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The Musicians' Union The Musician Journal of the Musicians’ Union Winter 2019 theMU.org KEEP MUSIC LIVE #VoteAgainstBrexit contacts Union HQ Regional Offices General Secretary Head of Communications London Horace Trubridge & Government Relations Regional Organiser: Jamie Pullman Isabelle Gutierrez 33 Palfrey Place, London SW8 1PE Deputy General Secretary t 020 7840 5504 Naomi Pohl In-House Solicitor e [email protected] Dawn Rodger Assistant General Secretary East & South East England Phil Kear PR & Marketing Official Regional Organiser: Paul Burrows Keith Ames 1a Fentiman Road, National Organiser London SW8 1LD Jo Laverty (Orchestras) Recording & Broadcasting Official t 020 7840 5537 Michael Sweeney e [email protected] National Organiser Diane Widdison (Education & Training) Licensing & Distribution Official Midlands Annie Turner Regional Organiser: Stephen Brown National Organiser 2 Sovereign Court, Geoff Ellerby (Recording & Broadcasting) Sessions Official Graham Street, Sam Jordan Birmingham B1 3JR National Organiser t 0121 236 4028 Dave Webster (Live Performance) Live Performance Official e [email protected] Kelly Wood Wales & South West England Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Official Regional Organiser: Andy Warnock John Shortell Transport House, 1 Cathedral Rd, Cardiff CF11 9SD Orchestras Official t 029 2045 6585 Morris Stemp e [email protected] Campaigns & Social Media Official North of England Maddy Radcliff Regional Organiser: Matt Wanstall 61 Bloom Street, Manchester M1 3LY Union HQ t 0161 236 1764 60–62 Clapham Road e [email protected] London sw9 0jj Scotland & Northern Ireland t 020 7582 5566 Regional Organiser: Caroline Sewell f 020 7582 9805 Suite 6A, 1st floor, e [email protected] 1/2 Woodside Place, Glasgow G3 7QF w theMU.org t 0141 341 2960 @WeAreTheMU e [email protected] REPORT Your Vote Matters Only 2% of people questioned in a Music Week survey thought that Brexit would be good for the music industry – but you have to make up your own minds… and music publishing areas of the industry The potential costs and administrative and is mostly about, and read by, music burden of arranging visas, work permits industry professionals rather than and carnets for upwards of 60 musicians performers and creators. Nevertheless, will seriously erode any profit that they when it ran a survey of its readers to might otherwise need to balance the books ascertain whether they thought that and keep their heads above water during a Brexit would be good or bad for the UK period of sustained arts funding cuts. music industry as a whole, the results were compelling. Only 2% of those Consider the consequences surveyed said that they thought Brexit So, for musicians, this is a Brexit election would be good for the business. Bearing in and you are now reading the ‘Vote Against mind that the record and music publishing Brexit’ edition of The Musician magazine. industry is not party political and could That said, it would be wholly wrong of me to arguably be described as conservative tell you how to vote in the general election with a small ‘c’, the results of this survey so I’m not going to do it. That decision, as are sobering to say the least. they say, is between you and the ballot box. Administrative headache 3 If Brexit goes ahead we are looking at “For the music business, © Joanna Dudderidge Joanna © massive administrative burdens for Horace Trubridge, musicians who make some or all of this general election is General Secretary their living by performing, recording and selling merchandise and physical all about Brexit and the product in EU member countries. The Hopefully, you are reading this a few free movement of people, goods and damage that it will do.” days before the country goes to the polls services has been the cornerstone on 12 December. You will have seen from of our membership of the EU, and has But equally, I would not be doing my duty as the cover of The Musician the position enabled UK musicians to develop and General Secretary of the Musicians’ Union that the Union is taking regarding this sustain new markets without the need if I didn’t point out the consequences Brexit general election. Regardless of what the for lengthy and costly bureaucracy. The will have on our profession and the simple politicians may tell you, for the music reintroduction of visas, work permits truth that stopping the Conservatives from business, this general election is all and carnets will knock the profit out of regaining power in the forthcoming election about Brexit and the damage that it will touring abroad for many of our members, is the only opportunity we have of calling do to our wonderful profession. and will also greatly reduce the number it all off. A Johnson-negotiated Brexit, or of musicians from EU countries who visit possibly even worse, a hard Brexit, will do