The European Music Managers Alliance (EMMA) represents over 800 music managers working with well over 2000 artists across the EU. We have been actively campaigning for a Copyright Directive that ensures that artists are properly and fairly paid from the consumption of their music by the tech platforms and artists business partners including labels and…
by:Larm is one of the biggest music industry events in Europe and the most important one in the Nordic region. In 2018, festival had over 500 international music business delegates attending the conference alongside 2500 Norwegians. In addition to hosting a large number of key industry professionals, over the past 20 years by:Larm has cemented…
Music Managers Forum UK has published ‘The Fan Data Guide’, the latest instalment of the MMF’s Dissecting the Digital Dollar series. The Fan Data Guide explores the value of fan data, who owns it and how to maximize the use of the data when developing your artists’ business. The Fan Data Guide seeks to break down the key data types…
The Face-value European Alliance for Ticketing (FEAT) has been launched to fight for fairness in the business and ensure fans are no longer exploited at the hands of scalpers. FEAT goal is to encourage any ticket resale to be done at face value, meaning that if tickets are resold, this is at no more than…
The progress the music industry cheered in September seems to have slipped backwards since the Romanian Presidency took over chairing the Council of Ministers in January. They have proposed a new text of article 13 of the Copyright Directive for the ‘Trialogue’ discussions between Parliament, Council and Commission on safe harbours that is considered too…
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…