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Tracks went up on the speakers one at a time, and the questions after each one ran longer than the playback.","location":"Austin Central Library · 710 W Cesar Chavez St","status":"past","title":"Assembly · January","type":"assembly","id":"assembly_january"},{"date":"2026-01-24T13:30:00-06:00","edition":"January","end":"2026-01-24T18:00:00-06:00","location":"Austin Community College · 6101 Highland Campus Dr","prompt":"Finish something you started and abandoned.","recap":"Half the room arrived with a project that had been sitting untouched for months. The deadline did what months of good intentions had not.","status":"past","title":"Bash · January","id":"bash_january","type":"bash"},{"date":"2026-01-28T19:00:00-06:00","end":"2026-01-28T21:00:00-06:00","excerpt":"An easy midweek stop-in. No format and no set list, just conversation with people who keep the same hours you do.","location":"Venue announced to members","status":"past","title":"Hangout · January","type":"hangout","id":"hangout_january"},{"date":"2026-02-12T18:00:00-06:00","end":"2026-02-12T21:00:00-06:00","excerpt":"A session on starting points — how a track gets moving, and what to do when it stalls. Playback and notes to close.","location":"Station Austin · 701 Brazos St","status":"past","title":"Assembly · February","type":"assembly","id":"assembly_february"},{"date":"2026-02-25T19:00:00-06:00","end":"2026-02-25T21:00:00-06:00","excerpt":"A short evening in a borrowed room. Introductions, catching up, and no expectation of bringing anything along.","location":"Venue announced to members","status":"past","title":"Hangout · February","type":"hangout","id":"hangout_february"},{"date":"2026-03-12T18:00:00-05:00","end":"2026-03-12T21:00:00-05:00","excerpt":"Mixing and reference tracks, taken apart in front of the room, with playback and notes to close.","location":"Station Austin · 701 Brazos St","status":"past","title":"Assembly · March","type":"assembly","id":"assembly_march"},{"date":"2026-03-21T13:30:00-05:00","edition":"March","end":"2026-03-21T18:00:00-05:00","location":"Austin Community College · 6101 Highland Campus Dr","prompt":"Start from a field recording and build outward.","recap":"Everyone left with something that began outside a DAW. The vote at the end was close enough to need a second listen.","status":"past","title":"Bash · March","id":"bash_march","type":"bash"},{"date":"2026-03-25T19:00:00-05:00","end":"2026-03-25T21:00:00-05:00","excerpt":"A midweek social with the laptops left at home, in a room where nobody has to explain what they do all day.","location":"Venue announced to members","status":"past","title":"Hangout · March","type":"hangout","id":"hangout_march"},{"date":"2026-04-09T18:00:00-05:00","end":"2026-04-09T21:00:00-05:00","excerpt":"A guest walked the room through their workflow end to end, then stayed for feedback on everyone else's.","location":"Station Austin · 701 Brazos St","status":"past","title":"Assembly · April","type":"assembly","id":"assembly_april"},{"date":"2026-04-22T19:00:00-05:00","end":"2026-04-22T21:00:00-05:00","excerpt":"A pop-up social with nothing on the agenda beyond showing up and meeting the rest of the community.","location":"Venue announced to members","status":"past","title":"Hangout · April","type":"hangout","id":"hangout_april"},{"date":"2026-05-14T18:00:00-05:00","end":"2026-05-14T21:00:00-05:00","excerpt":"A working session on sound design, then time for anyone with a track to put it on the speakers.","location":"Station Austin · 701 Brazos St","status":"past","title":"Assembly · May","type":"assembly","id":"assembly_may"},{"date":"2026-05-16T13:30:00-05:00","edition":"May","end":"2026-05-16T18:00:00-05:00","location":"Austin Community College · 6101 Highland Campus Dr","prompt":"One tempo, one key, no presets.","recap":"Constraints tight enough that no two results sounded alike. The showdown ran long and nobody minded.","status":"past","title":"Bash · May","id":"bash_may","type":"bash"},{"date":"2026-05-27T19:00:00-05:00","end":"2026-05-27T21:00:00-05:00","excerpt":"A late-month social with nothing scheduled. Turn up, find a conversation, and stay as long as it