This is great. Kerry of Fused magazine explains the steps taken to put on a showcase of Birmingham bands at SxSW in Texas with the usual mix of serendipity, funding applications and hard work. Invaluable reading.
Fused Magazine are taking five Birmingham bands to South by South West in Austin, Texas next month and have established a blog to tell the story. They’ve also got a nice poster by Newtasty:
There’s usually quite the West Midlands contingent popping over to Austin for SXSW including, this year, myself. More on that later but if you’re going do let me know, either in the email or comments. It’d be good to keep a record.
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