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(Rob Hein)
Four weeks ago, with live music venues throughout Austin well into the grip of financial hardship from closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Stephen Sternschein didn't see much cause for optimism.
<p>The co-owner of the Empire Control Room & Garage and The Parish was facing the same rent and utility costs—estimated at $40,000 per month for most clubs—as his peers, with no prospect of being able to restart his businesses anytime soon. And he knew other owners around Austin were starting to dig deep into their savings to pay their bills and hold off on possibly deciding to close for good.</p><p>Something big had to be done to save independent clubs in Austin and around the country.</p><p>And so, with a consortium of fellow owners and promoters around the country, the one-time entertainment attorney made dozens of calls and organized online meetings to help form the National Independent Venue Association.</p><p> That group has taken up lobbying efforts to push for federal aid for more than 1,300 member clubs, and expects to see action taken in Congress this week that could deliver a much-needed win.</p><p>"I choose be optimistic and believe we are going to have our sunny day, and that it's going to happen soon," he said. "I can't read any tea leaves and say that tomorrow we're going to be open, but four weeks ago I just thought that we really need some piece of good news to look forward."</p><p>The association has garnered attention quickly, with press outlets like <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/independent-venues-danger-closing-covid-niva-995044/" target="_blank"><u>Rolling Stone</u></a> and the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/arts/music/independent-venues-coronavirus.html" target="_blank"><u>New York Times</u></a> laying out the case for why music venues that are historically thin-margined even in good economic times face such a precarious future.</p><p>The packed-in, sweaty social dynamics of live concerts make them an unappealing prospect during a time of quarantine and social distancing. Plus there's the wrinkle that the live acts needed to draw audiences into clubs aren't in a hurry to get back in front of crowds of people who could be virus carriers.</p><p>"What we're struggling with is [figuring out]—what is the right moment to reopen? In terms of how long we'll be stuck financially, it's definitely going to be through the end of this year, if not through the end of next year," Sternschein said.</p><p>"It almost doesn't matter when we open our doors because for a period of time of at least six months we're not going to be in a position to make money, and will probably lose a bunch of money. People want to come back and party but they're not going to do it now and feel safe."</p><p>That upside-down business model means venues will need financial lifelines to stay afloat and have any chance to reopen.</p><p>There is some cause for optimism for Austin venues. City leaders are <a href="https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2020/05/council-pushes-for-economic-development-body-to-lead-purchase-preservation-of-venue-spaces/" target="_blank"><u>examining</u></a> how much of the $170.8 million available from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act could be used to assist those businesses. Earlier this month the Red River Cultural District <a href="https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2020/05/red-river-district-pushes-city-to-commit-35m-to-purchase-venue-properties/" target="_blank"><u>proposed</u></a> that $2 million per month of closure would be needed to preserve the 54 small businesses that have been identified as primarily live music venues by the Music Venue Alliance of Austin.</p><p>NIVA estimates slow action or lack of large-scale relief could cause up to 90% of its member venues to close in the coming year.</p><p>Those dire prospects make possible votes in Congress this week crucial. Sternschein, who has led fundraising efforts for the group that helped to hire a lobbying firm, has spent his time engaging with major brands to begin building long-term support for venues in a post-pandemic economy.</p><p>He said prospects for federal financial aid in the Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives has never been a concern, and that a <a href="https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/content/news/cornyn-carper-lead-letter-urging-support-independent-music-venues-during-pandemic" target="_blank"><u>letter of support</u></a> from Sen. John Cornyn filed late last week gives a needed boost for a vote in the Republican-majority Senate.</p><p>"I'm going to frame that [letter] and put it on my wall," he said. "It represents the biggest group effort I've ever been a part of. It's so incredible because we went from nobody knowing who we were as independent venues … even eight weeks go no one in politics outside of Austin knew about this part of music other than big festivals like Coachella. Nobody would have had one word to say about independent venues. Today, we have a majority of the House and Senate supporting initiatives we've brought to them in the past few weeks."</p><p>Much is still to be decided, but the possible combination of assistance at the federal and city levels would provide some needed financial cover for Austin venues that are crucial to the city's reputation as the Live Music Capital of the World.</p><p>So far the most high-profile music spot to close during the pandemic is the <a href="https://austonia.com/austin-icon-shady-grove-closes-permanently" target="_self"><u>Shady Grove restaurant</u></a> on Barton Springs Road. Over the weekend the owners of dance club Plush, which was a prominent space for live acts during South By Southwest, announced the club will not reopen, creating the first pandemic-related vacancy among the cluster of music venues in the Red River Cultural District.</p><p>Cody Cowan, executive director of the RRCD, said many owners are "holding their breath underwater," tapping into their personal savings and trying to wait out the closures due to the coronavirus. While he continues to push for local relief at city hall, Cowan said NIVA's work gives hope to venues around the country.</p><p>"We're in the game, and it seems like the level of camaraderie that's happened nationwide is inspiring," he said. "Steve represents the creative hunger we have in our community. Many folks are pretty invisible but it's the handful of people like Steve who have this relentless drive for innovation and sustainability who have allowed us to come together and evolve past our previous tribalism."</p>
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Nearly 50 Austin musicians got together through the nonprofit All ATX to create the release of "Someday We'll Be together," a take on The Supremes song by Robert Harrison and Suzanna Choffel.
