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Free Parties at SXSW 2010
Clearly, one of the largest music festivals in the U.S. every year, SXSW is also a very expensive event, should you purchase one of the official badges, which gives you a lot of access to their sanctioned events around Austin during the Festival. There are always a slate of FREE parties, often serving free alcohol and food. With the state of the economy, this will be an especially popular route to experience SXSW this year and Groovemine has picked out the best parties to attend. Austin correspondent, Rosa Barnes, reports...  [continue reading]

A Guide to SXSW Artists that have
been Covered on Groovemine
Given that SXSW is, perhaps, the largest music festival in the U.S. it's no wonder that there is significant overlap in the number of artists that Groovemine has covered over the short period of time that we've been online. In the form of an album review, concert review, or a Groovemine AudioFile, we are chock full of information and commentary on a cross-section of artists, much of which is accompanied by sample MP3s for you...  [continue reading]

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Tuesday, March 16 • 5:00 pm – 8:00 p.m.
@ Momos (West 6th St & Rio Grande)

Austin Music Foundation fuels Austin's creative economy by offering innovative career-development and music-business education programs for musicians. The foundation is conducting (and throwing!) a FREE party and educational panel during SXSW. Kick off the week and learn from the indie music luminaries below as they share tips, secrets, and strategies to help bands more creatively and effectively promote themselves in today's DIY music business climate. the speakers include:

MARTIN ATKINS, author of Tour : Smart and Break the Band...Martin was a member of Public Image Ltd and Killing Joke, has contributed to Nine Inch Nails and Ministry and founded industrial supergroup Pigface, The Damage Manual, and Murder Inc. Martin is a producer, drummer, documentary film maker, DJ, professor and most recently started his own entrepreneurial school, Revolution Number Three. He has been organizing, booking, and managing multi-band package tours for over a decade.
 
ARIEL HYATT...Ariel is the founder of Ariel Publicity & Cyber PR a New York-based digital firm that connects artists to blogs, podcasts, Internet radio stations and social media sites. Over the past 13 years her firm has represented over 1,400 musicians of all genres.
 
CHARLIE CHENEY...Charlie is the developer of Indie Band Manager software used by over 3000 musicians in 21 countries. He regularly gives seminars at music conferences and universities on songwriting, touring, business, and technology.

During the event, enjoy some amazing music including:
 - Drum battle between Martin Atkins and Bradley Bills from CHANT
 - AV Okubo from China
 - industrial tribal drumming from CHANT