It was 2009’s Buckets and Booty Calls mixtape that truly introduced Roach’s face and Frisco swagger to the masses. The conceptual mixtape, released last September and inspired by real was both funny and filled with good music. “I got in this big car accident after a show and my scraper got totaled. After that I bought a bucket Ford Tempo for $100 off my cousin. I was driving in that for like two months, and one night the idea just popped in my head.”
  The mixtape containing several examples of what Roach calls his “late night pussy expeditions,” took off overnight spawning the Northern California anthem “My Bitch Look Better.” The mixtape to date has been downloaded over 45,000 times.
  In May of 2010 Roach followed Buckets and Booty Calls with the lyrically superior Roachy Balboa mixtape. Where B &B was just a small part of his story, Balboa, both a play on fictitious boxer Rocky Balboa and Roach’s own Italian heritage, gave a deeper glimpse into his potential as an artist.
  “I put all my money into renting this tiny empty room and built my own little studio. I stayed in that bitch all the time, making music and just training to get better. Roachy Balboa is just the first preview of that,” says Gigz. “I feel like I’m growing how anybody should if their doing what they love and putting their all into being the best they possibly be at. I’m not there yet, but I’m on my way.” Balboa has already exceeded its predecessor’s numbers in listens and downloads in just a fraction of the time.
  With two successful mixtapes under his belt Roach is currently preparing his debut album, tentatively titled Therapy Sessions, which is scheduled to be released this fall. The album is shaping up to be a very personal one. Roach says the music will touch on the ups and downs of his life from the struggles he’s been through growing up in the Bay to the birth of his newborn son.
  “I’ve seen the hunger in his eyes since day one,” says Mistah F.A.B. “With the proper support he may get his chance to be the new voice of the modern day Bay Area.” With his unconventional style and undeniable charisma it is only a matter of time before the rest of the world feels the same way.


name_last: SXSW Meet Up with Monster.com
name: SXSW Meet Up with Monster.com
name_index: S
hashtag: #SXSWMeetUp
event_category: Trade Show
event_sub_category: Various
search: SXSW Meet Up with Monster.com
original_serial: event_OE00111
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Exhibit Hall 3/4

  It's no secret that the source of every company's success comes down to one thing - talent. You have cool jobs to offer, but competition is fierce for the best people. Just at a time when finding them - fast - is more complex than ever. Meet people leaders at three hot companies to find out how they are upping their talent. Meet companies posting cool jobs at SXSW and get up close to the people behind the technology that's changing how talent and opportunity meet. Remember, the best talent wins!


name_last: Dom
name: Dom
name_index: D
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Dom-Living_In_America.mp3
website_link: http://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/IMFUR
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Dom
original_serial: event_MS14719
original_venue_serial: Club de Ville
description:
  While many bands suffer with identity crises, Worcester, Massachusetts four-piece Dom
  has their priorities straight. 'We want to be the Madonna of garage rock,' proclaims
  Dominic, the 22-year-old mastermind behind the buzzed-about twisted-pop rockers, who
  slammed into music world consciousness like a tidal wave.

  If it seems like Dom just came out of nowhere, that is because they did. In December
  2009, Dominic (who goes by Dom, and will not reveal his last name, due to 'owing
  people lots of money') met drummer Bobby in a Massachusetts boarding house. The
  two sought out to make Dom an 'electronic sci-trance project' but after writing the
  song 'Jesus,' the band took a more surfy-psych, fuzz-pop sound. Later, they connected
  with bassist / guitarist Erik and shred head Cosmo, and the finished project sounded more
  like a jangle pop mixtape left on your dashboard on hot summer day.

  With warped vocals, fuzzy low-fi distortion, and broken Casio keyboard lines, Dom
  filters a DIY aesthetic through the upbeat, sunny rhythms of pop music. There's a
  MacGyverized style to Dom's buzzed-about debut EP Sun Bronzed Greek Gods, the
  seven songs feel like they're held together by sonic duct tape. At any minute they could
  break apart. But they don't. These tracks recorded in Erik's bedroom—on a pink paisley
  guitar, a Casio and Fruity Loops—are solid, edgy and irresistibly fun. 'We like to get
  gnarly, but that doesn't mean we're a joke,' Dom says.

  By March they were playing frenzied basement shows on the East Coast, and by April
  Dom was featured as a rising band on tastemaking music site, Pitchfork. Then the
  buzzing began.

  Yet, inside the breezy pop of Dom, is Dom, the man, whose personal history is
  decidedly less carefree. He doesn't want you to dwell on his past, but to understand Dom
  today, you have to excavate the skeletons hidden deep in Dom's closet. After all, pop
  music is escapism; it's a drug, a candy-coated antidote to pain. Unfortunately for Dom,
  pain has followed him like a shadow through life.

  When Dom was 8 years old, his mother gave him up for adoption. At an age where he
  was all-too conscious, Dom was devastated by this breach of trust and schism from
  his family. His siblings stayed with his mom, he was the only one to go. Unanswered
  questions reverberated in the back of Dom's brain: Why him? What made Dom so
  different?

  Like so many children in foster homes, Dom bounced from family to family, searching
  for permanent place to call home. Acclimating to these temporary families was
  impossible, and when Dom was 14 he was locked up for a few months and became
  subsumed in the cycle of within America's ailing juvenile justice system.

  Dislocated in life, he found a home in music.

  'When I was a kid my mom listened to Roy Orbison, and I remember wanting to be him.
  I was told I couldn't be him. So later I had this dream that if I could be him someday, I
  would be somebody, and maybe my mom could see that,' Dom says.

  Dom's personal troubles add a caustic irony to the feel good lyrics on Sun Bronzed Greek
  Gods. 'It's so sexy/ to be living in America' he sings on 'Living in America.' On 'Burn
  Bridges,' he explains, 'Burn your bridges / make yourself an island / Just forgive 'em and
  forget 'em.'

  On Dom's island, music is the cure. It's the reason to pick up those broken pieces of your
  life and move on. Dom says forget that baggage, fuck the past, and rock for now.

  'I'm gonna live how I want to/ This is okay/ I've been living for today.' – Dom.


name_last: Street Cred: iPad DJing, from Concept to Mainstage
name: Street Cred: iPad DJing, from Concept to Mainstage
name_index: S
website_link: http://www.destroythesilence.com
hashtag: streetcred
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: History of Music
original_serial: event_MP7519
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 11AB

  Moderator:
  Rana Sobhany (Destroy The SIlence)

  Participants:
  Peter Kirn (Create Digital Music)

  Summary
  Ten years ago, using a laptop to DJ was seen as an abomination, now it's commonplace. Can the iPad be the catalyst to shape the future of music production and DJing? Ipad DJ and producer Rana Sobhany shows the history of this nascent space, complete with a first hand account of what it is like to witness and influence  this century's first major paradigm shift in music performance and production.

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  Street Cred: iPad DJing, from Concept to Mainstage Peter Kirn Create Digital MusicRana Sobhany Destroy The SIlence


name_last: Warbeast
name: Warbeast
name_index: W
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2472.jpg
website_link: http://warbeast.org
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-hRNkk_xb4
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Metal
search: Warbeast
original_serial: event_MS11487
original_venue_serial: Emo's Jr
description:
  With the “retro-thrash” trend in full-swing, and hordes of bands trying to re-create “old school metal”, Texas monsters WARBEAST offer the real thing. Their music is not the result of careful study of 80’s thrash or classic metal; it just comes naturally because that is who they are. Krush The Enemy, their debut CD on Philip Anselmo’s Housecore Records, features ten tracks covering a wide range of metal terrain aimed squarely at the neck-snapping headbanger in the front row. For WARBEAST, “metal” means high speed riffing, thunderous double bass, roaring vocals and plenty of blazing guitar solos.

  The roots of WARBEAST are firmly entrenched in the legendary 80’s Texas underground metal scene. Vocalist Bruce Corbitt was the voice of speed metal splatter kings Rigor Mortis, who achieved major label success on Capitol Records in 1988. Guitarists Rick Perry and Scott Shelby were the riff machine behind Gammacide, one of Texas most furious thrash exports. Bassist Alan Bovee joined Gammacide when they re-united in 2006, and drum tornado Joe Gonzalez provided blast beats and mayhem for Dallas death metal band Demonseed.

  The band was originally formed in the fall of 2006 under the name Texas Metal Alliance for a one-time performance to play a benefit show for Hammer Witch bassist/vocalist Wayne Abney. Abney had suffered a near-fatal motorcycle accident in August 2006. TMA's performance for the benefit included special guest members from some of Dallas/Ft. Worth's original thrash bands... Gammacide, Rigor Mortis, Rotting Corpse and Hammer Witch. After the benefit, some of the core members that made up TMA decided to make it a real band.

  TMA initially played songs by the individual member’s previous bands. Now they focused on writing new material, and playing many shows throughout Texas. Two demos were recorded, and Bruce brought them along when Rigor Mortis was doing a tour in which they were supported by one of Philip Anselmo’s side projects, Arson Anthem. Bruce passed the demos on to Philip, who liked what he heard and wanted first shot at signing the band to his new Housecore Record label. After speaking with Philip and hearing his enthusiasm for the project, no other offers were even considered. In Anselmo’s own words: “Bruce is a commanding fucking presence. His performance on Krush The Enemy is the best he’s ever been. Rick and Scott’s use of chugging power riffs, mixed with classic progressions and twisting harmonies are executed flawlessly. Jose Gonzales plays the ever-loving shit out of the drums. Alan Bovee’s playing is as solid as a vice grip.”

  In early 2009, the band changed their name to WARBEAST, feeling they had outgrown Texas Metal Alliance. In April they spent 2 weeks in New Orleans recording Krush The Enemy, with Anselmo producing. Engineered by David 'The Puma' Troia, who has worked with bands such as Mudvayne, DOWN, OTEP, and Arson Anthem, among others. 100 proof metal has been forged here, and among many standout tracks are the blazing “Scorched Earth Policy”, the menacing “Stalker” and the apocalyptic “We Are The Vultures”. Once again, we’ll let Philip say it best: “every song is its own SONG; riff-delirium, thunderous cadences and classic Thrash vocals delivered in TRUE, classic Thrash style. WARBEAST will prove to be major players in the very near future…you can bet your ass on that.”

  The onslaught began on April 27, 2010 when WARBEAST’s Krush The Enemy was released with rave reviews. 

  Bobby Tillotson Jr. replaced Rick Perry on guitar in August 2010 and Warbeast is writing and preparing to record new songs and do as many tours and shows as possible.


name_last: Tigers That Talked
name: Tigers That Talked
name_index: T
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/45531.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Tigers_That_Talked-23_Fears_Summer_'10.mp3
website_link: http://www.tigersthattalked.com
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy6R7zvbAk8
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Avant/Experimental
search: Tigers That Talked
original_serial: event_MS10874
original_venue_serial: Barbarella
description:
  From assorted corners of the UK and Europe, but currently making their beautiful and original music in Leeds after gravitating towards the city’s current artistic and creative renaissance, Tigers That Talked are bassist Owain Kelly, half-Norwegian violinist Glenna Larsen, drummer Chris Verney and guitarist & singer Jamie Williams. 

  By twisting Glenna's effect-adorned strings and Jamie's haunting vocals around a pulsing rhythm section, the band strike a subtle balance between the anthemic and the experimental. Creating a multi-layered, intensely beautiful music that can be in turns euphoric, rousing and haunting, and coupled with the band’s frenzied live energy, Tigers That Talked create an explosive & dynamic sound that has lead NME to describe them as 'Masters of the slow brood, ebbing and flowing with filmic elegance, swaying between maudlin melodrama and frenzied, multi-layered crescendos”. 

  Since releasing their debut single '23 Fears (Summer '10) and debut album 'The Merchant', Tigers That Talked have received plaudits from all corners of UK press & radio such as NME, The Fly, Q, The Times & This is Fake DIY through to BBC Radio 1, 2 and 6 's Lauren Laverne, Zane Lowe, Dermot O'Leary, Tom Robinson, XFM's Jon Kennedy and were recently hailed as 'my new favourite band' by BBC's influential Steve Lamacq.


name_last: Castanets
name: Castanets
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/4307.jpg
website_link: http://asthmatickitty.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Castanets
original_serial: event_MS14447
original_venue_serial: Emo's Jr
description:
  Everybody's got stories and histories and back-stories but when the lights go out and the shit goes down, what good'll they do you? What we need is courage, sanctity, and some love (carnal, secret, even troubled.) We need Son House or Charley Patton, nothin' but clapping hands, and a hoarse voice telling us about Gawwwd, the Devil, that WOMAN. We need blues and we need beats smashing outta the back end of a Cadillac in some back-end-town. And we get all of that with Castanets. Let's roll the time-line.

  Come 2004 there was Castanets' Asthmatic Kitty debut, Cathedral, with country guitars and electronics that shook the bar-tops of San Diego, deepest-darkest Brooklyn, and parts unknown. The order of the day was noise on noise and free-jazz haze-outs. First Light's Freeze was a dream of ice and piles of river rock. It was American music from the old tradition but witnessed in 2005, solidly, with no eye for nostalgia or romanticism. 

  2007 was In The Vines, and suddenly we were there in the backseat in the summer while the wind blew through the car and drowned out everything but your own damn thoughts. ('Put your body, 'cross my body and sway, sway, sway' went the radio when we pulled over to take a piss.) It was lusts and heat and a rising rrrahhhwww of lap steel. 

  City of Refuge came in 2008, a minimalist desert opera of stillness, barren parking lots, and hot air. It was 15 tracks of warm beer, sunbaked trailers, and-somewhere, far off in that empty bar you wish you lived in-the jukebox playing the most golden of high-plains country. 

  And now we've got Texas Rose, The Thaw, and The Beasts. This time it's an oscillating, dissolving reverie of country and folk that goes from clattering and dark to big and triumphant then right back to noise again. This, Castanets' fifth for Asthmatic Kitty, is bossman Ray Raposa dropping a pop record on us and, at the same time, keeping it proper with one foot in a shimmering puddle of strangeness and experimentation. 

  It's nearly 39 minutes of counter-narrative Nashville reborn as a strange, beautiful landscape of engaging electronics and thick choruses and deep noise. Here we witness Castanets going epic, knocking the ball right outta the park and hitting the back lights with a big tissshhh of busted glass and sparks showering down. This is Castanets, MVP.


name_last: Star Wars Uncut: The Force of Crowdsourcing
name: Star Wars Uncut: The Force of Crowdsourcing
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/StarWarsUncutTheForce.jpg
hashtag: @starwarsuncut
event_category: Convergence
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP000027
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 18ABCD

  Participants:
  Annelise Pruitt (Annelise Pruitt Design)
  Casey Pugh (Star Wars Uncut)
  Jamie Wilkinson (Star Wars Uncut)

  Summary
  The StarWarsUncut.com team will talk about how the project rose to success and what the future holds for interactive media. Recreating an entire classic film in just nine months, they will share their inspiration, technology, crowdsourcing techniques and cultural impact of the first site for a broadband-only production to win an Emmy.

search:
  Star Wars Uncut: The Force of Crowdsourcing Annelise Pruitt Annelise Pruitt DesignCasey Pugh Star Wars UncutJamie Wilkinson Star Wars Uncut


name_last: The Chapin Sisters
name: The Chapin Sisters
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1324.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/The_Chapin_Sisters-Palm_Tree.mp3
website_link: http://www.thechapinsisters.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Singer-Songwriter
search: The Chapin Sisters
original_serial: event_MS13984
original_venue_serial: St David's Historic Sanctuary
description:
  THE CHAPIN SISTERS (a short bio)

  Abigail and Lily Chapin are singing, songwriting sisters who have been performing under the name The Chapin Sisters since 2004.  They are knows for pristine harmonies and haunting melodies that have gained comparisons to sister acts of old and Appalachian family groups, yet their songs and arrangements have a very contemporary aspect, with elements of pop, blues and psychedelic rock.  Their first full-length record Lake Bottom LP was a collaboration with their other sister, Jessica Craven, who is now taking a leave of absence to spend time with her new baby.  Produced by Thom Monahan (Lily’s, Devendra Bandhart, Vetiver) and Mike Daily (Whiskeytown, Grace Potter), the record was critically acclaimed and was named one of LA Weekly’s Top Ten Records of 2008.

