Sessions at SXSW Interactive 2012 about Music on Sunday 11th March

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• Music Apps Gone Wild

  by Eliot Van Buskirk

  Everyone's heard of I Am T-Pain, Pandora, and Turntable.fm but app developers on the next bleeding edge are pushing the envelope with features from the stunningly practical to the wildly "out-there" that many within the industry may not have heard of before. Within these entertaining apps lies advanced technology with practical applications across the board. Let's take a tour of the most advanced, wackiest music apps that exist -- or are on their way to existing.

  • Music
  • Music Technology

  At 1:30pm to 1:45pm, Sunday 11th March

  In Texas Ballroom 4-7, Hyatt Regency Austin

  Coverage audio clip

• Backplane's Managers Hack

  Backplane presents the Managers Hack, a global hackathon dedicated to building the future of digital music distribution. Hacker participation is invite only.

  • Hacking
  • Music
  • Needs RSVP

  At 2:00pm to 10:00pm, Sunday 11th March

  In Hotel St Cecilia

• Conduit Corner Happy Hours

  RELAX and RECHARGE with Wifi, Power up stations, DJ sets, back-rubs and more.
  REFUEL on exclusive macaroni and cheese and FREE Beer.

  • Beer
  • Charging Station
  • Music
  • Recharging

  At 4:00pm to 7:00pm, Sunday 11th March

• Data Mining Music

  by Paul Lamere

  Data mining is the process of extracting patterns and knowledge from large data sets. It has already helped revolutionized fields as diverse as advertising and medicine. In this talk we dive into mega-scale music data such as the Million Song Dataset (a recently released, freely-available collection of detailed audio features and metadata for a million contemporary popular music tracks) to help us get a better understanding of the music and the artists that perform the music.

  We explore how we can use music data mining for tasks such as automatic genre detection, song similarity for music recommendation, and data visualization for music exploration and discovery. We use these techniques to try to answers questions about music such as: Which drummers use click tracks to help set the tempo? or Is music really faster and louder than it used to be? Finally, we look at techniques and challenges in processing these extremely large datasets.

  • Data Mining
  • Music

  At 5:00pm to 6:00pm, Sunday 11th March

  In Rio Grande, Hilton Garden Inn Austin Downtown

  Coverage slide deck audio clip

• Safe Harbor Room

  The Safe Harbor Room is a place for people in recovery to meet during SXSW. The sessions are informal and supportive. SXSW is a challenging atmosphere for those who choose sobriety. All are welcome to come to the Safe Harbor Room to meet with like-minded attendees.

  • Music

  At 6:15pm to 7:15pm, Sunday 11th March

  In Room 5ABC, Austin Convention Center

• FLUENT Party Rock

  Kick off SXSW with the FLUENT team by Party Rocking it up at Maria Maria.
  Featuring live performances by Mobb Deep and DJ Mikey Millions and much
  more! RSVP http://fluentsxsw.eventbrite.com/

  • Music
  • Needs RSVP
  • Party

  At 7:00pm to 11:00pm, Sunday 11th March

  In Maria Maria La Cantina Patio

• PBS Party celebrating @MasterpiecePBS "Sherlock"

  by Steven Moffat and Sue Vertue

  Meet part of the team behind @MasterpiecePBS "Sherlock": Emmy-nominated creator Steven Moffat (of “Doctor Who” fame) and his wife, series producer Sue Vertue. Music, food, pictures, autographs, t-shirts, fun & suds.

  • Music
  • Party

  At 8:00pm to 1:30am, Sunday 11th March

  In The Parish

• SapientNitro SXSW 2012 Party

  Everyone knows Idea Engineers throw the best parties. Join us for free booze! DJ Spider! Grand prize giveaway! Oh and free booze!

  • Music
  • Party

  At 8:00pm to 10:00pm, Sunday 11th March

  In Roial

• The Nokia Lab @ SXSW Interactive

  Showcasing DJ and live music performances from the FADER FORT, brought to you by Converse.

  Housed in a first-of-its kind structure for SXSW, the 3-domed Nokia Lab located at 2nd and Brazos will give SXSW Interactive attendees an engaging sneak peek behind the scenes, as it relocates its R&D lab from snowy northern Finland to warm central Texas. Guests will have the opportunity to check out the new Nokia Lumia portfolio of Windows Phone devices, including the much-anticipated Lumia 900 from AT&T and the recently launched Lumia 710 and 800 devices. In conjunction with The FADER FORT Presented by Converse, Nokia will be showcasing DJs and Live Music with three nights of teaser performances during SXSW Interactive at the Nokia Lab.

  Check out Nokia's official blog at http://conversations.nokia.com/s... for all of Nokia’s activities at SXSW 2012!

  Full Nokia Lab Schedule:
  Saturday, March 10 4:00pm-8:30pm - FADER DJ Sets
  Sunday, March 11 8:00pm-1:00am - Deniro Ferrar, Hood Internet, and more
  Monday, March 12 4:00pm-8:30pm - Gigamesh, Oberhofer, XV, and more
  Tuesday, March 13 4:00pm-8:30pm - Cassian, 2 Chainz, Free Energy, and more

  • Music
  • Nokia
  • Party

  At 8:00pm to 1:00am, Sunday 11th March

• @NIGHT Hosted by Mozilla Firefox

  Performances by Nosaj Thing, Fred Falke and Anoraak (DJ Set). lrnevl.com/FEED2012

  • feed2012
  • Music
  • Party
  • Performance

  At 9:00pm to 12:00pm, Sunday 11th March