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Pause/Play: a podcast about live music, why it matters, and what comes next.

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Episodes

Don’t Austin My Lockhart: How Austin musicians seeking affordability are impacting surrounding towns

We’re looking at what happens to small towns like Lockhart when a bunch of Austin musicians seeking affordable places to... more

04 Sep 2024 · 48 minutes
How SXSW went from an Austin festival to an international experience

SXSW started in 1987 as a regional music festival in Austin. You'll hear how it started and how it changed... more

21 Aug 2024 · 42 minutes
Pause/Play is taking a quick break

There should be a new episode of Pause/Play this week. But, we got hit by a mix of travel, COVID,... more

07 Aug 2024 · 1 minute
An Austin Artist’s Guide to Success: Part 2

The latest episode of Pause/Play is part two of an Austin Artist’s Guide to Success. You’ll hear from many people... more

24 Jul 2024 ·
An Austin Artist’s Guide to Success: Part 1

The latest episode of Pause/Play is an Austin Artist’s Guide to Success. You’ll hear from many people in the everchanging... more

10 Jul 2024 · 41 minutes
Who owns Austin’s venues, how it’s changed, and why it matters.

20 years ago, most of Austin's venues were independently and locally run. But, over time corporations like Live Nation and... more

26 Jun 2024 · 32 minutes
Ticketing through an Austin Lens

This episode of Pause/Play explores changes in ticketing through an Austin lens. You’ll hear from Mellie Price, one of the... more

12 Jun 2024 · 46 minutes
How laws targeting LGBTQIA+ Texans are impacting Austin’s live music scene

LGBTQIA+ members of Austin’s music scene talk about how proposed bans on drag performances, and laws outlawing gender-affirming care for... more

29 May 2024 · 36 minutes
Peace, Love, and Texas Women: Women in Austin music reflect on the Texas abortion ban

Women from the Austin music scene talk about how the Texas abortion ban is impacting their lives.

15 May 2024 · 30 minutes
How is climate change impacting Austin's live music scene?

In the latest episode of Pause/Play, you’ll hear from musicians, venue owners and fans about how climate change is affecting... more

01 May 2024 · 36 minutes
How are global and local changes impacting the Austin Music Scene?

In the first episode of Season 5, hosts Miles Bloxson and Elizabeth McQueen look at how COVID has shifted some... more

17 Apr 2024 · 20 minutes
Trailer: Pause/Play Season 5

The new season of Pause/Play starts April 17th. This season is all about change. We’ll be looking at the impact... more

05 Apr 2024 · 1 minute
An Outsider’s Take on the Austin Music Scene

In this bonus episode, Brazilian journalist and podcaster Filipe Speck explores the Austin Music Scene from his perspective as someone... more

15 Nov 2023 · 23 minutes
All About Our Listeners

This episode is all about our listeners. We asked what they thought we should do to support the Austin Music... more

29 Mar 2023 · 27 minutes
Nonprofit aims to reverse Austin’s 1928 master plan and get SXSW money to the BIPOC community

SXSW brings in millions each year, but Black and brown Austinites don’t always benefit from the influx of money. DAWA,... more

13 Mar 2023 · 6 minutes
What Touring is Like Now

Musicians talk about what it's like to tour on this side of the pandemic.  You'll hear from Jane Ellen Bryant... more

08 Mar 2023 · 57 minutes
Black Artists discuss the state of the Austin Music Scene

You’ll hear from four Black musicians – Anastasia Hera, Cam the Tastemaker, Blakchyl, and Brannen Temple – about how they’ve... more

22 Feb 2023 · 47 minutes
All About the Census

In the latest episode, Peter Schwarz from Sound Music Cities about some of the results of the Greater Austin Music... more

01 Feb 2023 · 40 minutes
Austin has a music union? Here’s what it is and how it works.

Learn all about the Austin Federation of Musicians ––  how it works, what benefits it provides for freelance musicians, and... more

18 Jan 2023 · 35 minutes
Meet the Austin non-profit rethinking how record labels work: Spaceflight Records

In the latest episode of Pause/Play we spoke with Brett Orrison, Samara Simpson, and Jonathan Horstman about the non-profit record... more

