An end of an era...

I became interested in visiting local venues that had live music around 2010. To be fair, I've ALWAYS loved music, I just discovered (finally) that New Braunfels and the surrounding area was sort of a hot bed of musical talent, and many local restaurants, bars and straight up music venues provided a place for people to use as an outlet for that talent. So after a couple of years of getting to know people that owned and worked in some of these places, as well as some of the local talent, I decided that instead of just going and hanging out and enjoying the music, I'd try to use social media and other skills I've scraped together over the years to make an effort to shine a light on the local music scene. I wanted other people that may not have figured it out yet to realize what amazing talent spends time in the places we live near, and at the same time try to create content to provide more information to people that already loved this local music scene.

So, I started going out occasionally and enjoying some of what our area had to offer, and while I was there I would take a few notes, a few pictures and some video so i could leave behind a memory of what I experienced. Thankfully a few people gave me some advice on different things I could do that would provide more benefit for people living or traveling here, and over a 6 year period I saw and heard a lot of great things and part of my memories are available in the Archive section on the right-hand side that goes from 2012 to 2018 when I decided to take a break. There's also a lot on my Facebook page, Instagram and Youtube channel, go check them out of you'd like, but I decided even though I was stepping away from this, it didn't hurt to leave those memories behind for people to enjoy if they wanted to.

Over the past 6 years I've thought several times about jumping back in and doing something with this platform again, but I wasn't sure what that would mean, so I waited.

The 2025 schedule that was coming together at Whitewater Amphitheater finally nudged me into taking some action. This year I am going to attend several shows at Whitewater, and I'll put a few words down on here along with some photos or video, starting with this past Friday night, when Willie Nelson, Robert Earl Keen, The Jakes and even a brief appearance by Zac Brown kicked off my 2025 music season. I'll have all that ready soon, along with some video from that night.

So, when I say "an end of an era...", this time I mean an end of my hiatus, but I'm not stepping back into things exactly how it was before, I created a Facebook group that people are WELCOME to post information about upcoming live music in the area, whether you're a musician or a fan, feel free to promote any sort of live music anywhere within roughly 50 miles of New Braunfels. I'll also try to share those posts to my Facebook page. When i remember to do it... :) I'll also throw some things out there as I see them.

I do love our local music scene, and it's good to be back, and in the words of Robert Earl Keen, "It feels so good feelin' good again".


The new Facebook group:
Music of New Braunfels (FB group)

The Facebook page:
Music of New Braunfels

YouTube:
Music of New Braunfels (@musicofnb)

Also Insta, X etc at @musicofnb