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 2008, it attracted 287,996 unique visitors resulting in 607,707 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: Stuart Casey, Grant Derigo,
Anastacia Ochoa and Alexandra Vise
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 (223)
3. Booking Agents (374)
4. CD/DVD Duplication (138)
5. Live Music Venues (1,154)
6. Music Publishers (280)
7. Musical Instrument Businesses (712)
8. Organizations (381)
9. Publicists (222)
10. Record Distributors (80)
11. Record Labels (579)
12. Record Stores (374)
13. Recording Studios and Mastering (819)
14. Rehearsal Studios (47)
15. Sound Reinforcement (230)
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 (Nov. 15, 2009 application postmark deadline)
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
Sales Tax Exemptions Available to Texas Record Producers
TMO Website of the Day: Texas Music Educator's Association (TMEA)
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 (565)
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
(6,052 Texas musical acts)
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2. Mariachi Talent (82)
3. Classical Talent (160)
4. Grammy Winners (135 winners; 278 awards)
5. 51st Grammy Winners (8 awards)
6. 51st Grammy Nominees
7. Americana Music Awards Winners (New)
VII. Business Guides (207 pages)
1. Getting Started in the Music Business
(a reference guide to basic legal and
business practices in TX)
2. Indie Band Packet
3. Starting a Record Label
4. Digital Distribution Common Terminology
5. Creating a Presskit
6. Booking Concerts & Tours
7. Finding Capital
8. Notes for Songwriters / Songwriters' Groups
9. Notes for Young Artists
10. Finding Musicians For Your Band
11. Guide to Publicizing A Music Event
12. Guide to Music-related Insurance
13. Getting Started in Entertainment Law
14. Copyrights / Trademarks
15. Licensing How-to
16. TABC Regulations & Tax Info for Venues / Special Events ~ New!
17. Available Sales and Use Tax Exemptions
18. Books/Publications - Suggested Reading
19. U.S. Organizations
20. U.S. Music Trades
21. US Links
22. Foreign Links
23. Musician's and Retailer's Guide to the Internet
24. SIC to NAICS conversion
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)