Become a member of Hamburg Music!

Thank you for your interest in joining Hamburg Music Business e.V.

The Hamburg Music Business Association is the first German regional network of music businesses and one of the biggest in Europe with currently around 120 member organizations. Thereby it represents companies and self-employed persons with more than 1.500 permanent employees, a far higher number of freelancers and an annual sales volume of all member organizations of more than 500 million euros.

Founded in March 2004, the Hamburg Music Business e.V. is supposed to support and help shaping the city of Hamburg as a location of music and music industry. It is the network of music industry in Hamburg. Main target is the development of general structural conditions which enable successful and independent business in the music sector by means of networking, public relations and lobbying.

Member organizations of the Hamburg Music Business e.V. are with artist agencies or management companies, production companies, publishers, labels, concert organizers, event agencies, nightclubs, digital service providers, media lawyers, promotion agencies, music media or music-related institutions all independent companies of various branches of the music industry.

For more information, please download the statutes und the admission form of our network:
 

The advantages of a Hamburg Music membership:

  • active networking within the sector of music industry and with essential players of other sectors related in terms of content and structure on a regional, national and international level
  • consulting
  • representation of interest towards politics, administration and public (regional and national)
  • industry-relevant information via our monthly newsletter
  • advertising of job openings via our jobboard
  • free presentation on the Hamburg Music homepage (german & english; high number of visits)
  • use of Hamburg Music membership logo
  • annual invitations for music business meetings at Reeperbahn Festival, Elbjazz etc.
  • invitations to regular member meetings (e.g. yearly general meeting / regular lunch hangouts)
  • special ticket discounts for Reeperbahn Festival and other industry-relevant conferences
  • discounts at Music Business Summer School and International Music Publishing Summer School
  • invitations and discounts for further events, award shows and networking events (e.g. Hamburg Haus @ Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg Music Award, ...)

Membership fees per year:

  • businesses with up to 5 employees: € 180,00
  • businesses with up to 10 employees: € 360,00
  • businesses with up to 20 employees: € 720,00
  • businesses with up to 40 employees: € 1.200,00
  • businesses with more than 40 employees: € 2.400,00