PALM

AUSTIN -THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL -RENT PARTY BLUES - "Downtown, lines mark the spots. Two clubs with the longest lines appear to be the newest: Cubra Libre and the Apple Bar.  There's one thing that unites them: Live music is not part of their strategy."

"It's more than just a slogan. Music is a driver of the "creative economy" that translates into millions of dollars annually for Austin. Austin City government recognizes that music is one of the things that makes Austin special, and has several programs to help musicians and promote their music."    - HERES SOME TIPS>>>> ahaha- eg: They open every Austin City Council Meetings with performance.   Might get a few more bums on seats here too

  -Finally!! -  Team-work among Cairns musicians. 

 

PALM (People Advocating Live Music)  meeting an out success.

 

Maybe the might of the mighty Hilton building - maybe desperation -  maybe commitment to the industry.  Maybe the arrival of a new generation  - But there was one mighty turn out  for the Feb - 2008 launch of a regional Australian music initiative called Palm -  People Advocating Live Music.

 

Maiia: 4 years of Brindle Style saw the  same dozen or two faces doing ALL the work.  So a bit of unity was a turn of the cards.  The halcyon days of the barbary coast are long gone like the cigarette smoke that filled rooms no longer standing.  (Music venues - community gathering places)

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Representatives from govt; media stalwarts like Tony Hillier; Junior See Poy from Cairns Tropic Jazz Club; Eve Stafford and Melissa Roberts of Arts Nexus;  Eslyn Wargent of Wu Chopperen; Terry Doyle and half the town it seems gathered with the local players like Mick O'Mara, Danny Simony, J.D Worthington, Peter Bishop, Julian Young, Laurie Ernst and the young people of today like Will Kepa and Sian Evans.  as well as students and teachers -Lol- far too many  to mention.

 

Cairns pianist Howlin' Bob Howlett (Pictured with Dr Annie) left performed on the night.

 

                                                                                                                                                                        

 

Lol  Jokin! - Mon 25th Feb' only a few days after the Palm launch- Giles Smith and I could only smile - Nice new cigarette machine but farewell Macca - the Cairns International Hotel winds up it's Monday entertainment.  Thurs night too apparently

                                                                                                                                                                               

 

 The Tramways on Spence St - one solution we've come up with even before the questions are defined

 

This new venue The Tramways opened next to the old Cape York Hotel just at the beside the Railways. more

                                                                                                                                                                               

 

 Resonate is another intitative by the same team, this time at the Grand Hotel (with crocodile carving by Torres Strait artist)  

 
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