holds.","location":"Venue announced to members","status":"past","title":"Hangout · May","type":"hangout","id":"hangout_may"},{"date":"2026-06-11T18:00:00-05:00","end":"2026-06-11T21:00:00-05:00","excerpt":"An evening on arrangement and finishing, with the back half given over to playback and open discussion.","location":"Station Austin · 701 Brazos St","status":"past","title":"Assembly · June","type":"assembly","id":"assembly_june"},{"date":"2026-06-24T19:00:00-05:00","end":"2026-06-24T21:00:00-05:00","excerpt":"A midsummer pop-up between Assemblies, built entirely around talking to people you would otherwise only see across a room.","location":"Venue announced to members","status":"past","title":"Hangout · June","type":"hangout","id":"hangout_june"},{"date":"2026-07-09T18:00:00-05:00","end":"2026-07-09T21:00:00-05:00","excerpt":"A guest-led session on reworking someone else's material, followed by the usual round of listening and feedback.","location":"Station Austin · 701 Brazos St","status":"past","title":"Assembly · July","type":"assembly","id":"assembly_july"},{"date":"2026-07-22T19:00:00-05:00","end":"2026-07-22T21:00:00-05:00","excerpt":"A warm-weather stop-in between Assemblies, with nothing on the agenda beyond the people who came.","location":"Venue announced to members","status":"past","title":"Hangout · July","type":"hangout","id":"hangout_july"},{"date":"2026-07-25T13:30:00-05:00","edition":"July","end":"2026-07-25T18:00:00-05:00","location":"Austin Community College · 6101 Highland Campus Dr","prompt":"Build around a single sampled source, start to finish.","recap":"A full afternoon on the clock. Everyone worked from the same starting point, and the finished tracks went up on the speakers before anyone left.","status":"past","title":"Bash · July","id":"bash_july","type":"bash"},{"date":"2026-08-13T18:00:00-05:00","end":"2026-08-13T21:00:00-05:00","excerpt":"The monthly centerpiece. An evening given over to craft and conversation, with time set aside for tracks to be played and talked through.","location":"Station Austin · 701 Brazos St","status":"upcoming","title":"Assembly · August","type":"assembly","id":"assembly_august"},{"date":"2026-08-26T19:00:00-05:00","end":"2026-08-26T21:00:00-05:00","excerpt":"A pop-up social landing midway between Assemblies. No laptops and no agenda — just the room, and the people in it.","location":"Venue announced to members","status":"upcoming","title":"Hangout · August","type":"hangout","id":"hangout_august"},{"date":"2026-09-10T18:00:00-05:00","end":"2026-09-10T21:00:00-05:00","excerpt":"Doors open early for setup, then a full evening of listening, feedback, and whatever the room decides to build next.","location":"Station Austin · 701 Brazos St","status":"upcoming","title":"Assembly · September","type":"assembly","id":"assembly_september"},{"date":"2026-09-19T13:30:00-05:00","edition":"September","end":"2026-09-19T18:00:00-05:00","location":"Austin Community College · 6101 Highland Campus Dr","prompt":"Announced from the front of the room when the clock starts.","recap":"One prompt, a fixed window to work in, and a showdown to close the afternoon out.","status":"upcoming","title":"Bash · September","id":"bash_september","type":"bash"},{"date":"2026-09-23T19:00:00-05:00","end":"2026-09-23T21:00:00-05:00","excerpt":"A midweek social to pick the season back up. 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Tracks get heard, questions get answered, and the calendar for the next quarter takes shape.","location":"Station Austin · 701 Brazos St","status":"upcoming","title":"Assembly · November","type":"assembly","id":"assembly_november"},{"date":"2026-11-21T13:30:00-06:00","edition":"November","end":"2026-11-21T18:00:00-06:00","location":"Austin Community College · 6101 Highland Campus Dr","prompt":"Handed out on the day, the same as every edition.","recap":"Run the way every edition is run — a prompt, a deadline, and the room deciding what wins.","status":"upcoming","title":"Bash · November","id":"bash_november","type":"bash"},{"date":"2026-11-25T19:00:00-06:00","end":"2026-11-25T21:00:00-06:00","excerpt":"An unhurried evening between Assemblies. 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