Music Friendly Communities

Texas Music's Shakey Graves performing at SuperBowl Live 2017 in Houston, TX. Photo by Rob Loud.
 

Becoming a Certified "Music Friendly Community"

Participation in the Texas Music Office's "Music Friendly Community" program provides Texas communities with a
network for fostering music industry development, and sends a clear message to industry professionals that certified
communities are serious about attracting and developing music industry growth.

Certification Steps:

1. Attend a Texas Music Office sponsored Music Friendly Community workshop.
2. Establish a City/County/Region Music Office liaison, who can respond to constituent questions. The liaison must work within a division of government, an economic development corporation, a convention & visitor's bureau, or within a 501c3 non-governmental organization.
3. Register with the Texas Music Office’s Texas Music Industry Directory. The liaison’s organization also signs a mutually agreed upon Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that creates a working arrangement for the sharing of Music Directory data, and establishes protocols for keeping the directory information up to date.
4. Demonstration of partnerships with the community's music-related 501c3 nonprofits in order to foster community development.
5. Collaboration with music education programs, including area college or university music schools.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
Our staff is here to help with any questions you may have. Please contact our office at music@gov.texas.gov