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ALTWorld offers traditional booking but with a focus on all- ages events, music lessons, film connections, regular auditions and rehearsals, mentors and discounts on things like classes and gear they may need. We act as homeroom for the kids to utilize our services to make it work for their band and we cannot do it without the support of our local community.
ALTWorld is collecting an incredible array of local and national artists, buyers, teachers, bankers, film folks and more for our advisory board and they are willing to help us on a long-term basis!
ALTWorld’s first auditions held at Jovita’s in Austin TX on Sunday, February 22, 2009 will be judged by Austin Chronicle’s own Margaret Moser, singing sensation Nakia Reynoso and multi-platinum selling songwriter Monte Warden. Monte was one of the first to jump on board to help us with this project and is our first member of our Advisory Board. Included below is Monte’s story.
I started playin' the guitar when I was 11. I began playing out on the sidewalk on 6th Street when I was 14. I played mostly originals with a few Buddy Holly songs thrown in. Before long, Margaret Moser of the Chronicle began taking an interest in me and writing about me a little. In 1983, at the age of 15, I started my 1st real band, Whoa, Trigger!. We got real popular, real fast and even won BEST NEW BAND at the 1983 Austin Music Awards. I have gone on to record 5 albums for 3 different major labels, had 70 major label cuts as a songwriter, over a dozen songs on the Billboard charts, and have sold over 10 million records as a songwriter and publisher. NONE of this would have ever occurred if I had not gotten my start in the wonderful Austin music scene as a teenager.- Monte Warden |