21 Dec 2022 · 36 minutes
How can people get money into the hands of musicians, outside of being fans and going to shows?

Sonic Guild and DAWA are two Austin based that actually give musicians money. In this episode you’ll learn what they... more

07 Dec 2022 · 49 minutes
Do Musicians Need Corporate Support to Survive in the New Austin?

Miles and Elizabeth explore different forms of corporate support for music, and look at one company that's making a big... more

23 Nov 2022 · 38 minutes
Take note U.S.: Canada actually gives its musicians money

Hosts Miles Bloxson and Elizabeth McQueen explore the Canadian system of support for the arts in general, and for commercial... more

09 Nov 2022 · 49 minutes
Why doesn’t commercial music in the U.S. get any financial support outside of, say, fans?

Hosts Miles Bloxson and Elizabeth McQueen talk to UT Professor Charles Carson about why American commercial music doesn't get financial... more

26 Oct 2022 · 31 minutes
NFTs and Music: Austin Musicians’ Thoughts on NFTs

Hear what Jackie Venson, Deezie Brown, David Shabani, and Erin Ivey have to say about NFTs and Music. You can... more

05 Jul 2022 · 31 minutes
NFTs and Music: What is a NFT? The Song!

Here’s your very own, very fungible copy of the soon-to-be hit song, “What is an NFT?”

30 Jun 2022 · 2 minutes
NFTs and Music: Minting an NFT

Miles and Elizabeth go on a journey to mint an NFT. But in order to do that they have to... more

14 Jun 2022 · 33 minutes
NFTs and Music: What is an NFT?

In this first episode of our mini-season about NFTs you'll learn all the things you need to know in order... more

31 May 2022 · 36 minutes
The Return of SXSW

We're taking a look at the first in-person SXSW in 3 years. You'll hear from rapper and event curator J... more

05 Apr 2022 · 48 minutes
Bonus! A City Department just raised their rate for musicians to $200 per hour.

The City of Austin's Economic Development Department just raised their rate of pay for musicians to $200 per hour per... more

29 Mar 2022 · 5 minutes
What Mayor Adler has to say about the Live Music Fund

Hear what Austin Mayor Steve Adler has to say about the history of the Live Music Fund, why he raised... more

07 Mar 2022 · 29 minutes
The city has millions of dollars to support the Austin music scene. But who gets the money?

We're looking at the Live Music Fund. We'll tell you what it is, how it came to be, and we'll... more

01 Mar 2022 · 53 minutes
Musician pay for live shows in Austin hasn’t changed in 40 years. Here are some other ways they’ve found to make money with music.

Austin musicians are making the same amount of money per gig as they did in 1979. In the latest episode,... more

15 Feb 2022 · 34 minutes
Live music doesn’t always pay the bills. So what else can you do?

First, you'll learn how much money the average Austin musician makes per gig, and why it can be hard to... more

01 Feb 2022 · 36 minutes
Could affordable housing save Austin’s music scene?

In the latest episode, you'll learn how Austin non-profit Foundation Communities helped musician James Shelton find affordable housing the central... more

18 Jan 2022 · 34 minutes
Bonus! Gina Chavez and Joe Greenwald at ACL Music Festival

Miles Bloxson spoke with Latin Grammy nominee Gina Chavez and artist manager Joe Greenwald at the Austin City Limits Music... more

04 Jan 2022 · 35 minutes
How some Austin musicians are finding housing help with HOME

In the latest episode, you’ll learn about Austin Housing Opportunities for Musicians and Entertainers or HOME. This Austin organization helps... more

21 Dec 2021 · 35 minutes
How Austin’s housing market helped build the music scene, and how it could destroy it

In the latest episode of Pause/Play, we’re looking at how the housing market helped build Austin’s music scene, and how... more

07 Dec 2021 · 35 minutes
Bonus! Music Scenes as Economic Clusters

Here’s another way to think about music scenes — they’re legitimate economic clusters! Don’t know what we mean by that?... more

30 Nov 2021 · 10 minutes
Why Taméca Jones, Austin’s Queen of Soul, is leaving for LA

Austin singer and songwriter Taméca Jones is leaving Austin for LA at the end of the year.  In the latest... more

16 Nov 2021 · 31 minutes
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Austin musicians are making the same amount of money per gig as they did in 1979. In the latest episode, we look... more