  Abigail and Lily and co-producers Jesse Lee (Gang Gang Dance) and Louie Stephens (Rooney) retreated to an old family farm in rural New Jersey where they put together a studio and recorded Two.  This record incorporates lush keyboards, layered percussion, electric guitars and warm, rich vocal tones, in addition to the staple acoustic guitar and three part-harmonies that the sisters are already known for.  Two will be released in the US & Canada on September 14th via their own label, Lake Bottom Records (Thirty Tigers/RED).

  This year, The Chapin Sisters have been busy touring as part of She & Him’s band and opening many of their shows.  They have also begun headlining their own club shows.  

  “There’s a sinsister tenderness to this L.A. duo’s sad, soft, gorgeous folk.”
  -	Jonathan Durbin/Paper
   7/10


name_last: Revolver
name: Revolver
name_index: R
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2693.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/REVOLVER-Get_Around_Town.mp3
website_link: http://www.revolvermusic.tv
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fV2hmcADEs
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: Revolver
original_serial: event_MS11492
original_venue_serial: Easy Tiger Patio
description:
  BIO
  Â« You just gotta love a classically trained rock band. Ambroise Willaume (vocals, guitar, piano) and Jeremie Arcache (cello, vocals) met as kids at France's prestigious Maitrise Notre Dame de Paris music school, which has been in operation since the 12th century. The pair later teamed up with Christophe Musset (vocals, guitar) to form the basis for their current band, Revolver. While their name is taken from the influential Beatles album, it's a fitting description for the group's evolving sound. Pairing classical chamber music with influences such as Elliot Smith and The Velvet Underground might seem like a particularly daunting task, until you hear the masterful way they pull these influences together. Revolver's French EP, Pop De Chambre, is a delightful collection of folk songs, and it's a prelude to their fantastic debut album, Music for a While.  (Via KEXP)

  IN THE PRESS
   
   Revolver played a set full of its signature exquisite folk pop.
  Each melody and vocal harmony was toe-tapping and softly moving...
  Revolver's NYC live debut was one that is unforgettable for those who experienced it
  CMJ 2010 official review (via cmj.com)
   
  'Hear the full set of the timeless and versatile guitar group [¦] Revolver brought the house down with its upbeat, seemingly rockabilly-inspired jams.
  It was amazing to have a band play in a lobby, thousands of miles from home, making its U.S. debut on the air ' live ' and pull it off flawlessly'
  NPR Music - Favorite session  (via KEXP Live from the Ace Hotel Lobby NYC)

  www.revolvermusic.tv
  www.twitter.com/revolverfrench


name_last: Building with Twitter – How to Dominate the API
name: Building with Twitter – How to Dominate the API
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/BuildingWithTwitterHowToDominate.jpeg
website_link: http://www.viralheat.com/
hashtag: #SXdominateAPI
event_category: Social Broadcasting Track
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP7970
original_venue_serial: AT&amp;T Conference Center
description:
  Room: Room 204

  Participants:
  Dominiek ter Heide (Bottlenose Inc)
  Paul Berry (The Huffington Post)
  Vishal Sankhla (Viralheat Inc)

  Summary
  Few API’s spew out as much data as Twitter’s does, and few come anywhere close to its popularity with developers.  But it’s not a walk in the park.  It takes a lot of careful design and experience to build apps that please users even when Twitter is overloaded or the API’s limitations get in your way.
   
  In this panel, we'll talk about lessons from developers in the field who have tapped into Twitter’s API successfully. The panelists will share their technical and strategic tips for how to build applications with the API that perform consistently, reliably and innovate beyond basic uses.  
   
  If you’re thinking about using the Twitter API for the first time or are a seasoned pro – this panel will be an insightful discussion about the techniques and strategies that help you make the most of it.

search:
  Building with Twitter – How to Dominate the API Dominiek ter Heide Bottlenose IncPaul Berry The Huffington PostVishal Sankhla Viralheat Inc


name_last: La Santa Cecilia
name: La Santa Cecilia
name_index: L
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/44602.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/La_Santa_Cecilia-La_Negra.mp3
website_link: http://www.lasantacecilia.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Latin Rock
search: La Santa Cecilia
original_serial: event_MS12175
original_venue_serial: Copa
description:
  La Santa Cecilia exemplifies the modern-day creative hybrid. In an era and city in which Latin culture has given birth to many musical fusions, The Los Angeles based six-member band creatively combines up-tempo South American rhythms like Cumbia and Bossa Nova with the nostalgic Bolero and passionate Tango, blending in Afro-Cuban percussion, Rock with Jazzy tunes to bring about a mix that defies any particular label or musical genre.  The band’s sound is accentuated by singer Marisoul’s haunting voice, which delivers its message of love, loss and heartbreak in a strong, sensual and powerful performance that leaves crowds mesmerized and women justified in La Santa’s colorful and fiesta-like live shows.

  La Santa Cecilia solidifies its successes with its new EP titled “Noche y Citas” produced by 4 time American GRAMMY® winner and 8  time Latin GRAMMY© Awards producer and engineer Sebastian Krys whose credits include a roster of Latin music’s super star recording artists  such as: Carlos Vives, Luis Fonsi, Rabanes, Kinky, Ricky Martin and Shakira to name only a few.


name_last: Status Update….or Status Upgrade?
name: Status Update….or Status Upgrade?
name_index: S
website_link: http://www.spychresearch.com
hashtag: #SXupgrade
event_category: Social Graph
event_sub_category: Dual
search: Status Update….or Status Upgrade? Becky Johns Cramer-KrasseltBen Smithee Spych Market Analytics
original_serial: event_IAP7858
original_venue_serial: Hyatt
description:
  Room: TX Ballroom 1

  Participants:
  Becky Johns (Cramer-Krasselt)
  Ben Smithee (Spych Market Analytics)

  Summary
  Has documentation of experience become more important than experience itself? Are we creating experiences for the purpose of impressing, bragging and other types of “douchebaggery”?

  Sharing our lives with our networks has become second nature. Our streams are our reputation. By being constantly connected, the human experience has shifted from just having experiences to focusing on documenting them. But how much of it is created or altered just to share?

  We’re all content creators. As our curiosity and interest in the lives of friends and strangers grows, we’re changing the way in which we prioritize and filter the content for our networks…or at least what we choose to publicly share.

  Companies have become increasingly interested in participating in the social web and finding ways to become intertwined in our digital homeostasis. They seek out ways to filter through the “noisy” environment and uncover new insights and ways to effectively create products, services and messaging that appeals to our digital tastes and desires.

  How is our desire to share impacting how we live? Which behaviors are driven by intent to share and which are just reported as they happened naturally? How do we tell the difference between “memories” and “content?” What do we filter and deem “cool” enough to share? What are the innovative companies doing to navigate this changing environment? Join in on the conversation!


name_last: Canadian Blast
name: Canadian Blast
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/canadian_blast.jpg
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: Canadian Blast
original_serial: event_HB1564
original_venue_serial: East Tent, Brush Square Park
description:
  Kick off SXSW 2011 with the 6th annual Canadian Blast BBQ. Enjoy great hospitality and music by some of Canada’s best emerging indie acts. Join us for live performances by: Buck 65 with Jenn Grant, Karkwa, P.S. I Love You, Diamond Rings, More Or Les, Imaginary Cities. Meet ‘n Greet and find out about all the Canadian talent showcasing this year, including the line-up for Canada House Thurs-Sat – at Paradise Cafe, 6th & Trinity, with daytime Canadian private shows 12-6pm and official SXSW Canadian evening showcases. Learn more at www.canadianblast.com.


name_last: Estados Alterados
name: Estados Alterados
name_index: E
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1989.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Estados_Alterados-Contenme.mp3
website_link: http://www.estadosalterados.net
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Estados Alterados
original_serial: event_MS15093
original_venue_serial: Habana Bar Backyard
description:
  English Version
  Estados Alterados was formed in 1986 by a group of young students: Elvis (Fernando Sierra, vocals), Tato (Gabriel Lopera, keyboards & programming), and Ricky (Ricardo Restrepo, drums), who stepped in for Mana (Carlos Uribe) after he passed away in a car accident. Since its start, Estados Alterados has explored electronic rock, then known and admired by few in Latin America, going on to become a pioneering band in the Spanish-speaking world. Their 1990 self-titled debut album experimented with acoustic and electronic sounds inspired by the synthesizers and sequencers of the time. They count Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Devo, and Gary Newman, among others, as their influences. 
   
  Their latest effort, Romances Cientificos (Scientific Romances), was released in 2010 after an absence of more than ten years from the studio. The cutting edge sound of this twelve-track album produced by UK native Phil Vinall (Placebo, Radiohead, Zo©, Elastica) confirms Estados Alterados' return with its uncompromising innovation intact. In March of this same year, the band launched its Latin American tour with Coldplay in Bogot¡, followed by festival appearances in Mexico City (Vive Latino), Medell­n (Altavoz), and Bogot¡ (Rock al Parque 2010). Joining the band on stage since November 2009: Alejandro Jaramillo, Carlos Calvo and Oliver Camargo.
   
  *** 
   
  Estados Alterados became a pioneer of the modern Colombian Rock scene, paving the road for others to follow. Juanes, then singer/guitarist for Ekhymosis, toured with the band as a guest member. Estados Alterados also collaborated with H©ctor Buitrago and Andrea Echeverri who then went on to form Aterciopelados. The band's first hit singles, Muevete (Move) and El Velo (The Veil), from their debut album-Estados Alterados- (1991) produced by Colombian Rock legend Victor Garcia, are now considered classics of the overall Latin American electronic music scene. 
   
  A major milestone was reached in 1991 when MTV began airing the video for El Velo, directed by Simon Brand (Shakira, La Ley, Juanes), as this was the first music video from a Colombian band to be on MTV's play rotation. This was followed up by the videos for Selfish (1993), Nada (Nothing 1993), Seres de la Noche (Night Beings 1993), and La Fiebre de Marzo (Spring Fever 1995) also receiving ongoing airplay by MTV, BOX, TeleHit, and other music video channels throughout North & South America. Another milestone was reached in 1993 when Estados Alterados became the first Colombian rock band to embark on a tour of the United States, launching headfirst into this market at a time when Colombian Rock was virtually unknown.  
   
  The band begins to experiment with sounds from other genres for their second and third albums, Cuarto Acto(Act Four 1993) and Rojo Sobre Rojo (Red on Red 1995). Camilo Zuleta joins the band as its lead guitarist, while Federico Lopez, their studio guitarist and live sound engineer, gets more involved with the production of these efforts. Federico and English DJ/Producer Richard Blair (Peter Gabriel, Sidestepper) handled the final production duties on Cuarto Acto.  
   
  The later half of the 90s brought about major changes to the band. In 1996, Estados Alterados decides to leave its label, Discos Fuentes, prompting the release of its greatest hits album Lo Esencial-Extracto 89-96.  Then in 1998, the band starts work on a new album with Argentinean Musician/Producer and Latin Grammy Awarded, Tweety Gonzalez (Soda Stereo, Gustavo Cerati, Fito Paez). Unfortunately, this 4th studio album, recorded in Guatemala, was never publicly released due to the new label's collapse. That same year saw Tweety Gonzalez perform with the band at Bogota's Rock al Parque, which would be the band's final live show of the 90's. At the end of the decade, Warner Music Latina invites Estados Alterados to perform a track on the Spanish Rock tribute album to The Cure, Por que No Puedo Ser Tº (Why Can't I be You 1999). The band's rendition of  A Forest proves to be yet another example of the band's original sound and style. 
   
  The band became a sort of myth in these intervening years of creative silence. In fact, when the legendary Gustavo Cerati was recently asked about Rock music in Colombia, he responded, I always think of Estados Alterados. ~ Viviane Mahieux/Glenn Arango


  Spanish Version
  Estados Alterados es el producto de una amistad que naci³ en 1986 entre j³venes estudiantes en Medell­n, Colombia: Elvis (Fernando Sierra ' voz), Tato (Gabriel Lopera ' teclados y programaci³n), y Ricky (Ricardo Restrepo ' baterista), quien ingresa al grupo reemplazando a Mana (Carlos Uribe, fallecido en un accidente automovil­stico). Desde su inicio, Estados Alterados explora el rock electr³nico, entonces conocido y admirado por pocos en Latinoam©rica, convirti©ndose en un grupo pionero en el mundo de habla hispana. Su primer disco hom³nimo sale a finales de 1990. Este ¡lbum independiente experimenta con una combinaci³n de sonidos electr³nicos y acºsticos inspirados por los sintetizadores y secuenciadores del momento. Kraftwert, Depeche Mode, Devo, Gary Newman entre otros conforman sus influencias.

  Su m¡s reciente ¡lbum, Romances Cient­ficos, se lanza en el 2010 despu©s de m¡s de diez a±os sin trabajo de estudio. Producido por el productor brit¡nico Phil Vinall (Placebo, Radiohead, Zoe, Elastica), este ¡lbum de 12 canciones y un sonido vanguardista confirma que Estados Alterados vuelve a los escenarios con su compromiso de innovaci³n intacto. En marzo del mismo a±o, Estados Alterados empieza su gira en Latinoam©rica con un concierto junto a Coldplay en Bogot¡, seguido por el festival Vive Latino en M©xico D.F, Altavoz en Medell­n y Rock al Parque 2010 en Bogot¡. Con la banda en escena desde noviembre 2009 están: Alejandro Jaramillo, Carlos Calvo and Oliver Camargo.
  ***
  Los primeros hits de Estados Alterados, Mu©vete y El Velo, incluidos en su primer ¡lbum Estados Alterados (1991), el cual fue producido por V­ctor Garc­a leyenda del rock colombiano, son ahora cl¡sicos del rock electr³nico latinoamericano. Con El Velo, video dirigido por Sim³n Brand (Shakira, La Ley, Juanes) en 1991,  la cadena MTV decide por primera vez abrirle el espacio a una banda colombiana de rock. Esta fue la plataforma para que otros videos del grupo, como Selfish (1993), Nada (1993), Seres de la Noche (1993) y La Fiebre de Marzo (1995), fueran programados en MTV, BOX, TeleHit y otros canales musicales, desde Estados Unidos hasta Argentina.
  En 1993 Estados Alterados inicia la primera gira de un grupo de rock colombiano en los Estados Unidos, enfrent¡ndose al mercado anglosaj³n cuando el rock en espa±ol aun ten­a poco espacio en los medios. Desde sus inicios, Estados Alterados crey³ en el movimiento rock en su idioma y as­ es como Juanes entonces cantante y guitarrista de Ekhymosis acompa±a a la banda por casi tres a±os como guitarrista invitado.  El grupo tambi©n colabora con H©ctor y Andrea, quienes posteriormente ser­an Aterciopelados, y con otras importantes bandas latinoamericanas. Federico L³pez, quien desde el primer ¡lbum hab­a estado con la banda como guitarrista de sesi³n e ingeniero de sonido en vivo, entra a hacer parte de la producci³n de Cuarto Acto (1993) y Rojo sobre Rojo (1995) producciones en donde se experiment³ con mºsicos de otros g©neros. La mezcla de Cuarto Acto fue compartida por el mismo Federico L³pez y el ingl©s Richard Blair. Este ºltimo trabaj³ con Peter Gabriel, y fue uno de los fundadores del grupo Sidestepper. En estas dos producciones tambi©n se cont³ con la ayuda de Camilo Zuleta como guitarrista de la banda.
   

  Para el a±o 1996 Estados Alterados decide terminar su contrato con Discos Fuentes y la disquera decide sellar este episodio lanzando al mercado una recopilaci³n con el nombre de Estados Alterados-Lo Esencial Extracto 89-96. En 1998, durante la crisis interna en su pa­s, Estados Alterados se arriesga nuevamente y junto al ganador del Grammy, Tweety Gonz¡lez (teclista de Soda Stereo, productor de Gustavo Cerati y Fito P¡ez entre otros), emprenden la empresa de producir un nuevo disco. Desafortunadamente, este nunca sali³ al mercado debido al incumplimiento de la disquera en Guatemala. Ese mismo a±o, el pºblico de Rock al Parque presencia a Estados Alterados con Tweety Gonz¡lez en lo que ser­a su ºltimo concierto de los 90's. A finales de esa d©cada Estados Alterados es invitado junto a otras bandas a grabar una canci³n del ¡lbum Tributo a The Cure-Por que No Puedo Ser Tº (1999) bajo el sello Warner Music Latina. A Forest (El Bosque) fue una muestra m¡s de la originalidad de Estados Alterados.

