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April 28, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
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
Playback: Meet the New Texas Music Czar
New Texas Music Office director, new Rock N Roll Rentals branch, and a new Foot Patrol fetish!
"...A professional fiddler with experience in music-related e-commerce has assumed leadership of the Texas Music Office...."
Feb. 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
SXSW Music News: Mitch Ballard Named Head of BMI’s New Austin Office
Texas governor welcomes performance rights organization
"...Georgia’s primary destination hub has only grown as a musical hotbed...."
March 13, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
BMI to Open Austin Office
Performance rights organization landing locally in 2019
"...The Texas Music Office and Austin-based music advocate/real estate mogul Gary Keller..."
Nov. 8, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Music Deportment
The Live Music Task Force recommends a Music Department under Austin government. Time for the Austin music community to put its many heads together.
"...both the promise and struggle of the contemporary Austin music scene. The venue has become a linchpin of Red..."
Nov. 21, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman
Playback: Austin Music Census
The Austin Music Census hits the fan. As does Tyler, the Creator!
"...Grim assessments of the Austin music industry aren't hard to come by. Ask any grunt..."
June 5, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
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
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
Texas Music Venues Could Receive Rebates Up to $100,000 Under New Program
First-of-its-kind Texas Music Incubator to offer alcohol tax refunds
"...The Texas Music Incubator Rebate Program, signed into law back in 2021,..."
June 22, 2023 Music Post by Kriss Conklin
For the First Time Since 2015, a New Austin Music Census Is Now Open
Survey seeks measurable industry feedback to guide policy and support
"...The first-ever Austin Music Census, circa 2015, is still referenced to this day..."
July 15, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe
Playback: The FAQs of Austin Music 2015
Q: Is Austin still the "live music capital of the world"?
"...our balls to drop), historically calls for a year-in-review Music news column. You know the drill: condense the highlights,..."
Dec. 25, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Billboard Brings Lil Yachty to SXSW, and More Music News
Resound partners with Meanwhile Brewing and the state measures music's impact
"...(March 16-18) respectively focused on hip-hop, Latin, and dance music superstars. Public tickets are on sale now, alongside entry..."
Feb. 24, 2023 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
YouTube Music Workers Call Strike Against Local Contractor
Cognizant's return-to-office order viewed as possible union-busting tactic
"...of the headquarters of Cognizant, a contractor with YouTube Music's parent company Google (in turn a subsidiary of Alphabet),..."
Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Disharmony Over City Music Department
Live Music Task Force members resign from SAM board after Troy Dillinger criticizes city
"...In a Save Austin Music e-newsletter sent March 26, SAM founder Troy Dillinger blasted..."
April 3, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music
Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music
"...Datsun 280ZX only to discover abuelita hospitalized and a musical christening scheduled for historic Hemisfair Park via an Alamo..."
April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
New City Music Manager: Erica Shamaly
Marketing veteran takes over top municipal music post
"...Theater, has been made the new manager of Austin’s Music & Entertainment Division...."
July 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Faster Than Sound: DJ Shani Unites Black Women in House Music
Also the search continues for missing musician Brenden "Chameleon King" Foster, and increased afterhours sound enforcement impacts local venues
"...in Austin like to dance and drink to house music, they just don't know what it's called.' First I..."
Feb. 21, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Playback: Best Austin Music Controversies of 2017
The year in quarrel
"...South by Southwest hosted a showcase consisting entirely of musicians from the seven predominantly Muslim nations targeted in Trump's..."
Dec. 22, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
ASCAP Levels Lawsuit Against Sixth Street Music Venue the Nook
Venue sued over non-payment of songwriter royalties
"...has taken legal action against Sixth Street bar and music venue the Nook Amphitheater for alleged “unauthorized public performance..."
Feb. 26, 2019 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
Mike Judge and Cast on the Impact of Office Space 25 Years On
SXSW panel celebrates the cult comedy that refuses to quit
"...Livingston’s Peter to smile more and use less rap music throughout – both skirmishes in which Judge’s acumen prevailed),..."
March 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten
Taxing Times for Film and Music
Council looks to raid the budget intended to bring creative jobs to Austin
"...First the Legislature cut support for film and music. Now City Council may do the same, with the..."
Sept. 8, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Five Takeaways From the New Austin Music Census
2022 survey shows musicians moving farther from city core
"...The latest appraisal of Austin's music economy shows that the city's prized cultural hallmark is..."
Feb. 3, 2023 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki
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
Herb Alpert’s School of Music
Trumpeter’s alums include Waylon, Satchmo, and Karen Carpenter
"...but he also became a major force in the music industry itself. Now 80, he performs at the One..."
Sept. 24, 2015 Music Post by Greg Beets
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
Faster Than Sound: A Belated Introduction From Your Incoming Music Editor
Music columnist graduates to Music editor after four years
"...Four years of high school to get really into music and drive from my hometown of San Antonio to..."
Sept. 30, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
From the Music Desk
On Willie, Billy, Stevie Ray, Blaze, and more highlights from four decades of covering Austin music
"...In Austin, music is politics. It's the action. It's gossip. It's history...."
