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Right now MPs on @CommonsDCMS #MusicStreamingInquiry are hearing from independent labels. Follow @IvorsAcademy for live updates #FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive.
At the same time @HoCpetitions is hearing from musicians about #WorkingInTheEU and why we need the #MusiciansPassport
At the same time @HoCpetitions is hearing from musicians about #WorkingInTheEU and why we need the #MusiciansPassport
. @TimmoWorldWide started the e-petition, which now has over 282,000 signatures. The petition calls for visa free travel for cultural workers #WorkingInTheEU, which is one part of the #MusiciansPassport https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/563294
Find out more about the #MusiciansPassport, sign the petition, and use our template letters to email your MP and the Prime Minister to support musicians #WorkingInTheEU at https://musiciansunion.org.uk/campaigns/musicians-working-in-the-eu 
"I wanted to make people aware that we face a really real threat to our livelihoods as music touring professionals. And to highlight why artists, musicians and crew need to be able to tour freely throughout the EU as we did prior to Brexit" - @TimmoWorldWide #MusiciansPassport
. @Anna_Patalong explains how different people work, from touring orchestras to bands to solo artists to freelance musicians: "It's not only an important issue for us, it's an important issue for the UK as a whole" #MusiciansPassport
"We really don't make that much from merchandise, we really don't make that much from streaming. Touring is what we do so that we can get back in the studio and make more records. It's our bread and butter" - @nee_massey explains why we need the #MusiciansPassport
MPs on @CommonsDCMS #MusicStreamingInquiry are hearing from independent labels right now - follow @IvorsAcademy for highlights 
#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive https://twitter.com/IvorsAcademy/status/1357335277979586563?s=20
#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive https://twitter.com/IvorsAcademy/status/1357335277979586563?s=20
"To be an even mildly successful... you have to really build this momentum to build a fanbase to get these UK, European and international gigs. It's the lions share of the income... 50% plus if not more of my gigs are in the EU" - @yousefcircus #MusiciansPassport #WorkingInTheEU
. @emmaspollock explains how streaming and touring are intertwined. As a record company, many of her artists have a lot of success in Europe - and need easy, flexible access. Not just to play, but also to get people streaming and sell records and merch at gigs. #MusiciansPassport
"We hope we don't have to go part time. We consider ourselves a working band. When we go on tour, the margins are so fine... At our level, nobody's getting rich" - @nee_massey explains to MPs on @HoCpetitions #MusiciansPassport
. @Anna_Patalong highlights the important of international competitions to her work, and how Brexit and the TCA impact chances of employment: "We as a nation look far less attractive to employers on the continent at the moment" #MusiciansPassport
Talk turns to logistics, in particular carnets and cabotage. Find out more about what you might need to keep #WorkingInTheEU in our flowchart guide to working in the EU (or why our members really need the #MusiciansPassport) https://musiciansunion.org.uk/all-news-and-features/flowchart-guide-to-working-in-the-eu-from-1-january-2021-published
https://musiciansunion.org.uk/all-news-and-features/flowchart-guide-to-working-in-the-eu-from-1-january-2021-published
Do you still have questions about #WorkingInTheEU? Catch up with our Q&A session with @ItsVivaLaVisa on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/events/250398749804752/
https://www.facebook.com/events/250398749804752/
. @Frusion talks about backline, added costs for promoters at small venues & festivals, and how this affects the employability of UK based artists: "We have to negotiate that in order to reduce their [artists'] carnet costs." Our ÂŁ5.8bn music industry needs the #MusiciansPassport
While we're tweeting @HoCpetitions session on the #MusiciansPassport for musicians and crew #WorkingInTheEU, our #KeepMusicAlive partners @IvorsAcademy are live tweeting the third session of @CommonsDCMS #MusicStreamingInquiry. Catch up #FixStreaming https://twitter.com/IvorsAcademy/status/1357341465874100225?s=20
https://twitter.com/IvorsAcademy/status/1357341465874100225?s=20
The #MusiciansPassport is based on visa, work permit & carnet-free travel across the EU. It needs to be free or cheap, reciprocal, and cover road crew, technicians and other staff necessary for musicians to do their jobs. Read more and take action https://musiciansunion.org.uk/campaigns/musicians-working-in-the-eu
https://musiciansunion.org.uk/campaigns/musicians-working-in-the-eu
. @emmaspollock emphasises just how much of a UK success story music is; "We have a 10% share of the global recorded music industry, it is absolutely extraordinary." The UK music industry is worth ÂŁ5.8bn alone and employs almost 200,000 people. #MusiciansPassport
"Before we could work in any of the EU 27 and some of the countries that are part of the economic area as well. What we now have to do is navigate not only differences across each of the countries, but also changes that will happen in time" - @Frusion #MusiciansPassport
Lots happening for musicians today. We're live tweeting @HoCpetitions session on the #MusiciansPassport for #WorkingInTheEU.