  En sus a±os de silencio creativo, la banda se transform³ en una especie de mito. No fue en vano que, cuando recientemente le preguntaron a Gustavo Cerati por el rock colombiano, ©l respondi³: Siempre recuerdo a Estados Alterados. ~ Viviane Mahieux


name_last: Blue October
name: Blue October
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1340.jpg
website_link: http://www.blueoctober.com
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAa9c2fQBwo
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Blue October
original_serial: event_MS12726
original_venue_serial: Auditorium Shores Stage (Lady Bird Lake)
description:
  Blue October have risen through the ranks to become a platinum selling rock band with a body of work that includes modern rock hits like “Hate Me” and “Dirt Room” and the #1 VH-1 smash, “Into The Ocean.” The band’s sixth album will be released in the summer of 2011 when they will take their heart on the sleeve live show from Austin City Limits to the world.


name_last: Violence: An Equal Opportunity Hater
name: Violence: An Equal Opportunity Hater
name_index: V
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/ViolenceAnEqualOpportunityHater.jpg
hashtag: #Hater
event_category: Future15
event_sub_category: Future15
search: Violence: An Equal Opportunity Hater Steven Thibodeau Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners
original_serial: event_IAP000309
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom E

  Participants:
  Steven Thibodeau (Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners)

  Summary
  Violence is a part of our culture – part of virtually all cultures. But the United States has a unique relationship with violence.  Through the protection of our basic rights, we have put many of the basic controls and catalyst of violence in the hands of the people, and as a by-product of these important freedoms a darker consequence has emerged. We have more guns than all of Europe combined, and not surprisingly more gun related deaths. But it’s the less obvious face of violence that plagues our daily lives - violence at home, work, and dating.  Violence amongst our peers and even pervasive violence in our schools. Violence takes many forms.  The most subtle of violence – persistent verbal abuse, bullying and intimidation that have fostered a general desensitization of our culture to the many of the dangers, effects and cost of violence.  In this discussion, we will examine the dynamics and spectrum of violence, from peer to peer to entirely anonymous.  Within that that context, we will also examine a set of strategies and tools that are empowering one youth group in New York City to stand up and act against all faces of violence.


name_last: Kurt Braunohler
name: Kurt Braunohler
name_index: K
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3295.jpg
website_link: http://twitter.com/#!/kurtbraunohler
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Comedy
search: Kurt Braunohler
original_serial: event_MS14943
original_venue_serial: Esther's Follies
description:
  Kurt Braunohler has performed at SXSW, Bonaroo, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (IF.Comedy Award nominee), Melbourne Comedy Festival (Barry Award Winner), HBO US Comedy Arts Festival, Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, the HBO Vegas Comedy Festival, the Chicago Improv Festival (Improv Ensemble fo the Year” Award Winner) and numerous colleges in the US. His web-series 'Penelope: Princess of Pets' was recently made into a for-broadcast pilot for Channel 4 in London. He also co-wrote, directed and produced a music video for the New Pornographers. His other creations include the Hot Tub Variety show (voted 'Best New Variety Show' by Time-Out New York,) www.chengwin.com, which was voted by the Village Voice as 'Best Hilarious Insane Guerilla Theatre.' You can see him on 'Delocated' this season for like 1 minute.


name_last: Earl Poole Ball and the Cosmic Americans
name: Earl Poole Ball and the Cosmic Americans
name_index: E
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/4044.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Earl_Poole_Ball_and_the_Cosmic_Americans-Promised_Land.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/epbandthecosmicamericans
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Country
search: Earl Poole Ball and the Cosmic Americans
original_serial: event_MS14098
original_venue_serial: Saxon Pub
description:
  EARL POOLE BALL-Singer and pianist (Johnny Cash-Gram Parsons) has formed a rockin/blusey/rockabilly/original music band THE COSMIC AMERICANS.
  Members are:
  GLEN FUKUNAGA--BASS (Joe Ealey-Lloyd Maines-Dixie Chicks)
  JODI ADAIR--VOCALS (exciting new vocalist-songwriter-performer)
  CASPER RAWLS-=GUITAR (James Burton--Leroi Bros.--Buck Owens)
  DONY WYNN--DRUMS (Robert Plant--Brooks & Dunn) 
  Based in Austin Texas since 2009--musically exciting and theatrically dynamic all at the same time. Come See!!


name_last: Interactive/Film Fusion Party presented by Meebo
name: Interactive/Film Fusion Party presented by Meebo
name_index: I
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/meebo_sized.jpg
hashtag: #sxswfusionparty
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: Interactive/Film Fusion Party presented by Meebo
original_serial: event_OE00093
original_venue_serial: Six Lounge
description:
  Meebo rolls out the red carpet that brings Interactive and Film attendees together to mix and mingle.  An extravaganza of interactive fun, from web check-ins to super-sized games, the evening is not to be missed!  Topped off in Meebo & SXSW style with yummy appetizers, open bar and cool beats by DJ Trey Lopez (Manolo Black)


name_last: The Tiny Tin Hearts
name: The Tiny Tin Hearts
name_index: T
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/40574.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/The_Tiny_Tin_Hearts-Small_Catastrophe.mp3
website_link: http://www.thetinytinhearts.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: The Tiny Tin Hearts
original_serial: event_MS15147
original_venue_serial: Dirty Dog Bar
description:
  Winners of The Austin Chronicle's first-ever Sound Wars and named one of Austin's Top 5 Best New Bands of 2009, this 8-piece ensemble from Austin, TX, features banjo, French Horn, cello, violin, trombone, piano, lap steel and electric guitars, bass and drums, crossing all genres from Americana to Pop, Rock, Folk and Classical.

  Their debut release, a 7-song EP, was produced by George Reiff and released in Sept. 2009.

  Influences include: Pat Metheny, Paul Simon, Woodie Guthrie, Bill Frisell, Ali Farka Toure, Bruce Springsteen, Sufjan Stevens, Charlie Haden, Joanna Newsom, Debussy, Paul Motian, Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, Terry Riley, Neutral Milk Hotel, Pete Seeger, Fela Kuti, Ry Cooder, Tony Trischka, Danny Schmidt, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Exploding Star Orchestra, Elton John


name_last: Next Stage: Beyond the Music Video: When Heart meets Technology in Music’s Digital Age
name: Next Stage: Beyond the Music Video: When Heart meets Technology in Music’s Digital Age
name_index: N
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/radical.jpg
hashtag: #SXSW@radical
event_category: Trade Show
event_sub_category: Various
search: Next Stage: Beyond the Music Video: When Heart meets Technology in Music’s Digital Age
original_serial: event_OE00065
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Exhibit Hall 3/4

  Join @radical.media Chairman and CEO Jon Kamen, Chris Milk, the acclaimed director of The Wilderness Downtown and The Johnny Cash Project, and Thomas Gayno, marketing manager at Google Creative Lab for a look at how technology is creating a whole new artistic medium – the interactive music video experience, as well as a sneak peek at some big new projects on the horizon.

  radicalmedia.com


name_last: Class Actress
name: Class Actress
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/319.jpg
website_link: http://classactress.tumblr.com/
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4reNLdc1ZHQ
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: Class Actress
original_serial: event_MS11290
original_venue_serial: Friends
description:
  Class Actress is: 'Guilty Pleasure dance music NSA Casual Encounters Stalker Pop« Depeche Mode meets early Madonna and Five Star played on KTU radio ... (More) of the leather back seat of a taxi 'Class not Actress: Acting Class...

  Class Actress Announces Headlining Tour Through SXSW w/ MillionYoung, Journal of Ardency Extended EP Out Now

  “The great debut EP by Class Actress, ‘Journal of Ardency,’ is an alluringly precise recapturing of the winning chill of early ’80s electro-pop, with some light hauteur keeping the mood severe, never optimistic.” – New York Times

  “[Harper's] passion proves to be the same kind of compelling counterweight
  to frosty sonics that helped make the music of her influences so memorable.” – Pitchfork “Rising” Artist

  “[Class Actress'] super 80s vibe made the scene feel like the climax of a John Hughes movie, aka awesome. At the end of their set, I had hearts in my eyes.”- BUST

  Brooklyn’s Class Actress (Elizabeth Harper & co) has announced their spring headlining tour through SXSW in support of debut, Journal of Ardency EP, available now on Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear and Ethan Silverman’s Terrible Records. This tour follows Class Actress’ successful North American tour this past Fall with Small Black, Delorean, and Matthew Dear, among others.

  A special extended version of Journal of Ardency, featuring Class Actress’ cover of Neon Indian’s “Terminally Chill,” is now available on CD, and will be on sale at these shows. Don’t miss what New York Press dubbed “Brooklyn’s very own Madonna”!


name_last: Darden Smith
name: Darden Smith
name_index: D
website_link: http://www.dardensmith.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Singer-Songwriter
search: Darden Smith
original_serial: event_MS15248
original_venue_serial: Stephen F's Bar
description:
  Darden Smith released his 13th cd, Marathon, in late 2010.  A book version of the album was released in March 2011 that contains lyrics from Marathon, photographs by Kate Breakey, and a download of the album + 6 bonus tracks.


name_last: Doug Loves Movies with Doug Benson - Live Podcast Taping
name: Doug Loves Movies with Doug Benson - Live Podcast Taping
name_index: D
event_category: Comedy
event_sub_category: Various
search: Doug Loves Movies with Doug Benson - Live Podcast Taping Doug Benson Doug Loves Movies
original_serial: event_OE00350
original_venue_serial: Esther's Follies
description:
  Participants:
  Doug Benson (Doug Loves Movies)

  Summary
  Doug Benson hosts a live taping of his popular podcast about his favorite subject -- movies.
  Join Doug and his special guests from the world film and comedy.

  Doug Benson hosts a live taping of his popular podcast about his favorite subject -- movies.
  Join Doug and his special guests from the world film and comedy.


name_last: Tune-Yards
name: Tune-Yards
name_index: T
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1940.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Tune-Yards-Hatari.mp3
website_link: http://tune-yards.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Avant/Experimental
search: Tune-Yards
original_serial: event_MS13232
original_venue_serial: Central Presbyterian Church
description:
  tUnE-yArDs is the singular musical project of New England native Merrill Garbus. Possessing an expansive sound that marries a coarse folk ingenuity with the bold pop sensibility of an R&B siren, BiRd-BrAiNs was assembled with a staunch DIY aesthetic.

  Recording herself using a digital voice recorder and assembled using shareware mixing software, she was described by Stereogum as “a self-contained Sublime Frequencies compilation, jumping between blues, African tunes, shiny reggae-esque sprawls, and lo-fi folk”, infusing the worldly sonic palette of M.I.A. or post-punk pioneers The Raincoats.  Merrill also happens to be one of the nicest/coolest individuals we’ve ever come across!


name_last: The Green Golly Project
name: The Green Golly Project
name_index: G
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/477.jpg
website_link: http://www.GreenGollyandherGoldenFlute.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Classical
search: The Green Golly Project
original_serial: event_MS12535
original_venue_serial: St David's Bethell Hall
description:
  Barbara Siesel’s multi-faceted career includes performing, teaching and producing.  Audiences around the world have heard her in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Great Hall in St. Petersburg, and Central Conservatory in Beijing, in addition to concert halls in Japan, Korea, Spain and Taiwan. Some of her upcoming activities include a China tour for concerts, master classes and the production of the Green Golly Flute and creating the book version of Green Golly and Her Golden Flute with writer Keith Torgan and illustrator Suzanne Lebeda. She received a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Samuel Baron.  Additionally, she studied with Julius Baker, Thomas Nyfenger and Gerardo Levy and attended Master Classes with Jean Pierre Rampal and James Galway.

  Keith Torgan, singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor and storyteller, is a multi-talented artist with more than twenty years of experience in children’s music who has appeared at hundreds of theaters, cabarets, universities, museums, schools, and libraries throughout the United States. Torgan was composer at the Williamstown Theater Festival, founder and songwriter for “Morgan, Torgan & Teri,” guest performer and writer for BMG’s “Early Ears” series, and composer and lyricist for the Simply Elementary flagship program, There’s Always a Dragon to Slay.  He has written a multitude of songs and is the creator of all the Green Golly Project stories and songs. He received his training at Circle in the Square Theatre School, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and State University of New York at Albany.

itunes_link:
  http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/The_Green_Golly_Project-Green_Golly__and__Her_Golden_Flute:_Excerpt.mp3


name_last: How Does SciFi Influence Our Future Cities?
name: How Does SciFi Influence Our Future Cities?
name_index: H
website_link: http://www.cognitivecities.com
event_category: Emerging
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP6124
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Salon F/G

  Participants:
  Adam Greenfield (Urbanscale)
  Igor Schwarzmann (Third Wave GmbH)
  Jo Guldi (Harvard Society of Fellows)

  Summary
  How do you imagine the future of our cities?

  Flying cars like in 5th Element or maybe fully automatic car systems like in Minority Report? A lot of green spaces like on the Star Trek version of future Earth or maybe more like the dark, wet streets in Blade Runner? Will we live on a planet that resembles Star Wars' Coruscant city-planet idea or will it be something stick to our mix of urban and rural environments? Is something like Cisco's New Songdo in South Korea more fiction or reality? How would most people perceive IBM's Smart Cities plans?

  Currently, there is almost no topic discussed as intensely as the future of urban environments. No wonder, since studies show the projection that by 2050 almost 75 percent of the then 9 billion people on this planet will live in megacities. We want to compare the current developments with the ones we know from fiction, because we're highly influenced by those science fiction images that swirl in our heads.

search:
  How Does SciFi Influence Our Future Cities? Adam Greenfield UrbanscaleIgor Schwarzmann Third Wave GmbHJo Guldi Harvard Society of Fellows


name_last: RTP
name: RTP
name_index: R
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/43553.jpg
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/royaltreatmentplant
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kerZnT-w15g
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: RTP
original_serial: event_MS10771
original_venue_serial: 512 Rooftop
description:
  Royal Treatment Plant (RTP) is the classically trained London-based five-piece led by Australian-born, Papua New Guinea missionary kid Paula Steel. The pumped up punky avant-rock has grown up to huge layered melodic rock.

  RTP’s debut album ‘Hope Is Not Enough’ (2008) - produced by Teo Miller (Blur, Placebo) and mixed by Mike Chapman (Blondie, Suzi Quatro) - was heavily supported: 8/10 NME; Album of the Week on Huw Stephen’s BBC Radio 1 show; Nomination for Debut Album of the Year on XFM; BBC 6 Music Single of the Week (Steve Lamacq), MTV2 playlist. 

