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CASEY J. MONAHANCasey Monahan is the director of the Texas Music Office.Monahan was hired to open the TMO in January 1990.The TMO was the first government office ever created to promote a state's music industry.
The TMO promotes the talent, products and services of the Texas music industry to the worldwide music industry.Publications Monahan oversees to that end are the Texas Music Events Calendar, the Texas Music Education Primer, the Texas Talent Register, and the TMO's EnjoyTexasMusic.com website.When formatted for printing, EnjoyTexasMusic.com is approximately 3,000 pages in length; it enjoys more than 350,000 unique visitors and more than 1 million page views each year.Monahan was the editor of 16 editions of the Texas Music Industry Directory (1991-2006).
Prior to becoming director of the TMO, Monahan was both a music writer and research analyst for the Austin American-Statesman (June 1985 to January 1990).As a music writer, Monahan developed and compiled Austin's first daily live music calendar, and wrote more than 400 articles about country, folk, rock & roll and music business.He also photographed for publication more than 400 musical performances.He was named "Best Music Critic" in the 1989 Austin Music Awards.As research analyst in the Marketing Services Department, Monahan researched the Austin economy and AA-S readership, prepared sales tools and analyses for AA-S display and classified advertising staff, and assisted in the publication of the 1986, 1987 and 1988 editions of the Scarborough Austin Market Report, a guide to Austin-area demographics and consumer buying trends.
Monahan's articles and/or photographs have appeared in Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Rolling Stone, Music Library Association Notes, the New York Times, Pulse!, Texas Monthly, Southwest Spirit, Third Coast, the Dallas Morning News, and the Austin Chronicle.He compiled and edited lyrical anthologies for two Texas songwriting legends: Harvey "Tex Thomas" Young (Hut's Hymnal, 1989) and Roky Erickson (Openers II, 1995).He is a co-editor of the Handbook of Texas Music (Texas State Historical Association, 2003).He produced Rick Broussard's CD She Makes The Angels Cry (Dynamic), co-produced Roky Erickson's All That May Do My Rhyme (Trance Syndicate), and executive produced Junior Brown's Guit With It (Curb).
A Dallas native, Monahan, 48, graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1977, and from the University of Texas at Austin in May 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Government.He is a Board Member of the Texas Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (1994-1998; 2004-2005; 2008-present), and was an Ex-Officio board member of the Texas Travel Industry Association (2004-2007).He serves on the board of the Austin Music Foundation (2005-present).He is an adjunct professor of Commercial Music at Austin Community College (2006-present), and is a volunteer tutor in the Carver Branch Library's Victory Program (1995-present).