This is a listing of all kinds of hip hop shows, news, and views from Austin.

So, Mort sums up the drug legalization issue by stating that there are 2 million alcoholics during Prohibition and as soon as it is legalized there are 30 some odd million.
Who published that statistic?
AA?
The common term for any one who drank more than a petite woman could fathom was declared an alcoholic, or anyone seen drinking in public as well. The notion that only an alcoholic would go to such lengths to smuggle a drink when it is banned is retarded.

I would like to know who was accounting for all of these new alcoholics, and why are there such backward approaches to logic to consider prohibition a drinking issue.

The goal was to target immigrants and minorities who had a preference to smoking opium and marijuana. They’re fairly easy to spot, fine, arrest for cheap labor, and intimidate by law. This is when America started the descent into a police state, the common white European immigrant insisted that our Government knew what was best to do about this “scourge on society” called reefer. It made people laugh, cry, hallucinate, tell the truth, and contemplate a higher state of consciousness. The Vietnamese term for smoking their mother strain of Sativa Dalat is “The path to God”, and their term for smoking too much is “The mind of God.” So, what kind of burning bush did Moses see?

1. Make bullet points that tell the reader :

Who you are:

What you have done:

When you started

Why you want to be heard, seen, sold or the bio to be read.

Where you are from and where you are going.

2. Emphasize the positive! List the popular groups you have done shows with first. If you have yet to do many shows, do not even mention shows. Instead mention your recording experiences, and other music related experience. Never make any claims that are not true, Namedrop with out actually knowing the persons real name, and never exaggerate any ones popularity. You are dealing with an educated audience and they smell what your stepping in when you leave a pile of plop. The information that you provide on a bio will be talked about with other industry folks, and you will shoot yourself in the foot if you can not prove what you say.

3. Use your logo. Never submit a press kit or bio to someone with out your logo on it. Branding is what a label or venue looks for. If you are unprofessional now, money won’t help you get that way. Music is business to anyone reading your bio, if it is sloppy, unoriginal and thrown together, they are all going to laugh at you. Adam Sandler style.

4. Industry business is a formated and serious undertaking in which participation mandates playing by industry rules. If you do not know what type of music you produce, then ya betta ax somebody. If you do not resemble a current famous artist, sound like something famous, or get a crowd to respond to your music then an industry reader will not know what you do. RELATE TO SOMETHING FAMILIAR…

5. Never be a smart ass to your reader / audience. If you think you are already better then everyone else you will soon find out that the reader will understand that you do not need their participation in which to become better. Humility and Humor will take you much further than a hard personality. Don’t get me wrong, if you are street, then do not change, because Hard is a huge niche in this industry, but don’t make the bio all about how hard you are. Mention the fact that you do have street cred. and how you would use that to your advantage over those Vanilla Ice’s out there.

6. Never mention how great and wonderful your music is, and sure as hell do not say that you are the best ever. Follow me on this one, if you are the reader and you are trying to find the next best artist out there, and so and so comes along and thinks they are better than the huge name they currently work with, the first question they ask themselves is “If you are so great, then why am I just now hearing about you, I work with the greatest already.”

7. List your influences as if you are being judged on the talent you have and the talent you want. For instance, when naming Jimmi Hendrix as an influence the reader will automatically look for him in your music. If you are copying his style it is one thing, but if you perform like him, but sound nothing like him it will be obvious that influence vs. imitation won out when finding your niche.

8. When noting how the group formed, never dull the reader with “no names” and the several attempts to keep a band together, or how many names you went through to get the right one. Unless you have Bushwick Bill on your stage adding credibility to your music, do not list his manager’s cousin or what church that cousin saw you at to impress the reader. Keep It Simple & Stupid … KISS

9. List any and all awards, battle of the band type stuff that you can think of, and your recording experiences. Mention the style in which you record, written vs. freestyle, by your self vs. with everyone present, and even what you learned from the recording producer. Never under estimate the one doing the recording, just because he/she does not namedrop that does not mean that they do not know anyone. Most of us professionals know so many important people that we would be inundated by all of the nonsense (things that do not make money) that we would not have time to do our job, so we rarely can afford to name drop. This industry is about who you know, but it is more about what they know of you.

