Report on the European Music Economy

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:52:00 +0100

Economy of music in Europe: Methods and indicators produce the methodology and data assets. The Report on the European Music Economy is developed following the Open Policy Analysis Guidelines.

0.1: For for reproducability and best compliance with OPA, we

The Report on the European Music Economy, for full reproducibility, following the Open Policy Analysis Guidelines, this deliverable is a “live policy document” that is first useful for readers in 2024, but will integrate data as it appears in the pipeline from the inception of the project (and illustration data at the proposal stage). The policy context regarding the economy of music in Europe is described. Lastly, it analyses the transfer potential of the Bulgarian and Hungarian pilot study to other European music ecosystems, as a new best practice. It is designed to be readable as a stand-alone deliverable, but the data it presents will also be integrated into D5.1 Open Music Observatory as the Music Economy part of broader Digital Music Observatory.

D1.1 Economy of music in Europe: Methods and indicators, following the Open Policy Analysis Guidelines, identifies critical research questions, data sources and gaps, and data collection methods regarding the economy of music in Europe. It also presents indicators co-developed to measure the economy of music in Europe. The indicator candidates are reviewed and selected indicators are added to the D5.1 Open Music Observatory as the Music Economy part of broader Digital Music Observatory.

We will provide indicators capable of capturing the full economic value of music, including zero-price uses. For this, existing data gaps are identified, analysed and filled. i.e., currently “hidden” data will be reported, MSMEs that currently do not provide data are integrated, zero-price use is measured, etc. Furthermore, methods to effectively act on this data are demonstrated.

Examples of potential indicator candidates developed in this deliverable include (but are not limited to): etc.

Examples of potential indicator candidates developed in WP3 include:

Employment
Value of EU’s music sector
Structure of the market
The impact of the not-for-profit sector on the overall economy of the music sector
Neighbouring rights
Music publishing
Independent music companies
Live music
Export music
Music retail or in-store public performance
Financing of the music sector
Live music regulation
Copyright regulations and evolution of copyright regimes etc.

A pilot study demonstrates exemplary how improved data collection on the value of music can be leveraged to improve artist revenues.

You can find the repository of all assets on github.com/dataobservatory-eu/report-european-music-economy.

Cooperation with the Slovak Ministry of Culture and Other Slovak Partners

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0100

The Open Music Europe Consortium, Reprex and SOZA signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, the Economic University of Bratislava, SOZA on utilizing the Open Policy Analysis results.

From left to right: Ľubomír Burgr, Chariman of the Board (SOZA); Dr James Edwards Open Music Europe program director; Ferdinand Daňo, rector of EUBA; Rado Kutaš, state secretary; Tomaš Mikš, SOZA; Daniel Antal, co-founder of Reprex. Photo: Dominika Semaňáková.

This cooperation is a very important milestone for our the Digital Music Observatory: our reproducible research will be used in an official national policy context in an EU member state. Our Slovak Music Industry Report has set a best practice within the Slovak Republic.

We will create Live Policy Document on Music Economy, on Diversity and Circulation,on Music and Society, and on Music Innovation in a national policy context. We will contribute with automatically refreshed web resources and high-quality indicators about cultural and creative industries, particularly music. Our work will be used to monitor the implementation of the Cultural and Creative Industries Strategy of the Slovak Republic 2030 Stratégia kultúry a kreatívneho priemyslu Slovenskej republiky 2030 national policy.

EUBA and the Open Music Europe consortium will develop an indicator monitoring system. Reprex’s Smart Policy Documents technology will be used to keep it on a web resource dashboard. See Central Register of Contracts (in Slovak).

This will be the first high-profile national policy use of our Digital Music Observatory. Over the course of three years, in cooperation with our Slovak partners, we would like to persuade more and more national policymakers and also regional actors (like the city of Trenčín, the cultural capital of Europe in 2026) to use this collaborative open knowledge platform as a prototype of a European Music Observatory.

Smart Policy Document | Open Music Europe

Report on the European Music Economy

Cooperation with the Slovak Ministry of Culture and Other Slovak Partners