See You At SXSW

Topspin is hitting SXSW full force this year, nearly a full week of back-to-back music and meetings in Austin, a couple of press releases, a panel, and maybe even a few lines at Mabel Davis Park.

We’d like to see YOU there. We’re co-sponsoring Little Radio‘s music fest at Red Eyed Fly, noon to 6pm Weds March 18th through Friday March 20th. Topspin team will be in the house quite a bit over those three days, but we’ll be there FOR SURE for rock and meetup 4-6pm on Wednesday and Friday so come on through and say hello! Just don’t interrupt me when The Drones are playing, please…

On Thursday at 3:30pm I’m moderating a panel called “Do A 360 Deal With Yourself” and your attendance is required. Please mark your calendar and join me for a discussion with artists Amanda Fucking Palmer (Dresden Dolls) and John Wesley Harding, William Morris’ SuzAnn Brantner, and managers Michael McDonald and Chris Moon. We’ve been practicing and have a dance routine ready to end the panel with. You don’t want to miss this.

All week long we’ll be meeting with artists, managers, labels, and the like demo’ing the latest version of the Topspin software. We’re already pretty booked up but if you’d like us to try to find time to meet with you just drop us a note and we’ll see what we can do. If we can’t book a specific time, please just come by Red Eyed Fly between 4pm and 6pm Weds or Friday, say hello after my panel, or stop one of us with the Topspin t-shirts on the street (or at the skate park).

You can also keep decent track of Topspin whereabouts via Twitter. Here are Twitter handles of those of us from Topspin heading down to Austin:

Brad Barrish – whatevrnvrmind
Gary Brotman – garyzero
Jason Kadlec – jasonkadlec
Bob Moczydlowsky – bobmoz
Steve Patch – thetapeleader
Shamal Ranasinghe – shamalman
Ian Rogers – iancr
Valerie Syme – valeriesyme
Ty White – tywhite

Oh and don’t forget our friends from Foundry! They’ll be in town, too, along with the Twitterless Peter Gotcher and Tim Haley.

Ryan McIntyre – ryan_mcintyre
Jason Mendelson – jasonmendelson

Stalk away!

Below is the band schedule at the Little Radio/Topspin/Nudie Jeans day party shindig dance-a-thon. I will personally try to be on-hand to catch White Denim, Phosphorescent, FREELAND, Amanda Palmer, Imaad Wasif, and, of course, The Drones. Lots of other great stuff there, too. Come hang out and see it all.

WEDS MAR 18
12:40-01:00    The Upside Down
01:20-02:00    Whispertown2000
01:50-02:20    Amanda Palmer
02:20-03:00    Evangelicals
02:50-03:20    Youngmond Grand
03:20-04:00    Von Bondies
03:50-04:20    Dawes
04:20-05:00    Megafaun
04:50-05:20    Tallest Man on Earth
05:20-06:00    The Drones

THURS MAR 19
12:30-01:30    All Star Austin Super Bloody Mary Jam hosted by Jack G from Tenlons Fort
01:20-02:00    J Tillman
01:50-02:20    Imaad Wasif
02:20-03:00    Afternoons
02:50-03:20    FREELAND
03:20-04:00    Alberta Cross
03:50-04:20    Rumspringa
04:20-05:00    Viva Voce
04:50-05:20    Loch Lomond
05:20-06:00    Port O’brien

FRI MAR 20
12:40-01:00    Matt Ellis
01:20-02:00    Spindrift
01:50-02:20    Pity Party
02:20-03:00    Great Northern
02:50-03:20    MAdM
03:20-04:00    Horse Feathers
03:50-04:20    Henry Clay People
04:20-05:00    Phosphorescent
04:50-05:20    Restaurant
05:20-06:00    White Denim