Smokey Robinson Announced as Keynote Speaker for SXSW 2010

South by Southwest has announced that the keynote speaker for the 2010 music conference will be the legendary Smokey Robinson.  Smokey Joe’s address will kick-off the 24th year of the world-renowned conference whose keynote speakers from recent years have included Lou Reed, Pete Townshend and Neil Young… In other SXSW updates, the conference has partnered with 99designs for a contest to choose the official 2010 t-shirt. Head here for more info on how to enter a design. Stay tuned for more SXSW updates…

Santa Barbara will never be the same...

As we’re recovering from VMS, it seems like the fall is now the new season for must-attend music conferences, CMJ will be in full effect at the end of October and this week, New Noise Santa Barbara will take place October 8-10, 2009. The three-day event is a music and digital media conference that will showcase emerging and established acts, as well as host educational panels. The diverse speaker line-up will feature influential media players such as Pandora founder Tim Westergren to Hopeless Records’ Louis Posen, while the artist line-up includes Michael Franti & Spearhead, Edward Sharpe, Rob Roy and Avi Buffalo, to name a few. Sounds like a great time in beautiful Santa Barbara…

For more info, log on to: www.NewNoiseSB.com