  Having performed at influential UK showcases including In The City and Camden Crawl and support slots for the likes of Marina & The Diamonds, Micachu, Young Knives, and Los Camposinos! the band signed to Universal Music Group for Australasia in 2009 before signing to Tip Top Recordings in the summer of 2010 to record their sophomore record, due in May 2011 with lead single Battle Scars released in March.


name_last: Upon A Burning Body
name: Upon A Burning Body
name_index: U
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3723.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Upon_A_Burning_Body-Intermission_.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/uponaburningbody
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Metal
search: Upon A Burning Body
original_serial: event_MS13364
original_venue_serial: Habana Bar Backyard
description:
  It's been an extremely productive 2010 for the San Antonio, TX based quintet UPON A BURNING BODY and it look as if their unrelenting touring schedule carries over into 2011, as they are now set to participate in the The Smartpunk Tour alongside The Word Alive, Abandon All Ships, The Color Morale and For All Those Sleeping. Be sure to head over now to www.facebook.com/uponaburningbody to view the tour itinerary and this is definitely an event not to be missed. 
  UPON A BURNING BODY recently shot a new video for the track, “Intermission,” at White Rabbit in their hometown with acclaimed director Scott Hansen (A Day To Remember, Alesana, The Ghost Inside) that perfectly represents their unrelenting live intensity. The group rounded out 2010 on the “December Decimation” touring package alongside Winds of Plague, After The Burial and War of Ages. 
  With a clear vision for their identity and an immeasurable level of determination, UPON A BURNING BODY are now relentlessly touring throughout North America spreading their message of dedication, self-belief and relentless competitive greatness. Carrying an infectious theme to their debut record, the band is drawing in listeners all over the world through the use of creative lyrics portraying the characters of Al Pacino played in timeless films such as The Devil’s Advocate, Donnie Brasco, The Godfather and more. 
  Prepare yourself for a brutal, unrelenting array of unabashed aggression and sheer ferocity that will beat you to oblivion. This is what UPON A BURNING BODY delivers on their Sumerian Records vicious offering, The World Is Ours, which is easily one of the most promising and refreshing new albums to hit the scene in a number of years.


name_last: Festivals of the Americas
name: Festivals of the Americas
name_index: F
hashtag: festamericas
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: International
original_serial: event_MP990161
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 16A

  Moderator:
  Alejandro Franco (WARP)

  Participants:
  Chema Arreola (OCESA)
  Donny Rubiano (Instituto Distrital de las Artes)
  Fra Soler (Primavera Sounds SL)
  Paulo Andre M Pires (Astronave)

  Summary
  Get a behind-the-scenes look at Latin and Spanish Festivals. Bookers from different music fests gather to discuss the inner-workings of these productions as they gain attention internationally. Learn about the booking process, who they target, and where they see these festivals going in the future.

search:
  Festivals of the Americas Chema Arreola OCESADonny Rubiano Instituto Distrital de las ArtesFra Soler Primavera Sounds SLPaulo Andre M Pires AstronaveAlejandro Franco WARP


name_last: DJ Cam
name: DJ Cam
name_index: D
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3094.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/DJ_Cam-Swim_Featuring_Chris_James.mp3
website_link: http://www.inflamable.com
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LZtkyneCGs
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: DJ
search: DJ Cam
original_serial: event_MS12127
original_venue_serial: Karma Lounge
description:
  Parisian abstract maestro DJ Cam is well known for his radical reinventions, a life-long musician who’s groundbreaking work established him as a pioneer in the worlds of underground hip-hop, trip-hop, and the dance scenes stretching from New York to Paris to Tokyo and beyond. 
   
  Drawing inspiration from the hypnotic trance of voodoo culture, Public Enemy, dub and easy-listening jazz,  Cam's style assumes a new identity with each and every project since he first hit the scene in 1994 with his debut Underground Vibes and continues to redefine many of the sounds he had a hand in creating throughout his career.

  2011 promises big things for DJ Cam as he returns this August with Seven, a new album linking the musical styles of Radiohead and Massive Attack and his first album since 2002’s Soulshine.  Cam will also be hitting the road as a DJ early on in the year and then featuring his new live project come spring.  Redefinition once again.


name_last: Chevy Volt Recharge Lounge
name: Chevy Volt Recharge Lounge
name_index: C
event_category: Lounge
event_sub_category: Various
search: Chevy Volt Recharge Lounge
original_serial: event_OE00173
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Visit the Chevy Volt Recharge Lounge at the NW corner of the Austin Convention Center to recharge yourself and your devices. A great place to meet friends or “drive” a Volt with Microsoft Kinect.


name_last: Hanson
name: Hanson
name_index: H
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/668.jpg
website_link: http://www.hanson.net
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: Hanson
original_serial: event_MS12474
original_venue_serial: Antone's
description:
  Native sons of Tulsa, Oklahoma, HANSON has been making music together for nearly two decades. Thirteen years ago, their out-of-the-blue, soul-inspired brand of American pop-rock‘n’roll was introduced to the world. Unaffected by charts or fads, they’ve spent more than a decade building a community of fans connected to one another and fueled by the energy and craftsmanship of three brothers and their music. Their fifth studio album, Shout It Out, was released on June 8th 2010 on their label 3CG Records. They deliver a powerful group of soulful, melodic tunes that will leave you with a contagious sense of optimism for the future and welcomed reminiscence for American rock ‘n’ roll.


name_last: SOS - Can Citizen Alerts Be Trusted?
name: SOS - Can Citizen Alerts Be Trusted?
name_index: S
website_link: http://www.ushahidi.com
hashtag: #sosalerts
event_category: Social Graph
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP6094
original_venue_serial: Hyatt
description:
  Room: TX Ballroom 5-7

  Participants:
  Chris Blow (N/A)
  Keren Flavell (Wholesome Media)
  Patrick Meier (Ushahidi)
  Robert Kirkpatrick (United Nations)

  Summary
  The growth of open source crisis mapping tools and social media networks have given rise to community driven disaster preparation and response. These systems harness the power of mass collaboration to provide real time, predictive and expansive information from a human data stream far more quickly than emergency agencies. To date, we have seen such networks come to life after the Mexico Gulf oil spill, the earthquakes in Haiti, China and Chile and during the Australian bushfires. How effective have peer to peer alerts been in assisting or preventing suffering and damage? What have been the pitfalls and challenges of such systems? This panel will discuss how government agencies are responding to crowd-sourced crisis information; raise issues about the legal implications of user-contributed data; reveal how well the broader community has been involved with web2.0 tools for the rapid transfer of life saving insight; and cover latest developments in validation and filtering systems.

search:
  SOS - Can Citizen Alerts Be Trusted? Chris Blow N/AKeren Flavell Wholesome MediaPatrick Meier UshahidiRobert Kirkpatrick United Nations


name_last: Iroquoisfalls
name: Iroquoisfalls
name_index: I
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/45331.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Iroquoisfalls-Gaspe.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/iroquoisfalls
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Avant/Experimental
search: Iroquoisfalls
original_serial: event_MS11921
original_venue_serial: The Hideout
description:
  Iroquois Falls is no one you know. 
  Musician Priya Thomas scrawled out '1958' on her forearm with a Sharpie and decided to get out of Canada after the sudden death of her best friend.
  Iroquois Falls was born in the small medieval town of Assisi, Italy. Like the cloistered town, it is a sound that is on hiatus from everything. It's the sound of leaving everything behind. 
  Percussive, blaring, dirty and accidental, Iroquois Falls is a medicine man chanting in an industrial wasteland; a demented ape at the cinema. Sprawling epic tunes born on a hillside of violets move off the map, slide off the grid, and float into droning organs, thick-shifting guitars. No one here is going home the same.


name_last: Better Innovation, Design and Sustainability via Open Source
name: Better Innovation, Design and Sustainability via Open Source
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/BetterInnovationDesignAndSustainabilityViaOpenSource.jpg
hashtag: #nikebetterworld
event_category: Emerging
event_sub_category: Solo
original_serial: event_IAP000009
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Salon K

  Participants:
  Andrew Zolli (PopTech)
  Hannah Jones (NIKE Inc)

  Summary
  The need has never been greater than it is today for action to be taken on separating consumption from the use of natural resources if we are all to thrive in a future sustainable economy. Nike believes that design, innovation and a commitment to open source data and collaboration will help fast track the work needed to architect a sustainable roadmap.
   
  This session will explore the internal and external pressures that are creating a platform for Nike to start a conversation with the design and development community around the value and application of intellectual property and data to help find solutions to some of the most intractable sustainability problems.

search:
  Better Innovation, Design and Sustainability via Open Source Andrew Zolli PopTechHannah Jones NIKE Inc


name_last: NO RESERVATIONS: A Highly Spirited Film Panel
name: NO RESERVATIONS: A Highly Spirited Film Panel
name_index: N
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Various
search: NO RESERVATIONS: A Highly Spirited Film Panel
original_serial: event_OE00477
original_venue_serial: La Zona Rosa
description:
  Find out what industry secrets leak out of the mouths of the film industry's finest, most devilish raconteurs and enfants terrible after they've had a few cocktails.


name_last: Zola Jesus, 'Sea Talk'
name: Zola Jesus, 'Sea Talk'
name_index: Z
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F22632.jpg
website_link: http://www.aprimitivefuture.com
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Music Video
search: Zola Jesus, &quot;Sea Talk&quot; Jacqueline Castel
original_serial: event_FS12042
original_venue_serial: Alamo Ritz 2
description:
  Director: Jacqueline Castel
  USA | 4 minutes
  Future Primitive Films


  Starring:
  Nika Roza Danilova


  In this video for Zola Jesus, an eerie meeting between sleepwalker and her own televised image leads to a breakdown of dream and reality when static electricity becomes an otherworldly conductor for their psychic twin telecommunications. Both worlds then destabilize until they decay entirely, referencing old rental VHS tapes, whose images have been destroyed from repeat viewings of the most heightened cinematic moments.


name_last: Das Stiletto: Discovering Ladykind in the Social Web
name: Das Stiletto: Discovering Ladykind in the Social Web
name_index: D
website_link: http://invokemedia.com
event_category: Social Graph
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
original_serial: event_IAP7466
original_venue_serial: Hyatt
description:
  Room: Hill Country CD

  Participants:
  Grace Carter (Invoke Media)
  Nadia Nascimento (Invoke Media)

  Summary
  Why does understanding how to market to women with social web apps matter? Come meet a couple of lady dreamers and let's tell stories together. Grace and Nadia are a two-part set of technologists and romantics. Specifically, we dream up social web strategies for big companies, often times directing the development of online technology. As women in a male-dominated industry, we've had a unique opportunity to shape creative content and technology into a compelling experience for our sisters. We've also been attuned to who else is achieving this, and how. 

  This will be a fun session. We'll start by sharing a few standout campaigns that have captivated ladykind with the use of social web applications, and then we'll open the floor to a discussion of your favorites, and talk about what makes them great. Topics on the table include: How do female consumers on the social web differ from their male counterparts? What kinds of social web experiences appeal to women, both in terms of content and technology? What are the landmines to dodge (beyond the obvious one: the colour pink)? Who are some of the current experts in social marketing to women? And generally... why does understanding how to market to women with social web apps matter? (Hint: it's not just because we're a hot market with dollars to spend.)

  You will leave us feeling informed, inspired, and brave. If we can get it together, we'll even serve tea.

search:
  Das Stiletto: Discovering Ladykind in the Social Web Grace Carter Invoke MediaNadia Nascimento Invoke Media


name_last: Conde Nast in Start Up Mode
name: Conde Nast in Start Up Mode
name_index: C
website_link: http://www.condenastdigital.com
hashtag: #CNSXSW
event_category: Future of Journalism
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
search: Conde Nast in Start Up Mode Andrew Siegel Advance Publications IncMark Johnson Conde Nast
original_serial: event_IAP8238
original_venue_serial: Sheraton
description:
  Room: S. Capitol View

  Participants:
  Andrew Siegel (Advance Publications Inc)
  Mark Johnson (Conde Nast)

  Summary
  There is no doubt that the folks at 4 Times Square are big media, however, in the last year there has been a shift in thinking at Conde Nast, where folks have been creatively working with start ups both inside and out of the company.  Hear how.


name_last: Media Tomorrow: The Message is the Messenger
name: Media Tomorrow: The Message is the Messenger
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/MediaTomorrowTheMessage.jpeg
hashtag: #PersonalBrand
event_category: Future of Journalism
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP000256
original_venue_serial: Sheraton
description:
  Room: Creekside

  Participants:
  Jenn Van Grove (Mashable)
  Jeremiah Owyang (Altimeter Group)
  Joe Chernov (Eloqua)
  Leslie Bradshaw (JESS3)
  Sarah Evans (Sevans Strategy)

  Summary
  Disruptive technologies and corroding trust in business have combined turn Marshall McLuhan’s adage “the medium is the message” inside out. Information now spreads laterally, triggered not by institution but by individual. The message is the messenger. This panel will explore how four individuals are reshaping the design, consulting, PR and journalism industries by understanding how information is consumed today. This session is sponsored by Eloqua.

search:
  Media Tomorrow: The Message is the Messenger Jenn Van Grove MashableJeremiah Owyang Altimeter GroupJoe Chernov EloquaLeslie Bradshaw JESS3Sarah Evans Sevans Strategy


name_last: Village Voice Media Showdown
name: Village Voice Media Showdown
name_index: V
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/vill_voice.jpg
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: Village Voice Media Showdown
original_serial: event_HB1739
original_venue_serial: Austin Music Hall
description:
  Village Voice Media & Frank 151 present The Showdown Pre-party at SXSW 2011. Join us on Thursday, March 17th at the Austin Music Hall from 5p-8:30p followed by the SXSW Official Showcase.  Performances by Wild Flag, Ume and more.  Free pre-party. Come before 8p and stay for free all night long. All Ages.  Get all the details at SXSW.VillageVoiceMedia.com.


name_last: HHP (Hip Hop Pantsula)
name: HHP (Hip Hop Pantsula)
name_index: H
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1144.jpg
website_link: http://www.hhpmusic.com
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTpQW92HXuU
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: HHP (Hip Hop Pantsula)
original_serial: event_MS12656
original_venue_serial: tenOak
description:
  Hip Hop Pantsula  HHP
  South Africa's leading Hip Hop artist and Rapper
   	One of Africa's most nominated performers with album, song and performance wins
   	Platinum-selling artist
   	Music collaborations with K'Naan, Nas and Talib Kwela
   	Has shared the stage with top international artists such as Snoop Dog, Jamie Cullum and Angelique Kidjo
   	Performed at the opening ceremony of the 2010 World Cup
   	Regional and final judge for 2010 Idols series (South Africa)
   	Winner of Strictly Come Dancing (King of the Dancefloor)
  Nominated for: 
   	Best Newcomer (SAMA) - 2000 
   	Most Promising Act In Africa (KORA) - 2000 
   	Best Rap category (SAMA) - 2002, 2006 
   	Best Rap Album (Metros) - 2006 
   	Best Video (Channel O Awards) - 2006, 2007 
   	Best Video (SAMA) - 2007 
   	Best Male Artist (Channel O) - 2007 
   	Best Special Effects (Channel O) - 2007 
   	Best Director (Channel O) - 2007 
   	Best Rap Artsits (Channel O)  2007
   	Best African Act (MTV Europe Music Awards) - 2007
   	Best Album (SAMA)  2008
  -2-

   	 Record Of The Year (SAMA) - 2008 
   	Best African Act (Nigerian Hip Hop Awards)  2008
  	 Multi-Lingualism Award In Music (Pan-South African Language Board)  2008 
   	Best Male Video (Channel -O Awards)  2008 
   	Best African Southern (Channel-O Awards)  2008 
   	Video Of The Year 'Music N Lights' (Channel-O Awards)  2008 
   	Best African Act (MOBO Awards)  2008 
   	Best Video Award (MAMA Awards)  2009
   	Best International Act (B.E.T. Awards)  2009
   	Best International Act (B.E.T. Awards) - 2010
   	Best African Act (MOBO Awards)  2010
   	Best Male Album (METRO Awards)  2010
   	Best Hip-Hop Album (METRO Awards)  2010
  Awards Won:
   	Best Record Label Award (Botswana Hip Hop Music Award)  2004 
   	Best Male Artist (Kellogs' Star-in-You Kids awards) - 2006 
   	People's Choice Award (Maftown Golden Awards) - 2007 
   	Best Music Star (Maftown Golden Awards) - 2007 
   	Season 3 King of The Dance Floor Winner (Strictly Come Dancing)  2007 
   	Mzansi 'Music Star' Award (Stars Of Mzansi Awards) - 2008 
   	Best Rap Album (SAMA)  2008 
   	Best Male Artist (SAMA)  2008 
   	Music Star of The Year (YOU Spectacular)  2008 
   	Live Performer of The Year (HYPE Awards)  2008 
   	Most Downloaded Song 'Music N Lights' (HYPE Awards)  2008
   	Best Hip Hop Artist Award (SAMA Awards)  2009
   	Best Hip Hop Album (Metro FM Awards) 2009
   	Best Hip Hop Album (Metro FM Awards) 2010
  ..3/Biog
  -3-

  BIOGRAPHY:
  HHP walked away with two key awards at the 14th Annual South African Music Awards in May 2008, the noise in the Sun City Superbowl was nothing short of thunderous. 

  Music industry pundits, his peers in the hip hop community and, most importantly, the fans in the gallery were united in their approval of his storming live appearance and SAMA award and all made it plain to hear, that his 'Best Male Solo Artist' and 'Best Rap Album' wins earned both critical (from the judges) and public approval. This was a mark of how far this gifted individual has come in his many years of carving out what is now an enviable solo career in the South African music industry. 

