Tips for Navigating the Austin Music Scene as a Musician
Founded by St. Edward’s alumni Nathalie Phan and Alex Duck, On Vinyl Music serves as a local medium for your music to get played on. On Vinyl curates playlists featuring various genres and vibes through their app. Imagine Spotify, but composed primarily of Austin-based musicians. Instead of offering the streaming application to consumers, they sell the service to local retailers. This way, when you walk into your favorite local coffee shop, bar or clothing outlet, you can hear local music instead of mainstream hits. All you have to do is sign a non-exclusive licensing contract, which simply grants them permission to use your recorded music in local businesses. From there, your music will be streamed across the city and you’ll receive royalties each time your music is played.
St. Edward's Magazine
If you like to chill to electronic dance music, Topper Radio has something. If you prefer a little shoegaze, Topper Radio has you covered. And if indie pop or ’90s throwbacks are your thing, log on to Topper Radio for a tour of all your favorite musical genres. Like what you hear? Then thank Nathalie Phan ’16, who with a classmate, Austin Marshall ’16, launched the university’s first digital radio station in 2013. READ MORE
TODO Austin
Nathalie Phan (co-founder of On Vinyl Music Blog): One of Austin’s weak points, though few, is that it struggles with the issue of diversity. While I believe the local government can take certain actions to improve diversity in Austin, I think that real change lies in the hands of leaders who come in the form of business owners, non-profit directors, young people and college students who wish to make a social impact, and others around the city who are leading efforts of change. READ MORE
Built In Austin
Two young entrepreneurs recently went head-to-head in the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, a pitch competition hosted by Entrepreneurs’ Organization Austin in one of Square Root’s vibrant offices on Oakland Avenue. At stake was a chance to compete in an international round in Thailand for a $20,000 cash prize. READ MORE
|
Austin Chronicle
One speaker at the forum, On Vinyl Music CEO Nathalie Phan, a recent St. Edward's grad, introduced a platform that would sell playlists of music made by Austin artists to businesses as background Muzak®. Another presenter, electronic musician Theron Pray, demonstrated new product Synesthesia, an audio-reactive concert visualizer artists can project during performances. READ MORE
PR Newswire
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, theEntrepreneurs' Organization's Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (EO GSEA), the premier competition for full-time students running a business, announced its list of the top student entrepreneurs in the country. These "student startup CEOs" from across the United States will compete at the 2016 EO GSEA U.S. Nationals held at Miami Dade College's Idea Center in Miami, Florida, from March 2-3, 2016. READ MORE
SEO'Brien
“Music is the greatest form of communication. It possesses the information of language, the emotion of poetry, the creativity of art and the passion of love.”
That’s a thought I shared almost two decades ago with a Yahoo! time capsule (yes, there was such a thing); a sentiment I put down for posterity, digitally. Music played an important role in my life well before technology, as I was raised on my mom’s appreciation of Neil Diamond and her oft-repeated story of not being allowed to go to a Beatles’ concert while my dad sang classics from the 40s and 50s as he wandered the house. READ MORE |