Liaison Qualifications & Duties: Each certified MFT Community must have a central point of contact, their Music Friendly Liaison, who is employed within a division of city government. The Liaison guides the city through its certification process, providing the Texas Music Office (TMO) with the completed petition for a workshop, developing a local music industry database, creating an advisory board, and fully executing the TMO’s MOU.

After certification, each Liaison is responsible for submitting monthly reports to the TMO, coordinating advisory board meetings, participating in monthly Regional Office meetings, submitting annual updates for the Texas Music Industry Directory, and attending the Texas Sounds & Cities Conference. The Liaison should also assist in navigating city policy and developing programs to support the community’s music industry.

Complete the official Music Friendly Texas Certified Community Program Workshop Petition.

MFT Workshops: All MFT workshops are virtual and organized by the MFT partner community’s liaison. The workshop typically lasts 30–45 minutes and offers an opportunity for the community’s advisory board to learn about the program basics and ask questions.

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU): This legal document is drafted by TMO staff once the MFT Community onboarding process is underway. The MOU is the legal agreement entered between the TMO and the MFT partner community to cover the exchange of dataset information from the Texas Music Industry Database.

Complete registration with the Texas Music Industry Database.