A Day at the ArtistsPalooza Office

Hello Hello Hello!

First day on the job: Sitting in the ArtistsPalooza office, settling in, and getting the stare down from a panda across the room. Not a real panda – it’s just a print, but he looks pretty hostile. There are pictures of massive iguanas all over the wall and unless my first-day jitters are causing some kind of hallucination, I’m pretty sure there is a little white Chihuahua running around.

I walked into the office this morning to find a cozy room full of people, laptops, and good music. Over the past few hours, Dave, Lloyd, Allison, and Blythe have been in and out of the office, taking care of business, and making things happen. All are super nice and wonderfully chill.

We three interns are busy working on all kinds of projects: Marysa with a “y,” our social media maven, is hooking up ArtistsPalooza with updated Twitter and Facebook accounts; Marissa with an “i” is editing and putting the final touches on a stellar video for Bob Souza, our featured artist; and I (Michelle) have been writing, blogging, and generally typing up a storm. We are all new to ArtistsPalooza and psyched to be involved!

Everyone at the office is buzzing about the Eat Real Festival, an annual party in LA offering live music, delicious food, and free entry. We are busy looking for bands that fit the Eat Real vibe and organizing some fantastic performances for the ArtistsPalooza stage at the weekend-long festival in Culver City. Be sure to stop by Eat Real LA on July 16th and 17th for BBQ, beers, and tasty beats! Did I mention that it is free?
Here’s the info:
Location: Helm’s Bakery District, off Venice Blvd. and National Blvd.
Dates: July 16th and 17th
Festival Hours:
Saturday: 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday: 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Dave is getting psyched about organizing a festival outside of Woodstock for the fall. ArtistsPalooza is hoping to take a bus from LA to Woodstock, picking up artists at various pit stops during the epic cross-country road trip. Today, Dave and Marysa have been planning the route and figuring out cities to present to our Woodstock contact. Here’s what we have so far: Tucson – Austin – Atlanta – New Orleans – Nashville – Chicago. Thinking about heading out in September, if any bands want to join us from any of these cities!

We have also been throwing around vendor ideas for the outdoor festival in August in Topanga Canyon and planning the Fall 2011 theater season at the Fais Do Do Ballroom in LA. ArtistsPalooza is starting a theater at Fais Do Do and we are casting soon!

Also, if anyone has contacts we are trying to get in touch with the Black Keys to do a music video. Ambitious? Yes. But that’s what we do.

Just another day at the office, I guess!