While I’m not big on the Austin music scene (being more the type to spend my money on food and books than live music), I can certainly appreciate the fact that our city is known as the Live Music Capital of the World. Given the abundance of musicians who flock here each year precisely on the strength of that designation, it should perhaps come as no surprise that Austin is currently at a crossroads. The question is, how can our city continue to support so many musicians as thousands continue to move here, expecting to find their Big Breaks?
Potential answers to the question can be found in the new flick Echotone, currently screening at the Alamo Drafthouse.
How do working musicians get by in our creative community — or do they? The film, directed by Nathan Christ and photographed by Richard Garza, hopes to answer that question with a “cultural portrait of the modern American city examined through the lyrics and lens of its creative class.”
Additional theatrical dates have been added through this Thursday, and the film screens around 10 PM each evening at the Alamo’s South Lamar location.
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Tags: Austin musicians, Austin's creative class, Echotone, Nathan Christ, Richard Garza, the quiet fight for a louder future, working musicians
