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LSE Podcast #12 – February 2020

Jan31

After a few words on the activities we led at Eurosonic Noorderslag Festival in January 2020, the podcast of February 2020 presents the new Facts & Figures of the European live music sector, as presented in our latest Survey publication. After a focus on the Diversity Roadmap, a tool...

Volunteers in European Live Music Scenes

Jan27

Volunteers are a huge part of the culture and functionning of live music scenes in Europe. Whether it is an activity that you start to meet new people, as an commitment to your local community and/or to get a foothold on the live music sector, the reasons to volunteer...

LSE Podcast #11 – January 2020

Jan7

The first Live Style Europe radioshow of 2020 focuses on advocacy within the European live music sector. Advocacy means “public support for an idea, plan, or way of doing something”. Learn more about how Live DMA advocates for better conditions for the live music sector and the several campaigns...

LSE Podcast #10 – December 2019

Dec4

This tenth episode of Live Style Europe focuses on the theme of sustainable development and ecology in the live music sector. As the European Union has put the fight against the climate crisis as one of its top priorities, and recognized culture as one of the pillars of sustainable...

Joint letter in Support of a Sectorial Focus on Music in Creative Europe (2021-2027)

Nov29

Live DMA, with 7 other European organisations of the live music sector, wrote a joint letter in support of a sectorial focus on music in Creative Europe (2021-2027). “[The EU Commission & Parliament’s support to Music Moves Europe and the inclusion of “diversity and competitiveness of the music sector”...

“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 )