Watch live as MU General Secretary Horace Trubridge talks to the @UKHouseofLords EU Committee about music and the future of UK-EU relations

➡️ https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/6d6fbc0d-f5b3-4f34-ba07-af9df1a25e61

#WorkingInTheEU #MusiciansPassport
"The music industry itself is worth about £5.8bn to the UK economy. It’s considerably more than, say, the fishing industry, which seems to be talked about quite a lot at the moment. And it has well over 100,000 jobs" - MU Gen Sec Horace Trubridge at @LordsEUCom #WorkingInTheEU
"I’m sure you’re aware the live industry ground to a halt last year and has not recovered… We are losing musicians, and we are losing them at an alarming rate" - Horace highlights the Covid-19 context for musicians who are falling through gaps in Govt support #InvestInMusicians
"Moving on to how important #WorkingInTheEU easily is to our members… It is extremely difficult to get into the US to perform. It’s extremely expensive. So only those musicians, artists, and acts who have reached a certain level can look at expanding their business there" - HT
"Artists at a grassroots level don’t even bother trying to get into America. Those are the ones who have really enjoyed the festivals & live music opportunities that exist in Europe and have been able to grow their fanbases there so they have businesses that are sustainable" - HT
"In the UK, it’s difficult to generate enough income in order to sustain that business" - MU General Secretary Horace Trubridge explains why #WorkingInTheEU is so important to UK musicians, and sustaining our world leading £5.8bn music industry, at @LordsEUCom
"We're very very concerned that off the back of a devastating Covid-19 impact, this [Brexit Deal] will mean promoters in Europe will not even bother trying to book UK artists" - MU General Secretary Horace Trubridge shares MU members' concerns with @LordsEUCom #WorkingInTheEU
Horace highlights the ongoing blame game between the UK and the EU on who suggested what and who rejected what.

Read our latest lobbying update 👇 https://musiciansunion.org.uk/all-news-and-features/lobbying-update-another-week-another-brexit-argument
Lobbying Update: Another Week, Another Brexit Argument | The MU

In this week’s lobbying update, find out more about how issues for touring musicians were covered in yesterday’s debate in parliament and what the MU intends to focus on moving forward.

https://musiciansunion.org.uk/all-news-and-features/lobbying-update-another-week-another-brexit-argument
"The Musicians’ Union were campaign on this since the referendum. We’ve been talking to politicians on all sides of the House. The response has always been ‘don’t worry, everything will be fine’" - HT on Government reaction to our #WorkingInTheEU campaign since 2016 @LordsEUCom
"I have heard said a number of times that we must not forget that the whole point of leaving Europe is that we can 'take back control of our borders'. It seems that principle has been applied to our creatives as well as anyone else the Home Office may desire they don’t want" - HT
Horace also highlights specific challenges facing musicians given how musicians work, crossing multiple borders in a single tour. This also raises the problem of cabotage - something that will hit touring badly ⬇️ https://twitter.com/adampayne26/status/1351871419907514370?s=20
“One of the reasons Covid has had such a massive impact on musicians is because they are not really earning very much money from recorded music. You’ve got to be a VERY successful artist to earn enough money from streaming in order to sustain a career" - HT on #FixStreaming
"We are desperate to see certain elements of the European Copyright Directive adopted into the UK and unfortunately they haven’t appeared in the TCA. One of them is the issue of fair and proportionate remuneration for performers, and transparency..." - HT at @LordsEUCom
"There’s a massive imbalance of bargaining power when you’ve got an artist that hasn't had huge success talking to a major, multinational record company" - MU General Secretary Horace Trubridge explains why it's time to #FixStreaming and #KeepMusicAlive at @LordsEUCom
"We also have a situation where session musicians, non featured musicians, don’t get any money at all from streaming. They get paid for radio play but they don’t get paid for streaming" - Horace highlights specific challenges that could be solved by Article 17 at @LordsEUCom
"Covid has really thrown a spotlight on the fact that musicians can not live from their income from recordings, and that Article 17 from the European Copyright Directive would address that" - MU General Secretary Horace Trubridge gives evidence at @LordsEUCom #FixStreaming
Horace lists yet more specific challenges that we're still trying to unpack, including double taxation, VAT and withholding tax.

"These are all issues that are going to affect musicians who want to bring goods into the EU, such as merchandise"

#WorkingInTheEU #MusiciansPassport
"I am honestly a genuinely positive person, normally. But I am really struggling to find positive things from the TCA that are going to benefit my members" - MU General Secretary Horace Trubridge explains to @LordsEUCom

#WorkingInTheEU #MusiciansPassport
"If there is a will on both sides and both sides say there's a will, let's do that" - HT on getting a side agreement for musicians and crew #WorkingInTheEU

Sign the petition for the #MusiciansPassport 👇 https://www.change.org/p/government-parliament-let-touring-musicians-travel-support-musicians-working-in-the-eu-post-brexit-workingintheeu
Sign the Petition

Let Touring Musicians Travel: Support Musicians Working in the EU Post-Brexit

https://www.change.org/p/government-parliament-let-touring-musicians-travel-support-musicians-working-in-the-eu-post-brexit-workingintheeu
“I said to Oliver Dowden, I’m a trained union negotiator with thirty years experience. I’m quite happy to help them if they’d like me to!" - MU General Secretary Horace Trubridge giving evidence on musicians #WorkingInTheEU and the need for the #MusiciansPassport at @LordsEUCom
Thank you to all the members of the @UKHouseofLords EU Sub-Committee @LordsEUCom for inviting the MU to speak today.

Explore all our advice for musicians #WorkingInTheEU and find out why the #MusiciansPasspot is so essential at https://musiciansunion.org.uk/brexit 

#BehindEveryMusician
Another day, another Brexit argument - but the increased publicity and sheer number of Parliamentarians on our side is reason to be hopeful.

Read our latest lobbying update
👉 https://musiciansunion.org.uk/all-news-and-features/lobbying-update-another-week-another-brexit-argument

#WorkingInTheEU #MusiciansPassport
Lobbying Update: Another Week, Another Brexit Argument | The MU

In this week’s lobbying update, find out more about how issues for touring musicians were covered in yesterday’s debate in parliament and what the MU intends to focus on moving forward.

https://musiciansunion.org.uk/all-news-and-features/lobbying-update-another-week-another-brexit-argument
Write to your MP and to the Prime Minister to support musicians #WorkingInTheEU - and the principles enshrined in the #MusiciansPassport

👉 https://musiciansunion.org.uk/campaigns/musicians-working-in-the-eu

#BehindEveryMusician
Musicians Working in Europe After Brexit | Get Your Voice Heard | The MU

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