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We've all seen it, people speeding

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down Mopac or neighborhood streets

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in Austin, and maybe you thought,

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shouldn't they be getting a ticket?

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Well, new data show Austin Police

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may be handing out more of those.

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And Austin's Live Music Fund is

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about to give out another round of

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grants after two years of

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controversy and complaints over how

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those funding decisions are made.

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More about those stories coming up

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on today's show.

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The Austin Signal is a production

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of KUT News, hosted by

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Jennifer Staton.

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And speaking of music, you can't

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pin down the local band, the

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Animeros, to just one genre.

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They span beyond Bolero,

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psychedelic, and cumbia, and their

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music will definitely get you out on

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the dance floor.

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We'll talk with a couple of band

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members from our sister station,

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KUTX's Artist of

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the Month.

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That is up next on Austin Signal.

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Hello, this is Austin Signal

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coming to you from KUT News.

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I'm your host for today, Jennifer

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Staton.

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It's the 26th day of February.

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Thank you for making us part of

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your Thursday.

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So tell me if you've ever seen this

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happen. Maybe you're seeing it right

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now if you're listening to us in

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your car, you're driving down Mopac

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or maybe on a street in your

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neighborhood and somebody zooms by

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in their car or truck going pretty

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fast and you think That person

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should be getting a speeding ticket.

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Well, it seems the Austin Police

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its traffic enforcement.

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As KUT's Luz Moreno-Lazano

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reports, new data show APD

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has increased how much it

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stops and tickets back.

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Bad drivers.

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When Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis

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took on the role in 2024,

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she promised changes.

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Among her top priorities was making

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streets safer for everyone.

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For her, that meant getting more

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police back on patrol and increasing

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traffic enforcement.

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Last summer, Davis announced a

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reorganization of the department

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that added dozens of officers back

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to those patrol shifts.

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I think having those people here

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on patrol, the sector commanders are

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again able to think

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of uncommitted time where the

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officers aren't responding to calls

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for service, they're able to do this

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proactive work which includes

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traffic enforcement.

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Traffic enforcement can mean

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speeding, distracted driving,

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running red lights, and driving

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without car insurance.

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Davis says the department can assign

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officers to areas where crashes,

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aggressive driving, or other traffic

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concerns frequently happen like the

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department did in 2024 along

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Ranch Road 2222.

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traffic enforcement is working.

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According to city data, speeding

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tickets issued by APD have increased

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nearly 200% from 2024

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I think it's important for people to

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understand that speeding kills

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and, you know, when you're speeding

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down these roads, you've got to take

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into consideration the other people

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on the roads and you are going to

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see APD out on these roads.

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APD has also issued more tickets

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in 2025 than in 2024

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for distracted driving,

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expired registration, and driving

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without car insurance.

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traffic patrols means less of

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something else.

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Rebecca Bernhardt is a longtime

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member of the city's Public Safety

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smaller number of officers than

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they'd like to have.

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how do you say it?

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Robbing Peter to pay Paul going

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on in the sense that, you know,

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investigative units, right?

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Units that investigate family

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violence and sexual

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assault and violent crimes.

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their specialty units to help with

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patrol comes at a cost.

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can help.

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can make a difference, and can help

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Bernhardt would like to see the city

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reignite its Vision Zero program

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that was adopted in 2015.

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number of people injured or killed

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in traffic crashes through tools

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like safer street design.

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lanes, upgraded pedestrian beacons

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and crosswalks, and adding speed

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bumps and roundabouts to city roads.

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A recent city audit on speed

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reduction efforts showed some

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designs can work, but not on all

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roads.

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Sam Socklow is with the city

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auditor's office.

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Speed cushions are effective at

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lowering speeds, but they're not

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suitable for all road settings such

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as those with higher traffic

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volumes.

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settings, but it has remained

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limited in Austin for the past

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several years, as APD has had

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limited traffic enforcement

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capacity.

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Chief Davis agrees that traffic

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enforcement has lagged as the

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department has struggled with

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staffing.

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year and the ongoing recruitment

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efforts, she says APD is in

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a better position to tackle traffic

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and other issues.

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department's motorcycle unit.

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Those officers help with traffic

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enforcement and other traffic

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control tasks like protests.

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existence, along with the

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auxiliary group of officers

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that are trained and have the

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equipment in the sectors, we'll be

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able to take a look at it from

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not only the individual sectors

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taking note of their

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own problem areas,

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but an overall city-wide view.

