āIt’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 donāt have a sustainable future, we may not have a future at all.ā
Communication Officer
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All around Europe, live music venues are doing a wonderful job in finding ways of building new audiences to make live music accessible to as many people as possible. Diversity is a value dear to many live music professionalsā hearts. WHAT IS THE TRY-ANGLE? Inspired by the expertise of these live music actors (see reports…
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The global climate crisis has led many organisations from the music sector to act towards a more eco-conscious future. Culture can be a strong driver for positive changes in society. In this article, we highlight ecological initiatives and concrete tools from the live music sector, both at national and European levels. Why We Need to…
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[last update: 12 July 2021] Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis in March 2020, live music events all around Europe have been put at a stop or with logistical and sanitary conditions never seen before. In order to investigate how to manage live music events of all formats and settings in a pandemic context,…
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In 2020, Live DMA organized a Working Group on the theme of Cooperation and Representation Within the Music Sector. Read the reports of the Working Group here: Session 1 and Session 2. In March 2021, the European Network for Cultural Centers has released the guide Local Networks: Reimaninging the Work of Cultural Organisations, written by…
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Live DMA, as part of its Live Style Europe project going from 2017 to 2021, organizes each year a Working Group on a theme chosen by its members, national or regional live music networks. These Working Groups intend to gather live music professionals to share their expertise and experience on a certain topic. The information…
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This article provides methodology tips to assist live music venues, clubs or festivalsā workers who wish to start the process of doing audience research, such as surveying their audience and/or potential audience. It does not mean to turn you into a professional surveyer or statistician but rather condense in one place all the advice we…
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Find below a list of national center for statistics as well as cultural indexes sorted out by country. EU Eurostat: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/home OECD Statistics: https://stats.oecd.org/ Compedium of Cultural Policies & Trends: https://www.culturalpolicies.net/ Atlas on Demography & Migration: https://migration-demography-tools.jrc.ec.europa.eu/atlas-demography/ BELGIUM STATBEL – Belgian Statistical Office : https://statbel.fgov.be/en DENMARK Denmark Statistics: https://www.dst.dk/en ESTONIA Estonia Statistics : https://www.stat.ee/en FINLAND Statistics Finland : https://www.stat.fi/index_en.html…
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The IFPI, the trade body representing the recording industry worldwide, commissioned a report on the economic impact of music in Europe. This report quantifies the gross value added, employment and tax contributions the music sector made to the economies of the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU27) and the UK in 2018. Live…
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The dialogue between the European Commission and music stakeholders which served as base for the Music Moves Europe programme has identified several challenges and opportunities for the European sector. In addition to a study on the Feasibility of a European Music Observatory, the European Commission asked for an analysis of market trends and gaps in…
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āItās all about sharing and cooperation!ā
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āWe 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 levelā
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“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 weāve succeeded in doing that!ā
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“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 recognitionā
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Ź»Ź¼Thanks to Live DMAŹ¼s 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.”