Let's compare pop & music value in GBP:

FR:70m/£709m
DE:90m/£1.26bn
NZ:4.8m/£261m
CA:37.5m/£307
UK:67m/£5.2bn

Value pp:
FR£10.12.
DE£11.40.
NZ£54.37.
CA£8.18.
UK£77.61

Sector specific relief for music

FR £45m
DE £135m
NZ £8.43m
CA £12.5m
UK - £0.0

#letthemusicplay (1)

Per person, the UK music sector is worth between 1.5 & 7x that of these other nations. Yet, no sector specific support has been allocated to support music venues, theatres & the wider supply chain related to it. In addition... (2)

Despite #LetTheMusicPlay trending, a scan of organisations, trade associations and lobbies that use music in one way or another in their day-to-day, the campaign fell largely silent. Yes, looking at you tourism boards, business lobbies, cities, BIDs, LEPs (3)

If musicians were categorised as any other small business, like a dry cleaners or a shop for example, they'd be deemed essential. Yet, in a survey I saw via The Times, artists are the least essential business -> https://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/features/creative-business/are-artists-non-essential/. (4)

So a business worth £77 in gross value (yes, basic calculation, I'm not an economist) is non-essential? Something that is represented everywhere, our shops, our ads, our political campaigns, in ours cars etc.. is non essential? I think the word 'essential' needs redefining. (5)

So here we have a product; worth more to us here than it is to most other countries; that is a ubiquitous part of all of us and needs a small amount of support to sustain. How is this not a sound investment? Stumped.