Budget shortfall forces Austin Music Foundation to suspend operations - Austin Monitor
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Same as it ever was: Musician pay for live shows in Austin hasn't changed in 40 years
Pay averaged about $100 per musician per gig four decades ago. It's still about $100 per musician per gig.
Source: kut.org
Austin Musicians Squeezed By Housing Crisis
The Texas capital's iconic music scene could suffer as higher housing costs push musicians out of the city.
Source: planetizen.com
How Austin's housing market helped build the music scene, and how it could destroy it
People in Austin's music industry historically haven't made much money, so the ecosystem has had to depend on affordable housing to thrive.
Source: keranews.org
'I plan on staying here my whole life': How Austin's music scene attracted Dayglow's Sloan Struble
A professor of music ecosystems calls a city's music scene an amenity. “Some people like to live by the ocean. Some people like to live by the mountains. Some people like to live next to thriving music scenes."
Source: kut.org