Intro: A Sort of Mission Statement

So this is a blog that's meant to chronicle, in some small way, the Austin music scene.  I'm hoping not to focus so much on non-local acts that are coming through on tour, and I don't even really want to cover Austin-based musicians who already have thoroughly established themselves and created a substantial presence for themselves on the national music scene.  I'm hoping to make this a blog about local musicians who are from Austin and/or Central Texas or who are at least willing to claim this place as home.  I'm hoping to spend some time discussing Austin musicians who are talented, but not widely recognized yet (or at least not widely recognized outside of the Central Texas region). 
Austin hosts some major music events which bring musical artists flooding into our city from all over the country and the world (obviously, SXSW, ACL Fest, and Fun Fun Fun Fest are major players), but we also are home to a different music environment that many people, including some that local Austinites, are much less familiar with. 
There are interesting things happening in that less obvious, more hidden Austin music scene these days.  Some acts are better known than others.  There are extremely talented people struggling to make a little money by playing music.  There are people who have been playing for years, but who are really only well known amongst a small, devoted audience, and there are talented musicians who are just trying to get a career started.  There are people who are working day jobs and squeezing acts in between better known headliners at odd hours of the day.  There are musicians out there who are under appreciated, but VERY good at making music, and who keep playing and playing because they just love it more than anything and can't imagine living life without playing music.
I want this blog to chronicle some of those people.  I want this blog to celebrate the musicians who make this town great.  I'm not sure how well I can pull this off, but I'm going to give it a shot.  Maybe I can get better at this over time if I can keep plugging away at it as I figure things out.