Anny

The president and energy behind Savvant Music Corporation, Anny brings a passion for music, a head for business, and 15 years of management experience to this leadership role. Anny provides the vision of change in the music industry, genuine concern for and focus on the success of the artists, not just the business. With an in-depth technical background in computer sciences and years of management experience in customer support, process development and technical development, Anny knows how to use the internet and technical breakthroughs to create new paradigms in industry. Coupled with great artists, music industry veteran-advisors and enthusiastic music lovers, we know this is a winning combination for new music, artist and business success.

The Answer – Incredible rock and roll

The Answer - Incredible rock and roll

I managed to catch an acoustic set by the up and coming rock band The Answer, an awesome group from Northern Ireland, earlier in the week, and I was really impressed, so Friday night (or early Saturday morning) found us back at Latitude 30 to check out how this group sounds live. The answer is [...]

Lou Reed’s SXSW Keynote Interview

Entertaining repartee delivered with scintillating irony was the form of the day as rock icon Lou Reed was interviewed by good friend and music producer Hal Willner. Willner introduced Reed as the man who is to rock and roll what Miles Davis is to jazz, as Lou has literally changed the face of rock and [...]

Belfast and Nashville Rock Austin at SXSW

Our musical adventures today started a little after three pm at the SXSW British Music Embassy Party at Latidude 30 celebrating the sister cities relationship between Nashville and Belfast. I went there to see Beth Nielsen-Chapman, who is slated to play in Colorado this fall at Women Rock the Rialto, a fund-raiser for the Women’s [...]

Mississippi Blues at Nuno’s

Wow! Everything’s happening so fast I’m finding it awfully difficult to find time to write about it all! I’ll get caught up soon, I promise. Meanwhile, just a quick update on an amazing Monday night.

Bob and I were walking down 6th Street here in Austin on our way to a SXSW party, and as we [...]

SXSW panels: Growing an online community

This weekend at SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas, I caught a couple of cool panel discussions and presentations about how to grow on-line communities and how to leverage the strength and creativity of crowds. I wanted to share these learnings here on the Savvant Music blogs because it’s so important in what we’re trying [...]

SXSW: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg

Wow, I was really excited about the opportunity to hear Mark Zuckerberg, 23-year old billionare CEO and founder of Facebook tell us how it was done, and share his vision of the future today at SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas. Unfortunately, I, along with a few thousand others, was disappointed due in large part to [...]

Off to SXSW 2008

Wow! Time for SXSW already! Every March we go down to Austin eagerly hoping to find that fresh, exciting group that everyone else has overlooked,
The problem is, they’re hard to find! At SXSW even industry “outsiders” such as we are likely to get “tips” on artists to see — after all, most of the attendees [...]

What’s it all about?

Welcome to Savvant Music, our blog giving you my take on the world of music in a variety of arenas.  We’ll keep you updated on our progress as Savvant Music works to drive change in this challenging business and creative environment of today’s music industry. You can follow our search for incredible, barrier breaking artists [...]