Jazz/World/Contemporary chain table presents outline for pricing model with four ascending career stages at InJazz Conference

On Thursday, June 27, participants of the Jazz/World/Contemporary Chain Table provided a presentation at the inJazz Conference in Rotterdam. Pieter Hunfeld of research firm Knyfe presented the results of his research on professional practices and payments. These are building blocks to arrive at a fee model with four ascending career stages for musicians. These pieces will go into public consultation in July for all to see and comment on. That input will be processed over the summer and turned into a calculation tool in the second half of this year that musicians and programmers can use in practice as a guideline for fair pay. Payments to composers are also part of the study.

Fleurine Verloop presented the BIMpro research on the share of ‘Dutch’ acts within the programming of jazz venues and the male/female distribution within it. More information about venues in the Netherlands is important for the steps to be taken towards fair pay and fair practice in general. The same goes for more data on employed people.

Pieter Schoonderwoerd of the VNJJ made it clear once again that the road to fair pay is very much on the minds of venues and festivals and is a joint task for all parts of the chain in this genre.

During and after the session, many useful tips and recommendations came in from the audience. Keep an eye on the website, the papers will become public soon!

(Photo from left to right: Noud van de Rhee, Pieter Hunfeld, Fleurine Verloop, Pieter Schoonderwoerd)