SXSW Part 2...

Yesterday in Part 1 I told you guys all about Dave's show during South by Southwest, but SXSW was a week long experience and we tried our best to make to most of it and do some footwork for the music. We had meetings, hung up posters, handed out albums, and listened to bands. It was such a fun yet exhausting week!

One of Dave's buddies from Minneapolis, David LeDuc, was in town to play some shows so we met up with him one afternoon to check out some shows and talk for a bit. They had a great discussion at dinner that night and David had some great reflections on their talk, you can watch them here and here.

I love the questions at the end of Part 1, I think that's something we should all ask ourselves. So, what's something that you need to let go of?

And I just love this last picture. I was cracking up when I dropped Dave off on 6th street the morning of his show. I felt like I was leaving him at camp for the week or something. It was even more comical considering the fact that 6th street was flooded with people that week.

As I drove back to our place I kept imagining him trying to weave his way through all the people with all of that stuff. It's always an adventure with us...

RedGorilla Music Fest / SXSW - Recap Part 1

The day of Dave's show on 6th street during SXSW I dropped him off on 6th street at about 11. He had to get there early to do sound check and all of that good stuff and my parents had just gotten in town so I was meeting up with them. I wish you all could have seen him when I dropped him off with all his stuff, it was too funny (I'll probably post those pics in part 2).

If you're in Austin, you know the traffic is CRAZY during SXSW. What should have been a 30 minute drive to meet up with my parents took an hour and a half. We had planned on them coming to see our place first and going somewhere to eat on our side of town, but thanks to the traffic decided to scratch that and just head downtown.

This worked out perfectly though because Dave was finished with his stuff and he was able to join us for some dinner...

We had come down earlier in the week to put up posters and when we showed up on Thursday (the day before the show) we noticed a bunch of them were gone. The bartender told us people had been taking them as souvenirs, apparently everything that's not bolted down is fair game at SXSW...

The bartenders at Touche had decided that before Dave's show they were going to break the world record for the number of "flaming doctor peppers" taken at the same time...still not sure what a flaming doctor pepper is, in case someone can fill me in...

So, they were rounding people up and taking down their information (for the Guinness book of records), it was pretty fun to watch.

I couldn't stand/sit still while waiting for Dave's show to start so I walked around and took a few pics of Touche and 6th street...

Then, at 9, it was finally time for the show to start! Dave rocked it (as always) and I took pictures and handed out albums. Every time I asked someone if they wanted an album I would get an "ummmm" with a face telling me that they've already been handed plenty of albums this week that they will probably never listen to...

...BUT when I told them it was the album of "the guy playing" their faces instantly lit up and their answer was "yes!" I think this is such a testament for Dave's music and how amazing he is live.

Special shoutout to my blogger friends Shalyn and Nikol for coming out to the show and bringing friends! You all are awesome :) If you're like to to purchase Dave's album you can go here! We really appreciate all of your support and for helping us spread the word about the music. We can't do this without you all and we are so grateful you guys are behind us in this. Also, if you're curious where to find Dave, here are his links...

Twitter - Facebook - Website - iTunes

Tonight's the night...

Be there or be square.

Ok, ok...kidding. I know you can't all be there (sad face) and that doesn't make you square, but I wish you all could be! If you do happen to be in Austin tonight we hope to see you at Touche later! It's going to be a great night of live music.

Either way, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! 

RedGorilla Music Fest

This Friday the 16th is Dave's show on 6th street for the RedGorilla Music Festival! We could not be more excited. The RedGorilla Fest has shows all up and down 6th street this week during SXSW. They even have artists like Alien Ant Farm performing at one of their venues this week!

So here's where we need your help...

I'm sure many of you (if you're not down here yourself) know at least a few people that are down here for SXSW. We have created a Facebook event for Dave's show on Friday night and it would be a BIG help if you could invite anyone/everyone you know that is in Austin this week!

You can join the event (and/or invite friends to join) here.

We would really appreciate your help and hope to see some of you down there! If you are interested in coming and don't have Facebook let me know and I will get you the info you need.