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Davis says APD is taking traffic

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enforcement very seriously, so she

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says drivers should continue to

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expect to see Austin police officers

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out and ready to sight.

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I'm Luz Moreno Lozano in Austin.

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Live music is without a doubt

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one of the things that keeps Austin

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Austin but being a musician in this

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city can be a struggle and there are

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some efforts to help with their

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work. The winners of seven

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million dollars in grant funding

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from the City of Austin's

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live music fund will be announced

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in March.

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It'll be the first time money has

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been doled out from the fund in two

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years after an overhaul of

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the way artists and venues are

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We're learning more about that

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scoring process thanks to the latest

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story from Andrea Ball.

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She's the growth and development

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reporter for the Austin Current,

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KUT's collaborator on the Austin

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Signal and a partner with KUT

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newsroom in covering Austin.

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So the city of Austin has long

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funded grants for artists and

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musicians.

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has been around since 2019.

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Where the money comes from for

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the live music fund.

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Yeah, well, it comes from the

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hotel tax, a hotel occupancy

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tax when somebody comes to visit,

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your parents come over, whatever,

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a portion of that tax comes

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to the city, and they have

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devoted a certain portion of it.

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was approved in 2019,

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but okay, think 2019, we all know

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what happened just the next year.

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rollout of this live?

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everything.

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fund music in the traditional way

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that they can now and so they were

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using money to do

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grants and emergency funding,

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relief funding, all that stuff for

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people who were, you know, trapped

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in their houses and couldn't do

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the pandemic's kind of winding down,

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the funds revving back up,

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but there were complaints about

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the applications and the process

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in 2023.

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So the money has to go

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to some kind of project

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that really elevates tourism

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in the community.

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that's what the money is, it's hotel

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tax.

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the city was sort of thinking, okay,

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like projects and events and things

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that people would come to, kind

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of. And individual artists

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who were like, I wanna make art, I

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don't wanna.

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attend one as a showcased

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artist or whatever.

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really not geared toward artists

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making art.

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since the money was coming from

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a tourism funded operation.

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tourism, but musicians thought it

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should go creation of our

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and I think they've tried to, that

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next year, they tried to open that

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you have to use the money in the

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that year from.

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2023.

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Oh my god, it was wildly different.

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It was different in the way that

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they did open it up more for

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like, okay, you can record albums

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and have studio time,

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stuff like that. And you can use the

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money for that and different types

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of things that they had not really

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emphasized before.

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But at the time,

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they were very focused on equity and

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rooting out, you know,

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historical, historic racism in the

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system.

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And so they wanted to

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give opportunities to people who

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were marginalized and not

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really included in the conversation

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as much.

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So they knew

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that DEI conversations at that

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time were on fire.

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They couldn't talk about race.

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So they designed questions with

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what they thought were related

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issues such as

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poverty.

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Did you have a bank account?

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Have you had a loan?

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Do you have a non-English-Spanish

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speaker or whatever in your home?

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That kind of stuff. And so they did

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that. They're trying to get at some

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of the same issues without asking

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those questions.

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Questions directly.

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A common thing.

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So there were still, though,

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complaints and problems with the

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process in 2024.

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What were the issues that came up

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once those 2024 grants

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were recorded.

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Many.

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First of all, some people

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thought people of color

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were like, you think people of color

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don't have bank accounts?

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Also, these census

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tracts that you're using are

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outdated. There's a lot of big

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homes there now, that kind of thing,

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because the census is always

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behind.

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People felt like

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this was so much more

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about their

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individual wealth or not

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individual wealth.

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That's really what they were talking

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about. They weren't like I don't

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want this marginalized community.

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They really were just like I'm sorry

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I have health insurance.

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Am I supposed to be punished for

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that?

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So Andrea, let's talk a little

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bit about how these applications

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were reviewed and scored.

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Was there a panel?

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Who was looking over the

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applications and deciding who was

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getting the money?

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Yeah, Jennifer, this is so

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interesting because the

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arts community also gets hotel tax.

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Like, so we're talking about like

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dancers and filmmakers and stuff,

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and they get hotel tax money.

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But that traditionally is done

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through applications, but panels,

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human people like out there talking

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about, do we wanna fund this

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type of thing? What is our priority,

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that sort of thing.

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Because the live music fund

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was really

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getting moving after the

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intensity of the pandemic.

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They had been using, they, the city

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had been using automation

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to go through these relief funds and

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make it fast, you know, faster

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than just human reviews.

