{"id":11906,"date":"2023-08-28T13:26:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T13:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=11906"},"modified":"2023-08-28T14:14:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T14:14:54","slug":"study-reveals-brexits-impact-on-musicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2023\/08\/28\/study-reveals-brexits-impact-on-musicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Reveals Brexit&#8217;s Impact on UK Musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11908\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/08\/Brexit.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"678\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ISM, or the Independent Society of Musicians, has just released a new report, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ism.org\/news\/paying-the-price#:~:text=Background%20to%20the%20report,the%20TCA%20was%20provisionally%20applied).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paying the Price<\/a>&#8221; which gives an in-depth look at how Brexit is affecting musicians in the UK. The results are not good.<\/p>\n<p>The report specifically dives into the aftermath of Brexit for our musicians. Over 400 artists and industry professionals active in Europe in Jan 2021 contributed.<\/p>\n<h3>Here&#8217;s the breakdown<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">47.4% experienced a drop in EU gigs after Brexit.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">27.8% reported no EU gigs at all.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">39% declined European offers, and 40% had bookings cancelled.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Visas and work permits top the expense list at 23%, followed by carnets (18%) and travel costs (14%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What they\u2019re saying<\/h3>\n<p>ISM&#8217;s Chief, Deborah Annetts, highlights the value of the UK music industry, currently ringing in at a cool \u00a35.8 billion. She believes the current Brexit situation is causing some discord.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent voices like British mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston and Welsh bass-baritone Paul Carey Jones echo the sentiment, emphasizing the barriers faced, particularly by emerging artists.<\/p>\n<h3>Why it matters<\/h3>\n<p>At \u00a35.8 billion in 2019, music is a significant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukmusic.org\/research-reports\/this-is-music-2022\/#:~:text=UK%20music%20industry's%20contribution%20to,%C2%A35.8%20billion%20in%202019.\">economic contributor<\/a> to the UK economy. With Brexit bringing in hurdles and complications for artists, the vibrancy of the UK&#8217;s music scene and the financial dividends it brings are both at stake. Here&#8217;s hoping they can find a way to solve this issue.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full report<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ism.org\/images\/images\/Paying-The-Price-The-Sixth-ISM-Brexit-Report-WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here<\/a> (PDF).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISM, or the Independent Society of Musicians, has just released a new report, &#8220;Paying the price&#8221; which gives an in-depth look at how Brexit is affecting our UK musicians.\u00a0 The results are not good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[86,2,270,3,14],"tags":[326,325],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/08\/Brexit.gif","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11906"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11912,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11906\/revisions\/11912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11906"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=11906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}