10. Briefly describe each group member, and thanks to myspace.com you should probably have a reference to each persons myspace page. ( yes you should have a page for each and a separate one for the group / band) Rather than listing each persons favorite music, list their shirt size, maybe a shoe size, favorite drink, or most embarrassing moment. Make the reader feel like they belong and want to find out more.

11. You need to have up to 3 different bios written and handy for the three main readers

Music Label / Industry: A group has to prove their longevity and worth in their music, and the group must agree that business will be taken care of with little liability, a fan base is existing and their are plans on how to make it bigger, that all of the songwriting has been done by current members of the band and would not have to be outsourced, and last but not least, A LABEL WANTS TO BE ASSURED THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW DIRECTIONS.

Club / Music Venue : clubs want to know if you can draw a crowd or are you going to bring a crowd that spends money? Usually they will be willing to go half on advertising / fliers if they can be assured that they will be delivered.

Advertising / Sponsors: Want to see proof of your fan base see potential in gaining a good response for helping you grow it.

12. All bio info is current and correct. All press kit info matches and is easily found:

Name: url: myspace info: address: contact number:

13. Spell everything correctly (except slang song titles and member names).
Make sure that someone who passed English class proofs your final copy. Read other famous bios and compare the format to yours. Never let form or how it looks overshadow what it is supposed to do, which is inform the reader.

14. Write your bio specifically for the intended reader, know your audience.

This Austin, Texas map that will show you where your favorite band is playing and show you how to get there. Live music all over Austin Texas
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There is a lot of hustle in this town, and anyone who has been around for a minute knows that there is talent to back it up. There is always a need for Austin’s music scene to grow to its potential especially with the Austin underground hip hop movement showing up in main stream hip hop culture. The University of Texas is one of this countries largest schools, with a very eclectic group of students, and one of the lowest tour stop rates in the industry and not just for hip hop, but for all artists. Why?

Some would say that there are not enough good sized venues that hold enough patrons, and some would argue that there are such venues, just not at the right price to use them. Well, what ever the case, Emo’s, 311, Ruta Maya, and Victory Grill all have shows at least 4 nights a week, with plenty of local talent on the line up. These venues hold 150 to 1,500 tops, and what a personal show it is. There are merits to not having to pay to park in a field, pay $4.00 for a water, suffer through heat strokes, take a bus with 200 other people, or using a port a john that is best left indescribable. It is well worth your time in going to check out Austin’s local music at one of our 400+ venues.

We are working on posting more show dates, images, music, and touring info so please stay tuned.

Thanx,
Homegrown

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Cinemark Movie Theatres

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Touring Texas

Cabela’s

Austin City Limits

Austin Civic Chorus
Central Texas’ finest oratorio choir.

Austin Duck Adventures
Tours in the unique Austin Duck vehicles.

Rowing Dock
Rent your kayaks and paddle boats from the Rowing Dock on Town Lake.

Austin Galleries
One of Austin’s finest art galleries.

Austin Ghost Tours
Walking tours in downtown Austin on Saturday and Sunday nights.

Austin Museum of Art
Check out their many annual events.

Austin’s Park ‘n Pizza
Pizza buffet, mini golf, bumper boats, go-karts, kiddie play area and game pavilion on 22 acres.

Austin Promenade Tours

Austin Segway Tours by Gliding Revolution
Ride Segway Human Transporters on your Downtown Austin Glide or Barton Creek Resort Glide. A very interesting way to see the sights.

Austin Steam Train
Vintage steam train rides on various runs throughout the year

Austin Zoo
Austin Zoo is a rescue zoo and provides sanctuary to displaced animals from a variety of unfortunate and often neglectful situations.

The Bats at the Congress Avenue Bridge
Watch thousands of bats leaving the bridge and soaring in the sky.

Bear Creek Stables
Horseback riding lessons and more

Bob Bullock State History Museum

Cabela’s – Buda, Texas
Retail Store is located just off I-35 between Austin and San Antonio. In addition to offering quality outdoor merchandise, the 185,000 sq. ft. showroom is an educational and entertainment attraction, featuring a decor of museum-quality animal displays, huge aquariums and trophy animals interacting in realistic re-creations of their natural habitats.

