Keynote Speaker: Kim Fowley

The musical renaissance artist has failed, struggled and triumphed in the entertainment industry for nearly fifty years, an eccentric figure that has always been on the pulse, whether mainstream or underground audiences were aware of it or not. From rock and roll to psychedelia to punk and to metal, Kim Fowley's been there, bringing his unique, intense and otherworldly personality to music. Doubly stricken and doubly conquering both polio and cancer, he has a survivalist attitude where each day should be lived like its his last. Often seen in garish fashions and make-up, he's like the bastard alien father of David Bowie with the libido of Hugh Heffner on crack. He's also sold over 100 million records by working with the likes of The Byrds, Cat Stevens, Helen Reddy, The Plastic Ono Band, The Runaways, Alice Cooper, Kiss and Guns 'n' Roses, to name but a few. He's also the man in the United States that first spotted the talent of a certain guitarist called Jimi Hendrix. Unsurprisingly, he has a tale to tell about every single rock and roll encounter.

Confirmed Panelists

Garrett Capone (91X)
Lisa Worden (KROQ)
Gary Gorman (Atlantic Records)
Christine Chiappetta (Island Def Jam Records)
Kevin Stapleford (X1FM.com)
Tazy Phillips (KROG The Rogue / skaparade.com)
Nic Adler (The Roxy)
Kristin Rolla (Myspace Music)
Abe Burns (Variety)
Matthew Bates (Slacker.com)
Josh Feingold (SESAC)
Scott Pactor (Law Office Of Scott Pactor)
Scott Sheldon (RM64.com)
Mitchell Frank (Spaceland)
Tim Mays  (The Casbah)
Glenn Litwak (Law Offices of Litwak & Havkin)
Allison Shaw (.music)
Sven-Erik Seaholm (Recording Engineer/Producer)
Brooke Burt (Indigenous Promotions)
Traa Daniels (musician, P.O.D.)
Tom DeSavia (Notable Music)
Jennifer Knoepfle (Sony/ATV Music Publishing)
Jon Granat (Chrysalis Publishing)
Marc Wilson (Warner Chappell Music)
David Branfman (Branfman Law Group, P.C.)
Paul Mirowski (Mirowski & Associates)
Michael Hoisington (Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP)
Valerie Nemeth (Law offices of Valerie Nemeth)
Wendy Brynford-Jones (Hello Wendy PR)
Lilledeshan Bose (OC Weekly)
Jo-Ann Geffen (JAG PR)
Josh Mills (It's Alive Media)
Steve Baltin (AOL's spinner)
Jeff Kreinik (Front Gate Tickets)
Tom Gimbel (Clatterhead)
Jason Fisher (Epitaph Records)
Larry Weintraub (Fanscape)
Sara Berkowitz (Viper Room)
John-Ryan Shea (AVicious)
Jeremy Glaholt (AVicious)
Bryan Stratman (HYENA band)
Megan Pogoda (Pogoda Live Visual)
Robbie Lloyd (Silva Artist Management)
Kristen Worden-Harris (Croshal Entertainment Group)
Steve Nice (Nice Management)
Bradshaw Lambert (GBL Media Management)
Jake Livingston (Epic Records)
Alex Vargas (Law offices of Alex J. Vargas)
James Clayton (Law offices of James Clayton)
Jeff Leven (Davis Shapiro Lewit & Hayes, LLP)
John Pantle (Agency for the Performing Arts)
Steve Poltz (Touring musician)
Kristian Dunn (Touring musician, El Ten Eleven)
Ron Sobel (North Star Media)
Jeff Brabek (Chrysalis Music Publishing)
Todd Brabek (book author, former ASCAP VP)
Brian Sharp (Century Media)
Chris Trovero (Epitaph Records)
Matt Halverson (Lefse Records / Waaga Records)
Adrienne Lake (Bloat Records)
George Varga (Union Tribune)
AJ Croce (Touring musician)
Brian Karcsig (Louie XIV)
John Reis (Rocket From the Crypt, Swami Records)

Exene Cervenka (X)
Mike Locke (Rhino Records)
Tim Sweeney (Tim Sweeney & Assocaites)
Phil Palazolo (Producer/Engineer, The New Pornographers)
Tavi Shabestari (BMI)
Etan Rosenbloom (ASCAP)
Stefan Goldby (buzzine.com)
Jeff Becker (J2X Media)
Mark Gorlick (The Collective)
Roggie Bae (RajiWorld Tour Consultants)
Caroline Yim (ICM)
Mike Halloran
Ben Patterson (DashGo.com)
Daryl G. Berg  (Fuel TV, Fox Cable Networks)
Richard Laing (Sub Pop Records)
Pete Klockau (Bloodshot Records)