San Diego Music Thing Adds Featured Speakers
SAN DIEGO MUSIC THING ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL BAND LINE UPAND SPEAKERS : SWAMP DOGG AND JACK GRISHAM 
The San Diego Music Thing music and media conference, taking place on Thursday September 11th through Saturday September 13th has added additional bands to the festival line up including Cults, Colony House, The Griswolds, The Hood Internet, Mini Mansions, Cherry Glazzr and more. The full lineup can be viewed HERE. Festival passes and single day wristbands can be purchased HERE. Joining Moby as featured speakers during the conference portion of San Diego Music Thing are Swamp Dogg and Jack Grisham. Jerry “Swamp Dogg” Williams is a songwriter, producer, and cult hero. Swamp Dogg is best known for his boundary pushing brand of R&B that has been cited as a major influence on contemporary artists such as Jack White and The Black Keys. A native of Southern California, Jack Grisham is an activist, musician and published author best known as the front man for the politically charged hardcore punk band T.S.O.L (True Sounds of Liberty). T.S.O.L rose to underground fame during the Regan era with their politically charged and aggressive music and riot inducing shows. Grisham has gone on to launch additional music endeavours, Joykiller, Jack Grisham and the Manic Low, in 2011 published his first novel An American Demon : A Memoir and ran for Governor of California in 2003. A full list of speakers and panelists can be found HERE. This year also marks the introduction of SDMTU, a music business boot camp developed for college students looking to pursue careers in the music industry. SDMTU will be lead by Storm Gloor, a professor of Music and Entertainment Industry Studies at the University of Colorado in Denver (National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences member, Music Business Associate member) and will take place on Thursday September 11 from 12pm-5pm. Registration and information can be found HERE ABOUT SAN DIEGO MUSIC THINGSponsored by Blue Moon Brewing Company and the City of San Diego’s Commission for Arts and Culture, all proceeds from the San Diego Music Thing benefit the San Music Foundation, a non-profit that develops music programs throughout San Diego County. The original program was "Guitars for Schools,” a partnership with Taylor Guitars to introduce guitar to music curricula in San Diego schools, as both a way to augment existing programs and to offset the loss of arts instruction due to budget cuts. Since it's inception the program has helped over 45,000 students from grades K -12.
The San Diego Music Thing music and media conference, taking place on Thursday September 11th through Saturday September 13th has added additional bands to the festival line up including Cults, Colony House, The Griswolds, The Hood Internet, Mini Mansions, Cherry Glazzr and more. The full lineup can be viewed HERE. Festival passes and single day wristbands can be purchased HERE. Joining Moby as featured speakers during the conference portion of San Diego Music Thing are Swamp Dogg and Jack Grisham. Jerry “Swamp Dogg” Williams is a songwriter, producer, and cult hero. Swamp Dogg is best known for his boundary pushing brand of R&B that has been cited as a major influence on contemporary artists such as Jack White and The Black Keys. A native of Southern California, Jack Grisham is an activist, musician and published author best known as the front man for the politically charged hardcore punk band T.S.O.L (True Sounds of Liberty). T.S.O.L rose to underground fame during the Regan era with their politically charged and aggressive music and riot inducing shows. Grisham has gone on to launch additional music endeavours, Joykiller, Jack Grisham and the Manic Low, in 2011 published his first novel An American Demon : A Memoir and ran for Governor of California in 2003. A full list of speakers and panelists can be found HERE. This year also marks the introduction of SDMTU, a music business boot camp developed for college students looking to pursue careers in the music industry. SDMTU will be lead by Storm Gloor, a professor of Music and Entertainment Industry Studies at the University of Colorado in Denver (National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences member, Music Business Associate member) and will take place on Thursday September 11 from 12pm-5pm. Registration and information can be found HERE ABOUT SAN DIEGO MUSIC THINGSponsored by Blue Moon Brewing Company and the City of San Diego’s Commission for Arts and Culture, all proceeds from the San Diego Music Thing benefit the San Music Foundation, a non-profit that develops music programs throughout San Diego County. The original program was "Guitars for Schools,” a partnership with Taylor Guitars to introduce guitar to music curricula in San Diego schools, as both a way to augment existing programs and to offset the loss of arts instruction due to budget cuts. Since it's inception the program has helped over 45,000 students from grades K -12.
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