I think I write this almost every post, but holy crap it's been a while since I updated this thing! I'm not going to sit here and make too many excuses, but let's just say I've been hella busy and leave it at that.
So, where have I been? Well I just returned from an 11 day trip to Austin, TX for the 2009 SXSW. It was a great time, but very exhausting. We were working anywhere from 10-14 hour days, then networking at night. We had a great promotion for our client throughout the interactive, film, and music portions of the festival. I also met some great people from Revision3 - an online TV channel. Check it out - they have some cool stuff! Check out the episode of Scam School with our client's van in the episode.
By the time the music portion of SXSW was rolling around, I was exhausted! I was able to catch up with long time friend, Jason Vigil, who (I heard) put on a great performance at his showcase. Way to go Jason! A nice long night of 6 hours of sleep got me rested and ready to go for the rest of the music week. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see nearly as many bands as I had hoped. Late nights of work restricted the music I was able to catch. I did get to see Jane's Addiction sound check for the Playboy Party...and got to be at the party (by the way, the bunnies really aren't that hot). Dave Navarro still knows how to play guitar pretty well.
Probably the highlight performance that I saw was Janelle Monae at the Levi's Fader Fort. She has a great voice, and her stage presence just blows the whole show out of the water. Very entertaining to watch, that is for sure.
We had a great new band from the UK play in our client's vehicle (performance will be posted soon) - We Have Band. Very down to earth people and humble. We checked out their show that night, and they put on a great performance. Definitely check them out!
All in all, it was a fun but exhausting week. I think I'm still recovering...hopefully one of these days I can catch up! Including posting more on here. If you were at SXSW, share you're favorite bands with me!