Capital Cruises
Boat tours of Town Lake in Austin

CapitolCity.com
Austin’s Arts Network

Chaparral Ice Centers
Ice skating, hockey program and more

The Dinosaur Park
An educational and fun place for everyone to learn about the majestic animals that ruled our earth for over 150 million years.

ExperienceAustin.com
A delightful web page full of information about Austin.

Free Tours of the Texas Capitol

Governor’s Mansion Tours
Call 512-463-5516 for reservations

Highland Lakes
Stay in a lake rental cabin or a lake house on one of these lakes and enjoy boating, swimming, waterskiing, jet skiing, fishing and more.

Hill Country Flyer
Tourist Steam Train from Cedar Park to Burnet.

Huntington Art Gallery

Inner Space Cavern
Just 24 miles north of Austin, Texas, a natural cavern
formed millions of years ago.

J & M Aviaries
More than 60 species of exotic birds and other animals at 8467 U.S. 290. Phone 512-288-2199

Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farm
Return to a time gone by. Featuring harvesting,
quilting, blacksmithing and more.

Kiddie Acres
An amusement park for children 10 years old and younger with rides and miniature golf.

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
4801 La Crosse Avenue in Austin

Lonestar Riverboat
Take a cruise on Town Lake on the double-decker, paddle wheel boat

Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum
Located at 2313 Red River Street in Austin

Mount Bonnell
Have a picnic with great views of Lake Austin from this 785 foot limestone hill at 3800 Mount Bonnell Road.

Main Event
Laser tag, bowling alley, wall climbing, billiards and a restaurant.

Millinium Youth Entertainment Complex
They have a roller skating rink, 16-lane bowling alley, toddler ball-jumping area and a one-screen movie theater.

Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch
Take a safari drive through Texas style. Located west of New Braunfels, Texas.

Natural Bridge Caverns
Texas’ largest caverns. Located west of New Braunfels, Texas.

Outdoors

The Performing Arts Center at the University of Texas

The Paramount Theater
Schedule of the theater and information about the theater.

Schlitterbahn
Waterpark resort located in New Braunfels, Texas.

Skate World Austin
Roller skating, lessons, roller hockey leagues and more

The State Theatre
Information and schedule of the State Theater.

Sunshine Machine Boat Tours
They run a charter boat service on Lake Austin near City Park, that takes 1 to 30 passengers on scenic cruises up a beautiful part of the lake.

Texas Memorial Museum
Exhibits, events, museum store and more.

Texas Roller Derby
Austin roller derby at its finest. The first of only 3 banked track leagues in the nation.

Texas Wine Trails

Tours of the Tower at the University of Texas

Volente Beach and Waterpark
Water rides and beach on Lake Travis

Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve
224 acre sanctuary for birds, animals and native plants

Wonder World
Texas’ most visited cave. Petting zoo, train ride, anti gravity
house and more in San Marcos, Texas.

Zilker Botanical Garden
31 acre botanical garden with themed gardens, a butterfly trail and prehistoric villages.

Zilker Park Boat Rentals

Abyz

Gutta Gang

MC Overlord

Stealth Da Bomba

Nick D

Street Monopoly

Lakrea Clark

East 35

A. I. A.

Abyz

Adlib the Glib Poet

The Afreakins

akusticka

A.D.I.D.A.M.

Michael C. Allen

Apostrophe

Attayac Sound Team

Bryan Austin

Jet Baker

J. Ball & Root Love

DJ Bambino

Barely Broke

Bass Playin’ Ben

BeatMeatFhreaks

Daniel Bennett

Big Country Sky

Bitter Jug

Bavu Blakes

Blowbunny

Bodyrockin’Music

Lanny Booth

Bourland

Brothaly Luv

C.H.O.P.

