Sarah Saturday Presents: The EIY Workshop & Scene Meetup on Vans Warped Tour 2010

Warped Tour Summer 2010 -- Kevin Says Stage developer and co-booker Sarah Saturday presents a daily workshop and meeting during the 2010 Warped Tour in conjunction with her philosophy-based music resource website, www.earnityourself.com. Sarah will conduct an informative session for bands and concert-goers who are interested in learning more about the music industry, and becoming more involved with their local independent music scene.

Each EIY Workshop on the 2010 Warped Tour will feature a presentation by Sarah, covering topics such as cultivating a thriving local music scene, how and when to take your show on the road, building a nationwide underground network, the roles of fans in the success of bands, developing your personal philosophy in work/life, and more. The Workshops and Scene Meetups will include "roll call" for attendees to meet each other and exchange contact info for future networking within their local scene; a Q&A session with a panel of people from the tour including the founder of the Warped Tour, Kevin Lyman; and distribution of the FREE "EIY Handbook" which includes 50+ questions asked by members of the EIY community and answered not only by Sarah, but also dozens of well-known artists and individuals in the music industry, including:

Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman
Vincent Fiorello from Paper + Plastick / Less Than Jake
Steve Choi from Rx Bandits
Riley Breckenridge from Thrice
Dave Shapiro from The Agency Group / Velocity Records
Michael Todd from Coheed and Cambria
Photographer Bryan Sheffield
Joshua Cain and Tony Thaxton from Motion City Soundtrack
Valient Himself from Valient Thorr
Promoter Stephen Chilton (Psyko Steve)
Venue owner / promoter Middagh Goodwin
Krist Krueger from Southerly / Self Group
Star Business Management's (and ex-Toasters bassist) Matt Malles
Aderra founder Ed Donnelly
Entrepreneur / event producer John Oakes
Promoter / venue owner Steve Harm
Creative Artist Agency's Darryl Eaton
Mike Ski from The A.K.A.s
Writer / MTV Buzzworthy blogger Leslie Simon
Promoter Eddy Numbskull
...and more!

Sarah will share her experiences in the music industry and give advice about how to turn a person's passion into a lifelong career, using the tenets of the EIY philosophy. Special guests will include Kevin Lyman (founder of the Warped Tour), band members, tour managers, label reps, booking agents and other industry professionals.

Individuals or bands interested in attending the workshop must visit www.earnityourself.com/meetup and contact Sarah Saturday. Space will be limited each day.

Attendees must already be attending Warped Tour and have purchased a ticket.

Sarah Saturday is a musician, music business professional and founder of the EARN IT YOURSELF philosophy, an all-new approach to the music industry complete with a resource and networking website, EARNITYOURSELF.COM. Sarah's band, GARDENING, NOT ARCHITECTURE, is a musical collaboration with engineer/producer Beau Sorenson that began in 2004 but officially launched in 2008. In that time, Sarah has self-released an EP and full-length album, and played over 150 shows on the road while also running the EIY website and managing her design firm The Weekend Group.

Described as "The Evolution of D.I.Y." in the July 2005 edition of Alternative Press Magazine, the EARN IT YOURSELF philosophy began as a print zine written and published by SARAH SATURDAY and became a full-scale website with partner Ernst Schoene-Rene (of BYOFL.org) in 2006. The idea behind the movement is to teach individuals how to use a philosophical approach in reaching their life goals.

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Please contact meetup@earnityourself.com if you would like to attend the Workshops and/or help out at your local Warped Tour stop.

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