Our task - plain and simple - is to find and promote the music of independent artists. Doesn't matter whether its a brand new sound from a group formed yesterday or the work of a seasoned pro trying a wider audience. Doesn't matter if it fits a genre or a fusion or a particular record label. Hell, the Continental Club in Austin is playing host venue to a Chamber Music Festival. Maybe jazz piano legend Duke Ellington was right: "There's two kinds of music. Good music and the other kind." From where we stand, any other categories don't matter much.
Besides, if YOU haven't heard it, it's new music anyway. So part of our challenge is to spread the word ... to put you in touch with the best songs and songwriters you've never heard of ... yet.
>>>We're going to start with Texas. It's big. The talent pool is flowing over its edges. And the Lone Star shines over some of the most storied venues in music history. Our aim is to forge a community where it really IS all about the music.
We need your help.
If you write or play or have a band, we want to see what you've got. Send us a video of you performing. We'll put your act in front of a group of experts — including owners and talent bookers at some of the best live music venues in Texas. If they like you they may find an open slot in their upcoming event schedule. They may suggest that your video be added to the Publik Music Video On Demand (VOD) offerings with our cable partner, Time Warner Cable. If they really like you, they'll recommend you for a spot in the next Publik Music Texas Showcase, where you can lead-off for some of the best established acts in the country and strut your stuff in front of thousands of potential fans.
If you're a fan yourself, we'll introduce you - through these pages and the VOD channel - to the best independent music the Lone Star State has to offer. We'll be hosting video of the most promising acts and polling listeners everywhere to get a public assessment of who's got chops.
Ultimately, we're building an on-line and on-demand "network:" one that accentuates the "live" inlive music. Bookmark us and come back often as we usher the best of that talent onto a bigger stage in the months to come.
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For information on how to submit a video, contact:
