{"id":153578,"date":"2025-08-17T16:55:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T16:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/153578\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T16:55:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T16:55:27","slug":"fort-worths-amplify-817-showcase-returns-this-weekend-at-birdies-social-club-and-the-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/153578\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth\u2019s Amplify 817 Showcase Returns This Weekend at Birdie\u2019s Social Club and The Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Music venues are just one piece of the ecosystem that sustains local bands and songwriters. Monthly mixers hosted by Hear Fort Worth, along with performance opportunities organized through Amplify 817 \u2014 a Fort Worth Public Library program \u2014 give musicians the support and connections they need to grow, collaborate, and thrive.<\/p>\n

Beyond organizing events, Amplify 817 maintains a roster of over 100 artists who are paid for the rights to be featured on Amplify 817\u2019s growing playlists<\/a>. In 2022, the group launched an annual showcase as an opportunity to bring together a group of Amplify 817 musicians for live performances. The fourth annual event<\/a>, which is free to the public, runs this Saturday from 6 to 10 pm at Birdie\u2019s Social Club<\/a> and The Post.<\/p>\n

We caught up with three musicians performing this on August 16 to catch up with their careers and what they have planned for their Amplify 817 Showcase sets.<\/p>\n

\"Amplify<\/a>Since 2022, Hilary Tipps and Steve Obermiller have fully committed to songwriting and performing. (Courtesy)
\nBehind the Music With Tipps & Obermiller<\/p>\n

Since 2022, Fort Worth-based Hilary Tipps and Steve Obermiller<\/a> have fully committed to songwriting and performing. The married couple recently returned from their first tour of California \u2014 a trip that also took them through Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. Meeting new people and sharing their music is one of the most enjoyable parts of being a musician, Tipps says.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are mostly obsessed with writing,\u201d she continues. \u201cIf we could do that all the time, we would.\u201d<\/p>\n

The duo is currently working on their third album, which will be produced by Texas-based producer Taylor Tatsch<\/a>. The singer-songwriters say they don\u2019t plan to repeat past mistakes with their current long-player. Obermiller says past errors have included rushing recordings or not hiring someone to independently produce the album.<\/p>\n

Tipps says she had long-wanted to be an Amplify 817 artist, partly for the opportunities they afford and because she\u2019s a self-admitted \u201clibrary nerd.\u201d Obermiller loves the connection between the public library and promoting local music.<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to go to the library to check out music,\u201d he recalls. \u201cI would check out CDs and things like that. I think it\u2019s a pretty brilliant idea to incorporate the live music scene into what they are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple plans to perform their new songs on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\"Birdie\u2019s<\/a>Birdie\u2019s Social Club brings big backyard energy to West 7th with dogs fully in the mix. (Courtesy)
\n88 Killa on His New Single and Being \u201cAnti\u201d<\/p>\n

Notable rapper, vintage clothing connoisseur, and exotic BMW enthusiast, Fort Worth\u2019s 88 Killa just dropped a new single, \u201cOn My Body,\u201d that will be one highlight of his Amplify 817 Showcase debut. The song has garnered nearly 20,000 streams<\/a> on Spotify and explores the qualities that attract people to 88 Killa\u2019s music and superfly persona. The ethos that has guided his personal and artistic life has been to stay \u201canti,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I see too many people going left, I\u2019m going right,\u201d he says. \u201cI don\u2019t want to do whatever too many people are doing. The road may be longer, but it helps me know that I\u2019m my own person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saturday will feature several notable cameos from local singers and rappers throughout his performance, he says, adding that he hopes music fans and musicians will support Amplify 817\u2019s efforts to support the local music scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re definitely going to do the new single and maybe a couple of unreleased tracks,\u201d he continues. \u201cI\u2019m going to use this platform for us all to get dressed up, rap, and sing. It should be fun.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Music venues are just one piece of the ecosystem that sustains local bands and songwriters. Monthly mixers hosted…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":153579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,7371,7372,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-153578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fortworth","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115045159722105458","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}