Valuing Live Music: the UK Live Music Census 2017 Report
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Valuing live music: The UK Live Music Census 2017 report Emma Webster, Matt Brennan, Adam Behr and Martin Cloonan with Jake Ansell February 2018 Contents Introduction ....................................................................... 1 Key findings ....................................................................... 5 Context ............................................................................. 10 Methodology .................................................................... 20 Economic methodology .................................................. 33 Chapter 1: The economic value of live music ............... 42 Chapter 2: The social and cultural value of live music 62 Chapter 3: More than just music .................................... 70 Chapter 4: Valuing spaces for live music ...................... 95 Chapter 5: Valuing smaller spaces for live music ...... 108 Chapter 6: Challenges within the sector ..................... 122 Chapter 7: Suggestions from respondents to the venue and promoter surveys as to how the government could improve the live music scene ....................................... 172 Chapter 8: Snapshots of live music census cities ..... 178 Conclusions and recommendations ............................ 209 Collated list of recommendations ................................ 218 Acknowledgements ....................................................... 223 About the authors.......................................................... 224 About Live Music Exchange ......................................... 225 Appendix 1: Characteristics of the sample ................. 227 Appendix 2: Definitions ................................................ 234 Appendix 3: List of focus group participants ............. 239 Appendix 4: List of profile interviewees ...................... 240 References ..................................................................... 241 Figures Figure 1: Musicians and membership ................................ 45 Figure 2: Gender balance across different types of musician .......................................................................................... 46 Figure 3: Median earnings per gig for professional/semi- professional respondents to the musician survey by gender .......................................................................................... 47 Figure 4: Percentage of annual income by type of respondent to the musician survey .................................... 48 Figure 5: Annual income direct from live music of professional respondents to the musician survey .............. 49 Figure 6: Musicians' other roles by type of respondent to the musician survey ................................................................. 50 Figure 7: Genres with which respondents to the musician survey most identify ........................................................... 53 Figure 8: Genres from which respondents to the musician survey earn money ............................................................ 54 Figure 9: Employment status of different types of respondents to the musician survey .................................. 55 Figure 10: Audience spend over £20 per month on tickets and recorded music by age group of respondents to the audience survey ................................................................ 56 Figure 11: Ticket reselling among respondents to the audience survey who had to resell a ticket in past 12 months .......................................................................................... 59 Figure 12: Activities additional to live music of respondents to the venue survey ........................................................... 71 Figure 13: Cultural value of respondents to the venue survey ................................................................................ 73 Figure 14: Participation in live music activities of those respondents to the audience survey who had indicated that they had taken part in at least one activity in the past 12 months ............................................................................... 80 Figure 15: Percentage of respondents to the musician survey who moved to their current permanent place of residence specifically for more music opportunities .......... 82 Figure 16: Main form of transport used by respondents to the audience survey on the snapshot census date ............ 84 Figure 17: Main form of transport used by respondents to the audience survey for the last live music event attended 84 Figure 18: Sustainability initiatives of respondents to the venue survey ..................................................................... 85 Figure 19: Views on environmental sustainability by respondents to the promoter survey .................................. 86 Figure 20: Accessibility initiatives of respondents to the venue survey ..................................................................... 90 Figure 21: Significant venues named by respondents to the audience survey ................................................................ 95 Figure 22: Significant venues named by respondents to the musician survey ................................................................. 96 Figure 23: Venue types visited by respondents to the audience survey for live music in the last 12 months ...... 109 Figure 24: Venue types performed in by respondents to the musician survey in past 12 months ................................. 111 Figure 25: Venue types performed in by 'emerging' and 'formative years' musicians .............................................. 112 Figure 26: Venue types most used by respondents to the promoter survey in past 12 months ................................. 114 Figure 27: Types of ensemble hosted regularly by respondents to the venue survey .................................... 116 Figure 28: Venue types regularly hosting/promoting blues ........................................................................................ 117 Figure 29: Venue types regularly hosting/promoting classical ........................................................................................ 118 Figure 30: Venue types regularly hosting/promoting pop 118 Figure 31: Venue types regularly hosting/promoting rock 119 Figure 32: Local factors having extreme, strong or moderate impact on respondents to the venue survey .................... 126 Figure 33: Local factors impacting on respondents to the venue survey - urban/rural location ................................. 132 Figure 34: Regular opening/closing times of respondents to the venue survey ............................................................. 132 Figure 35: Other factors having extreme, strong or moderate impact on respondents to the venue survey .................... 134 Figure 36: Other factors impacting on respondents to the venue survey - urban/rural ............................................... 138 Figure 37: External factors having extreme, strong or moderate impact on respondents to the promoter survey's events in past 12 months ................................................. 154 Figure 38: External factors having extreme, strong or moderate impact on respondents to the musician survey's events in past 12 months ................................................. 157 Figure 39: Local external factors impacting on respondents to the musician survey's gigs in past 12 months .............. 159 Figure 40: Types of deals offered to professional/semi- professional respondents to the musician survey in last 12 months ............................................................................. 161 Figure 41: Funding applied/awarded to respondents to the musician survey ............................................................... 163 Figure 42: Percentage of respondents to the musician survey who have applied for funding or support programmes in the past for the purpose of supporting live music performance by genre ..................................................... 164 Figure 43: Median earnings per gig for professional/semi- professional respondents to the musician survey by percentage of original music performed .......................... 167 Figure 44: Types of spaces for live music in Glasgow ..... 181 Figure 45: Barriers to success to respondents to the venue survey in Glasgow ........................................................... 182 Figure 46: Length of time respondents to the venue survey have been operating in Glasgow ..................................... 184 Figure 47: Live music events attended in past 12 months by respondents to the audience survey in Glasgow ............. 185 Figure 48: Attendance by respondents to the audience survey in Glasgow who attend at least one live music event each month ...................................................................... 186 Figure 49: Information gathering by Glasgow audiences on census snapshot date...................................................... 187 Figure 50: Modes of transport used by Glasgow audiences on census snapshot date ................................................. 188 Figure 51: Types of spaces for live music in Newcastle- Gateshead ....................................................................... 190 Figure 52: Barriers to success to respondents to the venue survey in Newcastle-Gateshead ...................................... 191 Figure 53: Length of time respondents to the venue survey have been operating in Newcastle-Gateshead ................ 194 Figure 54: Live music events attended in past 12 months by respondents