25 August 2023
Category All News, Credit Where Credit Is Due
Dear Apple Music, It’s time you gave full credit where credit is due. Since 2014, the Music Producer’s Guild (MPG) has campaigned hard to obtain accurate credits for everyone involved in the recording process. From producers, recording engineers, mixers, mastering…
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31 May 2023
Category All News, Campaigns, Credit Where Credit Is Due, General News
As part of the Council of Music Makers (CMM) the MPG welcomes the announcement of the metadata code and the confirmation that a remuneration working group will look into music-maker remuneration from streaming. The metadata code is a crucial first…
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22 July 2022
Category Campaigns, MPG Activity
As part of the Economics of Streaming inquiry The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI), part of the Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport (DCMS), is researching the impacts that algorithmic recommendations on music streaming services are having…
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6 July 2022
Category Campaigns, MPG Activity
The Women and Equalities Select Committee (a group of cross-party MP’s who specialise in these issues) are running an enquiry on Misogyny in Music, and have called for evidence from individuals and organisations. The MPG will be making a submission,…
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23 February 2022
Category All News, Unpaid Work
As we get closer to International Women’s day we would like to remind our women members that they should not be expected to work for free on IWD events. We fully support events that highlight the work of some of our minority members, including…
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13 November 2020
Category All News, Credit Where Credit Is Due, Events, General News, MPG Activity
MPG Awards Voting Voting for the MPG Awards shortlists opens on Monday 23rd November. Only Full Members and two nominated engineers per studio membership are eligible to vote. You must be a member of the MPG by 22nd of November…
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1 April 2020
Category All News, Campaigns, General News
Following tireless lobbying from the MPG and wider Music and self-employed communities, the government last week announced new measures to help support the self-employed. These measures are very welcome, but many of our members don’t meet the qualifying criteria or…
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22 January 2020
Category All News, Campaigns, MPG Activity, Music Industry, Shared Parental Leave and Pay
CULTURE MINISTER “NOT RULING OUT” MORE HELP FOR SELF-EMPLOYED MPs, UK Music Members and MPG Executive Director after the Westminster Hall debate MPG Executive Director, Olga FitzRoy, together with UK Music members, yesterday attended a Westminster Hall debate…
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8 October 2019
Category All News, Campaigns, Shared Parental Leave and Pay
MPG Executive Director, Olga FitzRoy, spoke at the Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservatives party conferences as part of UK Music’s series of fringe events supporting the #Selfieleave campaign for shared parental leave for the self-employed. A number of well-known artists…
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29 September 2019
Category Unpaid Work
During their ‘Should You Ever Work For Free’ panel at Pivotal Music Conference today (27th September), the MPG discussed a new piece of research showing that many recording professionals are not being paid for their work. 88% of…
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18 July 2019
Category Shared Parental Leave and Pay
On Tuesday this week, Shadow Culture Minister, Kevin Brennan MP asked the Business Secretary, Greg Clark MP about shared parental leave for freelancers, following a briefing from the MPG. The answer committed the government to resolving this in the coming…
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17 July 2019
Category Credit Where Credit Is Due
Proper credits information on commercial releases are vital to building and maintaining the reputation of recording professionals. Without credits how would anyone know about the vital work of the team behind the artist? Most streaming and download services currently lack…
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25 June 2019
Category Campaigns, Shared Parental Leave and Pay
MPG and UK Music step up pressure on government to give shared parental leave to self-employed Music Producers Guild Executive Director Olga FitzRoy and UK Music chief Michael Dugher have called on the Government to include self-employed workers in the…
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