About / Est 2019

Six producers met every Tuesday at a coffee shop on Cesar Chavez. Today there are 142 of us.

The beginning

Austin's music economy has always favored the performer. Songwriters get rooms, bands get residencies, but producers — the engineers, beatmakers, and arrangers behind the record — were everywhere and nowhere at once.

APA started as a Tuesday-night beat-making circle in . Six producers, one coffee shop, one rule: bring an unfinished track. Within a year it was sixty people in a basement, and by we had moved into a permanent room above a print shop in Austin.

“It's the only room in the city where you can show up with a half-finished beat at 9 p.m. on a Tuesday and leave with a finished record.”
Yara Soto / co-founder

How it works

Membership is open to anyone making music in Austin. We charge sliding-scale annual dues ($0–$120) that cover room rent and equipment. Members get the keys.

What we believe

  • 01 Producers own their masters. We don't sign anyone.
  • 02 Every event is open to every member, regardless of genre.
  • 03 Store profit splits back across the room.
  • 04 Sliding-scale dues. Always.

The team

  • Yara Soto

    Co-founder / Director / East Side / 2019 —

  • Devon Park

    Co-founder / Programs / South Lamar / 2019 —

  • Inez Rao

    Producer Bash lead / North Loop / 2021 —

  • Marcus Hale

    Store & ops / Hyde Park / 2022 —

  • Tana Wolfe

    Membership / Govalle / 2023 —

  • June Castillo

    Press & partnerships / Bouldin / 2024 —