I got do my first-ever live show of The nsavides Podcast a couple of weeks ago, and I was honored to get to do that as an official event at SXSW 2018. Last episode, I posted the audio from my live podcast at SXSW. On this episode, I will discuss some of the installations, key notes and sessions, films, and music shows that stuck out for me.

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The Ready Player One Experience was the most notable SXSW installation I saw.

I’m combining those seemingly disparate areas because they’re all interconnected: Techniques musicians use to get attention can also relate to filmmakers, technologists at SXSW were taking cues from filmmakers and musicians, and so on. Plus, the festival itself declares that it is dedicated to “helping creative people achieve their goals,” and so we might learn a few things about collaboration by exploring all the different ways that SXSW does that.

A large part of this episode includes discussions about the various film, music, and interactive keynotes and sessions that I heard either at the festival, or after the fact through videos and audio files uploaded to the SXSW YouTube and Soundcloud pages.

SXSW 2018 Recap sections

Since this episode is over 2.5 hours long, so I’m including time stamps for the start types of some of the different categories. Note that sometimes the timestamp may vary somewhat on the web player.

• Installations: 9:31
• Film keynotes & sessions: 23:40
• Interactive keynotes & sessions: 55:24
• Music keynotes & sessions: 1:41:45
• Films: 1:48:47
• Music shows: 1:54:20
• My take: 2:02:38

Scroll down to RELATED THINGS to get my favorite discoveries from the festival.  Next episode, I’ll include an interview with another music discovery I made at the festival. Without further ado, here is my SXSW 2018 recap:

Want more coverage from SXSW? If so, you might be interested in the interactive and music coverage I did at SXSW 2017. That episode also includes my recap of my festival experience that year.

Show notes for that episode are here.

In the episode, I mentioned that I was impressed by the band description for Joshua Burnside. Some music industry professionals like Wade Sutton actually specialize in helping bands write bios. To learn more about how Wade works with musicians to make their shows more engaging, check this interview I did with him.

Show notes for that episode are here.

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She was friendly enough, so I took a photo with this Evernote rep. 

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SXSW 2018 Recap – Sessions Discussed

• Ari Herstand
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Barry Jenkins
• Bernie Sanders
• Chris O’Neill
• Daniel Glass
• DANIELS
• Darren Arronfosky
• Elon Musk
• Esther Perel
• Ethan Hawke
• Ezra Klein
• Keith Urban
• Ray Kurzweil
• Rian Johnson with Mark Hamill
• Tim Ferriss
• Tim Gray
• Sadiq Khan
• Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Whurley

Books Mentioned

• Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
• Quantum Computing for Babies
• The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
• Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

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Films & Shows Mentioned

• Agave: The Spirit of a Nation
• Black Panther
• Blaze
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
• Damsel 
• Dead Poets Society 
• The Director and The Jedi
• Everything is a Remix
• Jacob’s Ladder
• Jerry Maguire 
• Moonlight
• Mother!
• Oblivion
• Pitch Perfect
• Ready Player One
• Spheres (VR)
• Sriracha
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi 
• Swiss Army Man
• Together (VR)
• Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn 
• Westworld 
• Wild Honey Pie!#

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Musicians Mentioned

• Ari Herstand
• Childish Gambino
• Chvrches
• The Givers
• Jade Bird
• Joshua Burnside
• Keith Urban
• Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam
• Tank and the Bangas
• Todd Rundgren
• Vampire Weekend
• Wye Oak

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