Past SXSW Speakers

Artists, music supervisors, branding executives, digital media gurus, activists, label owners, festival bookers, bloggers, publicists, legends and youngsters all have a say at SXSW. Here are some notable speakers from recent years:

Ken Abdo, Lommen Abdo Law Firm
Matthew Adell, Napster
John Agnello
Tom Anderson, MySpace
Martin Atkins, Tour:Smart
George Avakian
Nick Baily, Shore Fire Media
Louie Bandak, Interscope Records
Chris Baumgartner, MusicMatters/Smart
Richard Bengloff, The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM)
Ray Benson, Bismeaux Productions LLC
Bill Bentley, Sonic Boomers
Terrie Bjorklund, AFTRA
Bob Boilen, NPR Music
Booker T Jones
Joe Boyd, Carthage Music Ltd
Jeffrey Brabec, Chrysalis Music Group
Todd Brabec, USC Music Industry Dept/Music Money & Success
Glenn Otis Brown, YouTube
Joe Boyd, Carthage Music Ltd
Jordan Burger, The Agency Group Ltd
Clem Burke, Blondie Music Inc
Gary Calamar, GO Music Services
Bryan Calhoun, Label Management Systems LLC
Rick Carnes, Songwriters Guild of America
Carlene Carter
Sean Coakley, Songlines
Jarvis Cocker
Jason Colton, Red Light Management
Dave 'Davey D' Cook, Hard Knock Radio
Stu Cook, Creedence Clearwater Revival
Larry Crane, Tape Op/Jackpot! Recording
Kandia Crazy Horse, Princeton University
Ice Cube, Cube Vision
Joe Cuello, MTV
Jennifer Czeisler, Sub Pop Records
Britt Daniel, Spoon
Jonathan Demme
Marko DeSantis, Sugarcult
Tom DeSavia, ASCAP
Devo
Dez Dickerson, Pavilion Entertainment
Donovan
Martin Elbourne, The Great Escape Festival
Bob Emmer, Shout! Factory
Jay Faires, Lionsgate Entertainment
Rick Farman, Superfly Productions
Danny Fields, "16" Magazine
Rob Fields, Boldaslove.us
Rosie Flores, Durango Rose Records
Alex Franco, Warp/Sentido Comun
David Fricke, Rolling Stone Magazine
Daryl Friedman, GRAMMYs
Justin Gage, Aquarium Drunkard
Pete Ganbarg, Atlantic Records
Gilberto Gil
Scott Gillmore, Emmis Communications
Rob Glaser, RealNetworks
Daniel Glass, Glassnote Entertainment Group
Karen Glauber, Hits Magazine
Jordan Glazier, Eventful Inc
Danny Goldberg, Gold Village Entertainment
Martin Goldschmidt, Cooking Vinyl
Marianne Goode, Lifetime Networks
Wavy Gravy, Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie
Jeff Greenberg, The Village
Jim Griffin, OneHouseLLC
Paul Griffiths, Babycakes Clothing
Matthew Hales, Aqualung
Daryl Hall
Hanson
Ed Harcourt
Nic Harcourt, SamLuna Media Inc
John Wesley Harding, Popover Corps
Emmylou Harris
Ali Hedrick, The Billions Corporation
Benjamin Herson, Nomadic Wax LLC
Rick Heysquierdo, The Lone Star Jukebox KPFT 90.1 FM Pacifica
Matt Hickey, High Road Touring
David Hirshland, Bug Music
Dominic Hodge, Frukt Music
The Hold Steady
Dawn Holliday, Slims/Great American Music Hall
Rita Houston, WFUV
Tor Hyams, HyLo Entertainment
Ken Irwin, Rounder Records
Tony James, Carbon/Silicon
Peter Jenner, Sincere Management
L.A. Johnson, Shakey Pictures
Mikel Jollett, The Airborne Toxic Event
Mick Jones, Carbon/Silicon
Rickie Lee Jones
Regina Joskow, The Verve Music Group
Harvey Kagan, Sir Douglas Quintet/D Sahm
Ashley Kahn
Mark Kates, Fenway Recordings
David Katznelson, Birdman Recording Group Inc
Jon Kertzer, KEXP
Tony Kiewel, Sub Pop Records
Brad King, Northern Kentucky University
Steve Knopper, Rolling Stone Magazine
Eddie Kramer, WOODSTOCK
Ted Kryczko, Walt Disney Records
John Kunz, Waterloo Records and Video
Jordan Kurland, Zeitgeist Artist Management LTD
Teresa LaBarbera Whites, Jive Records
Michael Lang, WOODSTOCK
Dina LaPolt, LaPolt Law PC
Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering Studios Inc
Don MacKinnon, (RED)WIRE
