> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.hypebot.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # SXSW Music Panel Highlights: Stars and CEOs On The Art and Business Of Music - URL: https://www.hypebot.com/sxsw-music-panel-highlights-stars-and-ceos-on-the-art-and-business-of-music/ - Published: 2014-03-17T13:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2014-03-17T13:00:00.000Z - Description: SXSW Music 2014 may be as full of people talking as there are making music. Sometimes that's a good thing especially when artists and business people have something insightful to. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/03/sxsw-music-panel-highlights-stars-and-ceos-on-the-art-and-busi - Author: admin - Tags: Conventions & Awards, Music Business, Music Tech, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:38 [![Sxsw-music-2014](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a511877d61970c-150wi "Sxsw-music-2014")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a511877d61970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com) SXSW Music 2014 may be as full of people talking as there are making music. Sometimes that's a good thing especially when artists and business people have something insightful to say. Here's a cross-section of interesting quotes from a variety of panels that included the members of Blondie, Melissa Etheridge, Neil Young and multiple startup CEOs. **Blondie's Drummer on Dance Music** Blondie's [Clem Burke](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-sxsw-2014-diddy-blondie-disruption-disco-20140312,0,3264296.story?ref=hypebot.com): "Dance was as subversive as punk to me. Us doing 'Heart of Glass' was our way of pissing off people in our own circles." **Discovery is a Human Thing** TastemakerX CEO [Mark Ruxin](http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/branding/5930479/beats-music-ceo-ian-rogers-on-sxsw-man-vs-machine-panel-i-havent?ref=hypebot.com): “People turn people on to music…I don’t think it matters whether it’s a DJ at XMU or David Fricke at Rolling Stone.” **The Value of Music** Thievery Corporation's [Eric Hilton](http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2014-03-13/sxsw-panel-love-the-art-fuck-the-artist/?ref=hypebot.com): “People have to be reminded that music is art.” Lawyer [Leslie Frank](http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2014-03-13/sxsw-panel-fighting-for-their-rights-a-discussion-on-the-beastie-boys/?ref=hypebot.com): “The fact that we call ‘art’ ‘content’ drives me insane.” **On Licensing Music for Commercials** [Melissa Etheridge](http://www.kansascity.com/2014/03/15/4892294/melissa-etheridge-talks-personal.html?ref=hypebot.com): "They \[her kids\] liked the song \[from a commercial\], so they took out their (phone), Shazammed it and then bought it…I thought, 'What? Wait a minute.' The middle can be bypassed if I reach the right people." "Kids don't think using your art in a commercial is a bad thing. It's a good thing … It can be part of my artistry, too." **Speaking of Pono Music** [Neil Young](http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/5930488/neil-young-on-pono-raising-16-million-in-24-hrs-on?ref=hypebot.com) on working with the major labels: "I know it took us a long time to get this stuff, but in the end they gave it to us. We didn’t have to pay a fortune for this. We talked to them, and they know we are them." "We’re not a tech company. We’re a music company. That’s a huge difference. We are music. That’s all we’re here for. And we want music to be as good as it can be." After dodging a question about Pono's take, CEO [John Hamm](http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/5930433/whats-your-cut-neil-youngs-pono-talk-at-sxsw-gets-awkward?ref=hypebot.com) to moderator: "We can end it." **More:** - [Watch Lady Gaga's SXSW Keynote: 'Don't Sell Out, Sell In'](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/03/watch-lady-gagas-sxsw-keynote-dont-sell-out-sell-in-.html) *Hypebot Senior Contributor Clyde Smith ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/fluxresearch?ref=hypebot.com)/[Facebook](http://www.fluxresearch.com/?ref=hypebot.com)) is currently relaunching [All World Dance](http://www.allworlddance.com/?ref=hypebot.com). To suggest topics about music tech, DIY music biz or music marketing for Hypebot, contact:* clyde(at)fluxresearch(dot)com .