State of the Texas Music Industry
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 2008
contact:
Casey Monahan 512.463.6666 music@governor.state.tx.us
| # Businesses | # Employees | |
| Texas music businesses | 7,474 | 57,389 |
| Industry services | 2,004 | 15,378 |
| Nightclubs, dancehalls and other venues | 1,312 | 13,613 |
| Publishing companies | 282 | 987 |
| Record production, distribution and sales | 1,280 | 6,380 |
| Recording services | 1,195 | 7,819 |
| Texas recording studios | 743 | 2,950 |
| Record labels | 569 | 2,230 |
| Touring services | 1,014 | 10,822 |
| Organizations, Associations, and Unions | 376 | 7,260 |
| Texas radio stations | 848 | 10,968 |
| Texas classical and performing arts groups | 276 | 24,268 |
| Texas colleges and universities offering music courses | 129 | |
| Texas music teachers (source: Texas Education Agency, Texas Music Educators Assn.; approximate) | 9,843 | |
| Songwriters (ASCAP, BMI and SESAC; approximate) | 10,000 | |
| TOTAL MUSIC INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT | 102,468 | |
| Texas Music Events Calendar | ||
| Events: 576 | Annual attendance: 22,832,629 | Annual budget: $ 67,816,953 |
| Texas recording artists | ||
| (917 of which have national distribution): | ||
| Hayes Carll (Houston) | Explosions in the Sky (Austin) | Cactus Cuties (Lubbock) |
| Cory Morrow (Austin) | Lil' Flip (Houston) | Norah Jones (Dallas) |
| The Black Angels (Austin) | Mars Volta (El Paso) | Mike Jones (Houston) |
| The Sword (Austin) | Ghostland Observatory (Austin) | Miranda Lambert (Lindale) |
| Midlake (Denton) | Kelly Clarkson (Burleson) | Demi Lovato (Dallas) |
| Band of Heathens (Austin) | Los Super Reyes (Corpus Christi) | Tum Tum (Dallas) |
| Ashlee Simpson (Richardson) | Okkervil River (Austin) | Cross Canadian Ragweed (New Braunfels) |
| Star de Azlan (Martindale) | Del Castillo (Austin) | St. Vincent (Dallas) |
| Nelo (Austin) | Pat Green (Austin) | Jessica Simpson (Dallas) |
| Jack Ingram (Dallas) | The Secret Handshake (Dallas) | Bun B (Houston) |
| Chris Tomlin (Austin) | Spoon (Austin) | Chamillionaire (Houston) |
| Old 97s (Dallas) | Miro Quartet (Austin) | Shearwater (Austin) |
| Based
on informal survey of Texas retailers and distributors. | ||
| Number of listings in Texas Music Industry Directory / EnjoyTexasMusic.com | |
| 1991 first edition | 1,160 |
| 1992 second edition | 3,259 |
| 1993 third edition | 4,437 |
| 1994 fourth edition | 4,974 |
| 1995 fifth edition | 6,422 |
| 1996 sixth edition | 7,575 |
| 1997 seventh edition | 8,072 |
| 1998 eighth edition | 9,433 |
| 1999 ninth edition | 10,152 |
| 2000 tenth edition | 11,133 |
| 2001 eleventh edition | 11,818 |
| 2002 twelfth edition | 13,034 |
| 2003 thirteenth edition | 13,587 |
| 2004 fourteenth edition | 14,573 |
| 2005 fifteenth edition | 14,830 |
| 2006 sixteenth edition | 15,278 |
| 2007 online edition | 15,461 |
| 2008 online edition | 15,962 |
-compiled by Stephen Ray, Marc Fort and Casey Monahan, Texas Music
Office, Governor's Office
For further information see the U.S.
Census Bureau's
Nonemployer
Statistics - Arts Entertainment, and Recreation in Texas
Nonemployer Statistics summarizes the number of establishments and sales or receipts
of businesses without paid employees that are subject to federal income tax. Most
nonemployers are self-employed individuals operating very small unincorporated
businesses, which may or may not be the owner’s principal source of income.
