The FeedBak Podcast

Jennifer Houlihan ( Austin Music People ), Gavin Garcia ( Music Commission ), and Don Pitts ( ATX Music Office ) join us for the finale of our Save Austin Music Series live from City Hall. (Check out  Part 1 and Part 2 ): The official response to the Omnibus Resolution ( read it here ); Addressing the lack of communication between all the players; What their roles are in this process; We discuss v...

We recap the 2nd Street Soundcheck and Solstice Festival . Get to know some of the local bands by listening to our preview show ). Chris Bush is the CEO of TipCow , an app that allows you to tip a band directly from your phone. Dan Redman, founder of Mosaic Sound Collective , a one-stop shop of resources and services supporting the music community. They join us to talk about how their ventures fit...

Live from  Stay Gold  in Austin, TX, get to know Hard Proof , Henry + The Invisibles , Young Tongue , and Ume who are performing at Solstice Festival on June 18th at Pan Am Park : Background and beginnings; Memorable moments as musicians; Sound and performance style; Insight on the Austin music scene; "At some moments, we're a rock band with a horn section for a front man. At some moments, we're a...

We plug the Austin comedy scene (check out Stand Up Empire on PBS) and compare Chicago and Dallas to Austin. Rebecca Farrell is an attorney at Austin Music Law  who represents Austin venues. Tee Double is the founder of Urban Artist Alliance  who helps urban artists learn about the business side of the music industry. They share their feedbak on Mayor Adler's Omnibus Resolution to preserve the Aus...

We recap the last X-Games in Austin and a World Music Party at a house in North Austin. FeedBak Podcast veteran and comedian Sheena Simmons returns (previous appearances on episodes 61 , 63 , 88 ): Her definition of turnt up ; Exploring the Austin scene again; Becoming a comedian; The Austin comedy scene and the rise of open mics; Quitting your job and pursuing your dreams; Building structure in y...

We recap Memorial Day Weekend including grand openings of Green Light Social on West 6th and 77° Rooftop Bar in the Domain, Groove Theory 1 Year Anniversary with DJ Kay Cali , New Jack Swing with DJ Protege , DJ Mike Swing , DJ Kid Slyce , DJ Demo, Kenny Duet . Best Club DJ by the Austin Chronicle in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012 and pillar in the Austin house music scene Toddy B tells his stor...

We recap Hall & Oates at Amphitheater, Leon Bridges at Stubbs, and New Breed Brass Band at Antone's. Partner at Wu Chow and Swift's Attic ,Twitter-verified, Music fan, Panda before Desiigner, and world's biggest Chinaman, CK Chin shares his insight on Austin food scene: From vet to mentor to bouncer to restaurant manager to owner Opening Swift's Attic and Wu Chow The food culture in Austin: the tr...

We recap the weekend. Micco follows up on our previous show about ridesharing  with workaround, black market peer-to-peer solutions, and driver feedbak. Austin rapper, founder of the Austin Mic Exchange and Weird City Hip Hop Festival ,  Protextor  aka P-Tek joins us on this episode. We talk about: Growing up in Iowa as a RnB and Hip Hop fan How Dr. Dre's The Watcher from The Chronic 2001 was life...

The FeedBak Podcast is BAK!! We had talk about the ACL line-up with Festival Expert Micco. Attorney and TNC Guru Jeff Kirk breaks down Prop 1 and its outcome: Micco covers the ACL Line-up: C3 Presents The switch from 1 weekend to 2 weekends Percentages of acts by genre Local acts vs national/international acts Differences between Weekend 1 and Weekend 2 Jeff Kirk attorney and writer for Medium.com...

SXSW 2016 came and went. We did a preview episode . Now we recap the festival with Micco and Lane with stories, reviews, rants: How we prepared, Domination Team (260+ SXSW goers in GroupMe); ATX Startup Crawl:  Atlassian , Blacklocus , Capital Factory ; Highlights of SXSW Interactive: President Obama Keynote Speech , Spredfast Lounge , Samsung Galaxy Life Fest , Questlove at WeDC ; Reviews of  Fad...

SXSW is right around corner. Festival experts Micco ,  Lane , Boris Wright (who's worked SXSW for 19 years) join the podcast to share tips, insights, and stories: How to prepare for SXSW: RSVPster , SXSW Domination Team on GroupMe, @ChrisKeegan 's SXSW Guide , @SXSWMafia Doing SXSW with VS without a wristband; Transportation/Parking tips: use B-Cycle , where to park, Uber Pool, Lyft; Tech tips: mo...

Matt Ford , Lauren Bruno , and Adrian Tavares introduce Solstive Live , a online booking platform that helps artists find venues and venues find artists: Their connection to Austin, The Solstice Festival, From France to the US, How they brought it to Austin, How Solstice Live works for the artists and the venues, Working with venues and partnering with event producers, How to improve the Austin mu...