Cancer

Casino & The Gutta Gang

Chach’s Private/Non Private Voice Lessons

Choszen & Full-Blown

Compound Abstract

Counterfeit X

Crossing Bandwidths

DJ Li’L Stinky

D. O. S. Zastro

Damar

Jonny Danger

Mike Daross

Data Conversion

Eric Day

John Deacon

DeFunk A Delic

Diasporic

Didgeman

DigiKrew Entertainment

digitaldrummer

Dirty Dollar Records LLC

Dirty Wormz

Dj 2DQ

DJ A.M.

DJ Blurray

DJ Grand Avenue

DJ King Mike

DJ Lane

DJ Massive

DJ Phlip

DJ-RJ

DJ Scratch ’n’ Sniff

DJ Tats

Downfall2012

DownsiiD

Draztik

Echo Squad

Electric Meyhem

eLecrtPsonic_ecstAsy

the Vince Esquire Band

Evolution

Execs

Exstus-E

Faded

Fat Bono

Fine Young Gentlemen

Chuck Fleming

Flyy Bri aka F.Bizzle

FontaneSwift

Jason Freed

Papa Fudge

Full Service

Ghetto Rainbow

Gobi

GRAVITRON

Greg G. "The Golden Child"

theGrindLab

GT

Gutta Gang

Harmone

Hello Superlocal

Scott Hinkle

Hollywood Go Swingin

Hombre De Mundo

HomegrowN

Hood Soul

Ron Horne

I n d i o

I Need More Cowbell

Illujion2

INBOX

Indofin

Inner City All Stars Brass Band

Innerlign

Ivison

J-Mat

Kevin Jack

JahLangalow

John Pointer & Carlos Sosa’s BoomBox

Foscoe Jones and The Distractions

JW Americana

Kenneth Kane

John Paul Keenon

KJV

Randy Kirchhof

The Klocks

Klocks

Knew Reliks

Knight Ridaz

George Kramer

Rebecka Kruger

Lady Legacy

Lance

Shayna Lane

Darin Layne

Crystal Lee

Lefty the Funky Drummer

Les & the Funk Mob

Liquid Stereo Project

longview ’s finest

LoonaC

Terri Lord

Lost in South Austin

Mangrove

Marqell

masterOFself

Chris Mayfield

MC

MC Overlord

Megatron Bomb Squad

David Mendoza – Drummer

Mingo Fishtrap

Mirage

Mirage 1

Mobile Homies

Motionside

Muchos Backflips!

MVP & the Illego Alienz

Not Cool Enough

Neal Nuwash

OHN

One Botti

Paradox

Permakids

The Pictures

John Pointer

the Portal

Prints Omarr

Fuad Ramses

Ray Sr.

Realismo Magico

RedEye

Retarted Elf

Reverend Pain

Reverie

Ryan T. & the Roosters

S.P./Hardhead

Sabado Gigante

Seco

Sensual Soul

Seven Figure Entertainment

Shango

ShortFuze

Sic Vic

Dubb Sicks

Silo

Siringo Pass

Slurblown

Solarfuse

Somatic

South Austin Jug Band

The Southern Ballers

Sphinx045

James Elmo "Jes" Sproat

Stealth Da Bomba

Steamroller

Stormin Norman Mobile Disc Jockey Service

Streetwize

String Theory

Gondee Style

Subrosa Union

Sugar the Drummer

Swicious

Ter’ell & Soul City

Thurgood Hustlaz

J. Tigg

Town Drunks

Transplant Sound

Triplenickel

Troy Dillinger & Del Dragons

Tymez3

Mikel Urdy

The Verge

Gilson Viator

vortexas

The Wanderful Originals

Wasted Talent

Watermelonfastbass

Benjamin Williams

Mark L Wilson

Word Power

Rebecca Wynne

X-Style

Yaadcore & Unity Produkshun

Joe Zeinner

Zero Skills inc.

Joe Zito

Zubik

1. Make bullet points that tell the reader :

Who you are:

What you have done:

When you started

Why you want to be heard, seen, sold or the bio to be read.

Where you are from and where you are going.

