The Live Music Capital of the World is expensive for musicians and for the clubs they play.
Randall Stockton is the owner of Beerland on Red River Street.
"It's always been tough to make ends meet as a live music venue," he said.
Stockton is hoping sometime soon the City of Austin will step in and help keep the music going.
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Many are hoping the City of Austin will step in and help keep the music going.
 
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"Help with energy cost, utilities cost […] help with property taxes and some of those incentives they provide to large corporations," he said.
Stockton was just one of about 100 people who showed up for a public meeting of the Live Music Task Force at City Hall.
"It will be real interesting to see what will happen as a result of these regulations, but I think it is a massive forward step," Live Music Task Force Member James Moody said.
Others said they worry about the city having a hand in the process.
"I worry about the city's involvement in any enterprise, except for potholes," Threadgill's Owner Eddie Wilson said.
But, Wilson is happy to see so many involved in the music community.
"I love to see these young people trying to make the city responsive to the thing that keeps most of us fired up," he said.
Will that fire keep burning, or will the high price of running a music venue downtown extinguish Austin's reputation as the Live Music Capital of the World?