Happy New Year! For the first show of 2016, Micco joins to talk about: New Year's Eve and the hype; Uber and transportation woes ; Sheena 2.0 and her friend Marcia call in; Events and places to look forward to in 2016: Carnaval Brasileiro on Feb 27; I Love The 90's featuring Salt N' Pepa, Vanilla Ice, Coolio, Kid N Play, Rob Base and more on Feb 5; Antone's is back on W. 5th; Black Fret , a non-pr...

Our returning champions Sheena Simmons and Ekwhoa help me review 2015 and preview New Year's Eve: Recap of The Feedbak 5 Year Anniversary at Vulcan Gas Company; Best parties of the year; Lessons from 2015; West 6th vs Eastside vs Dirty 6th vs Warehouse District; Uber and Lyft vs Austin City Council ( sign the petition to keep Uber & Lyft in Austin); Sheena's new year resolutions; New Year's Eve is...

Ter’ell Shahid is a musician, songwriter, producer, real-estate agent , CEO of Urbanian Entertainment , and has been in Austin music scene since he was a teenager: His musical background and learning the instruments; Austin back in the day as music heaven with the agencies and mentors; Going from band to band and the solo career; Neckbone , The Funk-Hop Supergroup for and by musicians; The Hip Hop...

Marc Piatkowski is co-owner of Vulcan Gas Company , a state-of-the-art music venue on 6th Street: Moving to Austin and getting into the bar industry; The importance of sound at a venue; Choosing the electronic music as a format; Acquiring the name of Vulcan Gas Company from an old psychedelic rock venue from the 60's; Being on Dirty 6th Street, the homeless situation, charging cover, the college c...

Jennifer Houlihan is the Executive Director at Austin Music People (AMP). Bobby Garza is the General Manager at Transmission Events and Chair of the Executive Committee at AMP . We discuss the state of Austin as a music city: Why we need organizations like Austin Music People ; How the disconnect between the politics, the music community, and the Austin population happened; The findings and propos...

Henry + The Invisibles is a one man phunk band . We talk about: Winning Battle of the Bands at Mohawk sponsored by Mattress Firm His love for music and early bands; Transitioning from one instrument to the next then to vocals; The birth of Henry + The Invisibles and looping; The importance of the live performance (visuals, experience, unpredictability); The influence of James Brown and 70's music;...

Danny "D-Train" Trevino , Manny Fresco , and Carleen Nicole wrote, produced, and directed 6th Street SINderella, a short film and romantic comedy that flips the script on the Disney and The Brothers Grimm versions: Brainstorming at a bar (and after-party) Writing, casting, directing, and producing the short film How relatable the story is Our connection to the world-famous 6th Street Why it's call...

Fun Fun Fun Fest celebrated its 10 year anniversary. We recap the festival with Micco , Sweet John  from RockSauce Studios , and Deborah Sengupta Stith from Austin360 Music and Austin American Statesman : Our history with Fun Fun Fun Fest What we were excited to see at the festival and how we prepared We review shows and recap key moments by day including Peaches and the marriage proposal, FFFNite...

We recorded this show live at the Bak 2 Bak Podcast & Party at Empire Control Room with Jamie Batiste and Adam Mastrelli. We talk about: Events that marked the summer: Body Rock’s Michael Jackson Birthday Party The songs of the summer according Billboard Keeping up with new music as you get older Favorite decades in terms of music Sexual fantasies Summer fashion: Man buns and jean shorts Blaming y...

This is Part 2 of our conversation about dating and nightlife in Austin. Make sure you listen to Part 1 : We get feedbak from people on the street about their (online) dating experience, Where are the meat markets in Austin? What characterizes each area? How to handle a situation where someone hits on your date, Maintaining a balance between your single self and your relationship self in terms of...

We talk about online dating and the Austin nightlife live at  Cotone Italian Clothing  with  Los Ellis  and  Alon Bernstein  (More Cowbell): Los' fail-proof plan to make sure people look like what they portray online, The Tinder generation Lies and background checks Austin as a hook-up city Success and horror stories from online dating BIG THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CAME TO THE LIVE RECORDING! SHOUT OUT...

Part 2 of our conversation with Riders Against The Storm , Band of The Year 2013 and 2014. Check out Part 1 and their 1st appearance back in January 2014. Going back to their home state of Rhode Island, Meeting great artists like George Clinton, Scarface, Mos Def and an awkward moment with K-Nine, Being professional as an artist and the importance of having a mentor, Austin as a Music City, Being...

Qi & Chaka of  Riders Against The Storm  and  Body Rock  return to the podcast. (You can check out their 1st appearance right here back in January 2014). We talk about: Winning  Band of The Year 2013  and  2014  and the opportunities that came afterwards, The necessary sacrifices and how to overcome the struggles, Building a team and a community around their vision, Performing at  KGSR's Blues On...