Austin Music Foundation - Boot Camp Red River Rock Out

Austin Music Foundation is thrilled to offer 3 sessions of its popular "Music Industry Bootcamp" series, all to occur on Saturday, Oct. 9th. These seminars are open to everyone and free to the public. As a part of the inaugural Red River Rock Out, which runs the nights of October 8th & 9th, AMF will convert the Red Eyed Fly (715 Red River Street) Saturday afternoon to accommodate three lively and diverse panels.

Audience members are encouraged to attend any or all panels and participate in the question and answer periods that follow. This amazing opportunity to interact with local policy makers, artists, entrepreneurs and personalities is not to be missed.

The topics and schedule runs as follows:

"The Impact of Politics on the Austin Music Scene"
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Panelists:
Brewster McCracken, Austin City Council Member
Teresa Sansone Ferguson, Chair, Austin Music Commission
Chris Gray, "TCB" Music Columnist, The Austin Chronicle
Rob Patterson, Freelance Music Writer
John Pointer, Artist, Boombox
Stefanie Crock, Artist, Backstage Suicide

This opening session will no doubt ignite a vigorous discussion of the local political issues affecting our music scene. We will talk about different stakeholders and interests in Austin's downtown district and how they affect the music industry. We will also discuss the pros, cons, & impact of current resolutions as well as discuss needs of the music community and how those issues can potentially be addressed in the future. We will have time for Q&A, so bring your questions and ideas to the decision makers!

"Women of Rock and Roll: Influence & Impact"
5:15pm - 6:15pm
Panelists:
Margaret Moser, Senior Editor, The Austin Chronicle & Director of the Austin Music Awards
Tammy Moore, Rank and Revue Magazine & Booker of The Backroom
Trina Quinn, Morning X DJ, 101X
Wendy Waad, Founder, Rank and Revue Magazine
Lindsey Gregory, Founder and Webmistress, AustinPunkRock.org
Sabrina Ewing, Artist, The Applicators

The second panel is no less diverse in its composition. Local fearless femme fatales will be discussing the many different ways in which they continue to contribute to Austin's music scene and the growing roll of women in the rock and roll industry over the past 20 years.

"Getting More Money from your Music: Proven Success Stories"
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Panelists:
Sean Neil, Artist, Dynamite Boy
Tee Double, Hip-Hop Artist
Ray Flowers, Founder, Fifth Column Marketing
Roanna Gillespie, Austin Community College Instructor, "Music Publishing"
Will Hoffman, Artist, Pushmonkey and Producer
Chopper, Artist, Kissinger
The third session examines the difficulty of staying afloat in the music industry while encouraging attendees to be innovative and make use of the many (often-overlooked) revenue streams. These panelists will discuss all the available revenue streams and recount, through success stories, the importance of identifying an act's strong suits, working smarter, being creative and multi-tasking with one goal in mind: making more money from your music.