About the MU

The Musicians' Union (MU) is an organisation which represents over 30,000 musicians working in all sectors of the UK music business.

Campaigns

The MU stages regular campaigns in relation to relevant musical and industrial issues. Recent campaigns have included protests outside theatres in response to the use of recorded music in shows where live music was advertised, and the anti-Pay to Play

Pay to Play

Pay to play, sometimes pay for play, is a phrase used for a variety of situations in which money is exchanged for services or the privilege to engage in certain activities...

 campaign, an issue which continues to affect the live music scene, particularly at grassroots

Grassroots

A grassroots movement is one driven by the politics of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it are natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures...

 level.

At one point the MU worked to bar US musicians from playing in British clubs.

Other MU campaigns include:

Music Supported Here

In December 2009, the MU launched a new campaign, entitled Music Supported Here

Music Supported Here

Music Supported Here is an awareness campaign launched in December 2009 by the Musicians' Union . The campaign, which is for all musicians, aims to raise awareness of copyright within music...

, which aims to raise both awareness of copyright, and also the distribution and use of music, which, the MU states, should be controllable by the musician.

Keep Music Live
The union has used the slogan Keep Music Live since 1965.

External links

• MU official site.
• Music Supported Here official site