GFNC

About

The Good for Nothings Club is a creators club based in Austin, TX made up of musicians, photographers, writers, filmmakers, and engineers.

Overview

The club started as a weekly accountability meeting between friends and grew into a clubhouse: studios, rehearsal rooms, and workspace under one roof. Today it runs as a members' creative space for Austin. Monthly members get keys and full run of the house, associates book the rooms by the hour, and friends of the club come out for the events. Membership isn't about who you know. It's about making things and contributing to the space. We accept applications in waves, so the community grows deliberately around people who actually show up, and each new wave has time to make the place their own. The point was never scale. It's keeping the space sustainable and the work flowing.

What happens here

Founding Members

The crew that runs the clubhouse.

  • Jason Desiderio, a man with a beard wearing a white shirt and black tie

    Jason Desiderio

    #001 · Since Nov 2022

    musician, entrepreneur, software engineer

  • Chris Donahue, a man with a beard wearing a white shirt and black tie

    Chris Donahue

    #002 · Since Nov 2022

    writer, videographer, photographer

  • Max Marschark, a man with a beard wearing a white shirt and black tie

    Max Marschark

    #004 · Since Jan 2024

    business development, musician

  • Matt Schaefer, a man with a beard wearing a white shirt and black tie

    Matt Schaefer

    #005 · Since Mar 2024

    technical designer, musician, entrepreneur

Past Members
  • Eric Fenny, a man with gray hair and a beard wears a white shirt and black tie

    Eric Fenny

    #003 · Since Jul 2023

    designer, musician