Dallas and Austin are the two big cities for media/music/movies, with Austin having the definitive lead in music. Dallas is more movies and media of all other types.
Tyler’s not a bad place, but it’s rather far out if you are in entertainment and you would be out of consideration for many media work opportunities because of that.
I have to agree with you regarding the entertainment industry. Austin is definetly the music “hub”. I guess one could live in the ‘burbs of Austin and still have access. Meaning no disrespect to any musician here, since there are exceptions, most musicians are pretty liberal no matter where they live.
Midland/Odessa is on a boom from what I am told.
I am partial to East Texas. Tyler is pretty. But not a lot of job opportunities. If one could telecommute and only drive to Dallas occasionally, it would be doable.