The Academy of Texas Music has selected the Palestine Civic Center in Palestine as the location of the 6th Annual Texas Music Awards to be held on Saturday, May 3rd, 2008. The prestigious awards show, presented this year by Northeast Texas-based MyTexasMusic.com, the retail partner of the show’s production company, Payline Productions, presents awards to independent Texas performers in several categories.

The annual event also serves as a fundraiser for the non-profit Academy which seeks sponsorships and donations to further its efforts toward music education programs, scholarships, recognition projects, and benevolence programs for musicians in need.

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MyTexasMusic is run by Lucky and Jinelle Boyd. Lucky is a veteran Texas performer who, in August 2000, began looking researching what it would take to give a voice to unsigned Texas musicians on the internet. He inquired from a few of his fellow performers as to how they were selling their CDs, and most of them admitted that the bulk of their sales were coming at public performances, but none were too happy about the results of the Internet sales.

In September 2000, MyTexasMusic began with four artists who had mail order available on their websites. Those artists were Lucky Boyd himself, along with Grady Lee, Diane Craig, and Christy Claxton. From those humble beginnings, with only four artists, the long journey began. The website had only four members from September 2000 to August of 2001.

Eight years later, MyTexasMusic.com has grown to include hundreds of Texas artists, making it the world's largest full-service Texas Music website.

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The Houston Association of Acoustic Musicians, (HAAM), is an informal and not for profit group which supports, promotes, shares and enjoys acoustic music in and around the city of Houston TX. One goal is to network and make new friends, banding together in support of one another and creating new resources for members to enjoy. HAAM also strives to bring attention and recognition to the Houston area's vibrant music scene.

Represented by artists in several genres including folk, blues, country, roots rock, Americana, jazz and more, HAAM welcomes all acoustic based performers, writers, venue operators, promoters and fans as members. Anyone can join and there are no dues involved.

All members receive regular updates by email and are immediately invited to participate in all HAAM activities.

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