  His win was also confirmation of HHP's peerless standing in the industry: as a lyricist and rapper of epic proportions, so highly regarded by his fellow artists that he's in constant demand as a collaborator; an artist and a musician, able to craft beats and melodies both memorable and fresh, and as an all round likeable guy.
   
  It's no surprise that HHP has a deep love for funk, soul, urban and vocally driven pop songs  as well as his increasingly visible affection for traditional music. 

  Growing up in his beloved Mmabatho (Mafiking, the capital of South Africa's North West Province) Jabulani Tsambo's father had a record collection that encouraged him to always keep his heart open to a variety of music styles. 'My father's LP collection was very diverse - Queen, Abba, Juluka, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Marvin Gaye, Isaac Hayes, Diana Ross, Andre Crouch, Chicago, Boston, Crosby Stills and Nash, and the O Jays are just some of the artists in there. And every time he played one of those LPs I could tell what mood he was in. That's when I started to understand music. Now I use that same understanding to speak to my fans or listeners. The amazing thing about music is that it communicates something different all the time to different people.' 

  His belief in the power of music, delivers an intimate, personal message to a huge variety of listeners Hip-hop is a dominant influence and he is a rapper who delivers a richly satisfying listening experience with his ability to roll rhymes off his lips and create a rhythmical melody with words alone. 

  'Always stay fresh, current and creative,' is HHP's mantra. 'Those three things mean the world to me. Without them, I'll just fizzle out,' he says. 

  HHP is always working on new material and influences. After coming back from Brazil he truly has new sounds and rhythm to add to his already vast tones and melodies. 

   'Dumela' is the title that HHP (known to those close to him as Jabba) gave his latest album, a title that means warm greetings or hello, not just in South Africa, but in several other places in Africa. A name given to the album because this multi-award-winning, platinum-selling artist wears his pan-African heart firmly on his sleeve having teamed up with some of the continent's biggest stars and talents to create big-hearted songs of unity across borders. 'Dumela' is also a way of sending warm greetings to HHP's extensive and growing fanbase, in South Africa and increasingly, beyond its borders which has enabled the gifted musician to sustain and grow his career for the past 10 years.


  -4-

  'DUMELA' offers kwaito, Afro house, Afro pop and more to create a defiantly South African set of tunes.
  For HHP being able to blur genre boundaries and work with a global cast of creative accomplices makes sense.
  'It's all Motswako music,' he says simply, referring to the SeTswana word for mixture. 
  In fact, there's a track titled 'Motswako Music' on 'Dumela' that is a paean to HHP's deeply-felt belief in the power of music to bring people together. 
  HHP is called 'The illest lyricist' by Wyclef Jean and his music featured on his albums, proving that this artist can deliver with ease to his fans, to radio programmers, to video compilers, to critics, to South Africa, to Africa and across the globe, the idea that music can unite and deliver any message, across borders and genres.
  HHP is much more than a music artist, he is a leading presenter, TV personality, brand ambassador for global brands, takes his corporate social responsibility commitments very seriously, is a popular chat show guest, and will always go the extra mile to deliver a stunning performance that inevitably gets his audience on their feet singing and dancing.

  '	HHP is endorsed by Unilever S.A as the face of STATUS Deodorant. He has a talk show on SABC 1 which is sponsored by STATUS. The Talk show titled RESPECT has just concluded its second season. Two of the STATUS brands deodorants are distributed under the names and fragrance of HHP - Respect and HHP  Salute;
  '	HHP is a Mindset Learn ambassador  He has appeared on Mindset Learn television channels encouraging learners to stay in school and will promote the fact that it is actually hip to be knowledgeable. His main involvement with the Mindset Learn brand brought the 'cool back into school'. Frequently visiting schools, he plays a role in video lessons on critical subjects for our youth.
  '	HHP is the finder and host to the South African Annual SCRABBLE challenge alongside co-host Radio Station 5FM which is attended by leading S.A artists and personalities raising funds for Education and Literature.
  '	HHP has endorsed the S.A National Schools Nutrition Programme. As a true Humanitarian he gave his time and dedication to play an integral role in this programme.  Currently the NSNP feeds an astounding number of over seven million learners on all school days in the nine provinces.  A DVD also features HHP addressing the programme, visiting schools and speaking to business and the general public for an understanding of what the Programme is about. He believes in, and speaks to, our youth of S.A and Africa around education and nutrition, stressing and investing his time and heartfelt passion in ensuring youth and the nation are educated for a healthy mind. 
  '	HHP has appeared as a leading guest judge on S.A IDOLS  Season 6, and performed with the TOP 3 contestants. He was loved by audience, contestants and public alike and asked to return for the IDOLS FINALE.
  '	He has been asked to return as a guest Judge for the Gauteng auditions of IDOLS  Season 7: 2011 and perform live during the shows' countdown weeks.
  '	He is featured in the 2011 Leading Retail Brand  'WOOLWORTHS' Winter Campaign alongside fellow icons and legends such as 'Hugh Masekela'.
  '	HHP is the sole S.A Hip-Hop Artist to have been invited to perform at the '2011 SXSW Music Festival' being held in Austin, Texas during March 2011.
  '	HHP is sponsored by leading brands including:
  o	Ray-Ban
  o	Feiyu Footwear
  o	HANSA PILSNER
  o	UNILEVER


name_last: Comedy Showcase: Dark, Bitter and Sweet (late)
name: Comedy Showcase: Dark, Bitter and Sweet (late)
name_index: C
event_category: Comedy
event_sub_category: Various
original_serial: event_OE00364
original_venue_serial: Esther's Follies
description:
  Participants:
  Anthony Jeselnik (N/A)
  Ben Kronberg (Comedy Results)
  Marc Maron (WTF with Marc Maron Podcast)
  Matt Bearden (N/A)

  Summary
  Join us for a heady blend of comedy intended for those with a seasoned palate. Because milk chocolate is for kids.

  Join us for a heady blend of comedy intended for those with a seasoned palate. Because milk chocolate is for kids.

search:
  Comedy Showcase: Dark, Bitter and Sweet (late) Anthony Jeselnik N/ABen Kronberg Comedy ResultsMarc Maron WTF with Marc Maron PodcastMatt Bearden N/A


name_last: Les Handclaps
name: Les Handclaps
name_index: L
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/40647.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Les_Handclaps-Cliche.mp3
website_link: http://www.leshandclaps.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: Les Handclaps
original_serial: event_MS13980
original_venue_serial: Spill
description:
  Whether they're heading off to New York, Texas, Toronto or overseas, Les Handclaps never leave home without these essential pieces of gear: a toy keyboard, a couple of iPods, an acoustic guitar and the outlines of their latest electro delirium. Thus begins the evolution of their next opus, the brainchild of their combined creative talents, feeding off their favourite elements: dance rhythms, catchy melodies and a carefree demeanor. That is the foundation of their musical elixir. Blending luscious organic sounds with synthesized ones so as to obtain the coveted makeup of their unique recipe.

  But the process is not complete without the performance; where the bellows and dance moves come to life. Part machine, part human, the bass and drums give off the explosive scent that the band members use to release a genuine and unparalleled energy. Ever present, Les Handclaps use every performance to enhance and intensify the delight they feel when choreographing, synchronizing and harmonizing their music; thus offering their adoring public a sweet taste of musical candy.


name_last: PepsiCo Innovation Station
name: PepsiCo Innovation Station
name_index: P
event_category: OTHER
event_sub_category: Various
search: PepsiCo Innovation Station
original_serial: event_OE00307
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  The PepsiCo Innovation Station will explore the anatomy of a social media campaign through dynamic visuals, and showcase the evolution of the PepsiCo Zeitgeist, 3.0.


name_last: Rebel in a Polyester Sash: Rehabbing Corporate Culture
name: Rebel in a Polyester Sash: Rehabbing Corporate Culture
name_index: R
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/RebelInAPolyesterSash.jpg
website_link: http://www.jessicahlawrence.com
hashtag: #rebelinasash
event_category: Business
event_sub_category: Solo
search: Rebel in a Polyester Sash: Rehabbing Corporate Culture Jessica Lawrence Jessicahlawrence.com
original_serial: event_IAP6448
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Salon D

  Participants:
  Jessica Lawrence (Jessicahlawrence.com)

  Summary
  You work at a start up. You’re sketching out brilliant ideas on the back of beer-ringed napkins while slurping down ramen noodles and nursing your hangover from the massive party you had in your freakin’ cool loft the night before. Blah, blah, blah. Your culture rocks. I get it. 

  But what if you work for a dinosaur? An organization that needs cultural rehab more than Amy Winehouse needs straight up rehab? What if you work for an old-school, stereotypically uncool, butt-of-jokes and yet still loved non-profit that is now nationally known as an organization with a “weird child army in tablecloth dresses” (thanks SNL’s John Mulaney)? What if you work for, I don’t know, the Girl Scouts? A place where pantyhose, polyester, and clock watching are still raging like its 1985. 

  That’s where I work. And despite the many great things that the organization does, working there sucked until we decided to make it not suck anymore. We broke the rules and reinvented everything: clock watching turned into working however we want as long as the work gets done; pantyhose gave way to jeans; and the polyester met its demise on the Sacred Cow BBQ right next to a heap of senseless rules. 

  Learn how your culture can stop sucking too. Whether it’s sucked for five weeks or five years or half a century, there is still hope. Misery and work don’t have to be synonymous. Corporate doesn’t have to equal crap. If a rebel in a polyester sash can lead cultural rehab, you can rock the rehab too.


name_last: TANNEMYR
name: TANNEMYR
name_index: T
hashtag: #sxbookstore
event_category: Bookstore Appearance
event_sub_category: Various
search: TANNEMYR
original_serial: event_OE00669
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom D Foyer

  Swedish artist, TANNEMYR, will be stopping by the SX Bookstore to greet registrants and sign copies of his new book.  Visit tannemyr.com to learn more about this exciting artist!


name_last: Pepsi MAX Lot
name: Pepsi MAX Lot
name_index: P
event_category: OTHER
event_sub_category: Various
search: Pepsi MAX Lot
original_serial: event_OE00613
original_venue_serial: Pepsi MAX Truck Experience
description:
  Your home base for everything MAX at SXSW: happy hours, wi-fi lounge, BBQs, games, screenings, and, well, lots of free soda. Follow @PepsiMAX to find out what's happening and when! Located at 3rd and San Jacinto.


name_last: Mpress Records
name: Mpress Records
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/mpress2.jpg
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: Mpress Records
original_serial: event_HB1522
original_venue_serial: Soho Lounge
description:
  Join MPress Records for an afternoon of free cocktails, free food and amazing music! Performers will include Caleb Hawley, Walter Parks, Avi Wisnia, Rachael Sage & The Sequins, Seth Glier and Melissa Ferrick.  Please RSVP at rsvp@mpressrecords.com.


name_last: Cast Spells
name: Cast Spells
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/139.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Cast_Spells-Glamorous_Glowing.mp3
website_link: http://castspellsmusic.com/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Folk
search: Cast Spells
original_serial: event_MS12231
original_venue_serial: Emo's Annex
description:
  Cast Spells, the newest project from David Davison (Maps & Atlases, Hey!Tonal), is a raw exercise in sonic verisimilitude. The avant-pop delivery of Cast Spells’ debut EP, Bright Works and Baton points to the influence of artists such as Brian Eno, Bill Callahan and Cat Stevens but breathes quickly into the lungs of a new lyrical body.

  Driven by sonic experimentation, Davison and producer Jason Cupp charged the recording process with an ambitious immediacy. Twenty-eight songs in seven days with one microphone were born out of their electric symbiosis in the basement of Davison’s childhood home. Six of these songs lent themselves to a collection and twenty-two others will interlock for future releases.

  Pounding the notes of any instruments within reach, Davison and Cupp performed nearly the entire album themselves, often using the first take. Infused by the talents of fellow musicians, tracks such as “American Quilt” and “Glamorous Glowing” vibrate with the poetic intonation of Charles Simic and the brazen intensity of David Byrne. The brassy tone and melancholy falsetto of Davison’s vocals layer seamlessly with rhythmic swells and moving instrumentation to create warmly minimalist sonic variations throughout the album. Bright Works and Baton deserves to be sipped slowly at high volumes as it crashes into orchestrated circles in the sand.


name_last: Improving Mental Health Through Engaged Communities
name: Improving Mental Health Through Engaged Communities
name_index: I
website_link: http://BizSavvyTherapist.com
hashtag: #MHO
event_category: Health
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
search: Improving Mental Health Through Engaged Communities Susan Giurleo BizSavvyTherapist.com
original_serial: event_IAP8418
original_venue_serial: Hilton Garden Inn
description:
  Room: Trinity

  Participants:
  Susan Giurleo (BizSavvyTherapist.com)

  Summary
  Research shows the more engaged a person is with their community, the more they get out of it. But how does this really work -- how do online communities help people with their mental health? What can we do to improve how these communities function and make people feel like they're in a real, supportive community? What have your experiences been with these communities? What made you feel better or worse while in a community? This is a core conversation.


name_last: Meet Up with the City of Austin
name: Meet Up with the City of Austin
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/city_of_austin.jpg
hashtag: #SXSWMeetUp
event_category: Trade Show
event_sub_category: Various
search: Meet Up with the City of Austin
original_serial: event_OE00104
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Exhibit Hall 3/4



  Join SXSW and The City of Austin at the Trade Show Meet Up Pavilion for an informal meet and greet following The Trade Show Opening Ceremony on Next Stage. This dedicated time allows registrants to engage with key members of the government, as well as Austin businesses in the flourishing tech and creative sectors. Find out what makes Austin diverse and successful by learning about collaborative efforts among industries and with our global partners.


name_last: Cennydd Bowles and James Box
name: Cennydd Bowles and James Box
name_index: C
hashtag: #sxbookstore
event_category: Bookstore Appearance
event_sub_category: Various
search: Cennydd Bowles and James Box
original_serial: event_OE00667
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom D Foyer

  Cennydd Bowles and James Box will be stopping by the SX Bookstore to greet registrants and sign copies of their book, Undercover User Experience Design


name_last: SUPER-Talented: A Conversation with James Gunn, Ellen Page and Rainn Wilson
name: SUPER-Talented: A Conversation with James Gunn, Ellen Page and Rainn Wilson
name_index: S
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Case Study
original_serial: event_FP990129
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 18ABCD

  Moderator:
  Drew McWeeny (HitFix)

  Participants:
  Ellen Page (Super)
  James Gunn (Super)
  Rainn Wilson (Super)

  Summary
  SUPER-size the U.S. premiere of this highly-anticipated new film with an explosive conversation featuring director James Gunn (Slither), Rainn Wilson (The Office) and Ellen Page (Inception). Learn about how a short-order cook can take justice into his own hands with little more than a wrench and a sign from above.  Don't steal, don't deal drugs, and don't miss your chance to hear all the inside stories of how this singular dark-comedy made it to the big screen.

  SUPER-size the U.S. premiere of this highly-anticipated new film with an explosive conversation featuring director James Gunn (Slither), Rainn Wilson (The Office) and Ellen Page (Inception). Learn about how a short-order cook can take justice into his own hands with little more than a wrench and a sign from above.  Don't steal, don't deal drugs, and don't miss your chance to hear all the inside stories of how this singular dark-comedy made it to the big screen.

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  SUPER-Talented: A Conversation with James Gunn, Ellen Page and Rainn Wilson Ellen Page SuperJames Gunn SuperRainn Wilson SuperDrew McWeeny HitFix


name_last: Creating Social Action Plans For Films
name: Creating Social Action Plans For Films
name_index: C
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Workshop
search: Creating Social Action Plans For Films Carolyn Sams Participant Media/TakePart
original_serial: event_FP990158
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 13AB

  Moderator:
  Carolyn Sams (Participant Media/TakePart)

  Summary
  If you have a movie that’s trying to save the world (in the simplest of terms), you’ve probably thought of doing something good with audience’s in-theater buzz. Maybe partner with a nonprofit, make a discussion guide, or get some PSAs out there. But how do you create something bigger that really moves the needle? Join Participant Media, the production company that creates campaigns for social change for each of their a award-winning movies (think 'Waiting for ‘Superman’ ‘Food, Inc.’and ‘Good Night and Good Luck’), and bring your big ideas to workshop.

