Jennifer Houlihan is the Executive Director at Austin Music People (AMP). Bobby Garza is the General Manager at Transmission Events and Chair of the Executive Committee at AMP. We discuss the state of Austin as a music city:

• Why we need organizations like Austin Music People;
• How the disconnect between the politics, the music community, and the Austin population happened;
• The findings and propositions from the 2014 Austin Music Industry Census;
• Austin getting a C- on the Music City Report Card;
• People’s unwillingness to pay cover charge to see live music;
• How to educate people about the music Austin offers and cultivate music Evangelist;
• Tips and advice for artists;
• The sound ordinance and the agent of change principle;
• How you can support the music scene

The story that we sell about Austin […] looks like the front of a show. What you don’t see is the back; where there’s a toilet broken or somebody is trying to plug an extension cord. – Bobby Garza

What we hope to do is give people the tools they need to make the change in the community that’s going to keep us the Live Music Capital of the World – Jennifer Houlihan