Help Raise Money to bring NOLA Bounce to SXSW
Link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1745458694/new-orleans-block-party-bounce-music-goes-to-sxsw
If you go to the page, it gives you several widget options to share
via different social media (Facebook, Myspace, embed on a site, plain
email.) You don't need to do anything - it grabs the text and photo
out of the already-made page for a neat little thumbnail. But here is
the full text from that page just in case:
Bounce music is street-level hip-hop party music straight from New
Orleans, with a unique and awesome energy that draws from the Mardi
Gras Indian and second-line rhythms that still pump throughout the
city. For the first time, the huge and influential South By Southwest
music conference is hosting an official showcase of classic bounce, in
March 2010.
Artists on the bill include:
Partners-N-Crime http://www.myspace.com/pncofficial
DJ Jubilee http://www.myspace.com/djjubilee1
Katey Red http://www.myspace.com/kateyred
Big Freedia http://www.myspace.com/bigfreedia
Vockah Redu http://www.myspace.com/vockahredu
Magnolia Shorty http://www.myspace.com/magnoliashorty
Ms Tee http://www.myspace.com/msteegirltalk
Click the Myspace links to check out the music.
Bounce music has steadily influenced hip-hop in America since its
inception in the late 80's, yet - as has been the case with dozens of
influential New Orleans musicians - the artists who created it have
barely reaped the benefits. Exposure at SXSW could jump-start the
careers of these talented and deserving performers... and bring the
spotlight back to a New Orleans music scene still struggling to find
its footing after the floods of 2005.
SXSW is a networking showcase and doesn't pay for artist travel or
lodging. We need help getting our artists to Austin to bring New
Orleans bounce to the world.
This will probably be the most kickass night of New Orleans music
you'll ever see. And it's hosted by legendary Q93 DJ Wild Wayne... the
man behind the Industry Influence monthly hip-hop networking event and
504 Radio, the only throwback New Orleans radio show around. (Sundays
7-10, WQUE 93.3FM.)
CAN'T DONATE BY CREDIT CARD? Email us at sxswbounce@gmail.com for info
on how to donate in other ways. But please keep in mind that if we
don't hit our $1500 goal on Kickstarter, we don't get funded... so use
this page to contribute if possible! Thank you!