08 Nov 18 BMI Opening Office in Austin
The new office, expected to open in early 2019, will allow BMI to work directly with the talented songwriters, composers, publishers and emerging songwriters and artists in the thriving Austin music community and help enhance their ability to earn a living by writing music. The BMI office is being opened with the support of Governor Abbott and the Texas Music Office and Entrepreneur Gary Keller, co-founder of the Austin Music Movement, who is signing on as a key sponsor of BMI’s Texas music initiatives.
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: BMI, Texas music
10 Oct 18 Concert Benefits Texas Music License Plate Grant Fund
Since it began in 2004, the Texas Music Office’s License Plate Grant Program has contributed more than $132,000 to music education opportunities across the state via sales of its Texas Music license plate for cars and motorcycles. The TMO aims to expand its outreach concerning how license plate sales contribute to the grant fund with events like the one Anheuser-Busch hosted at Floore’s Country Store in Helotes, TX; Anheuser-Busch covered all costs for the concert allowing Texas musicians Josh Abbott and Rob Baird to perform free-of-charge to the public.
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: License Plate Grant, Texas music
10 Oct 18 New Music Coming from Frenchie’s Blues Destroyers
On their new single, “Beautiful Mess,” releasing Oct. 12, and their Nov. 9 album, Love is Blood, lead singer/guitarist Frenchie and drummer Brother Pete delve as deeply into ’60s British bands as they do the American blues traditions on which those bands built their foundations.
Posted by: Sam Moore
13 Sep 18 Gatlin Brothers Coming to Greenville
The Gatlin Brothers will make a rare appearance together, when they perform at the Greenville Municipal Auditorium on Nov. 3.
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Gatlin, Greenville, Texas music
11 Sep 18 Music City Texas Planning Two Big Events
A couple of good events coming up at Music City Texas Theater in Linden.
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Bellamy Brothers, Music City Texas Theater, T-Bone Walker, Texas music
05 Sep 18 Here Comes Trouble with Kendall Beard
Summer’s scorching temperatures may be starting to wane, but Kendall Beard is set to generate heat of her own among country, rock and pop fans with her new album, Here Comes Trouble, and its lead-off single, “Rock This City.”
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Kendall Beard, Texas music
04 Sep 18 Texas-based Mark Wayne Glasmire CAN’T BE DENIED
Nashville, TN (August 30, 2018) – The broad appeal of award-winning singer/songwriter Mark Wayne Glasmire CAN’T BE DENIED, and the proof is found in this upcoming 12-track collection, which drops October 12. Available for pre-order now at Amazon and CD Baby and co-produced by Glasmire and John Albani (Steve Azar, Monty Holmes, Randy Boudreaux), the album reflects Mark’s evolution as a writer and spotlights the purity of his voice as…
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Mark Wayne Glasmire, Texas music
12 Jul 18 Texas Music Office Reaches Out
Music Friendly Community action continues across the state.
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20 Jun 18 Texas Singer/Songwriter Releases Different Kind of Storytelling
EP and audiobook from Dan Johnson: Hemingway.
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Tags: Dan Johnson, Hemingway, Texas music
11 Jun 18 4th Annual Texas Music Pickers Songwriter Competition
The deadline to enter the 4th Annual Texas Music Pickers Songwriter Competition is approaching fast! The competition selects up-and-coming Texas/Red Dirt artists to receive studio time, radio promotion, songwriting sessions with award-winning songwriters, and the opportunity to perform in front of some of the Texas country music scene’s top venue/festival talent buyers. The submission deadline is June 10th at midnight and contestants will be notified by June 14th of their…
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Texas music, Texas Music Pickers
