The Future of Music Is Here

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

JMI Digibazar is a project aimed at supporting the digital future of Europe's music sector with lessons for the global community. Over the past year, we've been exploring the needs of music networks and organisations across the continent and, together with industry experts, we have crafted a set of tools and strategies to help you meet the future head-on.

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ABOUT

Discover Digibazar

JMI Digibazar was made up of 4 distinct components. Below you have a short overview of each of them and to know more just click the links below them.

Early in 2023 we launched a questionaire to establish the level of digital readiness within the European music institutions. The idea was to identify the needs & gaps that need to be addressed in order to secure sectorial recovery and future resilience.

A Music Sector Recovery Survey

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The 2023 global music-tech landscape is changing at a rapid pace, this mapping provides European music institutions with the latest trends and tools to best serve their beneficiaries

A Music-Tech Mapping

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A summit was held to prepare European music networks and platforms for the future by sharing best practices, shining a light on future trends and co-creating strategies to meet these developments.

A JMI Digibazar

Summit

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We created a set of new features on Mubazar coupled within an all new "Impact Centre", providing music professionals with new tools to gain insight and understanding around the impact of their activities.

Mubazar Insights Centre

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THE PROJECT

1. Music Sector Survey

In 2023 we surveyed and interviewed over 100 European music organisations including some of its largest institutional networks. The outcomes have been published in a paper that hope to shed light on the state of our art.

TAKING EUROPE'S MUSICAL PULSE

7,000+

Music Organisations in Europe

50K+

Artistic Performances

Europe has a truly vibrant cultural scene with music sector that connects her people across borders, languages and beliefs. Despite the importance placed on culture within the EU, there is still much work to be done to be sincerely competitive internationally and to prepare for the massive change that the next technological shift will bring.

MEASURING UP WITH THE INDUSTRY

32%

of GenZers discover music via SM

52%

Value AI-generated music as much as human created music

How do Europe's music organisations shape up against current global trends? How can we capitalise on the digital shift? Will you be left behind if you don't adapt? In this research report we go into these questions and more, shining a light into the darkness, offering recommendations and insights for those looking towards the future.

READ THE FULL REPORT

THE PROJECT

2. The Music-Tech Map

Do you feel like the amount of digital tools out there is just too overwhelming? Looking where to start? What tools you need and for what? Well, we've got the perfect tool for you!

INTRODUCING MUSIC-TECH MAP

25+

Music-Tech Paths

80+

Digital Tools

VIEW THE MAP

THE PROJECT

3. The JMI Digibazar Summit:

Exploring the future of music & tech

DISOVER THEIR VIEWS & RECOMMEDATIONS

Coming together in Gent, Belgium from the 15th to the 18th of October 2023 where representatives of 13 of Europe's largest music networks along side 4 music-tech experts to discuss current trends and future opportunities within the music sector in Europe.

THE PROJECT

4. Introducing Mubazar Insights

GO TO MUBAZAR

Through the support of the Muisicaire programme, we have been able to develop a Mubazar Impact centre where music professionals are able to monitor the impact of their activites and better understand their audiences