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Mayoral & City Council Candidate Forum for the Creative Sector Recap
Mayoral Candidate Forum Q: In what way is the creative sector important to Austin? Clay Dafoe: The creative sector is the aspect that brought him to Austin – live music, especially. The creative sector is important in multiple ways…Jobs – creative sector was responsible for 49,000 jobs in 2010, Socially – the creative sector is [...]
May 1, 2012 · Read more · Comments (0)
AMP sits down with Kathie Tovo and Randi Shade
The current Austin City Council election for Place 3 went to a runoff due to no candidate gaining a majority of the vote. Election day is June 18. Voting locations here. You can vote in the runoff even if you did not vote in the general election. AMP strongly encourages the music community and the [...]
June 15, 2011 · Read more · Comments (0)
Election day weeks away. Why AMPers must vote…
Hopefully you’ve registered to vote. Assuming you are indeed registered and you’re an Austin Music Person, we can’t over-emphasize how crucial it is for Austin’s creative class to vote in our local elections. Elected officials, by their very nature, are most accountable to those groups who consistently vote. Want to ensure that our music culture [...]
April 15, 2011 · Read more · Comments (0)
Austinist photo blog of AMP Launch Party
(via the austinist) Austin’s newest music support group, AMP, seeks “to unify all Austin Music People under one common love and one common cause.” Last Thursday night, that spirit manifested itself into a greatest hits concert at ACL Live as many of Austin’s best known musical exports united with a sold-out crowd to launch AMP [...]
April 4, 2011 · Read more · Comments (0)
AMP Launch Party photos: Do512
Some great shots by our friends at Do512.com
April 4, 2011 · Read more · Comments (0)
MyFoxAustin talks with AMP’s Paul Oveisi about Launch Party
Austin Music People Host First Benefit: MyFoxAUSTIN.com
March 21, 2011 · Read more · Comments (0)
SXSW 36: AMP’s Paul Oveisi responds to sound permit issues
By Michael Barnes | Friday, March 18, 2011, 01:30 PM story link After this column reported additional problems with sound level enforcement along South Congress Avenue, Paul Oveisi, executive director of Austin Music People, called. Oveisi’s group was created recently to “protect and grow Austin’s music culture and our reputation as the live music capital [...]
March 18, 2011 · Read more · Comments (0)
Olga Campos/ KVUE talks to AMP Executive Director Paul Oveisi
March 12, 2011 · Read more · Comments (0)
Parking meters downtown to charge on nights/weekends?
The City of Austin has initially passed a measure to extend hours for parking meters to nights/weekends. Will this negatively impact our downtown music venues? AMP is working with City leaders to make sure that it won’t. Stay tuned.
March 9, 2011 · Read more · Comments (0)
AMP Launch Party tickets!
Will be available via ACL Live starting Wednesday March 2 at 10am.