Last September the Association of Artist Managers in Australia (AAM)* conducted a survey on a sample of 68 Working Artist Managers. The results indicate the expertise, skill, labour force and contribution the music industry’s artist management sector make to the music industry and the impact their work has on developing creative, successful and economically sustainable…
MMF UK, in partnership with YouTube Music, have launched the Accelerator Programme for Music Managers – the first ever independent funding and professional development initiative designed solely for artist, songwriter and producer managers. The programme includes; • up to £15,000 in bursary funding • over £3000 and 50+ hours’ worth of manager-specific education courses covering…
The discussions with the Copyright Directive in Brussels are now reaching their last stages in what is known as the ‘trialogue’ e.g. a three way discussion between the Council of Ministers (national governments), European Parliament and European Commission. The three bodies are trying to agree the details on a final text which will go for…
EMMA member – Keith Harris (MMF UK) undertook in October training workshops in Portugal in the cities of Lisbon, Coimbra and Porto. The seminars were organised by AMAEI – the Professional Association for Musicians and Artists independent labels and publishers in Portugal. The aim of the seminars was to provide guidance about what management involves…
THURSDAY OCTOBER 18th EMMA representatives had an opportunity to join one of the MaMA festival’s panel discussions, focusing on how fan’s money paid to music streaming services is allocated to artists. The panel was hosted by MMF France with panelists from MMF UK, Deezer, Believe Digital and the French artists coalition GAM. Panel was followed…
THURSDAY OCTOBER 4th EMMA representatives took part in the panel ‘The Mechanics of Music Management in 2018’, organised during Music & Media event in Finland at the beginning of Oct. In that panel, a range of music managers from across the EU: Sweden, Poland, UK, Iceland and Finland discussed how their role is changing, what…
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25th In September, EMMA board delegates had an opportunity to meet in Brussels with representatives of the European Commission and introduce EMMA’s structure and key strategic focus points around the EU Copyright Directive, licensing & fair remuneration, public policy and education. It was also a great occasion to discuss major issues around the…
Per Kviman & Virpi Immonen elected as Chair & Vice-Chair of EMMA “It’s time to seize our moment and put artist’s rights at the heart of European music policy” FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 21st The European Music Managers Alliance (EMMA) has announced that Per Kviman and Virpi Immonen have been elected as the organisation’s first Chair and…
We are very pleased to invite you to a special managers only open meeting and gathering of the new European Music Managers Alliance (EMMA) at this year’s Reeperbahn festival in Hamburg, followed by drinks with friends of EMMA. WHEN: Thursday 20th September, 4pm – 6pm CET WHERE: East Hotel, Conference Room ‘Ginger’ 1st Floor, Simon-von-Utrecht-Straße, 20359, Hamburg, Germany Sponsored by: – BandsintownClaim…
Artists are “rights holders” too – their representatives must be involved in European policy discussions Per Kviman, Chair MMF Sweden Traditionally, the battle for Europe’s music policy has been fought between the major record labels – the “rights holders” – and the major tech corporations. Those who actually write, perform and produce the music we…