The AB MUSIC Working Group Report December 2015 - June 2016 Creative The AB MUSIC Europe Working Group Report Table of content Foreword .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Music Working Group ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................7 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8 Why should the European Union intervene to support the European music sector? ............................................................................8 What should and what can be done? .................................................................................................................................................................................8 What are the Commission’s plans for the short term?............................................................................................................................................8 A Successful brainstorming session ..................................................................................................................................................................................9 1. The set-up of a music working group ...........................................................................................................................................................................9 2. Content of the contributions ..........................................................................................................................................................................................10 3. Framework .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10 4. Panels ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11 5. Summary of the issues and measures put forward ........................................................................................................................................11 Issues and measures relating to the on-going copyright reform and other policy topics .......................................................11 Issues and measures regarding the empowerment of music creators and SMBs ........................................................................12 Issues and measures to foster cultural diversity, the mobility of artists and the cross-border circulation of European repertoire .......................................................................................................................................13 Issues and measures in order to address the struggle of European music start-ups and pure players to survive and thrive in a challenging context .............................................................................................................15 Issues and measures acknowledging the importance of data and metadata in a digital landscape ..............................15 6. Concert, networking event & immediate feedback ..........................................................................................................................................16 WHAT’S NEXT? ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................16 WORKSHOP 1: MUSIC DATA ..................................................................................................................................................................................................17 Data and metadata ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................19 SESSION 1 – The Collection of Data on the Music Sector in the EU: Measuring the footprint of the sector......................19 Presentations and testimonies .........................................................................................................................................................................................19 Data collection through official methods ...............................................................................................................................................................19 Data collection through alternative methods ......................................................................................................................................................20 Main issues and key challenges .........................................................................................................................................................................................22 Ideas for the EU tool box ......................................................................................................................................................................................................23 SESSION 2 – the Use of Metadata and Usage Data in the Music Sector .................................................................................................24 Main issues and key challenges .........................................................................................................................................................................................24 The role of Metadata in the music industry .........................................................................................................................................................24 The role of Usage Data in the music industry .....................................................................................................................................................25 Presentations ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................25 Ideas for the EU tool box ......................................................................................................................................................................................................27 The AB MUSIC Working Group Report WORKSHOP 2: Empowering creators and nurturing creation: education, training and professionalization .........................29 Main issues and key challenges .......................................................................................................................................................................................30 1. Education and training .................................................................................................................................................................................................30 Presentations and testimonies ............................................................................................................................................................................31 Ideas for the EU toolbox ............................................................................................................................................................................................31 2. Access to funding ............................................................................................................................................................................................................32 Ideas for the EU toolbox ..........................................................................................................................................................................................33 3. A better music ecosystem ..........................................................................................................................................................................................33 Ideas for the EU toolbox ..........................................................................................................................................................................................34 WORKSHOP 3: Cultural diversity: mobility of artists and circulation of European repertoire ......................................................35 Main issues and key challenges .......................................................................................................................................................................................36 1. The challenge of monitoring cross-border exchanges and mobility ...............................................................................................36 2. Live music: concert venues and festivals as key enablers of mobility of artists and circulation of repertoire ...36 3. Absence of representation of live music organizations