See You In The Pit: Hello, World

Hello, World

Greetings, folks on the in-tar-web! Welcome to See You in the Pit, an MP3 blog exclusively featuring artists who will be playing the SXSW Music Festival, which will take place March 16 - 21 this Spring in Austin, TX. Thousands of bands will descend on Austin, and it's hard to figure out exactly who to go see sometimes.

The Why
Your two hostesses here at See You in the Pit love music, the internet, and also like sharing their love of both a whole lot. The idea for a SXSW MP3 blog started when one of the pair created an iTunes playlist of SXSW artists for her coworkers, the other offered to add another dozen or two bands to the playlist, and the rest is history.

We started this little weblog because the best way to learn about music is to hear it. It's been said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture, so we are going to do our best to shake it to some flying buttresses, aluminum siding, and turrets and towers for the next month or so. (This weblog will self destruct on March 22nd. Just saying.)

The Who
Queen of the Front Row is a twenty-something geek in New York City who spends more time obsessing over and looking for new bands than she'd care to admit. A fan of music from an early age, she's done her time as a performer, music journalist, college radio DJ, and prefers to describe herself as a "professional fan" of sorts. She can usually be found watching live music in divey clubs in the East Village and on the Lower East Side, attending over a hundred shows a year.

Little Miss Rock'n'Roll has lived in Austin for ten years and knows a secret or two about you and that local musician you think you want to date. (Trust her on this one, not a good idea!) Her favorite bar staff are the fellows at The Parish (it's also her favorite venue) and swears by Sunday brunch at Enchiladas Y Mas as a hangover cure. And ladies, a word of advice: The first stall in the loo at Emo's doesn't have a latch, but is the cleanest one -- so take a pal to hold the door! Though Little Miss Rock'n'Roll enjoys hosting out-of-town friends in her teeny tiny apartment every year for a big SXSW blowout, she does have fond memories of the years when she attended just a handful of showcases all by her lonesome.

The Details
We are not affiliated with SXSW, any record label/bands/musicians, iTunes, Amazon, any secret government agencies, or your parents. We haven't been paid by anybody to endorse any bands, instead we have decided to focus on bands who are just under the radar, folks who we think need some well-deserved attention. The majority of the artists who focus on are in the "indie rock" vein but we hope to cover a variety of different genres in our short time together. Naturally, posts, comments, songs, and angry letters of indignation belong to those who wrote them in the first place.

MP3s for sampling purposes only and will be available only for a limited period of time (seven days) and we have the right to take down at any time. If you are an artist and are unhappy about MP3s being posted on this web site, please do not hesitate to contact us.

The Reason
It may go without saying, but See You in the Pit is done entirely out of love and the desire to spread the word about bands that we love. Please support the music makers by purchasing albums, going to shows, buying merchandise, and spreading the word! Information wants to be free, but musicians gotta eat.

So, have fun, listen to some songs, discover some artists you didn't know about before, and if you get the chance, see some live music.

We hope you like it.

Posted by Queen of the Front Row at 02.06.05 at 8:22 PM