Shannon and I just got back from SXSW 2011. It was the first time I’ve been as a tourist, and it was not coincidentally by far the most fun of the 7 SXSWs I’ve been to. Not having to babysit is key!

I did pick up a few choice mixing gigs — this covered all our expenses, got us both artist wristbands, and even ended us up with some profit when all was said and done. (I told a friend this and his response was, “So what you’re saying is, you won SXSW!” Haha.)

One of the artists I mixed was Glasser. It turns out that iTunes recorded one of the Glasser sets I mixed, which you can check out here:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/itunes-live-sxsw-ep/id427640328

These recordings were mixed by iTunes’s engineer, but they had room mics up and you can hear a good bit of the ambient and dub textures I was adding to the show. Cool!

I also notably mixed a STUNNING set by Chris Bathgate. Check him out … his new record is gorgeous.

And, best of all, we saw The Dears 3 times. I would have seen them 10 if I could. I haven’t heard a live band this good in a long while. And my god is their new record fantastic!