Chain Table Pop Musicians presents future plans for fair pay on VNPF stages at ESNS 2024

Panel: Fair pay on VNPF stages, the next step

Panelists: Noud van de Rhee, Jolanda Beyer, Rita Zipora, Pien Feith, Bastiaan Vinkenburg

Location: Oosterpoort, small hall

Date: Jan. 19

Time: 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Language: Dutch

At Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) 2023, the Pop Musicians Chain Table presented, after a year of mutual consultation, an analysis of the income gap between current wages and an appropriate and fair fee (fair pay) for pop musicians. Conclusion of the analysis: €7.8 million more is needed per year for fair pay. The analysis and accompanying report, The gap between commitment and income of pop musicians, were conducted by consulting firm Berenschot.

As an extension of this, the chain table presented the first draft version of a calculation tool, which can be used to determine, on the basis of five career stages, the minimum wage for a live performance on stage. The Pop Musicians Calculation Tool is now ready and in use! By means of 11 objective criteria it can be identified to which phase an act belongs.

The chain table is now considering structural funding and the system to ensure that extra fair pay resources actually reach the musician. In the panel ‘Fair pay on VNPF stages, the next step’, fairPACCT program manager Noud van de Rhee, Jolanda Beyer of Patronaat, Rita Zipora of BAM! Pop Authors, Pien Feith of Friendly Fire and Bastiaan Vinkenburg on behalf of Berenschot will discuss the developments so far, the plans for starting implementation in 2024 and the search for structural means to enable fair pay.

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