50 Records Interns Travel to South by Southwest Music Festival

While many bands will start to travel to the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas in early March, a different yet still as dynamic group of people will join them on the road. 50 Records announces today that they will be sending a group of 10 interns and staff members to the South by Southwest music festival via Winnebago to help present 50 Records South by Southwest Day Show with Zude, a new social media network.

The group will depart from Minneapolis on March 11th and will document their journey south using daily video blogs that will be posted on numerous web and blog sites including 50 Records' Myspace, the 50 Records blog, and sxsw.ning.com.

“This documentary is meant to showcase the trials and tribulations of mixing both work and pleasure at this year’s South by Southwest Music and Media Conference. The documentary will illustrate the journey and experience of a group of people trying to maintain a constructive demeanor at a conference known for its laid back fun-loving atmosphere. The collection of ten travelers are sure to face challenges while bonding, learning, growing, and having fun, elements unseen by most South by Southwest attendees. Rarely do people get to observe such honesty from behind the scenes of record labels. Being young, independent, and groundbreaking contributes elements guaranteed to make this an exceptionally candid, entertaining, and enjoyable documentary,” says Marc Tobin, A&R Coordinator for 50 Records.

Elevation Single “Razoreyes” to be Re-mixed by Famed Producer Mark Endert

50 Records, an independent record label based in Minneapolis, announced today the collaboration on Elevation’s first single “Razoreyes” with producer Mark Endert.

Drew Pearson, Director of A&R at 50 Records says, “We are stoked that Mark was enthusiastic about remixing Razoreyes. He killed it, and I think listeners will love it.”

Elevation is expecting their first CD, Strangelove, to be released April 1st. While the first single off the album, “Razoreyes”, is already for sale through iTunes, it has caught the attention of Mark Endert, a well-known producer who recently worked with Maroon 5, The Fray, Madonna and Fiona Apple. Elevation and Mark Endert will begin the production of a remix of the track, which will be added to Strangelove before the release of the album on April 1st.

50 Records Presents Zude’s Official SXSW Day Party

50 Records, an independent record label based in Minneapolis, announced today their partnership with Zude, a social media network, to present the Zude Official South by Southwest (SXSW) Day Party at Club Fuze on March 14th, 2008 from 1-6pm in Austin, TX.

The partnership is a joint effort to showcase 50 Entertainment’s signed artists, WhiteLight Riot and Elevation, and rising talents such as Minneapolis-based band Melismatics, indie sensation People in Planes, and Tulsa-based band The Effects. In addition, 50 Records will use their industry contacts to introduce the much-anticipated social media network, Zude.

Deb Ingstad, CEO of 50 Records, says, “I am extremely excited to established 50 Records reputation as one of the premier Minneapolis-based labels at this years South by Southwest Music Festival. Our partnership with Zude will benefit both our artists and showcase Zude’s user-friendly new software to music fans.”

All attendees of the event will enjoy free drinks; a chance to win two custom made snare drums, Zude demonstrations and incredible live performances.