SXSW Music Line-Up Announced

Austin, Texas – Austin’s annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and Festival promises to give convention-goers 6 full days of comprehensive music education and top-notch performances in a wide variety of genres. Featuring panels, specialized educational programming for musicians, band performances and parties, SXSW takes place Tuesday, March 13 – Sunday, March 18, 2012 in Austin, Texas at the Austin Convention Center and at numerous venues throughout downtown Austin.

This year’s SXSW Music Conference will host the new Artist Central, an area featuring programming specifically geared towards
musicians. Highlights include digital recording software clinics by instructors from Berklee School of Music as well as instrument clinics on guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and more. Artist Central will run Wednesday, March 14 – Saturday, March 17, 2012 and is open to SXSW registrants and official showcasing artists with wristbands.

Noteworthy panelists at this year’s SXSW Music Conference include renowned chef and winner of Top Chef All Stars, Richard Blais, who sits in on the panel “Snacky Tunes: Food, Music & Internet Radio.” Artist Gloria Gaynor discusses the legislation that allows authors to reclaim their copyrights after 35 years on “How Stella Got Her Masters Back: Reversion Rights.” Entrepreneur and Former Executive VP of The Island Def Jam Music Group and Warner Music Group, Kevin Liles, talks about the many aspects of artists’ brands on the panel “Taking the Throne: The Brand is the New King.” Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriksen, collectively known as StarGate, sit down for an interview to discuss their successful careers working with artists such as Ne-Yo, Rihanna, and Beyonce. Founder and CEO of turntable.fm,

In all, over 450 panelists are slated to converse and network at SXSW’s Music Conference.

The SXSW Music Festival announced January a few showcasing artist :
The Ting Tings (Manchester UK – ENGLAND)
Counting Crows (Berkeley, CA)
Metric (Toronto CANADA)
Vetusta Morla (Madrid, SPAIN)
Thee Oh Sees (San Francisco, CA)
Doomtree (Minneapolis, MN)
Stars (Montreal, CANADA)
Steve Aoki (Los Angeles, CA)
The Men (New York, NY)
The Big Pink (London, UK – ENGLAND)
The Drums (New York, NY)
Niki & The Dove (Stockholm SWEDEN)
The Black Belles (Nashville, TN)
Built to Spill (Boise, ID)
Craft Spells (Seattle, WA)
Danny Brown (Detroit, MI)
Turquoise Jeep (Des Moines, IA)
Blitzen Trapper (Portland, OR)

For a list of all of the bands announced so far, go to http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012.