Headlines

December 04, 2008

Quincy Jones named SXSW keynote...

SXSW | Read Full Story >

Impresario and multi-Grammy winning producer, composer, and arranger Quincy Jones will deliver the keynote address at the 2009 South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin, TX on March 19th, 2009 it was announced today. A longtime humanitarian who produced and conducted the historic “We Are The World” recording benefiting Ethiopian famine relief, Jones is expected to discuss the power of music to influence and create positive change in the world and the responsibility of the artist to use their craft to bring people together for the betterment of mankind.


Post a comment

Previous comments include

#1 thirteenburn says:

Uh, why?

The keynote speaker at SXSW. Huh. So what in the fuck does Quincy Jones have to do with anything other then maybe producing records for Michael "Pedophile" Jackson? What's next, Wayne Newton joining and then producing Metallica?

I have a feeling that this will only succeed in fucking up the spirt of SXSW. It's been losing that spirit for the last three or four years to begin with, and this sure as Hell won't help. Too many un-rock & roll indie bands showing up and now Quincy Jones.

Jesus...how fucking stupid...

"Make the world a better place and punch an indie band member in the face...repeatedly."


Click Here