Music Week is a music industry trade the UK and who, in many cases, engage untold damage to our profession, now and magazine. It may not be familiar to you as and/or collaborate with UK musicians. for many years to come. it is very much focused on the recording Furthermore, many of the UK’s fantastic Please use your vote wisely. orchestras currently depend upon income Horace Trubridge derived from performing in EU countries. TO HEAR MORE FROM HORACE, VISIT THEMU.ORG The Musician • Winter 2019 Contents Winter 2019 4 10 “The end of freedom of movement will make it more The CBSO is one of difficult and expensive for UK many UK orchestras that regularly orchestras to tour Europe.” work in Europe. The Musician • Winter 2019 Frontline Features 6 Media highlights new MU 20 Diet guidance: how musicians survey on sexual harassment can stay healthy on the road 7 Safety advice for musicians 34 Fair Play Focus: travelling on tour buses Exchange, Bristol 8 MU Insurance terms update 50 Why I Joined The MU: Three members share their stories Find out why the Reports Musicians’ Union remains opposed 3 MU General Secretary Your Voice to Brexit 10 Why voting against Brexit 9 Interacting with MU members makes sense for musicians and supporters on Twitter 14 Deputy General Secretary Dudderidge Joanna © 16 BBC Music Introducing Live Profile 28 How musicians can help to 24 Film and television tackle the issue of e-waste composer Timo Baker Union Notices 32 MU Music Writers’ Committee 2 Key MU contacts 36 Success for MU songwriters’ Reviews 42 Ask Us First workshop in Glasgow 43 Albums, EPs and downloads 46 Tributes 39 Assistant General Secretary released by MU members 49 MU Election results 40 The MU Equalities Committee 51 Member benefits 5 MU Contributors Clive Katie Henry Neil Somerville Nicholls Yates Crossley A journalist, Katie is a Henry is a A journalist and broadcaster and freelance journalist freelance writer from editor who has written editor, Clive has and editor whose Gloucestershire who for The Independent, written for HMV, features and reviews has written for titles The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times have appeared in as diverse as Classic The Guardian and and BBC Radio, and titles such as Mojo, Rock, Total Guitar, The Financial Times. presented an Arts The Guardian NME and Record Neil also fronts the review radio show. p46 and Kerrang! p28 Collector. p20 band Furlined. p16 Roy Will David Neil Delaney Simpson Pollock Churchman Roy has Will has David writes Neil is an written for Metal contributed to a range for The Scotsman, List, experienced journalist Hammer, Classic Rock of music magazines, The Guardian, and The in broadcasting and and Melody Maker, and including Total Guitar, Independent, among print. A former BBC is the lead singer and Guitarist and Mixmag. others. He has written national newsroom drummer with the Will has also published books about running assistant editor, he two-piece punk rock the book Freedom music venues for the now writes on music band Hacksaw. p34 Through Football. p24 Music Venue Trust. p36 and the media. p32 © Andrew Fox The Musician • Winter 2019 BREXIT AND YOU The MU is fighting to protect musicians’ right to travel when working in the EU post-Brexit. We want to hear from you about how Brexit has ! affected your working plans for 2019.#WorkingInTheEU bit.ly/2AzdUAV Winter 2019 frontlineThe MU in action, working on behalf of professional musicians. Media Highlights New MU Survey On Sexual Harassment © deepblue4you / Getty Images / deepblue4you © MU research highlighting the prevalence of sexual harassment in the music industry prompted a wave of media coverage when it was published on 23 October. The Guardian, 6 The Independent, BBC News online, ITV News online and Sky News online were among the dozens of news sources who reported on the findings, which reveal that 48% of respondent musicians have experienced sexual harassment at work, and that 85% did not report it. Workplace culture The research suggests that almost two- is cited as the greatest barrier to thirds (61%) of musicians feel they are more reporting harassment. at risk because they work on a freelance basis. Freelance musicians make up 90% of the MU’s 32,000 membership but only one in five (19%) say the contracts they work under “I understand I was one of 10 women making include policies or procedures to deal with reports about the same individual and yet “Survivors are often incidents of sexual harassment. no action was taken as far as I’m aware,” she said. “I was told this was just ‘lad culture’.” unable to speak The MU is now calling on government to extend the protections relating to In 2018, the MU set up a ‘Safe Space’ email out because the discrimination and harassment in the for members to report sexual harassment, consequences for Equality Act 2010 to freelancers.
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