  If you have a movie that’s trying to save the world (in the simplest of terms), you’ve probably thought of doing something good with audience’s in-theater buzz. Maybe partner with a nonprofit, make a discussion guide, or get some PSAs out there. But how do you create something bigger that really moves the needle? Join Participant Media, the production company that creates campaigns for social change for each of their a award-winning movies (think 'Waiting for ‘Superman’ ‘Food, Inc.’and ‘Good Night and Good Luck’), and bring your big ideas to workshop.


name_last: Growing Global Movements: Technology and the New Arab Identity
name: Growing Global Movements: Technology and the New Arab Identity
name_index: G
event_category: Greater Good
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
original_serial: event_IAP000648
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 5ABC

  Participants:
  Ayah Bdeir (littleBits)
  Jon Phillips (Fabricatorz)

  Summary
  Over the last few months, the Arab world has once again resurfaced as a topic on the world's mind and at the forefront of media. This time however, not in relation to terrorism, but revolution; not violence, but democracy. A new arab identity is emerging... an arab that is literate, socially engaged, politically active, modern, moderate and digitally savvy. What is behind this new identity? How has the way arabs perceive themselves affected the way the world defines an arab and vice versa? What role has technology such as the web and social media played in this shift? How much can be attributed to deliberate efforts from within the arab world to redefine its identity through active movements in entrepreneurship, creative expression and science/technology literacy.

  This core conversation is timely with unresolved crises in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain etc., but also Iran and Libya. Join us for a discussion led by developer and co-founder of Aiki Lab Cultural Center in Damascus, Jon Philips and Lebanese interactive artist and CC fellow Ayah Bdeir, accompanied by various invited arab entrepreneurs, artists, designers and cultural leaders.

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  Growing Global Movements: Technology and the New Arab Identity Ayah Bdeir littleBitsJon Phillips Fabricatorz


name_last: Startup Marketing: It's More Than a Twitter Account
name: Startup Marketing: It's More Than a Twitter Account
name_index: S
hashtag: #startmktg
event_category: Workshop
event_sub_category: Workshop
original_serial: event_IAP5747
original_venue_serial: Sheraton
description:
  Room: Capitol E-H

  Participants:
  Alex de Bold (MSLCanada/ChickAdvisor.com)
  Britta Riley (Windowfarms.org)
  Dan Martell (Flowtown)
  Sarah Prevette (Sprouter)
  Saul Colt (FreshBooks)

  Summary
  Have you ever looked at the Sky Mall catalog and say to yourself 'How have I gone this long without an ankle air conditioner?' 

  Probably not but the fact is that there are a lot of start ups and more will be formed before you finish reading this description. It's getting harder and harder to get the attention you need to prosper and reach your prospective audience but that doesn't mean it is impossible! 

  This talk is going to cover a few tricks and tips for actually marketing your business from a start up perspective and you may be surprised that this talk isn't going to be all about Social Media!

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  Startup Marketing: It's More Than a Twitter Account Alex de Bold MSLCanada/ChickAdvisor.comBritta Riley Windowfarms.orgDan Martell FlowtownSarah Prevette SprouterSaul Colt FreshBooks


name_last: Dead To Me
name: Dead To Me
name_index: D
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3965.jpg
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/deadtomesf
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Punk
search: Dead To Me
original_serial: event_MS14259
original_venue_serial: Scoot Inn
description:
  Hailing fro San Francisco, Dead To Me have graced the music world with two LPs(Cuban Ballerina 2006, African Elephnats 2010)and one EP(Little Brother 2008) on the legendary Fat Wreck Chords. While one might expect to hear  the typical fast beats with snotty immature lyrics and bro dude attitude of some of their label mates, DTM is a band that takes great pride in being an original sounding band with well thought out lyrics ranging from political to personal, sad to hopeful, and pissed off to posi. These 'old soul' punks get more inspiration from books and the multicultural spirit that permeates the San Francisco streets than they do from their punk rock contemporaries. With sounds ranging from straight forward punk  and indie rock, to reggae and 90's grunge Dead To Me has always kept fans guessing and anxious to hear what they will do next. In a scene chock full of bands that choose to play it safe and regurgitate tried and true riffs, Dead To Me dares to explore new ground on every release and insist on pushing themselves and their music to achieve consistent originality and constant relevance. Having survived a couple of line up changes, the newest formation is here to stay and the punk scene is better for it.


name_last: Knifight
name: Knifight
name_index: K
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/44493.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Knifight-Girls_Don_______'t_Get_Crushes.mp3
website_link: http://knifight.bandcamp.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Electronic
search: Knifight
original_serial: event_MS15227
original_venue_serial: Malaia
description:
  Knifight is an Austin-based indie-electronic band that has been performing and recording since 2002. Their five-song EP, 'Now We're Invisible' is available on iTunes and knifight.bandcamp.com. Knifight is a four-piece band that plays incredibly energetic live shows complete with gripping electronic, post-wave pop songs that include synthesizers, electric guitar, bass, and group vocals.


name_last: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure: Digital Music Redux
name: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure: Digital Music Redux
name_index: B
website_link: http://www.tagstrategic.com
hashtag: billandted
event_category: Dual
event_sub_category: Online Sales/Subscriptions
original_serial: event_MP5926
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 17AB

  Participants:
  Bill Wilson (National Association Of Recording Merchandisers)
  Ted Cohen (Tag Strategic)

  Summary
  What is  the state of digital music? Many rail against the labels for not getting it, but do we even know what 'it' is yet? Digital is not replacing physical sales, the new generation of music fans see no reason to pay for music or even music services, the live industry is declining and the best answer we have so far is to sell premium packages to superfans. Is that a viable strategy on which an artists can build a career? Where is the balance between affordable royalty rates for the services and livable royalty earnings for the artists? Are the labels getting more realistic with their licensing terms or are digital music startups an entrepreneurial death wish?

search:
  Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure: Digital Music Redux Bill Wilson National Association Of Recording MerchandisersTed Cohen Tag Strategic


name_last: Sonicbids Party
name: Sonicbids Party
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/sonicbids.jpg
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: Sonicbids Party
original_serial: event_HB1521
original_venue_serial: Maggie Mae's
description:
  Come celebrate 10 years of helping empower emerging musicians at Sonicbids¹ Official SXSW Party. Sonicbids partnered with Planetary Group and JanSport to bring you eleven hot bands that will rock the stage throughout the day, featuring The Jezabels, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Black Atlantic and more. So come on down to Maggie Mae's for free drinks, free food, sweet giveaways and great music. RSVP here: http://www.sonicbids.com/marketingAds/sxsw_rsvp/


name_last: Early Stage Start-up Resources: Products, People and Promotion
name: Early Stage Start-up Resources: Products, People and Promotion
name_index: E
event_category: Tech Summit
event_sub_category: Various
search: Early Stage Start-up Resources: Products, People and Promotion Janni Byrne IBM
original_serial: event_OE00653
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: J

  Participants:
  Janni Byrne (IBM)

  Summary
  IBM is a founding member of the new Startup America program. Come learn low-cost / no-cost best practices for growing your new venture.


name_last: Mentors - Distribution 3
name: Mentors - Distribution 3
name_index: M
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Mentor Session
original_serial: event_FP990167
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 11AB

  Participants:
  Andrew Mer (SnagFilms)
  Brian Chirls (Crowd Controls)
  Chad Hartigan (Exhibitor Relations)
  Dustin Smith (Roadside Attractions)
  Jennifer Warren (Independent Film Consultant)
  Logan Mulvey (GoDigital Media Group)
  Scilla Andreen (IndieFlix)

  Summary
  Get some one-on-one face time with people who can decide if a film makes it to a theater or your local video store. 

  Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Platinum badge holders at a first-come, first-served basis. Registrants who signed up online must check-in 30 minutes before your mentor time slot to guarantee your spot. Limited on-site signup is also available for a small number of mentor sessions spots and will begin 30 minutes before the first time slot of each session.

  Signup for Mentor Sessions Online here - http://mentor.sxsw.com/

  Get some one-on-one face time with people who can decide if a film makes it to a theater or your local video store. 

  Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Platinum badge holders at a first-come, first-served basis. Registrants who signed up online must check-in 30 minutes before your mentor time slot to guarantee your spot. Limited on-site signup is also available for a small number of mentor sessions spots and will begin 30 minutes before the first time slot of each session.

  Signup for Mentor Sessions Online here - http://mentor.sxsw.com/

search:
  Mentors - Distribution 3 Andrew Mer SnagFilmsBrian Chirls Crowd ControlsChad Hartigan Exhibitor RelationsDustin Smith Roadside AttractionsJennifer Warren Independent Film ConsultantLogan Mulvey GoDigital Media GroupScilla Andreen IndieFlix


name_last: Carolyn Wonderland
name: Carolyn Wonderland
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2898.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Carolyn_Wonderland-Misunderstood.mp3
website_link: http://www.carolynwonderland.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Blues
search: Carolyn Wonderland
original_serial: event_MS11573
original_venue_serial: Antone's
description:
  A musical force equipped with the soulful vocals of Janis and the guitar slinging skills of Stevie Ray, Carolyn Wonderland reaches into the depths of the Texas blues tradition with the wit of a poet.  She hits the stage with unmatched presence, a true legend in her time.  

  'She'd grown up the child of a singer in a band and began playing her mother's vintage Martin guitar when other girls were dressing dolls. She'd gone from being the teenage toast of her hometown Houston to sleeping in her van in Austin amid heaps of critical acclaim for fine recordings Alcohol & Salvation, Bloodless Revolution, and most recently, Miss Understood.

  Along with the guitar and the multitude of other instruments she learned to play  trumpet, accordion, piano, mandolin, lap steel  Wonderland's ability to whistle remains most unusual. Whistling is a uniquely vocal art seldom invoked in modern music, yet it's among the most spectacular talents the human voice possesses.

  That vocal proficiency was well-established in the singer's midteens, landing her gigs at Fitzgerald's by age 15. She absorbed Houston influences like Little Screamin' Kenny and soaked up the Mad Hatter of Texas music, Doug Sahm. The Lone Star State was as credible and fertile a proving ground for blues in the 1980s as existed, especially in Austin with Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Angela Strehli, Omar & the Howlers, and Lou Ann Barton all in their prime. By the following decade, Austin's blues luster thinned, but Houston, always a bastion of soul and R&B, boasted the Imperial Monkeys with the effervescent Carolyn Wonderland as ruler of the jungle.

  In the early 1990s Wonderland & the Imperial Monkeys were invited to the Guadalupe Street Antone's in Austin. There, they were treated like royalty with the singer as the queen of hearts in the club's post-Stevie Ray Vaughan stable, which included Toni Price, Johnny and Jay Moeller, Sue Foley, Mike and Corey Keller, and the Ugly Americans. It was a good bar for the Monkeys to hang, and Austin felt so comfortable that when the band called it quits a few years later, she set her sights on Austin at the start of the millennium.

  Living in Austin renewed Carolyn Wonderland's focus on her multiple talents, underlining luxurious vocals with fine guitar work, trumpet, and piano, as well as that remarkable ability to whistle on key. A series of each-better-than-the-next discs began with Alcohol & Salvation in 2003 ('songs about booze and God; records are a time capsule of what happened that year'). Her music played in television series such as Time of Your Life and Homicide.

  Her circle of musician friends and admirers broadened to include not only Ray [Benson, who produced Miss Understood] but also the late Eddy Shaver, Shelley King, and yes, Bob Dylan, who likened her composition 'Bloodless Revolution' to 'a mystery movie theme.' She began co-writing with locals Sarah Brown, Ruthie Foster, Cindy Cashdollar, and Guy Forsyth; sat in with Los Lobos, Robert Earl Keen, and Ray Wylie Hubbard; recorded with Jerry Lightfoot; and toured with Buddy Guy and Johnny Winter. She also claims membership in the all-girl Sis Deville, the gospel-infused Imperial Crown Golden Harmonizers, and takes aw-shucks credit for inspiring Amsterdam's annual WonderJam.

  It was magic in the studio, too, as Miss Understood came to life, a canny mix of Benson's production, Wonderland's compositions, and select covers of Terri Hendrix, J.J. Cale, and Rick Derringer that punched her sound up a notch. As soon as the album roared to life, it was clear the singer-songwriter-guitarist-whistler had delivered on her long-awaited promise.'


name_last: Andrew Allen
name: Andrew Allen
name_index: A
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Andrew_Allen-Loving_You_Tonight.mp3
website_link: http://www.MySpace.com/AndrewAllenLive
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Singer-Songwriter
search: Andrew Allen
original_serial: event_MS11699
original_venue_serial: Victorian Room at The Driskill
description:
  ANDREW ALLEN
   
  Spend a bit of time with Andrew Allen and it quickly becomes clear why this singer, songwriter, and musician has already become a successful recording artist in his native Canada: sheer force of will. Outgoing and good-natured, with a quick, comic wit, Allen is a hurtling ball of positive energy — he just doesn’t hear the word “no.” Exhibit A: When he found himself broke after his band imploded, he and his wife, contacted Carnival Cruise lines, told them they had lots of emcee experience (which they didn’t), and landed a year-long gig as social hosts on the ship. (More on that later.) Exhibit B: When a booking agent told Allen he couldn’t possibly tour full time and still book his own shows, Allen’s reaction was: “Actually, I think I can.” The couple sold their house, bought a minvan, and set off on tour across Canada that lasted two months. All the while, Allen planned a UK tour by searching for venues on UKPubFinder.com and emailing the proprietors to ask if he could come perform. Their response? “Sure, why not?”
   
  Allen’s DIY ability and optimistic attitude have served him well. He has scored two Top 10 hits in Canada, 2009’s “I Wanna Be Your Christmas” and his current single “Loving You Tonight,” which has been lodged in the upper reaches of the singles chart for 10 weeks and counting. A lilting, sunny tune about an ideal romance, “Loving You Tonight” got Allen noticed by Epic Records, which signed him to a recording contract in December 2010 and will release his debut album in 2011.
   
  Though Allen is still in the studio writing and recording with producer Ryan Stewart (who has worked with a host of Canada’s top singer-songwriters), the album is shaping up to be a stellar collection of upbeat songs that showcase the sweet clarity of Allen’s voice, as well as his impeccable ear for pop melody and fondness for beachy, acoustic grooves — an influence Allen attributes partly to his time working on the cruise ship. “We traveled to the Caribbean islands and I became very enamored with the spirit of the music,” Allen says. “They’d have Caribbean bands performing on deck, and sometimes I’d jump onstage with them and do a couple songs to get a feel for their vibe. 
   
  Allen also points out that all of Canada, is not actually an endless frozen tundra-like landscape. In fact, British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley where Allen grew up is known for its California-esque climate. “My town, Vernon, is surrounded by lakes,” he says. “It’s kind of known as the Canadian desert. The mountains and hills dry out in the summer because it’s so hot, and these tan-colored hills flow into the beautiful, purplish-blue lakes. It’s very relaxed there, and I think that has definitely influenced the feel of some of my songs, like ‘7 Days,’ and ‘Sooner.’”


   
  Allen began taking piano lessons at the age of five. “I can still picture myself sitting at the piano with these big Coke-bottle glasses and a vest that was sewn onto my shirt so I wouldn’t lose it,” he says, shaking his head and chuckling. “I was  that quintessential nerdy kid.” Allen came up through Canada’s Royal Conservatory School, but preferred to play his own compositions, which he began writing at age 10. He also took up the saxophone, after his parents rejected his request for a drum kit, and joined the choir, even though his friends called it social suicide. “Glee did not exist then,” he says with a laugh, “but I absolutely loved it.” Recognizing his natural talent, one of the school’s music teachers steered Allen toward the drums, and also introduced him to bass and trombone. “He just kept throwing different instruments at me to keep me challenged,” Allen recalls. At age 15, Allen bought a guitar and formed his first band. “We were called Liable Cause,” he says. “I don’t even know what that means.”
   
  The experience playing to crowds during his Carnival Cruise ship days would come in handy when Allen eventually set out on a tour across Canada in 2008 in support of an album he had recorded entitled The Living Room Sessions. “The album was about life, love, and connecting with people, so we made good on that by saying, ‘If you want me to come play in your living room, I totally will. All you’ve got to do is guarantee there will be between 40 and 60 people there, let us crash at your house and maybe you’ll make us dinner.’”
   
