Faster Than Sound: The Austin Music Census Returns While the Live Music Fund Faces Delays

A spring music ecosystem news roundup with all those familiar players: the Austin Music Census, Live Music Fund, and HAAM

"...In 2015, the first Austin Music Census highlighted fault lines in the local music economy..."

May 27, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

How Green Is the Music?

Festivals, bands, and musicians seek environmental harmony

"...Yorke is in harmony with an emerging movement among musicians, as they plug into a new era of consciousness..."

April 20, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Austin's Airport Art Program Makes Every Flight a Trip to the Gallery

Got some time at AUS? There's many distractions in plane sight.

"...Austin's Art in Public Places (AIPP) program is in charge of the enormous outdoor installations that..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cactus Cafe Manager Announced [UPDATED]

KUT selects record label veteran

"...station KUT has announced it has picked the new manager for the Cactus Cafe: Texas native Matthew Muñoz will..."

Sept. 8, 2010 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

ACC’s Music Trade School Gets a World-Class Facility

The Music Business Performance Technology department spreads its wings at ACC Highland

"...In a city flush with great music-making facilities, one of the most state-of-the-art recording studios is..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Features Feature by Kevin Curtin

Commission Considers Making Venues Eligible for the Live Music Fund

As grants from this year’s program roll out to 368 recipients

"...As 2023 comes to a close, the Austin Music Commission has begun workshopping how to open up the..."

Dec. 6, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Playback: Austin Music's Cooperative Future

Could music collectives make Austin the next Music Row?

"...no quick fix for the arduous grind of Austin's music industry, where the pay's low, the rent's high, and..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Live Music Fund Applications Are Now Open to Austin Musicians and Independent Promoters

Apply by May 16 for $5,000 and $10,000 city-funded project grants

"...Applications for the Live Music Fund (LMF) Event Program are now open...."

April 4, 2023 Music Post by Kriss Conklin

Faster Than Sound: Could Austin Arts & Music Finally Get a Cultural Trust?

It's not here yet, but talks are intensifying. Also, bars and a few live music venues reopen.

"...the city of Austin continues to divvy COVID-19 relief, music advocates are making big moves. To rebuild the local..."

May 29, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Should the Live Music Fund Go to Musicians or Venues?

While eligibility is worked out, Music Commission nails down “PIE” equity plan

"...At Monday's Austin Music Commission meeting, emotional discussion swirled around whether music venues..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: City Funding for Music Venues Still MIA

Live Music Capital flagships await aid as costs pile up.

"...what the city of Austin bills as the "Live Music Capital of the World."..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

More Cabs to Hit Streets; Music Permit Changes, More

Our council preview, Pt. Two, cranks it up to 11

"...week, including potentially big changes on taxis, temporary live music permits, and more. Read on, friends...."

Dec. 13, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Commission Debates Guidelines for Opening the Live Music Fund to Venues

Stressing preference that aid goes primarily to musicians

"...The Austin Music Commission picked up discussions on how to open the..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Crosstalk: Lil Yachty to Make Austin City Limits Television Debut, and More Music News

Confusion over the Live Music Fund Event Program, and musical queerdo events

"...The Music Commission convened Monday night at Austin City Hall to..."

June 9, 2023 Music Column by Kriss Conklin

Longtime General Manager Tom Gimbel Departs Austin City Limits Television

ACL brand ambassador launches artists management agency in NYC

"...Tom Gimbel, who has served as general manager of the Austin City Limits TV series over the..."

March 31, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Austin Music Office Expands Musician Payment for Certain City-Sponsored SXSW Events

$200/hour rate newly applied to DAWA and EQ Austin showcases

"...at a standard rate of $200 an hour per musician for acts playing the festival’s expanded 2023 roster of..."

March 17, 2023 Music Post by Chad Swiatecki

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Video Festival Reaches 5

Local DIY videos mingle with the big leagues, Austin Music Commission forecasts 2020, and Federico Pacheco leads KOOP into its next quarter-century

"...ago, Anthony Erickson and Jeremy Roye launched the Austin Music Video Festival as a multi-day gathering to highlight local..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Sizing Up Music's Bite of the Hotel Tax

Two new municipal funding schemes look to finally impact Austin music

"...Wouldn't it be nice if musicians could derive income from the constant stream of tourists..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

City Plans for Larger Live Music Fund Grants

Applications for the 2024 city program to open "very soon"

"...requirements for the next edition of the Austin Live Music Fund. Music & Entertainment Division Manager Erica Shamaly revealed..."

April 2, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Faster Than Sound – Beerland & Beyond: The Year in Music News

Squeezing out the decade's end in local music headlines

"...ensuing gamut of gossip and solidarity kicked off local music's defining 2019 uproar...."

Dec. 20, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Historic Approval of City Tax Fund for Local Music

With $3 million in HOT monies, music advocates gear up for vote on Prop B, the Far Out finds its footing in South Austin, and more music news

"...the first-ever source of ongoing public funding for local music, estimated at $3 million per year. On Thursday, Council..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin's House Music Scene Clings to the African-American Community That Birthed It

House music rose to prominence from Chicago’s black music community and hangs on here in its original form

"...This past November, the North Door hosted house music history. A more electronic and minimalist offshoot of the..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Playback: The Austin Music Industry Awards Come of Age

Kevin Curtin reverses his “awards are bullshit” stance

"..."Wow, look at this, so much of Austin's music industry is here tonight. If a bomb went off..."

March 2, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Forget Decorum: Music Fans Holler Their Appreciation for the Symphony

And the classical music crowd goes wild

"...was a canny move on the part of ASO Music Director Peter Bay. It guaranteed that every person present..."

May 28, 2021 Features Feature by Robert Faires

Music Venue Summit Today at 3pm

Club owners and city officials convene on permits and public safety

"...with club owners this afternoon at the first ever Music Venue Summit, presenting information about safety planning, loan programs,..."

Jan. 25, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

City Report on Music Division Revealed

Findings: Manager Don Pitts didn’t report fraudulent invoice

"...The city’s investigation into the Austin Music & Entertainment Division reveals that former Program Coordinator Ashley..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: The 2016/17 Austin Music Awards Reveal

"...scheming, and dreaming up performances for the 2016/17 Austin Music Awards. All the generals were there: Charlie Sexton –..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Backbeat to the Music

Pete Best at Threadgill's.

"...there more people here? He was a Beatle!” KGSR program director Jody Denberg and I muttered to each other..."

July 2, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Phil Music

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Playback: CodeNEXT and the Austin Music Scene

How might the update of Austin’s land development code affect the musical landscape?

"...Council. To assess its potential impact on the local music scene, "Playback" downloaded the most recent draft – 1,566..."

June 8, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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