Our Public Service Announcements generate business that puts dollars back into our local music economy, allowing our musicians to be paid more while creating monetary flow into venues and music-related businesses. The advertising space is donated by the media to serve the community. But this free public awareness advertising is highly sought after by a number of charities and community organizations. To continue Austin music's visibility and to continue the flow of commerce into it, we will have to buy advertising to accompany the free ads we receive.

     To raise this money, we are taking our raised funds and putting 10% towards local music charities and the rest of it towards our PSA, which will put money back into our economy. We want to make $5-10k in advertising buys each month in the local media. Within a year, we think we can bring enough Austinites into local music venues that you'll have figured out how to keep 'em coming back! So after October 2009, you're on your own! You're going to have to up your advertising buys, rehearse your band harder, and hire that publicist and marketing firm you couldn't afford in 2008!

Here's where you can track how much we're raising as an organization.

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