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So when they started the

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actual grant process in 2023,

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they used automation.

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And so this is the only

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fund that does that in

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that group.

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So no humans reviewing the

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applications. It was all automation.

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What does that even mean?

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So you fill out- Like scanning.

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Yes, I mean, it's something called

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Submittable.

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Like it's an online thingy.

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And so, but there is human

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review and this is how that

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works. So you put your application,

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you hit your button and it goes to

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Submittal.

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Submittaable grades it based on

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the way you answer the questions.

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So if you answered a question

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which would get you extra points

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saying, I have

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used ASL

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interpreters at my

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event, you'd get extra points for

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that. But you have to give

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documentation showing that happened,

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which could be like a video,

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you know, any kind of program, that

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kind of thing.

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And so the reviewers basically

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had to go and look to see if

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the evidence was there.

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And a lot of people did

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not necessarily keep

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those records or attach

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them or whatever.

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So the humans have to go in

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and subtract points that

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Submittable already gave them.

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So it's

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really saying, okay, you said this,

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did you show me this?

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And then if there was a confusion

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about it, they'd get a second person

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in and try to

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determine if that counted.

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Andrea, the city is just about to

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announce the next round of funding

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winners. They're going to announce

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it in March.

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How was the grading process changed

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for 2025 applications based

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on everything that you've just been

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describing for?

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And now it's totally different.

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They heard from people,

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you know, they paused the grants in

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2025 because

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a new department was created

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to have all the arts under them

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instead of all these different
departments.

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And they took that year to

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say, all right, we got a new

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vision, the city manager

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wants us to have a strategic view,

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we're going to stop everything.

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We're going have town halls and

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we're gonna talk to people and all

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that stuff. And they heard

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what I was just telling you.

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About feeling left out

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and punished for not being more

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economically disadvantaged.

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So this year, they still have some

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elements of,

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do you have some accessibility

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features in your work?

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A lot of it, I think half of it is

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based on career accomplishments.

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There are still the same types of

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things like, hey, what's your

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tourism marketing thing look like,

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whatever. But really it

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and they have smaller grants

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available to And I

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believe they have a grant that,

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or at least some consideration for

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emerging artists.

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So you're not like, oh, this person

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is brand new compared to someone

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who's been here 40 years.

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Do I have to compare them?

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And how do you do that?

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We've been chatting with Andrea

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Ball, she's the growth and

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development reporter for the Austin

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Current, KUT's collaborator

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on the Austin Signal, and a partner

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with KUT Newsroom and covering

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Austin. Andrea, thank you so much

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for coming in and talking about the

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Live Music Fund.

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Always a pleasure.

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And coming up, some music that'll

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get you moving.

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We'll hear from KUTX's artist

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of the month, the Animeros,

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just ahead on Austin Signal.

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Stay tuned.

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This is the Austin Signal, welcome

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back.

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We've almost finished with the

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second month of 2026, but we've

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still got some time left to

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highlight February's KUTX

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Artist of the Month.

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This month, our sister station,

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KUTx, is highlighting the

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Animeros, who are looking to

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transition you from your nice comfy

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seat onto the dance floor

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with their mix of bolero, cumbia,

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and salsa.

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Joining us today are a couple of

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members from the band percussionist

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Nick Tazo and bassist Nicola

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Sanchez.

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Thanks for talking with us on Austin

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Signal.

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Thanks for having us.

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Yeah.

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Your band now is made up of some

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members who are in other Austin

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bands, so tell us about yourselves

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and why did you wanna form this

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new band?

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Well, most of us have been

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on the Latin music

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scene and just the Austin music

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scene in general for the last, you

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know, 10, 15 years.

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And a big part of what we wanted to

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do with this band was just kind of

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put together a smaller unit

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that would be kind of

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easier to get together.

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Sometimes when you have a large

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group, eight, nine, 10 guys, it can

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be a little tricky to get the

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ball rolling.

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So the idea was let's get a little

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smaller unit together in it.

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Has kind of taken off

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in ways we never expected.

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So Austin has a

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vibrant Latin music scene

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that seems to foster a lot of fusion

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with other genres and breed new

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projects like the Anamero.

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So I'm curious, what do you think

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it is about Austin's music

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scene that makes collaborations

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like this possible?

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Austin has, in my opinion,

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the greatest original music

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scene of any city.

