Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 110

Day three of the 2010 Austin Adventure features a Broadjam.com Photo Scavenger Hunt, bonus show at Hoek's Death Metal Pizza, a GoGirlsMusic showcase at Trophy's, and the final, bittersweet load-up of the van before the drive home. Special thanks to Swami & Terrence for photos and footage!



The high quality direct download is available here (~74 MB):
http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_110.mp4

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Wendy's DrummerCam: Saturday 3/27/10 @ Siemers Cruise-In in Walworth, WI



Sorry about the lack of focus... I will take a look at my camera settings and hopefully improve the next one!

Friday, March 26, 2010

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 109

A recap of Friday 3/19/10 in Austin: Nuclear Tacos, fun on 6th Street, and bMUSEd Music Fest!



The high quality direct download is available here (~100 MB):
http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_109.mp4

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Some Sunspot SXSW 2010 Visual and Video Highlights

Thanks to Derek Sivers (original founder of CDBaby) for mentioning us in his recap of the SXSW keynote he delivered on Wednesday. Here’s where you can find a summary of Derek’s keynote speech as well as links to the advice on surviving music conferences including our video advice!)

Our friend, Swami, once again took a crazy amount of pictures this year and here are just a couple of my favorites:
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All several hundred pictures can be seen at our man, Swami's, main site. http://www.swamistudios.com

Wendy has put up a lot of the pictures from Saturday’s Broadjam Scavenger Hunt right here.
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Thanks to GoGirlsMusic and UStream, you can watch Saturday’s performance at Trophy’s right here.

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And our good friend, Dario, put up a little live video from Friday night’s show at Aussie's.




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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Goodbye SXSW 2010

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone involved in making this trip to Austin one of our most successful ever. We got to play four very unique sets, try some crazy new stuff, and the experiments actually worked! I feel like Anthony Michael Hall in Weird Science.

Anway, we were just talking about how every time we come down it re-affirms our faith in the human race because without fail, we meet more and more exceptional individuals.

We've got a ton of video footage and pics to sort through for the podcast and site, but we've got plenty of driving time to do it.

Thanks for making Sunspot the luckiest band around and we can't wait to give you more of our best performances, songs, videos, and good times!



Location:Austin, TX

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Broadjam Meetup and Scavenger Hunt 1:30pm

We're meeting at Death Metal Pizza for a Scavenger Hunt at 1:30! If you're downtown in Austin it's a perfect time to get Saturday's party started. Free shirts and cool prizes thanks to the awesome Broadjam.com



Location:Hoek's Death Metal Pizza

Friday, March 19, 2010

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 108

Another update from the 2010 Austin trip. More van talk, Whataburger, footage from the 3/18 show at Aussie's, and an uff-da with Axiom and our Austin friends!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 107

The first leg of our Fifth Annual trip to Austin during SXSW, this episode may not be the most eventful but it's a real view of life in the van during an extended (21-hour) drive. Join us in the van as we roll through Iowa and Missouri, whilst doing some final preparations for our shows tomorrow & Friday. Note, the resolution is intentionally lower for this episode so we could upload it from the van.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 106

A short, sweet update from our show at Neighbors Social Club in "The Sha" (Waukesha, Wisconsin) on 3/13/2010. This episode includes show footage from both on-stage and audience vantage points, a quick discussion about upcoming travel plans, and an end-of-night "Uff-Da" sendoff!

Special thanks to Charles Waschbisch for sending us his audience footage of "Mr. Foff"!



The high quality direct download is available here (~50 MB):
http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_106.mp4

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 105

This episode is chock full of music! Featuring excerpts from March 4th, 5th, and 6th shows, this episode highlights many of the bands with whom we shared the stage(s) last weekend.



The high quality direct download is available here (large file! ~79 MB):
http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_105.mp4