Germany is the 3rd most valuable music market: 84m inhabitants, Europe's largest population, and within the 420m population Schengen Zone which permits friction-less internal travel. Along with 18 other countries Germany is in the Euro currency area; and is the wealthiest European economy.
Where once Beatlemania paved a music socio-economic bridge from North America through London to Europe, extensive air networks now allow direct interaction. Germany, like the US is a federal market, and the Schengen and Eurozones extend that. Berlin is closer to Poznan, Poland than it is to Cologne; and Poland is Europe's growth music market. Hamburg is the key industrial port city, an entertainment hub, famous for its music scene.
Pre-pandemic the German live industry was worth 3 Billion $ per year; lockdown federal aid was remarkably strong, and with record demand for tickets in 2022 the Live sector is set for a record year. The German Recording sector generated 1 Billion $ revenue in the first 6 months of this year
The Beatles started their conquest of the world in Hamburg for a reason. Join us for a spotlight on the music giant: Germany
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Panelists:
Evelyn Sieber, Reeperbahn Festival
Evelyn Sieber represents the Reeperbahn Festival, one of the most important meeting places for the music industry worldwide and Europe's largest club festival. The annual event in Hamburg, Germany presents some 600 concerts by international artists to an audience of over 50,000 fans and 5,900 music industry professionals from 55 countries (numbers pre-covid). As Head of Cooperations & Brands, Evelyn and her team are responsible for elements such as showcases, networking meetings and partnerships with national and international organizations.
Maximilian Domma, SMPLY Agency
Maximilian Domma is a music business professional based in Germany. Since June 2022 he helps to shape the strategic and programmatic masterplan for cultural events such as c/o pop Festival & Conference as Director Special Projects for cologne based cologne on pop GmbH. As founding partner of SMPLY Agency Max is responsible as artist manager for ermerging domestic talents since 2018. the agency also focusses on inventing new conference formats addressing the needs of recruiting in the music industry. Max scouts new talents as freelance a&r for Universal Music's domestic division Vertigo/Capitol. From 2014 until 2019 Max showed himself responsible as Head of Booking for Reeperbahn Festivals annual event in Hamburg and its international showcases.
Fabian Bassenhoff, Hamburg Music
Fabian joined Hamburg Music in 2018. He is responsible for internationalization processes and cross-border collaboration at Hamburg Music and supports the managing director and the board in public affairs and lobby work. He has extensive knowledge in the development and coordination of international application and fundraising processes and is responsible for the Hamburg Music Business Covid Relief Program. Fabian holds an M.Sc. in Geography with specialization in economic geography.
Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt, IMMF
Jake is an artist manager from London, UK, he also advises artists and technology companies on business strategies.
Jake has worked with self-releasing, and signed artists in Asia, Europe, and the USA. He has taken self-funded, self-releasing artists to #2 album chart success in the Netherlands, major label deals in the UK, and leading indie label deals in the USA. With a background in financial markets, he consults for rights technology companies, and rights holders: clients have included Beyonce, Rihanna, and The Clash. Jake has been part of music industry stakeholder dialogues with WIPO, EU, UK, US policy makers; and regularly speaks on artist management, and music industry innovation topics around the world. Jake is Director of Innovation & Education at the International Music Managers Forum (IMMF) connecting artists and managers from 60+ countries.
As part of Project Zero, supporting Ocean conservation projects, Jake was involved in the first ever launch of a social token by a registered charity, using Web3 to organise communities, including artist’s fanbases.