2. Emphasize the positive! List the popular groups you have done shows with first. If you have yet to do many shows, do not even mention shows. Instead mention your recording experiences, and other music related experience. Never make any claims that are not true, Namedrop with out actually knowing the persons real name, and never exaggerate any ones popularity. You are dealing with an educated audience and they smell what your stepping in when you leave a pile of plop. The information that you provide on a bio will be talked about with other industry folks, and you will shoot yourself in the foot if you can not prove what you say.

3. Use your logo. Never submit a press kit or bio to someone with out your logo on it. Branding is what a label or venue looks for. If you are unprofessional now, money won’t help you get that way. Music is business to anyone reading your bio, if it is sloppy, unoriginal and thrown together, they are all going to laugh at you. Adam Sandler style. 

4. Industry business is a formated and serious undertaking in which participation mandates playing by industry rules. If you do not know what type of music you produce, then ya betta ax somebody. If you do not resemble a current famous artist, sound like something famous, or get a crowd to respond to your music then an industry reader will not know what you do. RELATE TO SOMETHING FAMILIAR…

5. Never be a smart ass to your reader / audience. If you think you are already better then everyone else you will soon find out that the reader will understand that you do not need their participation in which to become better. Humility and Humor will take you much further than a hard personality. Don’t get me wrong, if you are street, then do not change, because Hard is a huge niche in this industry, but don’t make the bio all about how hard you are. Mention the fact that you do have street cred. and how you would use that to your advantage over those Vanilla Ice’s out there.

6. Never mention how great and wonderful your music is, and sure as hell do not say that you are the best ever. Follow me on this one, if you are the reader and you are trying to find the next best artist out there, and so and so comes along and thinks they are better than the huge name they currently work with, the first question they ask themselves is “If you are so great, then why am I just now hearing about you, I work with the greatest already.”

7. List your influences as if you are being judged on the talent you have and the talent you want. For instance, when naming Jimmi Hendrix as an influence the reader will automatically look for him in your music. If you are copying his style it is one thing, but if you perform like him, but sound nothing like him it will be obvious that influence vs. imitation won out when finding your niche. 

8. When noting how the group formed, never dull the reader with “no names” and the several attempts to keep a band together, or how many names you went through to get the right one. Unless you have Bushwick Bill on your stage adding credibility to your music, do not list his manager’s cousin or what church that cousin saw you at to impress the reader. Keep It Simple & Stupid … KISS

9. List any and all awards, battle of the band type stuff that you can think of, and your recording experiences. Mention the style in which you record, written vs. freestyle, by your self vs. with everyone present, and even what you learned from the recording producer. Never under estimate the one doing the recording, just because he/she does not namedrop that does not mean that they do not know anyone. Most of us professionals know so many important people that we would be inundated by all of the nonsense (things that do not make money) that we would not have time to do our job, so we rarely can afford to name drop. This industry is about who you know, but it is more about what they know of you. 

10. Briefly describe each group member, and thanks to myspace.com you should probably have a reference to each persons myspace page. ( yes you should have a page for each and a separate one for the group / band) Rather than listing each persons favorite music, list their shirt size, maybe a shoe size, favorite drink, or most embarrassing moment. Make the reader feel like they belong and want to find out more.

11. You need to have up to 3 different bios written and handy for the three main readers

Music Label / Industry: A group has to prove their longevity and worth in their music, and the group must agree that business will be taken care of with little liability, a fan base is existing and their are plans on how to make it bigger, that all of the songwriting has been done by current members of the band and would not have to be outsourced, and last but not least, A LABEL WANTS TO BE ASSURED THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW DIRECTIONS.

Club / Music Venue : clubs want to know if you can draw a crowd or are you going to bring a crowd that spends money? Usually they will be willing to go half on advertising / fliers if they can be assured that they will be delivered.

Advertising / Sponsors: Want to see proof of your fan base see potential in gaining a good response for helping you grow it. 

12. All bio info is current and correct. All press kit info matches and is easily found:

Name:    url:    myspace info:     address:    contact number:

13. Spell everything correctly (except slang song titles and member names).
Make sure that someone who passed english class proofs your final copy. Read other famous bios and compare the format to yours. Never let form or how it looks overshadow what it is supposed to do, which is inform the reader.

14. Write your bio specifically for the intended reader, know your audience.