Dan Mackta, JIVE Label Group
Kenny MacPherson, Chrysalis Music Group
Alex Maiolo, Future of Music Coalition
Trey Many, The Billions Corporation
John 'Jocko' Marcellino, Sha Na Na
Dave Marsh, Rock&Rap Confidential
Tucker Martine
Mike Martinovich, Flatiron Management
George Massenburg, George Massenburg Labs
Rachel Masters, Ning
Jessica Lea Mayfield
Terry McBride, Nettwerk Music Group
Michael McDonald, Mick Artists Management
Walter McDonough, Future of Music Coalition
Jack McFadden, The Bell House/Union Hall
Magee McIlvaine, Nomadic Wax LLC
Nellie McKay
Katrina McMullan, Mattel Inc
Louis Messina, The Messina Group
Jay Millar, United Record Pressing
Ryan Mintz, The Green Musician
Ian Montone, Monotone Inc
Christopher Moon, Nettwerk Management
Tom Moon, 1000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die
Paula Moore, LP33.tv
Thurston Moore, Ecstatic Peace
Sean Moriarty, Ticketmaster
Chris Morris
Vickie Nauman, Sonos
Thao Nguyen, The Get Down Stay Down
Steve Nice, Nice Management and Consulting
Phil Nicolo, Studio 4 Recording
The Oak Ridge Boys
Michael Ochs, Michael Ochs Archives
Rikke Oexner, Roskilde Festival
Matthew Ogle, Last.fm
Monti Olson, Universal Music Publishing Group/Interscope Records
Peter Orullian, Xbox LIVE Global
Umut Ozaydinli, The Coca-Cola Company
Ira Padnos, MK Charities/Ponderosa stomp Foundation
Amanda Palmer
Panos Panay, Sonicbids
John Pantle, United Talent Agency
Ali Partovi, iLike
Clay Pasternack, CPI/Burnside Dist
Whitney Pastorek, Entertainment Weekly
Joe Nick Patoski
Bill Pearis, BrooklynVegan.com
Sandy Pearlman, McGill University
Glenn Peoples, Billboard
Mandi Perkins
Jim Pitt, NBC
Poetic Pilgrimage
Jonathan Poneman, Sub Pop Records
DJ Pooh, Cube Vision
Iggy Pop
Jonathan Potter, Digital Media Association
Ann Powers, Los Angeles Times
Jeff Price, TuneCore
Tim Quirk, Rhapsody America
Josh Rabinowitz, Grey Group
Simon Raymonde, Bella Union
Steve Reich
Johnny Rivers
Ian Rogers, Topspin
Rick Rogers, DLR Management/University College Falmouth
Gregg Rolie, Santana
Josh Rosenfeld, Barsuk Records
Jay Rosenthal, National Music Publishers' Association
Thaddeus Rudd, The Rebel Group
Portia Sabin, Kill Rock Stars
Rachael Sage, MPress Records
Alicen Schneider, NBC Universal TV Music
Alex Schulz, Reeperbahn Festival GbR
George Searle, LimeWire LLC
Gerald Seligman, WOMEX
Shearwater
Michael Shrieve, Santana
Jacob Slichter
John Simson, SoundExchange
Derek Sivers, MuckWork
Jay Sloan, ASCAP
Ethan Smith, The Wall Street Journal
Greg Sowders, Warner/Chappell
Eddie Spaghetti, Supersuckers
Jeffrey Steele, 3 Ring Circus Records
Seymour Stein, Sire Records
Jody Stephens, Ardent Music LLC
Nick Stern, 7-10 Music
John Strohm, Johnston Barton Proctor & Rose LLP
Julie Swidler, Sony Music Entertainment
Sylvain Sylvain, New York Dolls
Chris Taylor, Last Gang Records
Martin Terefe, Kensaltown Records
Nardwuar The Human Serviette
Janet Timmons, Out the Other.com
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
Geoff Travis, Rough Trade Records
Tim Tuten, Hideout
Jaan Uhelszki, Relix Magazine
Beth Urdang, Agoraphone
Sami Valkonen, Nokia Music
Steven Van Zandt, Wicked Cool Records
Don VanCleave, TAO-The Artists Organization
Andy VanDette, Masterdisk NYC
Ron Vos, Fan2Band Inc
Madonna Wade-Reed, Whoopsie Daisy
Bruce Warren, WXPN
Nan Warshaw, Bloodshot Records
Howie Weinberg
Jody Williams, BMI
Mason Williams, Rhino Entertainment
Tom Windish, The Windish Agency LLC
Norm Winer, WXRT/CBS Radio
T-Bone Wolk
David Wolter, RCA Music Group
Brian Zisk, SanFran MusicTech Summit
Danny Zook, Alien Music Services
Tom Zutaut, Stereo Pristine Music Group