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VIP- News - A p r i l 2 0 0 7 the trauma of ‘What Did We Miss!’some of us obviously need help –so what if I missed Booker T & The MG’s, I’ve only been a fan since the late 60’s! There’ll be another chance – or will there! You’ll get over it! The SXSW organisers are presented with a dilemma; on the one hand the ever-increasing numbers are testimony to one of the greatest success stories in the history of music trade events, whilst on the other hand they are totally aware of the problems that numbers of this magnitude bring for delegates in terms of accessibility and comfort. What can they do –tell people not to come Build more venues Move to a bigger City None of these really apply, there is a huge appetite for SXSW and it’s now almost mythical position as the true gateway to the fabled riches of the US market, they will continue to come, there are already many more venues in Austin than many bigger Cities, and it’s a genuine Music City for God’s sake, there’s an inherent atmosphere that you couldn’t create anywhere else – people like Austin, as the inhabitants are keen on saying, ‘Keep Austin weird! »Apart from opening up two new venues, this is the first time we’ve had Direct TV, recording three days of live broadcast from within the Conference Centre« - Roland Swenson I spoke to SXSW founder Roland Swenson who said, “We haven’t gathered all the numbers yet (we were talking whilst SXSW was still in full flight), I’m sure they are again up this year, but not by that much, 500 or so. It’s the increasing international presence that’s driving the event, the US attendance is pretty much covered and constant, but there are far more people coming from the rest of the world than there used to be.” The Australians and New Zealanders were out in force and the UK attendance was way up again, Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse went down a storm by the way. I asked if there were any new innovations for 2007, Roland told me, “Well, apart from opening up two new venues, this is the first time we’ve had Direct TV, recording three days of live broadcast from within the Conference Centre, they’ve built two fully dressed set ups in the Exhibition Halls.” These shows really did add another dimension to SXSW, they offered an opportunity to see acts that you’d missed at their other shows either live, like in my case, Rachel Fuller with Pete Townsend and Welsh band The Automatic, or as many people did, back in their Hotel rooms on TV after the main shows. The main thing is that what SXSW do, they do well, the never ending list of acts are well chosen, and the other presentations like the keynote interview with Pete Townsend was as relaxed, informative and entertaining as you’re ever likely to get (I did miss him playing the Steve Marriott parts on Small Faces tunes like ‘What Ya Gonna Do ‘Bout it’ with Ian McLagan’s Bump Band – back to WDWM!). I attended interviews with Emmy Lou Harris and Ricky Lee Jones, which were also great. Making the effort to get up early in the morning to sit with breakfast in the lounge of The Four Seasons Hotel was well worth it to see my favourite singer songwriter Chris Smither, Roland Swenson Founder of SXSW followed by the excellent Ozomatli who had the whole place dancing at an hour when nobody is stirring at most music conferences! SXSW is great for these moments, and there are many of them, and mainly it’s great for the people you meet, both in and out of the conference rooms, you can learn a lot here. It’s an affirmation that no matter how much new communication technologies make it easy for us to sit in one place, and no matter how many downloads compress our methods of accessing music, live music shared with people with a passion is irreplaceable – so although the threat of this unique event imploding under its own weight has to be addressed, the fact is SXSW is there to be enjoyed, people love it and even if some decide to take a year off, there will be no shortage of intrigued newcomers to take their place. Now, if I can only work out how to be in two places at once next year....... 10 VIP-BOOKING.COM
VIP- News - A p r i l 2 0 0 7 ARTIST AVAILS ›› Alabama 3 Territory: Worldwide Period: March 2007 Onwards Agency: Value Added Talent Agent: Dan Silver Phone: +44 207 704 9720 E-mail: dan@vathq.co.uk Homepage: www.vathq.co.uk Baby Woodrose Territory: Europe Period: May/June 2007 Agency: Paperclip Agency Agent: Hilde Spille Phone: +31 24 323 9322 E-mail: hilde@paperclip-agency.com Homepage: www.paperclip-agency.com Ce’Cile (JA) Territory: Europe Period: August 2007 Agency: Kingstone Ent. Agent: Rolf Radny Phone: +49 221 941 1204 E-mail: info@kingstone.de Homepage: www.kingstone.de Chick Corea & Gary Burton Territory: Europe Period: July 2007 Agency: Ted Kurland Associates Agent: Sean Greene Phone: +1 617 254 0007 E-mail: sean@tedkurland.com Homepage: www.tedkurland.com Happy Mondays Territory: Europe Period: June - September 2007 Agency: Surrounded by the Enemy Agent: Peter Nash E-mail: gnasher@helterskelter.co.uk Keith Emerson Territory: Europe & S. America Period: July - September Agency: World Concert Artists Ltd. Agent: Corrado Canonici Phone: +44 208 906 6587 E-mail: info@worldconcertartists.org Homepage: www.worldconcertartists.org MORE ARTIST AVAILS ON: WWW.VIP-BOOKING.COM 11 POST YOUR ARTIST AVAILS ON: WWW.VIP-BOOKING.COM VIP-BOOKING.COM
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