You can download the full documentary in HD on their website.

As a side note, it’s because of PressPausePlay that I now have an IMDB page.

This year I have again submitted an idea for a talk at SXSW and the public voting process has now started. This time I have decided not to submit a panel idea like in previous years but I want to try something different: Ben Perreau and I will debate on the influence of Public Broadcasters on digital music innovation and its positive and negative effects, you can find the whole description below.

As always we appreciate your votes in the SXSW PanelPicker and feel free to leave comments about what we should cover in our debate.

This is the idea we suggested:

Public media & digital music innovation: a debate

This debate will consider digital innovation in an environment with public broadcasters. Jonas Woost (Executive producer for Radio 3 at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) will defend their role and Ben Perreau (Director of digital content at Global Radio / previously an entrepreneur) will consider the negative effects.

Public broadcasters have long played a vital role in media, not only by providing citizens with independent information but also through universal entertainment. Publicly-funded organizations like CBC and NPR have tirelessly championed new music, supported artists that struggle to find audiences on commercial outlets and helped provide a test-bed for innovation. On the other hand public broadcasters, free from the constraints of commerce, have strayed into areas where private enterprise might. As a result, countless innovations from the likes of startups and commercial businesses may never have come to light. To what extent does this inhibit plurality and the economies of places where public broadcasters operate?

Questions answered

• Should/shouldn’t public broadcasters develop digital music products such as streaming services, social music etc?
• How do public broadcasters compete with digital music services from commercial providers?
• With the difficulty in finding investment for digital music services should public broadcasters consider investing in this sector?
• With VCs and advertising clients looking for a quick return when dealing with digital music services, do public broadcasters and their ‘long view’ provide a useful alternative?
• How can public broadcasters continue to support niche or emerging music in a digital context that might not find exposure on commercial outlets?

This year I have submitted not one but two panels since I will attend the Interactive as well as the Music part – one idea for each part of the conference.

I would appreciate if you could vote for my ideas in the SXSW PanelPicker, this is what I’m suggesting:

1. Digital Content: What Books Should Learn From CDs

I always found it fascinating that other content industries have difficulties learning from the mistakes of the music industry from the last ten years. This panel will invite people from the music and book publishing industries and discuss what they can learn from each other. You can vote here.

2. Entrepreneurs in Music

I will invite different music entrepreneurs and compare how they’re making it in their respective fields. Starting with a musician I will also get a start-up CEO, a indie record label boss and a band manager on the panel and talk about the joy and struggle of working independently in music. You can vote here.

Voting closes 27th August. Also, make sure you support my fellow OpenMusicMedia organizers, you can find a list of their suggested panels here.

Being ‘home’ also means it’s back to work for me so after a six month hiatus this blog will become active again. Lots of exciting things happening already and my notebook is full of notes, ideas, thoughts and to-dos. I loved my time off and feel very refreshed but I have to admit that I do look forward to getting back into ‘it’ again.

Saying that, my first day ‘in the office’ was actually last month I moderated my panel at SXSW which I thoroughly enjoyed. I came across this little video of our panel on YouTube so if you haven’t been there you will be able to see what we looked like. Unfortunately this is only 45 seconds long so that’s all you’ll be able to see.

My suggestion for SXSW 2011: make sure the first name is on the name signs as well, a few people came up to me after our talk calling me Mr Woost (which made me feel odd).

I haven’t had an iPhone/Blackberry for four months and of course haven’t been working. But I also haven’t produced a radio show (in fact have hardly listened to any new music), haven’t been involved with the new OpenMusicMedia events and haven’t even been blogging.

I spent the last four months in South America with Raila and feel truely relaxed – in fact I’m surprised how easy it was to disconnect from my life in London. We are moving to Canada soon so I have been ‘homeless’ since we left and all my belongings boil down to a 15kg Deuter backpack. I have two pairs of trousers and two jumpers.

Nevertheless (or perhaps because of all this) I look forward to getting back into something you can call a ‘normal routine’. And for me this routine will start with something fun:

I’m moderating a panel at SXSW in Austin this year, the topic of our discussion is ‘how will we listen to music in 2020‘. I will be joined on stage on the 17th March by Alexander Ljung (SoundCloud), Ben Perreau (Gigulate) and Steve Savoca (Domino). With such speakers this should be an intersting talk, if there is anything specifically you want to see discussed, feel free to post a comment here.

If you are at SXSW as well please let me know, would be good to meet you there: jonas(at)jonaswoost(dot)com.

PS: if you’re more intersted in my time off rather than SXSW you can find some pictures here and you can follow me on twitter here.

