Help us build a clearer picture of pay and conditions in the music sector
First Music Contact, alongside Performing Arts Forum and other creative industries and arts resource organisations, are working together to campaign for fairer, more sustainable careers across the cultural sector. Our focus is to campaign for music businesses to get the same level of sector support as other industries. Your participation in this survey is essential.
The more responses we receive, the stronger the evidence base we can bring to Government, funders and partners.
We anticipate that this year the research will highlight the chronic under-resourcing of the sector resulting in the precarity experienced by musicians, music sector workers and music companies, unmanageable workloads and consequently the loss of skills, knowledge and talent as people leave the sector. The research results will be used to support advocacy for sustainable investment and to inform future policy and funding development.
We are gathering reliable information on pay and conditions for employees, independent musicians and freelance music sector workers. To complete the survey you will need details of your income and expenditure in 2024.
All responses are completely anonymous and will be reported only in aggregated form. If you are unsure of an exact figure, please give your best estimate.
This survey should take around 20 minutes to complete.
The deadline for responses is 5pm on Friday 19th December.
The results will be published early in the New Year.
All the organisations involved in advocacy on behalf of artists and arts workers are sharing links to this survey so if you have already responded, many thanks from all of us - and there is no need for you to complete it again.
If you have any questions, just email our researcher heather@heathermaitland.co.uk
Sincere thanks for your time.
Angela Dorgan
Sincere thanks for your time.
Angela Dorgan
CEO