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“Whenever I’m indecisive in the studio, I try to imagine how a certain idea might work in a live situation, how it would “bloom beyond the studio monitors”. Something happens when you trick your mind into thinking there’s an audience in the studio with you – and I try to keep that...
This month of March 2021 mark the Covid-19 one year anniversary. It’s been exactly a year since all live music venues are shut down, struggling to survive despite some emergency funds provided by the European governments. Music lovers are painfully missing the warming energy of the concerts and festivals,...
European Associations from the performing and live music sector address a joint letter to Commissioner Breton (Internal Market). “Together, we are asking for a coordinated post-lockdown strategy for Europe’s cultural venues and events.” During the last year, European associations and their national members have been working relentlessly on proposals...
Following the open letter published by more than 110 pan-European networks on 30 October 2020 “Make culture central in the EU recovery”, the group comes together again to reiterate their call to the national governments and the European Commission. In the second open letter published today by the group,...
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...
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COVID-19 Live Music Sector – Reactions, Impact & Support
“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