Our #KeepMusicAlive partners @IvorsAcademy are live tweeting session 3 of the #MusicStreamingInquiry https://twitter.com/IvorsAcademy/status/1357343137635573764?s=20
Our #KeepMusicAlive partners @IvorsAcademy are live tweeting session 3 of the #MusicStreamingInquiry
https://twitter.com/IvorsAcademy/status/1357343137635573764?s=20
"We will just be passed over. People are going to start using EU technicians in place of us because it's cheaper, they're not going to need to do the 27 odd visas or permits it may require. That's the big thing for us. We'll end up losing out" - @TimmoWorldWide #MusiciansPassport
"All of our artists are going to be impacted with regards to potential to tour, their own personal income will be impacted, sales of actual records will be impacted... It feels like everything about the UK music experience will shrink" - @emmaspollock #MusiciansPassport
"It's going to put the kybosh on us. I've got to speak for our crew as well... Our crew are part of the band... We'd probably have to hire crew in Europe to do their job. We wouldn't do that so we'd probably not play the gig" - @nee_massey #MusiciansPassport
"It's going to be a huge drain on resources of the management team. To organise a tour to China, the office will work for a year to make that happen. You won't be able to take one off gigs in Europe, it will be a nightmare to organise tours" - @RakhiSinghMusic #MusiciansPassport
"People have temporarily - we hope - left the industry already because of Covid They have been propping up the economy... People have turned to ambulance drivers, supermarkets... What's the reward going to be for them when we come out of this?" - @Anna_Patalong #MusiciansPassport
In a survey by @HoCpetitions, 24% respondents said they typically visit six or more countries in one trip
https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/22289/default/
#WorkingInTheEU #MusiciansPassport
https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/22289/default/#WorkingInTheEU #MusiciansPassport
Read our latest lobbying update on #WorkingInTheEU and MU lobbying for the principles in the #MusiciansPassport https://musiciansunion.org.uk/all-news-and-features/lobbying-update-practical-action
https://musiciansunion.org.uk/all-news-and-features/lobbying-update-practical-action
"It's not just they're our pals, we're constantly working on the show as we go. We're creating the show... and making the show better all the time" - @nee_massey explains @HoCpetitions #WorkingInTheEU #MusiciansPassport
"We have a tour manager, production manager, three backline crew. We used to take sessions musicians as well but as that becomes more difficult, we'll probably have to get our session musicians in Europe now. There's seven in the band plus the crew so we're on two sleeper busses"
"In the summertime we're in and out of Europe maybe 6 or 7 times. A lot of that is flying in and flying out festivals" - @nee_massey explains touring with a band, showing why the #MusiciansPassport is essential
"Often you will go play shows at a loss, in order to invest in the possibility of being invited back to Europe for bigger festivals because they are the things that can pay a lot of money. As a solo artists, it's far more work to take on" - @emmaspollock #MusiciansPassport
"If you have to get through all these hurdles just to get your foot on the ladder, it's going to kid of almost evaporate the next generation potentially" - @yousefcircus explains why the #MusiciansPassport is essential to the future of music too
"We've become far less attractive to be booked. If it's a toss up between booking someone up and coming from a region which is easy to navigate, or booking the UK where there's extra paperwork, the choice will always go to the less paperwork" - @RakhiSinghMusic #MusiciansPassport
