CarolSei's SXSW Journey: February 2012

Friday, February 17, 2012

It's Only 26 More Days!!!

Here I come SXSW! Here I come Austin! Here I come Texas!

26 more days! It couldn't come soon enough!

There are sooooo many bands, sooooo many conferences and sooooo many other things to see and do while at SXSW, it's going to be a challenge to fit all of it in .

Someone already told me that this might be the last time they see me, because my head will explode when I go to SXSW. But I'm thinkin' my head just might explode before I get there.

Oh, yes, indeedy!

Just looking at the band line-up, the conferences offered, the keynote speakers, the activities, the things to do in the city of Austin and the anticipation of my first music festival and my first airplane ride overwhelms me, but in a good way!

Only 26 more days, until the best trip of my life!

About This Blog

Long story, short...I love Texas music and Texas in general. A friend/co-worker of mine told me about SXSW and suggested that I look into getting a press pass to write news articles. I'm a DJ and the office manager at WRFL, 88.1 FM, and through WRFL, along with the WRFL concert director we're going to SXSW on press passes. YEAH :-) (Thanks to the help of many cool people and especially our awesome WRFL media adviser.) This will be my first time to SXSW, my first time out west, my first time to Texas, my first time flying on an airplane, my first time attending a music festival and many more first time anything and everything to come. Track my blog and you can keep track of my majestic journey to SXSW.

What Is SXSW?

South by Southwest (SXSW) is a music conference and festival. It was first held in 1987 in Austin, Texas. Austin has an eclectic music scene that includes blues, country, folk, jazz and rock. Central Austin claims to have more original music nightclubs in a concentrated area than any other city in the world. SXSW was created because even though Austin was a diverse and thriving music city, Austin musicians still struggled due to being isolated in the middle of Texas. SXSW was a way for musicians to reach out and bring people together to do business. National and international interest from music businesses began in the first two years of SXSW's creation. In 1994, SXSW added a film and interactive component. SXSW's goal is to crate an event that acts as tool for creative people and the companies they work with to develop careers to bring together people from a wide area to meet and share ideas, whether it's in music, film or internet.

CarolSei's SXSW Journey

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Press Passes Purchased

Friday, February 17, 2012

It's Only 26 More Days!!!