NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Metropolis of New Orleans has launched its findings in its 2024 New Orleans Music Census.
Metropolis officers stated the census is a community-led research that happened from Could to June and included 1,504 responses from residents concerned in New Orleans’ music trade. They stated the aim of the research was to achieve perception into the town’s music ecosystem.
Some key findings from the census embrace areas of financial influence, venue variety, skilled improvement wants, livability and profession issues and climate interruptions.
Based on the research, respondents within the music trade generate $26 million and contribute $12 million “by career-related bills.” Nevertheless, the research notes that 55% of respondents work exterior the music trade, with 73% of these individuals counting on different jobs as their primary supply of earnings.
The research additionally discovered that the town has a various venue panorama in comparison with different cities that participated within the research. The research states that venues host about 163 occasions per yr however face challenges together with the allowing course of and “time-consuming inefficiencies.”
Metropolis leaders stated the research discovered that 62% of respondents expressed a want for higher connections with trade providers together with hyperlinks to businesses and file labels, and 51% confirmed curiosity in connecting with different inventive industries.
The research concluded that 38% of respondents stated they battle with making lease and mortgage funds and 86% stated they’re involved about low or unsure pay. The research notes that the native ecosystem “is likely one of the most skilled within the nation, with 83 % of census respondents having greater than 10 years of expertise in music. “
Based on the research, 3% of venue and presenter and respondents stated the climate has by no means impacted their occasions whereas 41% stated the climate has interrupted their occasions greater than 25% of the time.
Based mostly on the census’s findings, metropolis leaders stated they recognized some areas for development within the music scene, together with re-establishing the Music and Leisure Fee, making the musician loading zone allow extra accessible, addressing regulatory boundaries, “supporting the event of music hubs” and providing workshops, seminars and mentorship packages for skilled improvement.
For extra info, go to the New Orleans Music Census web site.
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