A bipartisan state panel wants to remix the state’s tax credit for musical productions and crank up other resources for an industry with a rich history in Georgia.
The legislative study committee met over the last few months and toured music landmarks like Capricorn Sound Studios in downtown Macon, where the Allman Brothers Band, Charlie Daniels and other Southern rock pioneers recorded music.
The group of lawmakers from both chambers met briefly in Atlanta Monday to pass a slate of recommendations designed to boost the music industry in ways that would put it more in line with the state’s popular – and in some ways, controversial – film tax credit program that has helped build a thriving industry in Georgia.
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