<p>The video, by filmmaker David Reyes, is meant to raise awareness and support for the city's musicians, many of whom are struggling during the coronavirus pandemic <a data-linked-post="2645924693" href="https://austonia.com/lifestyle/austin-festivals-canceled" target="_blank">due to canceled gigs</a> and <a data-linked-post="2645865019" href="https://austonia.com/fate-of-acl-2020" target="_blank">closed venues</a>. Proceeds from downloads and donations benefit the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (<a href="https://myhaam.org" target="_blank">HAAM</a>). </p>
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(John and Marilee Eitel)
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Late at night on April 23, under the cover of darkness, John and Marilee Eitel drove around Rollingwood on their golf cart, planting signs in their neighbors' yards.
<p>They featured song lyrics from Willie Nelson ("I just can't wait to get back on the road again"), The Little Mermaid ("I want to be where the people are"), Talking Heads ("Home is where I want I want to be") and Bob Marley ("Everything's going to be alright"). One version included advice from Minister of Culture Matthew McConaughey ("Just keep livin'"). </p><p>"The next morning it was super fun to wake up and see the Instagram posts and Facebook messages and NextDoor messages with people saying, 'Have you seen the really cool signs?'" John said. "It started to get even more interesting because people are like, 'Look, there's more of them.' 'I found them over here.' It became kind of an Easter egg hunt, and no one knew who did it."</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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<small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Rollingwood residents responded to John and Marilee's signs on social media. </small><small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit...">(John and Marilee Eitel)</small></p><p><br/></p><p>John got the idea to make the signs a few weeks into the coronavirus quarantine, during which he got into the habit of walking along a four-mile loop in Rollingwood. "My wife and I started to see that as our outlet to the outside world and our chance to socialize and see neighbors," he said. </p><p>One night, on a whim, John broached the idea of making signs. He works for Canva, a company that makes graphic design software, and—after drumming up about a dozen different sign ideas—reached out to a coworker, who printed 50 and shipped them to the Eitels. </p><p>Since the signs made their debut, John has revealed his identity—and is now fielding requests from neighbors near and far. John placed a second order for 50 signs and then a third for 100 more. "It's been neat to see them popping up in lots of new neighborhoods," he said, citing appearances in Clarksville, Tarrytown and even on someone's boat dock.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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<small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit...">(John and Marilee Eitel)</small></p><p>A Google form used to corral orders revealed crowd favorites, such as the Beatles' lyric, "All you need is love." John said he's enjoying the crowdsourcing nature of the project and making connections with Austin residents he might not have met otherwise, especially at a moment when our worlds feel smaller than usual.<br/></p><p>On Wednesday, John is expecting his fourth shipment, which will bring the total number of signs to 400. When they arrive, he and his family will help prep the deliveries, with Marilee delineating orders with Post-It Notes and their children driving them to their new homes. </p><p>"I hope that my kids come away from this with a really positive memory," John said. "How we were able to make a small impact on people's lives and bring some positivity into our lives." </p>
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(Dave Creaney)
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Ben Ballinger can't remember the last time he went more than two months without playing music in front of an audience.
