The SXSW music conference/festival is coming up in a couple of weeks, March 17-21, 2010 in Austin Texas. Here are a few highlights for globalistas.
Panels
Of course, there are dozens of relevant panel topics related to music business, marketing, a diversity of genres, presentations from industry veterans, etc. Here are the ones that caught our eye as particularly global or cross-cultural:
March 17, 2:00 pm Latin Music on a Global Stage
March 18, 12:30 pm Global Music Marketing: How to Reach Fans Worldwide
March 18, 12:30 pm Where Goes English Folk Music?
March 18, 2:00 pm Global Rock Show
March 19, 2:00 pm Marketing 21st Century African Music
March 19, 5:00 pm Reaching America's Fastest Growing Market (Hispanics)
March 20, 2:00 pm Can China Build a Better Music Business?
Showcases
Again, tons of showcases of an international nature (I think a third of the showcases are non-North America)... but a lot of those are simply rock in another language (or in English for that matter). Here are some highlights that we feel bring some "local flavuh" along with their sounds:
* = rock paper scissors, inc.
clients
# = All Music is World Music showcase sponsored by PRI's The
World
@ = Bossa Nova Brazil showcase
! = WOMEX showcase
March 17, 10:00 pm Charanga Cakewalk March 17, 11:00 pm ChocQuibTown
March 17, 11:00 pm Ozomatli
March 17, 12:00 am Bomba Estereo
March 18, 9:30 am Nneka
March 18, 12:00 pm France Rocks Austin
March 18, 4:30 pm Sounds from Spain
March 18, 6:00 pm New Zealand Party
March 18, 8:00 pm Resplandor
March 18, 8:00 pm Pedro Morais @
March 18, 8:00 pm Gong Myoung #
March 18, 9:00 pm Somi #
March 18, 9:00 pm Uvilov
March 18, 9:15 pm Vander Lee @
March 18, 10:00 pm L.A.B.
March 18, 10:00 pm The Unthanks #
March 18, 10:30 pm Natalia Mallo @
March 18, 11:00 pm Soulico #
March 18, 11:00 pm Ventilader
March 18, 11:00 pm Mundo Livre S/A
March 18, 11:15 pm Superlitio
March 18, 11:45 pm Sylvia Patricia @
March 18, 12:00 am Longital *
March 18, 1:00 am ChocQuibTown #
March 18, 1:00 am Pedro Moraes @
March 19, 11:00 am The Barbados Talent Show - Next!
March 19, 12:00 noon Longital *
March 19, 8:00 pm Wouter Kellerman !
March 19, 9:00 pm David Garza
March 19, 9:00 pm Unni Lovlid !
March 19, 10:00 pm Boom Pam March 19, 11:00 pm Orquestra Contemporânea De Olinda !
March 19, 11:00 pm Fishtank Ensemble *
March 19, 12:00 am Grupo Fantasma !
March 19, 1:00 am Gong Myoung !
March 20, 9:55 pm Maneja Beto
March 20, 4:00 pm Longital *
March 20, 10:00 pm Sambada *
March 20, 11:00 pm Boom Pam
March 20, 12:00 am Real Vocal String Quartet *
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