WELCOME
The Texas Music Office serves as the information clearinghouse and promotion office for the Texas music industry.
This site contains 15,962 business, band or event listings totaling 3,028 printed pages.
In 2009, it attracted 243,059 unique visitors resulting in 547,726 page views.
P.O. Box 13246 Austin, Texas 78711
512.463.6666; fax 512.463.4114
State Insurance Building, Suite 3.418
1100 San Jacinto Blvd., Austin, Texas 78701
music [at] governor.state.tx.us
http://EnjoyTexasMusic.com/
http://governor.state.tx.us/music/
Casey J. Monahan, Director
Marc Fort, Publications Coordinator
Stephen Ray, Office Manager
Fellowship Interns: Jessica Collins, Priscilla Mensah,
Sergio Salinas and Dylan J. Storey
I. About the TMO (21 pages)
1. History and Purpose
2. Publications
3. La Oficina de Música de Tejas
4. TMO Internships
5. Texas Law and Music (incl. 19 city sound ordinances)
6. State of Texas Music Industry
7. What is it about Texas Music
8. Donations to the Texas Music Office THANK YOU!
9. REQUEST INFORMATION
10. Other US music offices
11. Staff
II. Music Business Referral Network (1,390 pages)
1. A to Z Texas Music Businesses
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2. Attorneys (251)
3. Booking Agents (382)
4. CD/DVD Duplication (127)
5. Live Music Venues (1,154)
6. Music Publishers (276)
7. Musical Instrument Businesses (712)
8. Organizations (381)
9. Publicists (222)
10. Record Distributors (76)
11. Record Labels (548)
12. Record Stores (374)
13. Recording Studios and Mastering (819)
14. Rehearsal Studios (50)
15. Sound Reinforcement (236)
16. How to list your business here
17. How to list your venue here
18. How to list your band here
19. How to list your annual event here
20. How to list radio stations here
III. Music Education (231 pages)
1. Colleges / Universities (143)
2. Libraries / Archives (67)
3. Handbook of Texas Music
4. Texas Music Bibliography (606)
(500 + books and scholarly articles)
Fundraising Bibliography (71)
5. Mariachi Education (100)
(Texas secondary school Mariachi education)
6. UIL Sponsor Excellence Award application (due Nov. 1, 2009)
7. Young Masters grant (next deadline will be November 15, 2011)
8. TX Commission on the Arts TX Music Project
9. Foundation Libraries
IV. Events Calendar (212 pages)
January - December (776)
Numbers listed in parenthesis refer to the number of listings in each section.
Buy a Texas Music License plate
This weekend in live Texas music
Texas music tourism links
Sales Tax Exemptions Available to Texas Record Producers
TMO Website of the Day: Texas Bandmasters Association
Texas music in the news via: Bing •
Google •
Yahoo
Texas music in the blogs via: Google •
Icerocket
Texas bands in the blogs via: Icerocket
V. Texas Music History Tour (175 pages)
1. Music Pioneers (592)
2. Halls of Fame, Museums, Libraries (67)
3. Venues open before 1980 (130)
4. Other music tourism sites
5. Country Hall of Fame (21)
6. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (13)
7. Blues Foundation Hall of Fame (11)
8. Grammy Hall of Fame, Legends, Achievement (41)
9. Songwriters Halls of Fame (41)
10. BMI Million-Airs (127)
11. Cowboy, Cowgirl & Swing Hall of Fame (48)
12. Texas Music Pioneer Birthdays (448)
13. Buddy Holly Walk of Fame (33)
14. Austin Chronicle Music Poll Hall of Fame (99)
15. Texas Country Music Hall of Fame (35)
16. Tejano Roots Hall of Fame (47)
17. Medal of Art Honorees & State Musicians (17)
18. West Texas Music Hall of Fame "Honor Roll of Vocalists"
19. Tejano Walk of Fame
20. Austin Music Memorial
21. Texas Heritage Songwriters' Collection
22. National Recording Registry
23. South Texas Music Walk of Fame
24. Kennedy Center Honors
25. International Gospel Music Hall of Fame
26. Texas Radio Hall of Fame
27. Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame
28. BMI's Top 100 Songs of the Century
VI. Musicians (263 pages)
1. Texas Talent Register A-Z
(8,195 Texas musical acts)
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2. Mariachi Talent (82)
3. Classical Talent (160)
4. Grammy Winners (134 winners; 278 awards)
5. 52nd Grammy Winners (10 awards)
6. 52nd Grammy Nominees
7. Americana Music Awards Winners (New)
VII. Business Guides (207 pages)
1. Available Sales and Use Tax Exemptions
2. TABC Regulations & Tax Requirements for Venues / Special Events
3. Creating a Presskit
4. Getting Started in Entertainment Law
5. Guide to Music-related Insurance
6. Copyrights / Trademarks
7. Books/Publications - Suggested Reading
8. Booking Concerts & Tours
9. Starting a Record Label
10. Getting Started in the Music Business
(a reference guide to basic legal and business practices in TX)
11. Finding Capital
12. SIC to NAICS conversion
13. Notes for Songwriters / Songwriters' Groups
14. Digital Distribution Common Terminology
15. Foreign Links
16. U.S. Music Trades
17. US Links
18. U.S. Organizations
19. Licensing How-to
20. Indie Band Packet
21. Notes for Young Artists
22. Finding Musicians For Your Band
23. Guide to Publicizing A Music Event
VIII. Radio / Press (248 pages)
1. Stations (817)
2. Texas or Local Radio Shows (91)
3. Radio Stations programming Country (222)
4. Radio Stations programming R&B/Rap/Hip Hop (58)
5. Radio Stations programming Rock & Roll (96)
6. Radio Stations programming Tejano/Latin (160)
7. Radio Stations programming Christian/Gospel (165)
8. College Radio Stations (25)
9. Press (380)
