Would you play live music 25 hours a month to live rent-free in Downtown Austin?
. The question drew me to a competition to solve the affordability crisis for just one artist, as the musician-in-residence at Downtown luxury apartment complex. For a year of free rent, the winner would pay their way in songs, performed 25 hours a month throughout the blockwide development off Fifth and Brazos.last Saturday afternoon, emotional displays and a generic party atmosphere would have made for solid background-viewing reality television.
The final and most interesting performer, who started with a deep-voiced,"I'm very nervous," ultimately won. Billed at the competition under his full name of, the very tall half-Persian performer actually carried a formidable industry history under the solo pseudonymcommercial, his 2016 track"Apple Pie" soundtracked rollout of the.
A 500-square-foot studio at Sienna at the Thompson starts at $2,349 per month. As a member of one resident cluster I overheard talking industry disruption pointed out, the in-house musician will essentially earn $30,000 a year in rent expenses being covered. The man said, personally, he wouldn't take the deal. Across the coffee table, his friend/neighbor argued for the value of the building itself, beyond free rent and amenities.
"A financial advisor sets up meetings at the richest coffee shop in her nicest outfit to say, 'I make the most money,'" he explained."This gentleman now has the ability to play a character by performing here. He has just increased his value in stock as a musician. And while you do that 25 hours [a month], who are you surrounded by? Anybody in this building is going to have money. The benefits begin to become seismic.
Residents whooped encouragement from the lounge's many couches."You live here now!" Another quickly followed up –"You're family!"
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