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Everybody is out there writing new

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music, putting their stamp on

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it, trying to do something new

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and fresh, and in

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the Latin genre specifically,

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we have just such a wide

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variety of different Latin

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acts and everybody,

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different influences, whether it's

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like you know, Mexican music

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or Colombian or Brazilian, there's

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just so much. And then as the

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group of musicians all commingle

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and get together,

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those new and interesting

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sounds or similar influences start

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to pop up and it's just, it's a

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really, really fun place

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to be.

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All right, so I don't, we're all

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sitting together in a room, don't

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wanna make it awkward, but tell me,

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what do you like most about working

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with this specific group of

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musicians in the animatos?

577
00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,299
Personally, I just really love that

578
00:17:43,300 --> 00:17:45,799
we can get things going very

579
00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:46,979
quickly.

580
00:17:46,980 --> 00:17:49,139
Um, last summer,

581
00:17:49,140 --> 00:17:50,939
or actually the summer before last

582
00:17:50,940 --> 00:17:52,819
20, uh, 24, we were in

583
00:17:52,820 --> 00:17:55,159
the studio with, uh our,

584
00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:56,779
uh good friend, Dan Auerbach of the

585
00:17:56,780 --> 00:17:58,619
black keys and

586
00:17:58,620 --> 00:18:00,559
we were in there and we

587
00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:02,519
had maybe about seven or eight songs

588
00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:04,559
prepared, but the

589
00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:06,019
rest of them, we, we just kind of

590
00:18:06,020 --> 00:18:07,979
wrote on the spot and kind of

591
00:18:07,980 --> 00:18:09,879
Spitfire back and forth, so

592
00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:11,599
we came out with 20 tunes from that

593
00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:12,699
session.

594
00:18:12,700 --> 00:18:13,899
So yeah, I think that's that

595
00:18:13,900 --> 00:18:14,719
personally, that's probably my

596
00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:15,899
favorite part is that we can just

597
00:18:15,900 --> 00:18:17,759
get, get things going very quickly

598
00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:19,539
and kind of bounce ideas off of each

599
00:18:19,540 --> 00:18:20,469
other.

600
00:18:20,470 --> 00:18:22,489
Yeah, the three of us that are the

601
00:18:22,490 --> 00:18:24,449
core of the band, we speak the

602
00:18:24,450 --> 00:18:25,989
same language and we all bring

603
00:18:25,990 --> 00:18:27,809
really different kind of skillsets

604
00:18:27,810 --> 00:18:28,749
to it.

605
00:18:28,750 --> 00:18:30,729
And it's great because we do,

606
00:18:30,730 --> 00:18:31,829
I think we've done a really great

607
00:18:31,830 --> 00:18:34,109
job of one person bringing

608
00:18:34,110 --> 00:18:36,069
something, bringing an idea or

609
00:18:36,070 --> 00:18:37,809
a pattern or a groove, and then the

610
00:18:37,810 --> 00:18:39,609
other two guys instantly know how to

611
00:18:39,610 --> 00:18:41,689
apply their stamp

612
00:18:41,690 --> 00:18:43,529
to it and it becomes something

613
00:18:43,530 --> 00:18:45,028
very quickly.

614
00:18:45,029 --> 00:18:46,709
So it's sounding like that when

615
00:18:46,710 --> 00:18:48,709
you're studio together, it's

616
00:18:48,710 --> 00:18:49,969
a pretty intense experience.

617
00:18:49,970 --> 00:18:51,349
When you're practicing, you're

618
00:18:51,350 --> 00:18:53,169
rehearsing, you're creating new

619
00:18:53,170 --> 00:18:54,769
music, like all of this is going on

620
00:18:54,770 --> 00:18:55,989
at the same time.

621
00:18:55,990 --> 00:18:57,449
Kind of on a more personal level,

622
00:18:57,450 --> 00:18:58,689
what have you learned about each

623
00:18:58,690 --> 00:19:00,869
other, like when you were in that

624
00:19:00,870 --> 00:19:01,870
setting?

625
00:19:02,590 --> 00:19:03,969
Well, I've learned that I can trust

626
00:19:03,970 --> 00:19:06,249
all these guys deeply,

627
00:19:06,250 --> 00:19:08,189
you know, sometimes you

628
00:19:08,190 --> 00:19:10,509
get into a studio scenario and it

629
00:19:10,510 --> 00:19:12,429
takes a long time to get through it.

