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The Try-Angle: share your own ways of building new audiences

Sep7

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 professionals’ hearts. WHAT IS THE TRY-ANGLE? Inspired by the expertise of...

Live DMA Inventory 2021

Aug30

We are pleased to share the official inventory of Live DMA, stating the numer of venues, clubs and festivals part of our network! This official document aims to show the evolution of our European network. The live music sector in Europe is growing fast and new national networks are...

Live DMA’s Forum at Tallinn Music Week 2021

Jun21

We are thrilled to announce our collaboration with Tallinn Music Week, which will hold our Live DMA Forum. It is a great opportunity to reinforce the European connections and put forward the importance of cooperation to support our local music scenes. The Live DMA Forum will take place on...

Working Group | Bookers in live music venues: towards a European Fair Practice Code?

Mar10

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...

Audience Research: DIY tips

Jan20

This article provides methodology tips to assist live music venues, clubs or festivals’ 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...

“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 )

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