Sharing knowledge, collaborating, and strengthening cooperation between music organizations in the Baltic region.

Joined July 2020
A barrier to scale is the size of the catalogue Spotify has 60m tracks; Resonate has 14,000, Audius 200,000 & Sonstream just over 1m. None of the smaller platforms have licensing deals w/ the major labels – which can be prohibitively expensive for startups theguardian.com/music/2021/j…
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If you want a shot at taking the stage at TMW 2021, today's the last day to apply! 👉👉 tmw.ee/apply. #tmw2021 #tallinnmusicweek
Keychange are proud to announce that we start the year with a current total of 400 signatories to the Pledge for working towards a gender balanced future for the industry! Thank you to all our signatories - this is why we do what we do, to proactively enact change!
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If you want to support smaller independent / emerging or self-releasing artists, please engage more with their social media accounts. Obviously we can’t afford to buy everyone’s music - but a ‘like’ or a retweet costs nothing & holds value. Many can’t afford to buy their likes.
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Welcome 2021! 🎇 The new year comes with a brand new #CreativeEurope programme, providing more support and funding than ever before to 🇪🇺 cultural and creative sectors, linguistic diversity, heritage, audiovisual etc. 💜💪 #EuropeForCulture

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The first of our Friday Figures today comes from a Harris Interactive study on gender equality conducted among female authors, songwriters and publishers who are members of @sacem . It found that 60% of female members found difficulty operating in a male dominated environment.
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We're waiving our revenue share tomorrow, December 4th, from midnight to midnight PST. Check here for time zone clarification: isitbandcampfriday.com/
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Baltic selections #11 Robert Nikolajev bamnetwork.org/blog/baltic-s…
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Apply now to perform at TMW 2021! We are looking forward to receiving applications from any genre, from both solo artists and collectives. Can't wait for spring and would love to see you in Tallinn!😍tmw.ee/2020/11/tallinn-music…
Every Friday we post elections from the Baltic region to promote and support diverse local alternative music. Today’s selections are by Mariliis Mõttus - editor for Estonian monthly newspaper Müürileht and she also runs radio show called Vanta at IDA Radio shorturl.at/tGJS8
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We're happy to announce our collaboration with @XLR8R magazine on a string of exclusive live streams and mixes from a selection of 2020 SHAPE artists between 11 and 25 November! shapeplatform.eu/2020/shape-… @europe_creative
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We’re waiving our revenue share tomorrow from midnight to midnight PDT. For time zone demystification check: isitbandcampfriday.com
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Today’s selections from the #Baltic region are chosen by Latvian producer, DJ and promoter SKD (Roberts Skaida), who hosts Absolūtais minors show @RadioNaba dedicated to local underground music only. bamnetwork.org/blog/baltic-s…
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Spotify is letting record labels influence personalized recommendations… so long as they pay for it in royalties musicbusinessworldwide.com/s…
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Every Friday we post 3x selections from the Baltic region to promote and support diverse local alternative music. bamnetwork.org/blog/baltic-s…
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It may seem like we are a little obsessed, but the focus on live music was always going to be inevitable – from artists to bookers, promoters, curators, education, venues, venue staff, permanent staff, freelancers, the harrowing impact permeates considerably.
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UK MPs undertake investigations on the fairness of streaming business models. This initiative is welcome indeed, especially as most musicians are out of jobs because of the pandemic. We need quick and tangible results! #FixStreaming #BrokenRecord @WIPO theguardian.com/music/2020/o…
Every Friday we post 3x selections from the Baltic region to promote and support diverse local alternative music. Today - dark industrial atmospheres from Lithuania, club weapons from Estonia and esoteric new age electronic pop from Latvia. bamnetwork.org/blog/baltic-s…
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We now look at how effective can strategies be for gender balance? In the same report from The Creative Independent, asks about discrimination and inclusion. #keychange #representation #equalityisquality #artist #innovator #keychangetalent #talent #genderbalance #fridayfigures
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