Since the last time we spoke, Congress left on recess without passing any of the bills that could help save indie music venues. What were your thoughts when they went on vacation?
What is the tone with the community at National Independent Venue Association after congress left for recess? Public records show Neumos and Barboza received $19,500 each out of 35 venues that were splitting $750,000.]If somebody doesn’t step up, we go away. That's how it works. Hopefully the federal government steps up. We keep hoping and wishing and nothing is happening. More places are going to go down while waiting. And, people are losing more money trying to stick it out longer.
That was gigantic. That was the legislation that we worked on with senators to help save our industry and the leading Democrat in the Senate came out in support of it. That is as big as it gets. He is out there telling everybody that we need to be supported. That’s what we have been fighting for. We have been fighting to get the federal government to recognize music venues. We have been hurt the most and we have a huge impact. That’s killer. The only other thing we could ask for is [Sen.