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Behind the Stream: How UT Scholars Are Rethinking Music, Labor & Artist Sustainability

For more information about research conducted by these professors on the challenges Austin musicians face, visit SupportAustinMusicians.org

**This is a two-part series.**

Part 1: Jan. 14th, 2026 · Capital Factory in Austin, TX · ACL Room, 16th floor

Streaming transformed access to music, but it also obscured the labor, rights, and economic realities behind it.

This two-part Prosper XO Town Hall series brings leading University of Texas scholars into conversation with the Austin creative community to examine music not just as art, but as work, and to explore how research, policy, and community knowledge can reshape artist sustainability in the digital age.

Guest speakers:

Part 2: Feb. 11th, 2026 · Capital Factory in Austin, TX · ACL Room, 16th floor

Part Two centers Austin itself, a global “music city” grappling with the realities of artist precarity.

This Town Hall highlights research connected to the Support Austin Musicians project and broader scholarship on music, labor, and cultural policy. Professors Moore and Carson will examine how local economies, institutions, and public policy shape musicians’ livelihoods and what cities like Austin must do to truly support their creative communities.

Guest speakers:

As always, this event is free and open to the public -
Because when artists prosper, culture thrives.