Since getting furloughed, Garza is connecting with likeminded people looking for ways concerts can move forward -- and still practicing the ukulele.
When the concert business shut down in mid-March, Bobby Garza abruptly shifted from putting on live events to tearing them down -- his company, Austin-based Forefront Networks, had to cancel the California food-and-music festival Yountville Live later that month, and massive productions like December's Trail of Lights in Austin are in question, too.
In early April, his life changed even more dramatically: Forefront furloughed 30% of its staff, including him. As part of Billboard's efforts to best cover the coronavirus pandemic and its impacts on the music industry, we will be speaking with