If you don’t know what SXSW (South by Southwest) is, then you haven’t just been living under a rock — you have been living on another planet! I think my great friend, Joe Cannatelli of On the Fringe Studios, put it best: How do you describe it? You don’t! You have to experience it to even understand …
We caught up with Gypsyhawk at SXSW after their set for the Metal Blade showcase. Jeff talked to them about fans’ buying habits, putting their album up for free download, and their recently successful Kickstarter campaign for gas money to SXSW from L.A. Shout-outs to Metal Blade for not checking us out beforehand!
One of the last legitimate lines of defense we see for record labels these days is the notion that they can help your band go on tour. If you can’t scrounge together the connections to book your own shows or the finances for a van and some gas money, a label supposedly helps you with …