<p>But with venues throughout Austin <a data-linked-post="2645721470" href="https://austonia.com/austin-musicians-in-dire-straits-as-pandemic-keeps-doors-closed-on-venues" target="_blank">closed since mid-March</a> as part of precautions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the singer-songwriter said he hasn't set foot on stage since late February, when he performed at a local fundraiser for one-time presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders.</p><p>That hiatus came to an end May 7, however, thanks to some ingenuity—and Ballinger's instinct that Austin music fans are hungry for a chance to experience live music again. </p><p>Along with fellow songwriter David Ramirez and the duo of Kevin Curtin and Gary Lindsey, Ballinger booked a drive-in style concert in an undisclosed field in south Austin that accommodates 25 vehicles.</p><p>Once at the location, which was distributed only to ticket holders, passengers stayed inside the vehicles and listened to the live performances on the car radio via a low-power FM transmitter. Since all 25 slots, at $20 each, sold out in less than two hours, Ballinger said he's encouraged that local fans are ready to support live music again even if they have to do so in an unusual setting.</p><p>"My stir-craziness, if I have any, is not why I wanted to do this. But I did sense an overall stir-craziness in the community and that definitely played into it," he said. "I tried to do as much market research as I could because I didn't know how it would be received and everyone has different levels of precautions. As soon as they heard what I was thinking, everyone thought it was a great idea."</p><p>The do-it-yourself gusto that inspired Ballinger to organize the concert roughly two weeks after first conceiving of the idea means attendees had a far different experience than they've grown accustomed to while attending shows in any of Austin's dozens of bars and live music venues.</p><p>Performers used a cargo rack atop Ballinger's Chevrolet Suburban as their stage, with no alcohol on sale. Concert flyers acknowledged the lack of public restrooms on-site, which Ballinger said played a part in the decision to keep the concert short, at 90 minutes total, as a way to minimize discomfort.</p>
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<p>The quick sellout has Ballinger planning to host performances weekly and he's encouraging interested acts to contact him via email (see flyer) to take part in what he said is likely to be one of the most nontraditional concert settings he or anyone else involved have ever been a part of.<br/></p><p>"There's definitely a heartbreaking aspect to it—that in any other situation I'd be uncomfortable with the awkward distance we're going to have between us. But given the circumstances it's the best we can do right now," he said. "It's going to be unique. Part of why I felt emboldened to try it was because if anywhere was going to have something like this, this is the place where it could happen and the people here would support it and be open to it."<br/></p>Tickets for tomorrow are sold out, but Ballinger plans to make this a weekly event.
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(ACLFest)
A year ago this week, Austin resident Michelle Lambreton discovered that Cardi B was playing the Honda stage at Austin City Limits Festival 2019, and excitedly bought her tickets.
It's her favorite Austin event, and she's been going almost every year since it started in 2002.
"I would still be hearing music in my head for days after," Lambreton, 38, said.
<p>This year, Lambreton hears nothing but radio silence about the festival, which was expected to bring close to half a million fans to Zilker Park over the first two three-day weekends in October—before the coronavirus pandemic turned such gatherings into an infection risk. </p><p>ACL Fest 2020 has not been cancelled or changed, at this point, and no decisions have been made on whether it would be safe to move forward, one city official said. </p><p>"It's too early to tell at this point," said Jorge Ortega, senior public information specialist for the Austin Planning and Zoning Department. </p><p>But there is no announced lineup, no spring ticket sales, and no official word from organizers about where the festival stands right now.<br/></p><p>A poll of Austonia readers shows that 83% of them believe it won't happen as planned. </p><p>"I don't think 'normal' is something that we will get back to by October," Lambreton said.</p><p>Calls to event organizers C3 and Live Nation, ACL representatives, Austin Public Health and members of the City Council were unreturned. </p><p>A ticket seller at Front Gate Tickets, the official vendor for ACL tickets, said Monday they had not been given a sale date. Typically, the lineup is announced and tickets go on sale in late April and early May. </p><p>Other signs suggest to would-be festivalgoers that they may be in for a vastly smaller, or even virtual, ACL this year. </p><p>Last week, Austin's top health official, Dr. Mark Escott, cautioned against events like football games and festivals.</p><p>"I can expect that at least for the next six months, and perhaps the next year, that events like that are going to be very, very difficult to have, unless we have substantial increases in testing and other strategies to further mitigate the threat of those kind of events," he said.</p><p>He did not mention ACL Fest specifically.</p><p>Mayor Steve Adler has said the cancellation of SXSW helped Austin prevent the spread, but he has not commented on ACL Fest 2020.</p><p>Logistical problems over festivals and tours <a data-linked-post="2645721470" href="https://austonia.com/austin-musicians-in-dire-straits-as-pandemic-keeps-doors-closed-on-venues" target="_blank">that have already been shuffled</a> could make it impossible to commit to a lineup, said local musician William Harries Graham.</p><p>One Austinite who organizes conventions in town said that by January, she was unable to secure pandemic insurance. It was unclear whether ACL has that coverage, but <a data-linked-post="2645850913" href="https://austonia.com/sxsw-sued-over-no-refund-policy" target="_blank">SXSW did not</a>, organizers said.</p><p>There's also the question of hotel availability and sanitation. Some said they'll avoid large crowds for a while anyway.</p><p>"Do you really want to climb into a pit with 30,000 people that you don't know?" said Graham's father, recording artist Jon Dee Graham. "I don't think that putting Purell all over the place is going to take care of the problem." </p><p>It wouldn't be enough for Lambreton, who has autoimmune issues. </p><p>"I can only imagine a festival like that to be a perfect place for an outbreak," she said.</p><p><em>This story has been updated from the original with additional comments.</em></p>
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The Austin City Council on Thursday earmarked $1.5 million in relief funds for thousands of Austin's musicians, who are struggling in the wake of the cancellation of South by Southwest and the closure of hundreds of live music venues across the city.
