The Welsh Music Industries In a Post-Covid World

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +0100

In July 2020, Professor Paul Carr was commissioned by Senedd Research to document a report examining the ‘state of play’ in the post Covid-19 music industries in Wales. This resultant document outlines the contextual backstory of the emergence of private and public sector support for the music industries in Wales since the pandemic commenced; examines the advice given to the music industries by the UK and Welsh Governments concerning roadmaps out of the pandemic; reviews the industry and academic research that has emerged since the pandemic started and finally, compares Welsh Government support packages tonations in other parts of the world.

Although the report considers the Welsh music industries more broadly, its primary focus is on live music, as it is this which has been the recent concern of the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee. It is also this subsector that has been widely reported as being impacted the most by the pandemic. The report concludes by documenting a series of recommendations for the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee to consider presenting to Welsh Government.

In order to give the reader a concise snapshot of details contained in the report the Executive Summery outlines the context of the Welsh industries pre and post Covid-19, prior to contextualising its recommendations, which are sub divided into the following six categories: Reopening and Recovery Strategies; Research; Strategic Opportunities and Promotion; Policy; Education; Funding.

Inquiry Into The Live Music Industry In Wales

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 08:10:00 +0200

In July 2020, Professor Paul Carr of University of South Wales was commissioned by Senedd Cymru – the Welsh Parliament to create a report examining the ‘state of play’ in the post Covid-19 music industries in Wales.

WATCH: @pcarr came to give evidence to @SeneddCWLC
for our inquiry into Live Music Industry in Wales 🎵 pic.twitter.com/GtrYPOg8iW
— Senedd CWLC (@SeneddCWLC) October 18, 2019

Click through to see a short interview with Prof. Paul Carr

The music industries in Wales consist of both part-time and full-time stakeholders and although dominated by live and recording sectors, also comprise of other sub-sectors, and like in other countries that we surveyed in Central and Eastern Europe, many stakeholders in the music industries are freelancers, following multi-track careers.

Prof. Carr’s report is particularly interesting for our Music Observatory project because the Welsh nation is a part of a larger entity, the United Kingdom, and many important statistical products may need to be recreated for this sub-national level — something we have been doing with our survey retroharmonization and regional statistical tools for some time.

The Welsh Music Industries in a Post-Covid World will be presented to the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee later this month, and we will publish the entire report in English and start a discussion around it, too.

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The Welsh Music Industries In a Post-Covid World

Inquiry Into The Live Music Industry In Wales