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This collection of resources is a non-exhaustive overview of studies and publications on the music sector in Europe and beyond. It will be continously updated aiming to offer a broad overview of existing research on different aspects and parts of the music sector.
By using the filter on the left you can search for specific researches, if no filter is used the publications are listed by date. If you observe that important studies/researches are missing, please contact the EMC at: info@emc-imc.org

2025

Mobility Information Points (MIPs)

Mobility Info Points (MIPs) are information centres and/or websites tackling administrative challenges that artists and culture professionals can face when working across borders. Key issues are visas, social insurance, taxes, and customs. MIPs are central contact points for artists and culture professionals as well as organisations hosting or collaborating with them.

  • On the Move
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2025

Gender Equality In The Live Music Sector

This literature review explores themes related to gender and live music, such as festival line-ups, gendered employment, sexualised violence, and the challenges of establishing an effective methodology for gender data collection.

  • Live DMA
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2025

Music Atlas

The Music Atlas of the German Music Information Centre reveals the topography of musical life with locations and other features. Freely selectable categories make the infrastructure of different sub-sectors of the music landscape visible: whether musical education and training, performance venues, media or companies in the music industry.

  • German Music Council (Deutscher Musikrat)
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2025

Youth, mental health and culture

This report is the outcome of a brainstorming session in Brussels on 4-5 October 2022 organised through the Voices of Culture process, a structured dialogue between the European Commission and the cultural sector.

  • Voices of Culture
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2025

Institutional database

In more than 10,000 institutions, people from various professions are committed to musical life in Germany. The spectrum ranges from educational institutions to event venues and music companies. The miz documents these structures and provides information on the principal function and organisation.

  • German Music Council (Deutscher Musikrat)
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2025

Live music venues & clubs in Europe face rising costs amid pandemic recovery

This report highlights how rising costs are creating significant challenges for live music venues and clubs across Europe. A key concern is that venues, particularly privately-owned ones, are being compelled to scale back on innovative and diverse programming to remain financially viable. As a result, emerging artists, niche genres, and experimental performances are often sidelined in favor of more commercially profitable acts, leading to a decline in the sector's cultural diversity.

  • Live DMA
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