Tag Archives: art

Investigating music production in a regional music sector

According to industry umbrella organisation UK Music ‘the UK is the third largest recorded music market in the world and one of only three net exporters of music globally’ (valued at £4bn in 2022). I’d like to get a sense of what this looks like at a regional level to understand better who currently benefits […]

The value of pluralism in the arts

How might value pluralism strengthen the arts sector? A recent post on the Improvisation blog, following the death of Maurizio Pollini, notes that classical music, and the richness of culture more generally, appear currently to be threatened, in the UK at least.  There is indeed a good deal of debate in the arts community at […]

Music – A Triple Bottom line approach?

I tend to assume most organisations in music these days follow some version of a Triple Bottom Line approach, where objectives can be understood as Artistic, Social, and Financial and the wider contribution of the music sector captured in terms of Cultural, Social, and Economic benefits. The specific balance between the areas of value from […]