  In this way, Allen was able to build a sizeable grassroots following, ensuring that his shows were packed the next time he came through town. “At our first showcase in Toronto, these label guys were like, ‘Why are there people here? And why do they range in age from 18 to 80?’ Allen recalls with a laugh. “And it was because people invited their friends, their grandparents, everyone they knew. And those people were like, ‘We’ll support that guy. He’s nice. He played in my sister’s living room.’”
   
  Thanks to The Living Room Sessions, Allen was able to stay out on the road for two years straight. Which brings us to 2010. Last June, Allen released “Loving You Tonight,” which eventually got added to every single AC Anglophone station in Canada. He hit the road from June through August, taking only four days off, and signed with Epic Records at the end of the year. Now he’s looking forward to launching his career Stateside, a winter 2011 tour with Joshua Radin, and the release of his major-label debut album.
   
  “I was always the kind of person who, if I’d step into a house and it had a piano, I’d play it,” Allen says. “If I had a guitar with me, I’d play it. And if there were people around to listen, I’d love it even more. I’d grab a guitar and go busk on the street because I wanted people to hear it. Now it’s just turned into more people wanting to listen. It’s grown organically. I’ve never had to think very hard about making music, it just comes naturally to me. But the best part is seeing how it connects with people. I’ve already seen the effect it can have, so I can’t wait to see what kind of effect I can have at the next level — to see how lives can be changed in a positive way.”


name_last: The Damnwells
name: The Damnwells
name_index: D
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3841.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/The_Damnwells-Werewolves.mp3
website_link: http://www.thedamnwells.com
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e8rC8809u8
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: The Damnwells
original_serial: event_MS13685
original_venue_serial: The Tap Room at Six
description:
  Formed in 2001, the Damnwells represent the songwriting efforts of singer/guitarist Alex Dezen, whose mix of alt-country and alternative pop/rock is supported by a variety of talented musicians and producers. The group took root in Brooklyn, where Dezen was joined by ex-Whiskeytown drummer Steven Terry, bassist Ted Hudson, and guitarist Dave Chernis. A series of EPs helped cement the band's sound and the Damnwells were soon asked to tour in support of Cheap Trick. After the tour The Damnwells headed to their Manhattan Mini Storage space, which doubled as a rehearsal space and makeshift studio, to record their first full-length album. Pairing Dezen's slow, codeine-laced ballads with up-tempo rock, they completed Bastards of the Beat before signing a deal with Epic Records. 

  In a rare display of confidence, Epic released Bastards of the Beat in 2003 without any major revisions, allowing both the band's artwork and track list to remain intact. When the Damnwells returned to the studio two years later, however, they found themselves dropped from Epic's roster, an incident that was later captured on the documentary “Golden Days”. After months of uncertainty, the band found a new home at Zoe/Rounder Records and issued Air Stereo in late 2006. The record widened the Damnwells' sound with lap steel, piano, and sublime harmonies. A tour alongside the Fray helped the band to expose larger audiences to their music. 

  In 2008, Alex Dezen enrolled as an M.F.A. candidate at the University of Iowa, where he participated in the acclaimed Iowa Writers' Workshop. Meanwhile, he continued recording music with a revised version of the Damnwells, which now included drummer Andrew Ratcliffe, bassist Adrian Dickey, and producer/guitarist Freddy Wall. The band’s third album, One Last Century, was released in partnership with Paste Magazine, which offered the album as a free digital download.

  During his stay in Iowa, Dezen wrote material for an album called No One Listens to the Band which was entirely funded by fans though PledgeMusic.com.  The band’s Pledge campaign raised almost double the amount they set out to raise which allowed them to spend more money on recoding, production and a 2011 tour to support the release.  As a result of the success of their campaign, the Damwells was signed in late 2010 by the newly formed PledgeMusic Recordings for the release of No One Listens to the Band Anymore.


name_last: Love Lockdown
name: Love Lockdown
name_index: L
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F29814.jpg
website_link: http://www.lovelockdownthefilm.com
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Documentary Short
search: Love Lockdown Nadia Hallgren
original_serial: event_FS11815
original_venue_serial: Alamo Lamar A
description:
  Director: Nadia Hallgren
  USA | 19 minutes
  Polite Company


  Starring:
  DJ Cherry Martinez, Shoshana Perkins, Felix Cruz, Anaiya Cruz, Saraiya Cruz


  LOVE LOCKDOWN is a short documentary inspired by the impassioned phone calls and shout-outs made to prisoners on ‘Lockdown Love’, a popular late night radio show in New York City. The film tells the story of Shoshana, a young mother from the Bronx, as she eagerly awaits the fate of Felix, the father of her children, who is incarcerated and on trial facing a ten-year jail sentence. Dialing tirelessly and waiting for hours on hold, Shoshanna’s phone calls tell an unconventional story of love and commitment. Will their love remain locked down or will the family be reunited?


name_last: Kanye West, Antique Aquariums and Authenticity in Celebrity 2.0
name: Kanye West, Antique Aquariums and Authenticity in Celebrity 2.0
name_index: K
website_link: http://annehelenpetersen.com
hashtag: #kanyetwitter
event_category: Future15
event_sub_category: Future15
original_serial: event_IAP000312
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom E

  Participants:
  Anne Helen Petersen (University of Texas)

  Summary
  What makes Kanye the most compelling & quotable person on Twitter? The answer to that very question is changing the future of celebrity.

search:
  Kanye West, Antique Aquariums and Authenticity in Celebrity 2.0 Anne Helen Petersen University of Texas


name_last: The Black Box Revelation
name: The Black Box Revelation
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3712.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/The_Black_Box_Revelation-Gravity_Blues.mp3
website_link: http://www.blackboxrevelation.com/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: The Black Box Revelation
original_serial: event_MS14925
original_venue_serial: Valhalla
description:
  The Black Box Revelation, also known as the BBR, is a Belgian garage rock band from Belgium.
  Jan Paternoster and Dries Van Dijck, two friends, started playing together (with Jan's brother Tim Paternoster as vocalist and Marquez on second guitar) as “The Mighty Generators”, at the respective ages of 12 and 14 years old. It was during this period that the two of them started jamming together as well. These jam sessions would lay the foundation to their new group: The Black Box Revelation.
  In 2007 the duo released their debut EP. The EP was supported by a video clip for “Kill For Peace (And Peace Will Die)”. The Belgian press was unanimously enthusiastic and this resulted in lots of club-gigs. During the summer of 2007 the band played at the big open-air festivals Dour and Pukkelpop
  The Black Box Revelation started recording their album “Set Your Head On Fire” mid 2007. The album was produced by Triggerfinger drummer Mario Goossens, mixed in Los Angeles by Greg Gordon (who had previously worked with Wolfmother, Jet  and Soulwax), and mastered in New York by Fred Kevorkian (Iggy Pop, U2, The White Stripes).
  Their single “I Think I Like You” rapidly rose to the top of the radio charts. Peter Afterman and the Major League Baseball club Pittsburgh Pirates later bought the rights to 'I Think I Like You'.
  In June 2008, the Black Box Revelation started their first tour in the United States. They did some gigs in San Diego, West Hollywood and New York.
  The Black Box Revelation is currently in the studio recording their third release with legendary produce Alain Johannes (11, Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures).  The new album (unnamed for the moment) will be out in late April/early May.


name_last: 140 Conference: Rise of the Cubicle Farmer
name: 140 Conference: Rise of the Cubicle Farmer
name_index: 0-9
event_category: Social Graph
event_sub_category: 140 Conference
original_serial: event_IAP000462
original_venue_serial: Hyatt
description:
  Room: TX Ballroom 2-4

  Participants:
  AJ Leon (The Pursuit of Everything)
  Melissa Leon (Open Source Charity)

search:
  140 Conference: Rise of the Cubicle Farmer AJ Leon The Pursuit of EverythingMelissa Leon Open Source Charity


name_last: Consortium Musicum
name: Consortium Musicum
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3801.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Consortium_Musicum-Mechanical_Mammoth.mp3
website_link: http://www.chimeramusic.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Consortium Musicum
original_serial: event_MS13561
original_venue_serial: Elysium
description:
  An improvisational project by Sean Lennon (The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger) and Greg Saunier (Deerhoof). With video projection by Martha Colburn.


name_last: Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside
name: Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1502.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Sallie_Ford__and__the_Sound_Outside-Danger.mp3
website_link: http://www.sallieford.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Sallie Ford &amp; the Sound Outside
original_serial: event_MS12101
original_venue_serial: Creekside at Hilton Garden Inn
description:
  Sallie Ford hails from Asheville, North Carolina, just east of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Enjoying a musical upbringing surrounded by performers, she grew up playing the guitar and the violin in addition to singing.
  On a whim, Ford pulled up her Carolina roots and moved across the country to Portland, Oregon, where she has been writing songs since 2006. She met drummer Ford Tennis and bassist Tyler Tornfelt in 2008, and then a year later met lead guitarist Jeff Munger while he was performing on the streets.
  Though inspired by the vocal stylings of old jazz, blues and soul singers like Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith and Etta James, Sallie and her three-piece band, 'The Sound Outside,' also seek a contemporary sound to throw into the mix. Continuing to enjoy the musical community in Portland, Oregon, Sallie Ford and The Sound Outside self-released their first EP 'Not An Animal' in May 2009. Portland, Oregon’s “Willamette Weekly” voted them the best new band in 2010.


name_last: The Burning of Rome
name: The Burning of Rome
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/45521.jpg
website_link: http://www.soundcloud.com/theburningofrome
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: The Burning of Rome
original_serial: event_MS14193
original_venue_serial: Maggie Mae's
description:
  the Burning of Rome has managed to cut a stylistic niche into the heart of California's avant-garde music scene. Deriving influence from such artists as Mike Patton (Mr. Bungle), Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo), and Phil Spector, the mixture of orchestral pop with dark rock has led the San Diego based seven-piece to the release of their second album: DEATH-POP. -- With the circulation of DEATH-POP, the group has continued their momentum on the music circuit with another set of tours throughout the western states - this being done independently, and with the support of fans rather than a label.


name_last: Hart D. Fisher
name: Hart D. Fisher
name_index: H
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/hart.jpg
hashtag: #SXBookstore
event_category: Bookstore Appearance
event_sub_category: Various
search: Hart D. Fisher
original_serial: event_OE00450
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom D Foyer



  Filmmaker Hart D. Fisher will be appearing at the SX Bookstore to greet fans and sign copies of his latest DVD, The Garbage Man.


name_last: Aceyalone
name: Aceyalone
name_index: A
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3696.jpg
website_link: http://deconrecords.com/artists/freestyle-fellowship/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: Aceyalone
original_serial: event_MS14004
original_venue_serial: Fuze
description:
  Eddie Hayes, better known by his stage name Aceyalone, is an American rapper.
  He is a founding member of the Freestyle Fellowship. Apart from his role in Freestyle Fellowship, Aceyalone is also a member of Haiku D'Etat (with Mikah 9 and Abstract Rude) and The A-Team (with Abstract Rude), and he is a co-founder of Project Blowed.
  After releasing a pair of albums with the Freestyle Fellowship, To Whom it May Concern... and Innercity Griots, as well as the 1994 Project Blowed compilation, Acey signed to Capitol Records and released his highly acclaimed solo debut All Balls Don't Bounce in 1995. He returned three years later with his second album, A Book of Human Language, a collaboration with producer Mumbles. In 1999, he released a self-titled group album with Haiku D'Etat. In 2000, The A-Team released their first album as a duo, titled Who Framed the A-Team?. Acey returned solo again in 2001 with his third solo album, Accepted Eclectic. In 2002, the Freestyle Fellowship returned after 9 years for the release of their third group album, Shockadoom. 2002 and 2003 saw two more solo releases, Hip Hop and the World We Live In and Love & Hate and another A-Team album ('Lab Down Under'). In 2006, Aceyalone released two more solo projects, first, Magnificent City, a collaboration with producer RJD2, followed by Grand Imperial.
  Acey has also gained national prominence by being featured on numerous 2K Sports games.


name_last: Madness (US)
name: Madness (US)
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1660.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Madness-Classy.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/MrMadness
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbzmGoNLyuc
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: Madness (US)
original_serial: event_MS15071
original_venue_serial: Nuvola
description:
  Madness (of Critical Madness), the Florida emcee most well known for his legendary battle career has had many national and international musical releases.  The most notable release was the Critical Madness single '1st Amendment' featuring Sabac Red formerly of Non-Phixion.  The single gained critical acclaim selling out worldwide with distribution by Fat Beats.  This was quickly followed by 'Meal Tickets' and 'Empirical' single with production by Marco Polo, also distributed by Fat Beats.  His first slo single 'Classy' took flight almost immediately when released on the 'Fresh Coast Vol. 1' compilation via Grind Time Now.  It has gained him even more notoriety as a unique solo artist.  Madness has shared the stage with The Beatnuts, Memphis Bleek, dead prez, Little Brother, Non-Phixion, Hieroglyphics, Dirt Nasty and a large handful of others across the entire United States.  With the release of his solo EP and full length albums on the horizon, he is a man determined to leave his sick imprint in history's mold.


name_last: Adai
name: Adai
name_index: A
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/46828.jpg
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/adai
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Adai
original_serial: event_MS14882
original_venue_serial: Emo's Main Room
description:
  The Denver duo enlarge their innovative experimental doom metal sound on their latest release, Felo De Se (June 2010) on Cavity Records. Adai are massive on both stage and record. Felo De Se was recorded by Matt Talbott (Hum) and mixed by Kurt Ballou (Converge), and not surprisingly Adai achieve an astounding amount of color (instead of just going for dark) while keeping it crushingly heavy. The two friends that comprise the band, Justin Trujilo (drums, samples) and Devin Mendoza (guitars, vox, amps) are hard-working, diligent, focused, and they clearly love what they do.


name_last: Radically Onymous: How Ending Privacy is Awesome!
name: Radically Onymous: How Ending Privacy is Awesome!
name_index: R
website_link: http://www.mylesgrant.com/
event_category: Greater Good
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
search: Radically Onymous: How Ending Privacy is Awesome! Myles Grant Tiny Speck
original_serial: event_IAP8107
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 5ABC

  Participants:
  Myles Grant (Tiny Speck)

  Summary
  Radically Onymous is, in part, a pushback against the criticism Facebook and other sites get on a regular basis for not having tight enough privacy controls or revealing too much private information. It argues that we would all benefit by having our classically private information public, to an extreme degree. We would instantly know who everyone we meet is, along with access to a full history of their actions, even before we actually 'meet'. Everyone would know where everyone is at any given moment. This extreme transparency would lead to the replacement of our monetary economy with a reputation economy, like Cory Doctorow's Whuffie in his novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. It would make us safer and, perhaps paradoxically, freer.

