Sound Diplomacy are strategic consultants delivering economic growth in cities and places through music and the night time economy. They published a Music Cities Manual : a set of tools, case studies and lessons to increase the value of music in cities, towns and places. They developed the “Music...
tools
On this page, you can find practical tools and methodologies that can be either applied right away or that can serve as inspiration to create your own tool or methodology.
Prevent conflicts between live music places and local authorities or neighbours : the Club Kataster Project
Complaints about sound emission are an important factor of a venue closing. With urban densification and gentrification, more and more people move closer to live music places. Besides increasing rents, these phenomenons may also lead to conflicts between cultural live music places and their neighbours. These conflicts may lead...
Understand the relationship between gentrification and small music venues
Are small music venues being gentrified? This question is central to Trine Heide’s essay, MA student at the University of Copenhagen. She tackles the subject of Urban Theory and examines the links between gentrification and small music venues in the UK and in Denmark. What is gentrification? Gentrification is...
Webinar Agent of Change
On the 12th of February 2019, Live DMA hosted a webinar on the question of the Agent of Change principle with Mark Davyd, musical activist and CEO of Music Venue Trust who succeeded in implementing the Agent of Change principle in the UK law in August 2018. What is...
Online Course on International Cooperation & Networking
The European Music Council (EMC) and Live DMA (European Network for Music Venues and Festivals), developed an Online Course to help young music professionals from Western and especially from Eastern Europe to develop their own cooperation project and network of music professionals.Go through the course by yourself and ask...