Sweetwater 420 Festival Lives On For Fans Courtesy of Set.fm
Groundbreaking app allows fans to relive performances from Gov’t Mule, The Revivalists, MarchFourth and more
Austin, Texas, April 27, 2015 – Set.fm announces the availability of live sets from the Sweetwater 420 Music Festival, held in Atlanta, GA this last weekend. More than half of the festival’s 42 performances are available via the Set.fm app including sets from renowned artists such as Gov’t Mule,
, MarchFourth Marching Band and The London Souls; as well as comedians Ben Palmer and Joe Pettis and more. Set.fm offers an easy to use platform for artists to upload their shows for fans to enjoy immediately and on-demand. The company’s presence at Sweetwater 420 marks their first foray into the ever-growing festival market and a large leap toward bringing fans and bands closer together.The Austin-based start-up introduced to the festival’s 40,000+ attendees a way to capture the weekend’s concert experience forever. Stellar performances from stalwarts Gov’t Mule, The Revivalists, and Kyle Hollingsworth, up-and-comers Red Wanting Blue and MarchFourth Marching Band as well as comedians Ben Palmer and Joe Pettis are available for purchase directly through the app or via the Set.fm website.
“We’re really excited about all the creative people who worked with Set.fm to give festival goers an opportunity to relive the weekend’s performances,” says Matt Peterson, CEO ofSet.fm. “Our team on the ground in Atlanta brought the Set.fm experience to thousands of fans who were really into the idea. The musicians and comedians we worked with were even more excited for the opportunity to get their live performances directly in their fan’s hands right after the event.”
While fans are enjoying the app and music, the performers are even more enthusiastic about the opportunity to get their sets to listeners, even those who weren’t at the show.
“Set.fm is a great solution for bands who stake their reputation on their live show. Giving Red Wanting Blue fans the opportunity to purchase the set immediately after the band left the stage made working with Set.fm a no brainer,” points out Josh Bloom, co-manager Red Wanting Blue.
About Set.fm
Launched in September 2013, Austin-based Set.fm is an app allowing artists to instantly capture, promote and sell recordings of their live performances. Set.fm makes it easy to capture, share and sell high quality audio recordings of any live performance in real-time; enabling all types of performers to amplify their social reach and turn on incremental revenue streams. The Set.fm Studio app records live audio and uploads it for sale in real-time, as it’s being performed. Audience members can socially share a portion of what they’re listening to and purchase a copy of the performance before they even leave the venue.
