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Better Music Cities – Guide by Sound Diplomacy

May14

Sound Diplomacy published the Music Cities Resilience Handbook – a practical guide to support cities in setting up resilient music policy. More information on sounddiplomacy.com/better-music-cities A short peek into the report Introduction – Setting the stage The global outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic revealed that: The global arts, music...

Protected: [PRIVATE] COVID-19: and then what? Member’s meetings

May7

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Europe’s cultural and creative sectors call for ambitious EU budgetary measures to get through the COVID-19 crisis

May6

Investing in our culture is investing in our future. Now is the time to turn words into concrete measures.

COVID-19: Exit Strategies

May5

Last update: 29/06/2020 – 14:00 This article presents the different exit strategies for the live music sector in the countries part of the Live DMA network as well as the reactions of our members.

6 questions to Elda Gómez (ACCES – ES)

Apr28

1) Can you please introduce yourself? “My name is Elda Gómez, cultural manager who works for ACCES, the Spanish association of private concert venues. I have also been the ACCES survey coordinator since we started this project with Live DMA seven years ago.” 2) Who are the members of...

“It’s really important for us to be at the forefront on the sustainability and inclusion questions, to inspire others and help with all these things. If we don’t have a sustainable future, we may not have a future at all.”

Hilma Kekkonen, Svensk Live - (Sweden )

“It’s all about sharing and cooperation!”

Boris Colin, FEDELIMA - (France )

“We need organisations like Live DMA to support our activities. During COVID, it was important to have Live DMA meetings so that we could learn what was going on in the other countries, and that was very helpful when it came to the lobby work on the local level”

Ingrid Stroom, Live Music Estonia - (Estonia )

“We have been celebrating the 10th anniversary of Live DMA, a network which was created in 2012 by venue networks from all over Europe. The purpose was to share knowledge and skills with each other, and to set up common projects, and I think we’ve succeeded in doing that!”

Marc Steens, Clubcircuit - (Belgium: Flanders )

“I learned to collect and process data with good quality, and also I learned the importance of data to start a dialogue with institutions. Good data gave ACCES a lot of recognition”

Elda Gomez, ACCES - (Spain )

ʻʼThanks to Live DMAʼs Survey, we showed our government that the more a venue is subsidized, the more money they generate. The Ministry of Culture had little knowledge of our sector. So to present these figures from different European countries was crucial in re-valorising our subsidies.”

David Dehard, Court-Circuit - (Belgium: Wallonia & Brussels )

ʻʼAs a venue, we believe that the live music sector is insufficiently recognised as part of culture. Networks like Live DMA can amplify local voices. Being part of Live DMA help us gain knowledge from across Europe and find partners with similar challenges.ʼʼ

Ieva Irbina, LPNVA - (Latvia )

ʻʼ[European Cooperation] gives indeed vision: weʼre every day provided with mental-openness and support. It might seem imperceptible but itʼs fundamental to feel part of a wider ecosystem. It boosts our awareness as representative of a whole sector and this bring direct advantages to our members.ʼʼ

Federico Rasetti, KeepOn Live - (Italy )