630
00:19:12,430 --> 00:19:14,489
Maybe people get flustered or

631
00:19:14,490 --> 00:19:16,569
whatever, but I know these

632
00:19:16,570 --> 00:19:18,249
guys can keep their heads cool and

633
00:19:18,250 --> 00:19:20,129
we can just plow through, even if

634
00:19:20,130 --> 00:19:21,809
situations arise like, okay, maybe

635
00:19:21,810 --> 00:19:23,829
that isn't how we envisioned

636
00:19:23,830 --> 00:19:26,329
it. Let's, let's pivot and

637
00:19:26,330 --> 00:19:28,209
just knowing that these guys

638
00:19:28,210 --> 00:19:30,049
have my back and I've

639
00:19:30,050 --> 00:19:32,049
got theirs is a real important

640
00:19:32,050 --> 00:19:33,050
thing.

641
00:19:46,170 --> 00:19:48,109
So the Animenos debut album is

642
00:19:48,110 --> 00:19:49,549
set to be released later this year.

643
00:19:49,550 --> 00:19:51,269
Tell us a little bit about it and

644
00:19:51,270 --> 00:19:53,459
what we can expect to hear.

645
00:19:53,460 --> 00:19:55,359
Well, as Niko mentioned earlier,

646
00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:57,459
it's produced by Dan Auerbach

647
00:19:57,460 --> 00:19:59,959
of The Black Keys on

648
00:19:59,960 --> 00:20:01,479
his record label, E.T.I.

649
00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:02,480
Sound.

650
00:20:03,830 --> 00:20:05,469
Very, very lucky.

651
00:20:05,470 --> 00:20:07,629
He heard us from a sidewalk.

652
00:20:07,630 --> 00:20:09,189
We were playing a rooftop gig and he

653
00:20:09,190 --> 00:20:11,049
heard us down on the sidewalk and...

654
00:20:11,050 --> 00:20:12,489
So literally he was just walking by

655
00:20:12,490 --> 00:20:13,989
and he heard you guys like from

656
00:20:13,990 --> 00:20:14,239
above.

657
00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:15,259
Yes.

658
00:20:15,260 --> 00:20:16,919
And I joke frequently that it's very

659
00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:18,519
good he couldn't see us, because

660
00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:20,659
that might have

661
00:20:20,660 --> 00:20:22,259
not inspired him to sign us.

662
00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,519
However, we've put out

663
00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,459
four singles from that

664
00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:29,319
record so far, and with two more to

665
00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:30,999
come, at least two more come, and

666
00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,839
then it's gonna be a compilation of

667
00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:34,779
the 10 or 11

668
00:20:34,780 --> 00:20:36,959
or 12, maybe, best songs

669
00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:38,899
from that session we did a

670
00:20:38,900 --> 00:20:40,109
year and a half ago.

671
00:20:40,110 --> 00:20:41,869
How do you pick the songs?

672
00:20:41,870 --> 00:20:43,449
Like do you fall in love with all

673
00:20:43,450 --> 00:20:45,009
the songs or do you sort of, can you

674
00:20:45,010 --> 00:20:46,069
keep them at a distance and say,

675
00:20:46,070 --> 00:20:46,989
yeah, that one's good.

676
00:20:46,990 --> 00:20:48,049
No, maybe not that one.

677
00:20:48,050 --> 00:20:49,109
How do do you, how do you?

678
00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,059
I think they're all very

679
00:20:52,060 --> 00:20:53,919
different in their own

680
00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,879
ways, so we're happy

681
00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:57,859
with any of them being included,

682
00:20:57,860 --> 00:20:59,419
really. There's some obvious

683
00:20:59,420 --> 00:21:00,420
standouts.

684
00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:03,079
When we started the group, it was

685
00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:05,019
very much instrumental, and

686
00:21:05,020 --> 00:21:06,619
we've been trying to add more vocal

687
00:21:06,620 --> 00:21:08,599
stuff to the mix, so I feel like

688
00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,579
the vocal stuff is obviously

689
00:21:10,580 --> 00:21:11,580
in the hat.

690
00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,359
But the other ones, there's

691
00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:29,239
one that I don't know if I

692
00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,139
can even say the name of it yet, but

693
00:21:31,140 --> 00:21:32,879
I hope it makes the record because

694
00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,139
it's very cinematic and I feel like

695
00:21:35,140 --> 00:21:37,259
we'll be getting calls from

696
00:21:37,260 --> 00:21:39,879
Tarantino or whoever else to

697
00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:41,279
score their films.

698
00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:42,880
You heard it here first.

699
00:21:44,239 --> 00:21:46,159
Film fame awaits.