I know you might be sick of hearing about it by now but if you can please have a look at my SXSW panel and vote. Thanks.

You can listen to this show here.

1. Alias ‘Unseen Sights’
2. Ulrich Schnauss ‘On My Own’
3. The New Pornographers ‘All The Things That Go To Make Heaven And Earth’
4. Cansei De Ser Sexy ‘Let’s Make Love And Listen Death From Above’
5. Phosphorescent ‘Wolves’
6. Nina Gordon ‘Straight Outta Compton’
7. Seu Jorge ‘Life On Mars?’
8. Lightspeed Champion ‘Stay The Fuck Away From Me’
9. Iron & Wine ‘Boy With A Coin’
10. Feist ‘My Moon My Man’ (Boys Noize Classic Mix)
11. Daft Punk ‘Human After All’ (SebastiAn Remix)
12. Modeselektor ’2000007 feat. TTC’
13. Tes ‘New New York’

Looking into the past is vital but also fairly easy. The future is the tricky one and for some the most fascinating: I want to find out how we will consume recorded music in 10 years from now but to find some good answers I might need some help.

This is how I came up with my idea for a panel at SXSW next year in Austin. As you might know, they encourage people to come up with ideas for a panel or presentation and post them on their website for anyone to vote on.

Of course you guessed it by now: please vote for my panel suggestion at the SXSW 2010 Panelpicker. You can see from my description on there what I’m trying to do. Also, please suggest people that should be on that panel by posting a comment here or on the Panelpicker. Maybe I won’t be the only one that’s trying to promote themselves.

So, I got back this morning from my trip to Austin, caught some sleep and am working on my next heute:pop:morgen radio show which will cover the event. Well, I’m going to play tracks of the artists I saw there and basically make everyone jealous and tell them what a great time I had.

It was a hot one (30C+) and it was my birthday last Wednesday. Doesn’t happen very often that I have a margarita at 1.30pm in the sunshine on my birthday. I meant to blog from there as well but there was just no time to sit down for 30 min and do this…

One highlight for me was surly Boys Noize which was absolutely insane and they ended up throwing him in the crowd and everyone was loving it. Maybe an odd one as he was one of the very few DJs is saw at the official SXSW showcases. Amazing nevertheless.

Another band I was hugely enjoying was This Will Destroy You, a band from Texas who I had never heard before. This was one of those SXSW moment where a friend tells you that you should come and check out this band (thanks for the recommendation Anthony) and then you are totally blown away. They seem to be playing in London soon as well.

Other highlights include Sia (she is a bit middle of the road but I just always liked her), Lightspeed Champion (live much better than the album), Frightened Rabbit (the Scotts know what they are doing), Bon Iver (shame about the sound problems but I loved it), Kimya Dawson (was watching that in between tons of 15 to 17 year olds who knew all the lyrics) Emmy The Great (Cute!) and N.E.R.D. (normally not my thing but what a great show). Songs of all those will be featured on my next heute:pop:morgen show.

On the more industry side there was one thing I notice straight away: there was no complaining. When you go to conferences like Midem of Popkomm you hear a lot of companies complaining about the way their business is going but in Austin you have nothing of that. I see a few reasons for that:
1. The companies I have been meeting which are typically the bigger independent labels are actually doing quite well at the moment. From what I hear they are now getting some good income from a bunch of digital services and they can also sustain some good CD sales
2. When you go to SXSW you can see that the Music Industry has still got one very flourishing arm: the live part. There are 1800 bands playing in (often) packed venues over the course of a week, it’s difficult to then start complaining about how no one wants to spend any money on music. Admittedly many of the people at those gigs are working in the industry but when you walk down 6th Street in Austin on Friday night you only see very few badges
3. Well, it’s SXSW: fantastic music, great weather, plenty of margaritas, excellent Mexican food. Not really good moaning conditions.

I think think this is all I can squeeze out of my jetlagged brain right now, I’m sure there will be more to come about SXSW. Oh and I took a few pictures as well. Actually just a very few, didn’t want to take my camera around all day and night: www.flickr.com/photos/pete_bug/sets/72157604137769936/

And I will of course try and blog as much as I can but it’s difficult to say how much laptop time I will have…

If you are going to the SXSW confernce in Austin next week and you have a Last.fm profile your life is getting a lot easier now: we have developed a tool that recommends you bands that are playing at SXSW based on your music taste. Everyone who’s been before knows that it can be tricky to find all your favourite gigs down there since there are 1500+ bands performing. Also, join the group: www.last.fm/group/SXSW+Music

I’ll be there too so I hope I see you in Texas!