<p>According <a href="https://mailchi.mp/austintexas.gov/council-votes-to-provide-economic-relief-to-austin-musicians?e=e85eed572c" target="_blank">to a news release</a> from the city:<br/></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"This ordinance responds to a Council <a href="https://austintexas.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1861810ce1dca1a4c1673747c&id=b17fce730d&e=e85eed572c" target="_blank">resolution</a> sponsored by Council Member Kathie Tovo and co-sponsored by Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza and Council Members Alison Alter, Ann Kitchen and Leslie Pool to provide financial assistance to musicians through the Live Music Assistance Fund or other available resources and to explore the possibility of creating a digital live music portal. In March, the City of Austin Music Commission recognized the need for immediate financial assistance and asked the City Council to create such a disaster fund." <br/></p><p>The music festival was canceled and bars were closed in mid-March in an effort to contain the spread of the <a href="https://austonia.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">new coronavirus</a>.</p>
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Bonnie Whitmore plays her Facebook Live weekly Tragic Mondays All-Request Hour—one of the few almost-gigs she has had since venues closed down in March. (Karen Brooks Harper)
It was mid-March, and Austin singer-songwriter Bonnie Whitmore was about to start the first leg of a 20-city tour with iconic Americana performer James McMurtry—a boost for her hard-fought music career that had only recently become full time.
Whitmore, 37, was playing Thursday nights at the Continental Gallery and logging regular work as a studio bassist, back up singer, and tour opener. She was to tour Europe with acclaimed Austin band The Mastersons. She releases another album this summer.
And then coronavirus shut down Austin, the Live Music Capital of the World, and Whitmore's career came to a standstill.
<p>Festivals and tours canceled. The venues closed. Studios were deemed nonessential businesses. No more ticket sales. No more merch sales.</p><p>"Everybody just kind of came to the realization that none of it was going to happen," Whitmore said.</p><p>Her story reverberates across her industry in Austin, home to an estimated 8,000 working musicians.</p><p>Most of them subsidized their income with jobs in the service industry, which has also been hard it, and the vast majority earn less than $25,000 total in a year even in the best of times, said Reenie Collins, CEO of the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians. </p><p>The biggest chunk of that money for most comes from doing shows at some of the city's 250 live music venues, all of which are shut down. </p><p>The cancellation of SXSW was the bellwether of grim times to come, costing many musicians and venues the majority of their year's earnings. </p><p>"Our musicians are absolutely in a dire place," said Collins, whose organization donated $30,000 to local musician relief in the first weeks of the shutdown. "They live in a fragile ecosystem that has been totally upended." </p><p>Last year, HAAM surveyed its 2,600 members and discovered that about 30% of them reported they worried about running out of food at least once a month. </p><p>The organization surveyed its membership again after the bars shut down in March, Collins said. Some 81% now say they can't meet basic needs because of lost income.</p><p>"I don't have any paying gigs right now," said Nakia Reynoso, local songwriter and president of the nonprofit advocacy group Austin Texas Musicians. "The financial loss to musicians because of this pandemic is devastating."</p><p>Reynoso said artists are getting creative about making money online, such as subscriptions and covers. But an influx of superstars who are doing concerts and benefits online during the pandemic is powerful competition that makes it hard for locals to get people to tune into their shows, he said. </p><p>And while losing artists from Austin is a real possibility, he said, losing up to 60% of its venues is just as likely. </p><p>"That's one of the hard realities that some folks in the music industry might not really have woken up to yet," he said. "Their favorite club might not be there when this comes back."</p>
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