700
00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:47,819
So you guys are performing later on

701
00:21:47,820 --> 00:21:49,739
in studio when a, and

702
00:21:49,740 --> 00:21:50,959
you have a residency this month.

703
00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:52,459
You've had one at Seaboy.

704
00:21:52,460 --> 00:21:53,839
So can people still catch y'all

705
00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:55,119
there? Is that still going on?

706
00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:56,079
I know the month's almost over.

707
00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:57,019
Absolutely.

708
00:21:57,020 --> 00:21:58,020
This Thursday,

709
00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,439
the 26th, is our final

710
00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,399
residency evening at Sea Boys.

711
00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:05,199
It's been a fantastic month at

712
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,199
personally my favorite club in town,

713
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,579
and every week has gotten just

714
00:22:08,580 --> 00:22:09,639
bigger and better, and we have a lot

715
00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,499
of special guests coming out on

716
00:22:11,500 --> 00:22:13,399
Thursday, including my good

717
00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,999
friend Otis Wilkins of

718
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,399
Otis the Destroyer and

719
00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,259
the Otis-Wilkins Project, as well as

720
00:22:20,260 --> 00:22:21,419
our friend Jaime Ospina of

721
00:22:21,420 --> 00:22:22,420
Superfonicos.

722
00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:25,739
And Wyatt Quarter of Big Wise Brass

723
00:22:25,740 --> 00:22:27,799
Band. So lots of guests coming out

724
00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:29,259
to hit the stage with us.

725
00:22:29,260 --> 00:22:30,819
We're gonna play some surprising

726
00:22:30,820 --> 00:22:32,279
covers people might not expect.

727
00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:33,279
We're going to have a really fun

728
00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:34,299
time with this last one.

729
00:22:34,300 --> 00:22:35,499
Well, that sounds like an awesome

730
00:22:35,500 --> 00:22:37,359
show. So beyond Thursday, tell us

731
00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:38,559
about some other places where people

732
00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:39,839
can catch y'all in the next few

733
00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:40,879
weeks.

734
00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,239
Uh, we're doing Antones on

735
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,119
March 7,

736
00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:47,099
so that, that'll be, uh, the next

737
00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:49,039
kind of big one before South

738
00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:50,599
By, and then, you know, South By

739
00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:52,699
will be playing all over town,

740
00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:53,179
so.

741
00:22:53,180 --> 00:22:54,419
Yeah, South By is going to be very

742
00:22:54,420 --> 00:22:55,339
busy for us.

743
00:22:55,340 --> 00:22:56,619
Lots of opportunities to see us.

744
00:22:56,620 --> 00:22:57,919
And you'll be able to find all of

745
00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,209
those at theanimettos.com.

746
00:23:00,210 --> 00:23:02,069
Awesome Nick Tazo and

747
00:23:02,070 --> 00:23:04,169
Nicola Sanchez of the Anumeros.

748
00:23:04,170 --> 00:23:05,969
They are the KUTX artists of the

749
00:23:05,970 --> 00:23:07,469
month for February.

750
00:23:07,470 --> 00:23:08,629
Thank you both for coming in.

751
00:23:08,630 --> 00:23:10,279
It's been great to talk with you.

752
00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:11,659
Thank you! Yeah, thanks so much for

753
00:23:11,660 --> 00:23:12,939
having us.

754
00:23:12,940 --> 00:23:15,439
You can hear more from KUTX's

755
00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:17,439
artist of the month, the animeros at

756
00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:18,979
KUTx.org.

757
00:23:18,980 --> 00:23:20,559
And that's it for today on Austin

758
00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:22,219
Signal. We'll have more about the

759
00:23:22,220 --> 00:23:23,899
stories and conversations we shared

760
00:23:23,900 --> 00:23:25,859
with you today in the podcast,

761
00:23:25,860 --> 00:23:27,039
Show Notes.

762
00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:28,819
And you can find more from us

763
00:23:28,820 --> 00:23:29,799
anytime.

764
00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,119
Just go to KUT.org

765
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slash signal.

766
00:23:34,540 --> 00:23:36,239
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767
00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:37,139
director.

768
00:23:37,140 --> 00:23:39,039
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769
00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:40,819
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770
00:23:40,820 --> 00:23:43,119
I'm your host Jennifer Staten,

771
00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:44,599
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772
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,619
you again tomorrow.

773
00:23:46,620 --> 00:23:48,659
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774
00:23:48,660 --> 00:23:49,660
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