Will you be in Austin this month for SXSW? Come by and say hi!
CD Baby has got a lot planned during the music portion of SXSW, so please introduce yourself. We’d love to hear what’s going on in your musical life.
Where can you find us? A very many places.
Here’s the complete list of CD Baby happenings at SXSW:
1. The Official SXSW CD Baby Showcase
Hang out with the CD Baby crew and catch live sets by Rooney, Shaprece, Myke Bogan, Alexx Mack, Pom Poms, and Night Dials.
Wednesday, March 16th (8pm-2am) at the SOHO LOUNGE (217 E 6th ST.).
More details HERE.
2. Independent Artist Meetup
This is a town hall for indie artists, lead by CD Baby’s social media coordinator Danielle King. Share ideas. Get inspired. Build a better community. NO sales pitches!
Thursday, March 17th (5-6pm) at the Austin Convention Center, Austin Suite.
Details HERE.
3. 10-Minute Mentoring Sessions with Ben Hubbird
Get personalized feedback and advice on your music career from CD Baby’s head of digital promotion and label relations.
Thursday, March 17th (12:30-1:30pm) at the Austin Convention Center, Room 8AB.
Note: You MUST register ahead of time.
Details HERE.
4. Latest Trends and Tips in YouTube Monetization
CD Baby’s VP of Marketing, Kevin Breuner, presents a discussion on user-generated video content, the flow of money, and the importance and uses of meta-data within the YouTube universe (oh, and how all of that knowledge can help you build a fanbase on YouTube too, of course).
Thursday, March 17th (3:30-4:30pm) at the Austin Convention Center, Room 13AB.
Details HERE.
5. The Revenue Stream Roadmap for Songwriters
This panel, featuring CD Baby’s Director of Music Publishing, Rob Filomena, will demystify the economy of music publishing and show songwriters how to smartly navigate the shifting waters.
Friday, March 18th (12:30-1:30pm) at the Austin Convention Center, Room 17A.
Details HERE.
6. Data Analytics for the Indie Artist
CD Baby CEO Tracy Maddux will help you understand how to best use metrics from platforms such as Spotify, iTunes, and Amazon to inform both big and small decisions in your music career.
Friday, March 18th (2-3pm) at the Austin Convention Center, Room 17B.
Details HERE.
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We would love to get a chance to hang out and talk music with you, so if you’re at any of these events, please introduce yourself. See you in Austin!
Chris Robley is an acclaimed singer-songwriter and award-winning poet from Maine.
His Beatlesque indie-pop and milltown Americana songs have been praised by The Associated Press, No Depression, KCRW, The LA Times, Boston Globe, NPR, American Songwriter, and others.
His poems have appeared in Poetry Magazine, Prairie Schooner, The Poetry Review, and more.
Robley has received a Maine Literary Award in Poetry, Boulevard’s Emerging Writers Prize for Poetry, and in 2016 was selected by former US-poet laureate Robert Pinsky as a finalist for the Dorset Prize.