Advance RSVP is available to Primary Entry badge types only. Walk-ups may be accepted on a first come, first served basis.

Mentor Sessions offer 15 minutes of one-on-one interaction with industry leaders and professionals from a variety of fields spanning interactive, film, and music.

Meeting with this mentor is highly recommended if you're interested in startups, songwriting, production (recording/mixing/mastering), synch/licensing, andphilantrophy in music.

Enter the name Eric Lilavois into any search engine, you will come across endless examples of Eric’s ability to cultivate talent, develop artists as a Producer, Songwriter, and Mentor. You discover his ability to curate moments, records, events like Make Music Pasadena, the largest free music festival on the west coast with over 30,000 in attendance, and you read stories about his presentations at SXSW, Upstream Music Festival, CMJ, conferences and colleges across the country.

You can see Eric’s full bio on his speaker page.

Registrants who sign up online must check-in 30 minutes before their mentor time slot to guarantee their spot. Limited on-site sign up is also available for a small number of Mentor Sessions spots and will begin 30 minutes before the first time slot of each session.

Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.