FAQ
  Frequently Asked Questions

WHO DOES EMO REPRESENT?

EMO represents not-for-profit professional organisations from the European music sector.

Through projects like ETEP or ETS, EMO helps new artists to reach new audiences all over Europe, by supporting their European tours. These projects mainly concern young artists, who are given the opportunity to perform abroad and share their music and culture with new publics. Working in line with the EU's objectives of mobility, circulation and intercultural dialogue, EMO's projects are directly aimed at publics and artists.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO GIVE EU FINANCIAL SUPPORT ESPECIALLY TO THIS SECTOR?

The cultural industries play a considerable role in the achievement of the EU Culture programme’s three objectives (namely the transnational mobility of people working in the cultural sector, the transnational circulation of art works and artistic and cultural products, and intercultural dialogue).
 
In the context of budgetary restriction, it appears that it would be appropriate for the Culture 2007 programme to support, notably in the framework of cooperation focal points, European projects with high potential for levy effects leading to complementary financing from the culture industries themselves. The Community support granted in this framework would thus have a strong incentive effect.
 
The very objective is not to just to have financial support, but to rationalize the interventions of the programme in this sector and better manage financial resources in order to gain efficiency.

THE MUSIC INDUSTRY / ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY IS COMMERCIAL, SO WOULDN'T THE EU SUBSIDY BE BENEFITTING COMMERCIAL BUSINESS? IS (POP) MUSIC CULTURE?

The members of the cooperation focal points are not companies, but non-profit organisations aiming at promoting their national culture abroad.
 
Concerning the music industry, the huge majority of organisations involved are small and medium companies, which produce artists’ records, publish and retail them, organize and produce concerts and tours, etc, seeking to promote artists and music to the public.
 
These are mainly small organisations whose role is essential in order to achieve the objectives of the programme (mobility, circulation, intercultural dialogue).
Cultural projects linked to the non-audiovisual cultural industries very often concern a large population of young Europeans: young audiences, young artists, young organizers, etc. It should be a major objective of the EU’s culture programme to focus on young audiences and artists.

WHY IS MUSIC IMPORTANT?

Music is the first form of art created by man: music is present everywhere, as it reflects human culture and its legacy on all continents. Music has always been essential to culture in Europe, and is nowadays the form of art privileged by young generations in order to express their creativity and share their national culture.

More than ever, music is the best form of art used to develop intercultural dialogue. Music has also proven to be a preponderant element of social integration for minorities in Europe. The music industry employs over 600 000 people across the European Union and represents a global market of more than 40 billion euro.

DO THE MUSIC PROJECTS THAT EMO IS RUNNING, WITH SUPPORT OF THE EU, IN ANY WAY REFLECT THE OBJECTIVES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION OR THE COMMON MARKET? (MOBILITY OF SERVICES, PEOPLE, GOODS)

EMO's projects are totally in line with the objectives of the EU and the common market. Concerning the transnational mobility of people working in the cultural sector, projects like the European Talent Exchange Programme and the European Tour Support aim at facilitating the mobility of professionals and artists in Europe.

Concerning the transnational circulation of art works and artistic and cultural products, ETEP and ETS also aim at facilitating the circulation of art works by supporting tours abroad. The project Exchange of Information aims at giving professionals and artists the most useful information in order to increase their mobility in Europe. Projects such as the development of an office in New York and China are also good examples of international mobility and intercultural dialogue. All the projects run by EMO aim at developing intercultural dialogue, through the mobility of artists in Europe.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EMO AND THE EUROPEAN MUSIC PLATFORM?

EMO is a association for representing the music sector with its own members, active at the policy level.

EMO founded and coordinates the European Music Platform, composed by member organisations such as Music Information Centers and Music Export Offices. Together with the European Music Platform EMO develops and manages European music projects funded by the European Union as pilot actions and under the Culture Programme.

CAN A MUSIC BAND OR A SINGLE MUSIC PROFESSIONAL BECOME MEMBER OF EMO?

EMO members are professional organisations only. See here which categories of music professionals can become EMO members. If you wish to know wether you fit in these categories, feel free to contact us at info@emo.org.

WE ARE A MUSIC BAND. HOW CAN EMO HELP US?

The current programme to support music bands is ETEP - European Talent Exchange Programme. The selected bands will have the opportunity to perform at the Noorderslag Weekend in Groningen at the presence of festival recruiters from all over Europe. Please notice however that EMO is not able to help you directly in finding dates and booking venues. You can also find useful information on European music markets and contacts on our Music Export Handbooks.

I AM LOOKING FOR MUSIC INSTRUMENTS IN A EUROPEAN CITY. CAN EMO HELP ME WITH THIS?

We are very sorry but EMO does not have this type of information.



I AM A STUDENT WRITING MY THESIS ON EUROPEAN MUSIC MATTERS. CAN YOU GIVE ME MORE INFORMATION?

The information we can provide you with is all available on our website. For specific questions we advise you to contact specialised organisations or write us an email at info@emo.org.

I WOULD LIKE TO BUY A TICKET FOR A CONCERT AND HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT BANDS EUROPEAN TOURS. CAN EMO HELP ME?

Unfortunately EMO does not deal with concerts booking and it does not have information about bands tours.



WHEN IS THE NEXT SELECTION FOR ETS?

Unfortunately this year ETS was not selected for funding by the European Commission. We hope that in 2008 there will be the possibility of carrying out a new round of ETS.


 
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   EBBA WINNERS 2012  
  The 2012 European Border Breakers Award winners are:

 - Elektro Guzzi (Austria)

 -Selah Sue (Belgium)

 -Agnes Obel (Denmark)

 -Ben l'Oncle Soul (France)

 -Boy (Germany)

 -James Vincent McMorrow (Ireland)

 -Afrojack (Netherlands)

 -Alexandra Stan (Romania)

 -Swedish House Mafia (Sweden)

 -Anna Calvi (UK)

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  The European Talent Exchange Programme (ETEP) is an initiative from the Noorderslag Foundation and Buma Cultuur and is supported by EMO. ETEP's goal is to stimulate the circulation of European artists within Europe by performing at selected ETEP festivals throughout Europe.

ETEP website
 		 
 
   
     
 
Diversidad is an ambitious three-year European project dedicated to urban cultures. It includes a European tour, a digital platform, a documentary, an urban art exhibition, and a collective album gathering twenty rappers, beatmakers and DJ's.

Diversidad website