My Favorite Quote From SXSW
“Maybe in the past there were
your pampered rock stars hanging out.
Then there’s the people like us
who climb out of clown cars
and try to make things work."
– Shilpa Ray on her 8 SXSW showcases
I'd love your impressions of SXSW for a roundup piece I'm doing.
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It was my first time there are I thought it was a good time, but I am not sold that the conference was worth the $700. I did sit in on a few of the sessions and did enjoy the “VIP” feeling of skipping lines for bars, but I think $399 would have been fair. Most of the showcases had decent bands and the sound was great everywhere we went. It’s a numbers game and you must go to know.
I went to Interactive and Music and despite budget cuts I was shocked as to how few music people there were there. It was incredibly educational and I think the $350 interactive badge is much more worth while than the $500 music badge. I haven’t been to a SXSW music panel in years.