  Many of this is possible to build now, by leveraging existing social networks, mobile platforms like the iPhone and Android, and public key cryptography. I'll show examples of what could be built today, and how that would be useful even without a critical mass of radically onymous folk.


name_last: Next Stage Presents King Charles
name: Next Stage Presents King Charles
name_index: N
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/kingcharles.jpg
hashtag: #SXSWNextStage
event_category: Trade Show
event_sub_category: Various
search: Next Stage Presents King Charles
original_serial: event_OE00056
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Exhibit Hall 3/4

  Since launching his debut single, Time of Eternity, in 2010, King Charles has garnered much press, online and radio support from radio djs Rob Da Bank, Zane Lowe, Lauren Laverne, Tom Robinson and Huw Stephens. Performing to critical acclaim throughout the UK and Europe, he has gathered an ever-swelling and devout audience and most recently supported Mumford & Sons on their sold-out US tour.  2010 saw King Charles also win the prestigious International Songwriting Competition by an unprecedented unanimous vote from a panel of industry heavyweights including Tom Waits, Kings of Leon, Timbaland, Black Francis and Jerry Lee Lewis. A hotly tipped act for 2011, King Charles is currently recording his debut album due for release in the coming summer.


name_last: INCENDIARY: The Willingham Case
name: INCENDIARY: The Willingham Case
name_index: I
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F30887.jpg
website_link: http://www.incendiarymovie.com
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Psb5t7RTI
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Documentary Feature
search: INCENDIARY: The Willingham Case Steve Mims, Joe Bailey, Jr.
original_serial: event_FS11412
original_venue_serial: Rollins Theatre
description:
  Director: Steve Mims, Joe Bailey, Jr.
  USA | 104 minutes


  Starring:
  ART DIRECTOR:  Kakii Keenan


  In 1991, Cameron Todd Willingham’s three daughters died in a Corsicana, Texas house fire.  Tried and convicted for their arson murders, Willingham was executed in February 2004 despite overwhelming expert criticism of the prosecution’s arson evidence.  Today, Willingham's name has become a call for reform in the field of forensics and a rallying cry for the anti-death penalty movement; yet he remains an indisputable 'monster' in the eyes of Texas Governor Rick Perry, who ignored the science that could have saved Willingham’s life.  Equal parts murder mystery, forensic investigation and political drama, INCENDIARY documents the haunted legacy of a prosecution built on “folklore.”


name_last: Jác, 'Polar Bear Trophy'
name: Jác, 'Polar Bear Trophy'
name_index: J
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F21241.jpg
website_link: http://www.rcollado.com
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Music Video
search: Jác, &quot;Polar Bear Trophy&quot; Rubén Collado
original_serial: event_FS12001
original_venue_serial: Alamo Ritz 2
description:
  Director: Rubén Collado
  USA | 4 minutes


  Starring:
  Ritchie Monteiro, Bob Hackimer, Katie Campo, Tom Millet, Ryan Shafer


  'Polar Bear Trophy' is a ballad about two lovers trapped in an emotional headlock, and one finding the strength to pull the other out of her shell.  Set in the woods indigenous to New Jersey-based indie folk group Jác, the video explores the song's stark emotional backdrop through a minimalist allegory that brings the woods to life.


name_last: Can Design and Technology Fix America's Education Problem?
name: Can Design and Technology Fix America's Education Problem?
name_index: C
website_link: http://actonmba.org/, http://www.austincenterfordesign.com/, http://www.bigpicture.org/
hashtag: #sxsw_edu
event_category: Design / Development
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP5992
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom B

  Participants:
  Dennis Littky (Big Picture Learning)
  Jon Kolko (Austin Center for Design)
  Steven Tomlinson (Acton School of Business)

  Summary
  In the US, 75% of students graduate high school. Our national college graduation rate is even lower at approximately 54%. And those students who aspire to go to college are faced with a rising tuition cost, which has increased more than any other major good or service for the last twenty years. Looking ahead to the next 20 years,  students will pay $221,722 to drop out of a state school, and close to $450,000 to try their luck at a private school in hopes of getting a higher education. These unfortunate statistics don't even begin to describe the current university system's neglect to harness experiential and digital approaches to open-source educational models. 
   
  We are facing an education crisis in the United States. This panel will explore the future of education, examining the roles of design, technology, and human beings in reshaping the way we teach and learn. While the panel is diverse, the speakers all share unconventional views of learning, a passion for design and creativity, and an entrepreneurial commitment to driving change through both action and technology.

search:
  Can Design and Technology Fix America's Education Problem? Dennis Littky Big Picture LearningJon Kolko Austin Center for DesignSteven Tomlinson Acton School of Business


name_last: The Luxury/Digital Paradox: Taking Luxury Brands Digital
name: The Luxury/Digital Paradox: Taking Luxury Brands Digital
name_index: L
website_link: http://www.publicis-usa.com/#/new_york
event_category: Business
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
original_serial: event_IAP8134
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Salon E

  Participants:
  Marci Ikeler (Publicis)
  Phillip Jackson (Publicis New York)

  Summary
  Luxury, by definition, is built on exclusivity. The web is inherently democratic.

  In the past, this contradiction caused luxury brands to be hesitant about moving online – but in the face of the internet’s ever-increasing ubiquity and print advertising’s decreased returns, more and more luxury brands are making the transition to on-line advertising and e-commerce.

  While many luxury brands have accepted that a digital presence is essential, they are still figuring out how to maintain the cache, allure, and exclusivity that underpins their brand perceptions while simultaneously balancing the “democratic” rules of the digital landscape. 

  This presentation will show how luxury brands can participate in the digital-sphere through case studies of luxury brands that have effectively communicated their 'brand story' online by leveraging the following territories: 

  1. Communicate the dream of the luxury brand 
  2. Digital as a piece of the larger puzzle 
  3. Tell a great story 
  4. Be a cultural tastemaker 
  5. Provide a trusted guide to lifestyle enhancement 
  6. Use history as a way to push forward 
  7. Encourage the spirit of competition 
  8. Talk to younger luxury consumers 
  9. Offer incomparable service 
  10. Use digital to convey exclusivity

  By using these strategies, luxury brands will gain just as much, if not more, from embracing digital than any other category.

search:
  The Luxury/Digital Paradox: Taking Luxury Brands Digital Marci Ikeler PublicisPhillip Jackson Publicis New York


name_last: Warm Ghost
name: Warm Ghost
name_index: W
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/999.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Warm_Ghost-Open_The_Wormhole_In_Your_Heart.mp3
website_link: http://warm-ghost.com/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Electronic
search: Warm Ghost
original_serial: event_MS13623
original_venue_serial: Soho Lounge
description:
  Warm Ghost : Claws Overhead EP


  	Paul Duncan is currently recording and performing under the moniker Warm Ghost. It finds him taking a step beyond traditional instrumentation and one toward that of electronics, synthesizers, drum machines and processed field recordings. Warm Ghost has now evolved into a band in collaboration with Oliver Chapoy, where the sound is an intricately arranged shimmering sonic world of twisting words and melodies inside dense environments where there are elements of 80's new wave, cold wave and synth pop from Solid Space to OMD to Depeche Mode, late 70's disco, synth programming sharing ground with Autechre and AFX, and experimental textures reminiscent of Fennesz. The payoff is beautifully executed, lush pop songs that beg for repeat listening.

  	Paul has also collaborated with numerous other artists including Oren Ambarchi (SunnO))), Type Records), Joe Stickney (Bear in Heaven), Chris Bear (Grizzly Bear), RobertoLange (Helado Negro), Fred Lonberg-Holm ( Jim O'Rourke, Boxhead Ensemble), David Daniell (Rhys Chatham’s Essentialist, San Agustin) and Doug McCombs (Tortoise, Brokeback) among others.

  	Warm Ghost released it's debut EP, 'Claws Overhead', on the label Geographic North on May 11th, 2010 and is now recording a follow-up full-length.


name_last: Royal Canoe
name: Royal Canoe
name_index: R
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/41159.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Royal_Canoe-Today_We_'re_Believers.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/royalcanoe
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: Royal Canoe
original_serial: event_MS12318
original_venue_serial: The Parish Underground
description:
  Royal Canoe is a deadly band armed with falsettos, guitars, effects pedals, drums, basses, tambourines, shakers and a five-keyboard super-weapon. Royal Canoe play lyrically sharp pop songs that move people and make people move.

  It all began in 2006, when Matt Peters (The Waking Eyes) teamed up with some Winnipeg friends and musicians (Nathan Blanchard, Jo Snyder, Tom Keenan and others) to write a collection of songs. Many of the songs that emerged revolved around tragic characters, each treated with equal parts humour and tender endearment. 'Kasparov' is a love song from the super-computer Deep Blue to chess champion Gary Kasparov, 'Dear June' is about a Siamese twin who wants to go it alone and 'Me Loving Your Money (Gonna See Us Through This)' explores the complexities of love...kinda.

  Royal Canoe was born, and after some more collaboration the aptly titled album, CO-OP Mode was completed. It was never to be played live. Ever.

  Fast forward three years to 2009, when Peters finally found time to put together a band. He enlisted the limitless talents of Winnipeg musicians Bucky Driedger and Matt Schellenberg (The Liptonians), fellow Waking Eye, Joey Penner and the double-drummer assault of - Derek Allard (Tele) and Michael Jordan (The Liptonians). The new recruits have given the songs renewed energy, turning the album from an attic recording to a dynamic live show.

  Since first hitting the stage in September of 2009, the band has built a strong local buzz and shared the stage with bands like The Most Serene Republic (Arts & Crafts), Bend Sinister (Distort), Winter Gloves (Paper Bag), Forest City Lovers (Out of This Spark) and Young Galaxy.

  On July 6 2010, the band officially released CO OP Mode in Canada on Head in the Sand Records and toured nationally in support. Almost immediately, the band hit the road again, reinforcing themselves as one of Canada's most dynamic live acts.

  Always writing, the band is currently amassing batches and batches of demos in preparation for the follow up to CO OP Mode. With a solid line-up in place, an evolution in sound and a more unified front, the new songs are already generating excitement. This winter the band will release a digital single in North America and showcase much of their new material at Canadian Music Week and SXSW.


name_last: Birds & Batteries
name: Birds & Batteries
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/46712.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Birds__and__Batteries-Strange_Kind_of_Mirror.mp3
website_link: http://www.birdsandbatteries.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Birds &amp; Batteries
original_serial: event_MS13135
original_venue_serial: The Tap Room at Six
description:
  Birds & Batteries are on a steady rise with consistently sold out shows in San Francisco, a new album and more national touring ahead.  Their March tour will bring them to several festivals including SXSW, Noise Pop (SF), Foburg (New Orleans), 35 Conferette (Denton), Mission Creek (IC) and Switchboard (SF).  
  'Panorama' is the third full-length from Birds & Batteries and their finest work to date (Spune/ Velvet Blue Music). The new album is a rare mix of organic and electronic, pop and experimental and an effortless play of surprising elements.  Panorama conjures up blue skies and big views and is unlike anything in the current indie landscape.  

  Birds & Batteries' 'Up To No Good' EP (2009, Eightmaps) showed singer / bandleader Mike Sempert exploring synth-funk and the influences of Bowie's 'Scary Monsters' and P-funk.  On 'Panorama' (2010, Spune/Velvet Blue Music) his love for artists like Harry Nilsson, ELO, and David Byrne shines through, and he trades in a bit of the irony for empathy. Sempert might as well be a scientist in his next life, as he is able to blend his classic folk-ish voice with synth textures for down right futuristic results. When pressed for a simple summary, he's described the sound as 'Art-rock meets Tom Petty.'  Basically it's not all that easy to define. Sempert is joined by Christopher Walsh (guitar), Jill Heinke (bass), and Brian Michelson (drums).

  The music of Birds & Batteries has been featured on Gossip Girl, Fuel TV and MTV.


name_last: Your Computer is the Next Wonder Drug
name: Your Computer is the Next Wonder Drug
name_index: Y
website_link: http://www.doseofdigital.com
hashtag: #hcinno
event_category: Health
event_sub_category: Solo
search: Your Computer is the Next Wonder Drug Jonathan Richman Possible Worldwide
original_serial: event_IAP5499
original_venue_serial: Hilton Garden Inn
description:
  Room: Rio

  Participants:
  Jonathan Richman (Possible Worldwide)

  Summary
  A few times each year, the press buzzes about the latest scientific advance that will someday cure any one of the diseases we fear the most. Nearly every one of these will turn out to be nothing more than a news story and far from a pill that can help improve our health. We spend hundreds of millions of dollars every day on research, as we struggle to find the 'magic bullet' that will rid the world of conditions such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. We almost never find the magic.

  While the big, historic scientific advances may be what dominate the headlines, in the end, it's the small improvements and better utilization of the technology we have already have that will ultimately lengthen our lives and improve its quality. These technologies don't come from labs filled with test tubes or cell cultures, but rather from labs filled with computers and the programs that run them. In the future, it will be digital technologies that prevent, treat, and finally cure diseases and not the latest 'blockbuster' drug that has yet to be discovered (and might never be).

  Digital technologies can already help us understand which treatments are best for us, what diseases pose the greatest risk, and how diseases spread among us. They can improve our interactions with doctors and improve access to care for everyone. 

  Instead of waiting for the next miracle drug to be developed, you might find the miracle was there all along right inside the computer you use every day.


name_last: Comedy Showcase: Talk Nerdy To Me (early)
name: Comedy Showcase: Talk Nerdy To Me (early)
name_index: C
event_category: Comedy
event_sub_category: Various
original_serial: event_OE00371
original_venue_serial: Esther's Follies
description:
  Participants:
  Chris Hardwick (Fishladder Media)
  Doug Benson (Doug Loves Movies)
  Eugene Mirman (N/A)
  Shane Mauss (N/A)
  Thomas Lennon (Funny or Die)

  Summary
  As SXSW Comedy concludes its Film and Interactive events, we invite you to let your geek flag fly with a mix of pop culture steeped comedy ranging from the artsy to the fartsy.

search:
  Comedy Showcase: Talk Nerdy To Me (early) Chris Hardwick Fishladder MediaDoug Benson Doug Loves MoviesEugene Mirman N/AShane Mauss N/AThomas Lennon Funny or Die


name_last: Millionyoung
name: Millionyoung
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1357.jpg
website_link: http://www.millionyoung.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Electronic
search: Millionyoung
original_serial: event_MS11294
original_venue_serial: Malverde
description:
  It was a whirlwind 2010 for the 22-year old MillionYoung, who is known in his everyday life as Mike Diaz.  After self-releasing the 'Sunndreamm' e.p. for free at the end of 2009, Diaz released the'Be So True' e.p. to much critical acclaim, including an iTunes Digital Download and a 7.6 from Pitchfork. Throughout 2010, MillionYoung toured the Midwest and East Coast multiple times, including several shows during SXSW and CMJ, with Brooklyln Vegan covering his sets in NYC. MillionYoung finally hit the West Coast in December, recording sessions for KEXP, Daytrotter and Yours Truly along the way.  Having spent the year developing his live show, MillionYoung now plays with a dynamic full set-up, including a bassist, drummer, and Diaz himself on keys and guitar. 

  At the end of 2010, The Guardian UK named MillionYoung one of their best 'New Bands of 2010.' Now MillionYoung is ready to take on 2011 by releasing their first full-length through Old Flame/Rix Records on February 15. The Line of Best Fit wrote a great review of the album, saying 'Replicants explores further and asks more questions of itself than most albums. It finds itself in dark alleys, smoke-filled dancefloors or on sun-drenched beaches. From start to finish the album progresses at a tremendous rate, assimilating styles and sounds, moving through the knee-high water created by its own wash at speed.' Broward Palm Beach New Times wrote an in-depth review and interview with MillionYoung, praising, 'Replicants definitely comes across as a more mature artistic statement, but it's never stodgy, retaining the loose, breezy feel of Diaz's early works. The difference lies mostly in the execution, perhaps a product of the band's growing confidence as a live entity. But Replicants also reveals a broader musical vision, with Millionyoung no longer relying exclusively on retrofitted synth sounds but also incorporating touches of classic rock, dub, and Motown into the mix.'

  Replicants is an album of the truest form, progressing from gentle electronic jams at the beginning to full-on pop songs in the middle to a fantastic dance pop explosion near the end.  It's an electronic pop record, with influences ranging from Prince and Michael Jackson to Aphex Twin and Spritualized. Replicants is a conglomeration of styles and sounds blending into one build-up of a great album. 

  MillionYoung will be on tour for most of 2011, starting off in February by touring with The Concretes and Class Actress, hitting SXSW, and then touring Europe in the summer months. 



  MillionYoung praise:

  “…It’s exactly what chillwave produced a stone's throw from South Beach ought to sound like-- a reminder that while most of these artists can only dream of an endless summer…” -Pitchfork

  'A recent favorite.'  -Fader
   
  'Forget Vitamin D pills, Mike Diaz (a.k.a. MillionYoung) may cure the winter blues once and for all.' - KEXP Song of the Day
   
  'MillionYoung 's hypnagogic, late night, loping pop loops bloom in the shadows of delirious dream territories; Mike Diaz's aching, arching, always overhead vocals floating lonely above an effervescent, imagined coastal paradise of found tribal drum snippets, syrupy synth rushing and brilliantly colourful, drawn-out circular guitars that just absolutely refuse to fade or break, shading braincells in never-lived nostalgia; making stomachs shift with strange sickness in a beautiful, unshakeable way.'– Transparent Blog

   'Replicants grows stronger as it progresses, transitioning from pop/techno fusion with an '80s dependence to a calmer, more subdued recording that remains experimentally enlightening.' 
  -Prefix

  “…[MillionYoung’s] tunes are a delicate blend of beach sunset and Miami night club, much more kinectic than his mellow fellow chillwavesters.” -KEXP.org


