SXSW - Austin, TX (Days 1 and 2)

So we're in Austin, TX for this huge music festival called 'South By
Southwest' (or 'SXSW' OR 'South By' if you're really hip). There's like
1,000+ bands at this thing. It's pretty crazy! There's pretty much like
an 8 block radius that is all zoned off for the festival. Every single
bar and venue in that area is having a show - all day long. Shows even
go until like 2am.

Anyways, we left San Marcos, TX yesterday and headed to Austin. We got
to the festival around 5pm. We got hooked up with passes to the
Purevolume indoor tent. The tent is open all day/night and there's free
drinks the whole time. Not too shabby. Unfortunately, the Purevolume
pass is the only pass we all have. This makes it pretty hard to get
into shows, considering that you need a wristband or a badge to get into
most of them. (All access badges cost about $475 per band member..) So
far, we've figured out ways to weasel our way into a few shows (we knew
bands playing the shows..).

We don't really have a lot going on while we're down here. The guys are
actually jumping on a show at the Purevolume tent tonight, so that
should be cool. (Ahh....the power of networking.) We have an acoustic
show and a few interviews on Saturday.

A few people from our label and our booking agent are down here. It's
nice to see them! We're staying with our buddy, Chad, from back home. He
moved down here to work for the SXSW festival. We're basically taking
over his apartment from now until Sunday. Thanks a lot Chad! All in
all, things are going well.