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Who's next: a new Selena? Another Willie?

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-FEB-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Who's next: a new Selena? Another Willie?(Selena Quintanilla-Perez, Willie Nelson)(Discussion)

Article Excerpt
PANELISTS:

CHARLES ATTAL, 40

Concert promoter, festival booker, and talent buyer with C3 Presents, the Austin company behind the Austin City Limits Music Festival, Chicago's Lollapalooza, and shows at venues such as the House of Blues in Dallas and Stubb's Bar-B-Que, in Austin

BRENT GRULKE, 47

Creative director of the South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival, in Austin

McCord: So we're here to talk about the future of Texas music. But first, a lay of the land. How are things these days?

Attal: I think they're good for us. It's good to be an independent producer these days, right, Brent?

Grulke: It definitely is--in Texas.

Attal: Even outside Texas. A few years ago it was a little scary with all the mergers, with all the big production companies. But I think it shook out to our benefit.

Grulke: Ifs also particularly good for people involved in live music, because there's still as great a demand for it as there ever was.

McCord: I keep hearing that club attendance is down and that musicians don't make as much money in live shows. Not true?

Attal: I disagree with that. Stubb's has had a great year....

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