Behind the Stream: How UT Scholars Are Rethinking Music, Labor & Artist Sustainability - Part 1
Behind the Stream: How UT Scholars Are Rethinking Music, Labor & Artist Sustainability
📅 Wednesday, January 14th | 6–8 PM
📍 Capital Factory – ACL Room, 16th Floor
**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.
Sonia Seeman - Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology, Butler School of Music + Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Eric Drott - Professor of Theory, Virginia L. Murchison Regents Professor in Fine Arts
For more information about research conducted by these professors on the challenges Austin musicians face, visit SupportAustinMusicians.org
This event is free and open to the public.
Because when artists prosper, culture thrives.
Logistical Details
Parking Discount: Park in the Omni Hotel garage below Capital Factory and pick up a voucher at the event for a reduced $8 fee.
Location: ACL Room – 16th Floor, Capital Factory
701 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701
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