Scott Andrew - lo-fi acoustic pop superhero!

Here’s a rundown of the panels I’m thinking of attending. There are way too many panels scheduled way too close together, or sometimes overlapping each other. Upside: most panels don’t start until 11:30 a.m., giving night-owl musicians ample time to roll out of bed.

Thursday March 14

11:30 – 1:00 Hilary Rosen keynote

2:45 – 4:00 Good Singin’, Good Playin’ songwriter panel, with Pat DiNizio (The Smithereens) and Caitlin Cary (Whiskeytown)

4:15 – 5:30 Singer-songwriter demo listening session.

Friday March 15

11:00 – 12:15 Performance Anxiety Workshop (should be fun, heh)

12:30 – 1:45 Websites that Work. I’m primarily going to this one to meet UK musician Toby Slater, who ended up on the panel

2:00 – 3:15 Artists vs. Technology / Shit Happens in Zeroes and Ones I think I object to the confrontational names of these panels. Artists versus technology? Sounds like FUD to me.

3:30 – 4:45 Subscription Services Hurdles To Leap. I figure this will be another bitch session about how Napster ruined everything; I might not attend.

Saturday March 16

12:00 – 1:15 Copyright in the Courts and Congress. This claims to be a discussion about legislative changes to copyright in the digital age, but I suspect it’ll be another FUD session. They’ll also talk about the recent royalty adjustments made against Internet radio.

1:30 – 2:45 Courtney Love Interview. Courtney talks loudly about how her label screwed her. If this is boring, I may duck out and attend the O Brother, Where Art Thou? discussion, where panelists will probably talk about how great the album is while secretly cursing the fact that Gillian Welch can’t be commodified for the Britney-buying public.