Headed to Austin for SXSW? We want to buy you brunch. Take a break from playing music and learn how to get paid for it! Sip the best bloody mary’s in Austin and shake hands with the music heads from MTV, CMT, VH1 and Topspin.

OPEN TO ALL ARTISTS! First come, first served!

When: Wednesday, March 13 from 11:00am - 2:00pm
Where: Rio Rita, 1308 East 6th St

Great deals for your spring releases!

Getting ready to release a new project? We’re offering a special on three months of Topspin, during which time you’ll have top priority in our support queue and get live chat support during business hours. On top of that, we’ll send you one of our fancy new Topspin “Making Real Money For Artists Since 2007” T-shirts.

Buy Now!

See y’all in Austin!

Wanna meet up? Connect with the team on the ground in Austin via Twitter and we’ll hang. Be the first person on the street to say “Hi!” to each of the Topspin staff (see who will be there) and you’ll get a Topspin T-shirt and a $500 comp card good for a free year of Topspin Plus!

Contact Us!

Last week, our friends at Artists.MTV announced what promises to be an incredible artist-platform showcase at SXSW on Tuesday, March 13th. We’re stoked for this event, especially given the stellar line-up of artists playing in support of headliner Jim James.

It’s going to be from 7pm - 2am at:

Empire Control Room
606 E. 7th St.
Austin, TX, US

The full line-up includes:

• Striking Matches
• Ashley Monroe
• Elle King
• ZZ Ward
• Youngblood Hawke
• Guards
• Jim James

For more information on the artists, visit MTV.Artists.

Hope to see you there!

“Amanda Palmer raised a record-breaking $1,192,793 on Kickstarter from 24,883 fans — an average of nearly $50 per person — to fund her album “Theatre is Evil” last May. A few months later, presale tickets for her worldwide tour sold out for every city in hours, and her album debuted on the Billboard Top 10. [1]”

Amanda Palmer and the team that worked to generate that level of success will be speaking at SXSW Music on Wednesday, March 13. More details can be found here.

Nicole St. Jean from Topspin(that’s us!) will be presenting at the event along side Amanda Palmer. The talk is called “The Anatomy of Amanda Fucking Palmer: An Inside Look,” and judging from Amanda Palmer’s liner art and onstage antics it’s a story she has been trying to tell for a long time (warning nsfw). We ran Amanda’s pre-sale ticketing campaign, so Nicole will present a unique insider’s perspective on the marketing and ticketing process.

To see the schedule please visit SXSW.

@nic_hsc

[1]http://schedule.sxsw.com/2013/events/event_MP7424

Curious what Ian Rogers thinks about music relating to games, mobile and discovery? Here’s your chance to vote his panels into the 2013 SXSW Conference. Read all the options below. 

Title: The Music Games: A New Chapter for Artists & Fans

Description: Fantasy sports engage 50 million global players 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. These players don’t merely watch sports; they examine stats, track new talent, follow multiple games and thus relate to their favorite sport in a more meaningful way. Fantasy sports brought about a massive shift in the fan experience by creating an active, rather than passive, form of participation. In this panel, five industry experts will discuss how and why music makes traditional game play more fun, and how and why games make the discovery and sharing of music more fun.

Speakers

• Marc Ruxin TastemakerX
• Steve Schnur Electronic Arts
• Ian Rogers Topspin Media
• Seth Goldstein turntable.fm

Organizer: Marc Ruxin TastemakerX

Vote here: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/2282

Title: Enhancing the Mobile Music Experience

Description: Two of the great side-effects of the current smartphone boom are the big gains in the number of mobile music consumers as well the increased appetite for music related apps. However, with more and more music fans turning to their mobile devices to listen to, learn about their favorite artists and share their experiences, it becomes increasingly important for app builders and developers to not only drive fan engagement but also to help fans find the information they are looking for via an elegant and simple user interface. It also means “mobile” as a distinct entity will become even more important for artists and their teams and will start to demand more expertise and partnerships.

Speakers

• J Sider BandPage
• Ian Rogers Topspin
• Alexander Ljung Soundcloud
• Keyvan Mohajer BandPage

Organizer: Shaun Eidson BandPage

Vote here: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/6614

Title: Now & Next: Tech for Crossplatform Music Discovery

Description: Today more than ever, a myriad of old and new media platforms are available to help consumers dig through the clutter and discover new music and emerging artists at their fingertips, whenever and however they choose. This panel will discuss the platforms and technologies that enable these rich, niche, customized and consumer-oriented music discovery experiences available from big media, niche and start-up providers. The panel will also discuss what’s next from the technology and consumer-experience sides in music discovery.

Speakers

• Shannon Connolly MTV
• Adam Farrell Beggars Group
• Ian Rogers Topspin Media

Organizer: Jaimen Sfetko Text100

TITLE: Build a Profitable D2F Business (Key Word: Profit)

DESCRIPTION: The Direct-To-Fan model can generate revenue, but at the end of the day, many well-intentioned campaigns lose money or barely break even. This panel will explain the real-world economics of D2F and assess its costs & opportunities. We will explore strategies that artists & managers can use to run more profitable D2F campaigns, using the panelists’ own successes and failures as examples. Finally, we’ll discuss what to do with the profits from a D2F campaign, whether you cut yourself a paycheck or reinvest back into your business.

Speakers

• Jason Spitz The Spitz Agency
• Taylor Brigode Red Light Management
• Parker Todd Brooks Topspin
• Jason Feinberg Epitaph Records
• Alessandro Cortini SONOIO

Organizer: Jason Spitz The Spitz Agency

VOTE HERE: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/1298

Title: The Anatomy of Amanda Fucking Palmer Enterprises

Description: The Anatomy of Amanda F*cking Palmer Enterprises - Soup to Nuts. AKA, an “inside look” at how a multi-million dollar global recording, touring and merch business that is 100% artist controlled and run actually works.

Amanda Palmer raised $1,192,793 on Kickstarter from 24,883 fans — an average of nearly $50 per person, to fund her album “Theatre is Evil.” Her team created a revolutionary deal with Alliance to fulfill all the Kickstarter orders. Topspin stepped in to power Amanda’s global tour presales.

A panel comprising of AFP’s management Girlie Action, Kickstarter, and Topspin will present a case study outlining exactly how the team pulled off this groundbreaking campaign. From the wild successes to hair-pulling deadlines to the inevitable mistakes, this is the tell-all special of SXSW. (Amanda F*cking Palmer will be in Europe but will provide her record of events on video and can record answers to fan questions in advance of the panel.)

Speakers:

• Nicole St. Jean Topspin
• Vickie Starr Girlie Action Media & Marketing
• Kevin Wortis Girlie Action Media and Marketing
• Sean Francis Team Amanda Palmer
• Kendel Ratley Kickstarter

Organizer: Nicole St. Jean Topspin

VOTE HERE: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/7424