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'Boot camp' gets serious about local music scene
2/28/2006 5:46 PM
By: Reagan Hackleman

On most Monday nights you can hear live music at the Lucky Lounge on Fifth Street.

 
But last night, the Austin music community gathered to talk about its future. The Austin Music Foundation held its State of the Austin Music Industry boot camp.

"We really need to get out in the community and make people understand that we can't take this for granted, we can't take having this wonderful resource for granted," AMF’s Danny Gillespie said.

A diverse group of panelist such as singer-songwriter Sara Hickman, KUT DJ Jeff McCord and Waterloo Records owner John Kunz discussed issues facing the local scene.

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City officials and local musicians discussed the state of Austin's music scene.



"I think the state of music right now is turned upside down. The more we push the clubs to the outskirts of towns, away from downtown, I think it makes Austin less of the music capital of the world," Antone's talent buyer Mark Proct said.

About 100 Austinites, mostly musicians, packed Lucky Lounge to hear a panel of experts talk about the strengths and weaknesses of the Austin music industry. But Austin City Council member Betty Dunkerley was also in attendance.

"I really wanted to come to hear firsthand what the musicians had on their mind with the thought that eventually the city might be more helpful to them,” she said.

Each panelist represented a different part of the industry and each had their own advice for Austin musicians.

"Buy other artists’ records, think outside the box. Buy a CD from someone you don't know, go to a show you've never been to," hip-hop artist Terrany Johnson said.

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