A lot of love at SXSW 2015
I went to SXSW 2015 and I’m grateful for all the love witnessed there. From the companies that showed up to help artists, the artists that showed up to share their magic, to the fans that showed up because of their love of music, it was quite a great time!
I went with my biz partner, Bram, to support the LoudStage and the launch of their new LOUD app (check it out at joinloud.com). We also went to help artists with our new indiehitmaker Android app – now available on Google Play and coming soon for iOS – along with many other new opportunities. You can learn more about that on the IHM blog post here.
So, one of the things I asked God / Source / the Universe for before going was a chance to perform. I didn’t know how, or what would happen, but I left it up to Source to work out and… wow.. it couldn’t have happened in a cooler way! My friend, Speech (from Arrested Development), showed up to perform on the LoudStage one night and asked me to join him before he went on stage. It was an honor and a blast! To top it all off, his bro, HeavenBeatbox, ripped the mic AND one of the top charting Indiehitmaker artists of all-time, J-Metro, came out and sang his tail off with us! It was simply amazing!
Here’s a clip of just one section of Speech’s set, when he invited me to “do whatever”. Check out his response after I called out the chord progression… lol:
