GERMANY - Road Map

Fast facts

Dial Code: +49

Population: 83,1 million

Language: German

Capital City: Berlin

Currency: Euro

GDP Per Capita: $56,956

Labels, distribution & licensing

RECORD LABELS

• Universal Music (Major)

• Warner Music (Major)

• Sony Music (Major)

• Act (Jazz)

• Edel (Mixed)

• City Slang (Popular Music)

• Grönland (Mixed)

• Embassy of Music (Popular Music)

• Morr Music (Popular Music)

• K7 (Popular Music)

• Kompakt (Popular Music)

• Cargo records (Popular Music)

• Domino (Popular Music)

• Compost records (Mixed)

• Jazzhaus records (Jazz)

• Jazz Sick records (Jazz)

• Get Physical Music (Popular Music)

• Bpitch Control (Popular Music)

• Nuclear Blast (Rock)

• Ozella Music (Jazz)

• Pias (Popular Music)

• Kontor Records (Popular Music)

Publishing & Performance rights

PUBLISHING

• Sony / ATV (Major)

• Warner / Chappell (Major)

• Universal Music Publishing Group (Major)

• BMG (Major)

• Concord (Mixed)

• Budde Musikverlag (Mixed)

• Peer Music Classical (Art Music)

• Peer Musikverlag (Popular Music)

• Roba Music Publishing (Mixed)

• International Musikverlage Sikorski (Mixed)

• Freibank Musikverlage (Mixed)

• Hansa Musik Verlag (Mixed)

• AMV Publishing (Mixed)

• Kobalt (Mixed)

STUDIOS

Berlin:

• Hansa Tonstudio

• Emil Berliner Studios

• Teldex Studio

• Bieger Sound

• Freudenhaus Studio

• Jazzanova Recording Studio

• Schweiger Studios

Hamburg:

• H.O.M.E.-Studios

• Clouds Hill Recordings

• Chameleon Recording studio

Stuttgart:

• Bauer Studios

Köln:

• Riverside Studios Cologne

• Parkhaus Studio

Frankfurt:

• Analog Mastering & Recording Tonstudio

Media, PR & Promotion

MEDIA
TV:

• ARD

• ZDF

• RTL

• SAT1

• PRO7

Radio:

• 1Live (Popular Music)

• Radio Eins (Popular Music)

• Radio Fritz (Popular Music)

• SWR3 (Mixed)

• Flux FM (Popular Music)

• Byte FM (Mixed)

• FM4 (Popular Music)

• Zuendfunk (Popular Music)

• Cosmo by WDR (Mixed)

Newspapers:

• Die Zeit

• Der Spiegel

• Süddeutsche Zeitung

• Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

• Die Welt

• Die Tageszeitung

Specialized magazines:

• Musikexpress (Popular Music)

• Rolling Stone Germany (Popular Music)

• Intro (Popular Music)

• Spex (Popular Music)

• Groove (Popular Music)

• Juice (Hip Hop)

• Rock Hard (Rock)

• Visions (Rock)

• Metal Hammer (Rock)

• Sonic Seducer (Rock)

• Tonspion (Popular Music)

• MitVergnuegen ((Popular Music)

• Noisey (Popular Music)

• Laut (Popular Music)

• MTV Germany (Popular Music)

• Jazzthing (Jazz)

• Jazzthetik (Jazz)

• Jazzpodium (Jazz)

• JazzZeitung (Jazz)

• JazzEcho (Jazz)

• FonoForum (Art Music)

• Neue Musikzeitung (Art Music)

• MusikTexte (Art Music)

• Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (Art Music)

• Positionen – Beiträge zur Neuen Musik (Art Music)

• Van Magazine (Art Music)

• Crescendo (Art Music)

• Electronic Beats (Electronic)

• Groove Magazin (Electronic)

• De:Bug (Electronic)

• Resident Advisor (Electronic)

PR AGENCIES

• Beats International

• Check Your Head

• Community Promotion

• Factory 92

• Gordeon Music

• Head Of PR

• Noisolution

• Oktober Promotion

• Pullproxy

• Snowwhite PR

• Verstaerker

MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS

• Deutscher Musikrat (Umbrella organization for music organizations across the country)

• Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum (Collects and presents information about the German music market)

• Initiative Musik (Distributes 8.2 million euros annually in support of artists and music companies)

• Bundesverband Musikindustrie

• Verband Unabhängige Musikunternehmen (Association for independent music companies)

• Deutsche Musikverleger Verband (Represents music publishers)

• Verband der Deutschen Konzertdirektionen (Association of Art Music Organizers)

• Interesseverband Musikmanager & Concultants (Interest organization for managers and consultants in the music industry)

• CLASS (Organization of Independent Artists)

• Berlin Music Commission (Network representing Berlin's local music scene and club scene)

• Jazzbüro Hamburg (Network for jazz in Hamburg)

• Hamburg Rock City (Hamburg Popular Music Network)

• Musicboard Berlin (Supports Berlin's music industry with grants and advice)

• Deutsche Orchestervereinigung (Trade Union for Orchestra Musicians, Freelance Musicians and Music Students)

Live & Venues

LIVE

January:

• Transmediale, Berlin (Art Music)

• CTM, Berlin (Art Music)

• Münster International Jazz Festival, Münster (Jazz)

March:

• Maerzmusik (Jazz)

May:

• Moers Festival (Jazz)

June:

• Rock am Ring / Rock im Park, Mendig and Nürburg (Popular Music)

• Southside / Hurricane, Scheeßel and Tuttlingen (Popular Music)

• Elbjazz, Hamburg (Jazz)

July:

• Nature One, Kastellau (Popular Music)

• Fusion Festival, Mecklenburg (Art Music)

• Melt! Festival, Ferropolis (Popular Music)

August:

• Wacken Open Air, Wacken (Rock)

• Summer Breeze, Dinkelsbühl (Rock)

• Sonne Mond Sterne, Saalburg (popular music)

• Highfield, Leipzig (Popular Music)

• Haldern Pop, Haldern (Popular Music)

• Dockville, Hamburg (Mixed)

September:

• Lollapalooza, Berlin (Popular Music)

October:

• Enjoy Jazz, Heidelberg / Mannheim / Ludwigshafen (Jazz)

November:

• JazzFest, Berlin (Jazz)

• Überjazz, Hamburg (Jazz)

VENUES

Berlin:

• Astra Kulturhaus (Mixed)

• Bi Nuu (Popular Music)

• Columbia Theater (Popular Music)

• Lido (Popular Music)

• MUSIK & FRIEDEN (Mixed)

• Nuke Club (Mixed)

• SO 36 (Mixed)

• Badehaus (Popular Music)

• Urban Spree (Popular Music)

• Columbiahalle (Mixed)

Hamburg:

• Gruner Jäger (Popular Music)

• Indra Club 64 (Mixed)

• Knust (Popular Music)

• Logo (Popular Music)

• Markthalle (Popular Music)

• Pooca Bar (Popular Music)

• Molotov (Popular Music)

Munich:

• Backstage (Popular Music)

• Muffathalle (Mixed)

• Theaterfabrik (Mixed)

Köln:

• Blue Shell (Mixed)

• Club Volta (Mixed)

• Essigfabrik (Popular Music)

• Live Music Hall (Mixed)

• LUXOR (Mixed)

• Underground (Mixed)

Frankfurt:

• Batschkapp ((Popular Music)

• Das Bett (Mixed)

• Elfer (Popular Music)

• Nachtleben (Popular Music)

• Ponyhof (Popular Music)

Stuttgart:

• Club Zentral (Popular Music)

• Die Halle - Reichenbach (Mixed)

• Keller Klub (Mixed)

• LKA - Longhorn (Popular Music)

• Universum (Popular Music)

• Wagenhallen (Mixed)

Leipzig:

• Halle 5 (Mixed)

• WERK 2 (Mixed)

• UT Connewitz (Mixed)

• Distillery (Popular Music)

Bremen:

• ms Treue (Popular Music)

• Tower (Mixed)

• Lagerhaus (Popular Music)

BOOKING AGENTS

• DEAG (Mixed)

• Live Nation Tyskland (Mixed)

• FKP Scorpio (Mixed)

• MCT (Mixed)

• Schoneberg (Mixed)

• Karsten Jahnke Konzertdirektion (Mixed)

• A.S.S. Concerts (Mixed)

• Four artists (Mixed)

• SSC Group (Mixed)

• Headquarter Entertainment(Mixed)

• Semmel Concerts (Mixed)

• Meistersinger (Mixed)

• Creative Talent (Mixed)

• Target Concerts (Mixed)

• Neuland Concerts (Mixed)

• Landstreicher Booking (Mixed)

• Wizard Promotions Konzertagentur (Mixed)

• KBK Konzert und Kuenstleragentur (Mixed)

• Avocado Booking (Rock)

• F-cat (World Music)

• Prime Tours & Promotion (World Music)

• Musicas (World Music)

• La Candela (World Music)

• Engelhardt Promotions (World Music)

• Karsten Jahnke (Jazz)

• Bremme Hohensee (Jazz)

• Artribute (Jazz)

• F-Cat (Jazz)

• Werner Oberender (Jazz)

• Kulturbüro Dr. Raimund Kast (Jazz)

• Musikbüro Gert Pfankuch (Jazz)

• Asia Network (Jazz)

• Hopper Management (Jazz)

• Planetrock Booking (Jazz)

• Ohsotrue (Jazz)

• SSC Group (Electronic)

• Backroom Entertainment (Electronic)

• Magnet (Electronic)

• Surefire Agency (Electronic)

• Geist Agency (Electronic)

• Solar Penguin (Electronic)

• Powerline (Electronic)

ORCHESTRAS
Berlin:

• Berliner Philharmoniker

• Berliner Symphoniker

• Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Leipzig:

• Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

• MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Hamburg:

• Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

• Hamburger Symphoniker

Munich:

• Munich Radio Orchestra

• Munich Philharmonic

• Munich Symphony Orchestra

Köln:

• Kölner Akademie

• WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

Frankfurt:

• Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

• Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester

Stuttgart:

• Staatsorchester Stuttgart

• Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

CONCERT HALLS
Berlin:

• Berliner Philharmonie

• Konzerthaus Berlin

• Internationales Congress Centrum Berlin

Hamburg:

• Elbphilharmonie

Munich:

• Konzerthaus Muenchen (Färdigt 2021)

Köln:

• Kölner Philharmonie

Frankfurt:

• Alte Oper

• Festhalle Frankfurt

Stuttgart:

• Liederhalle

Düsseldorf:

• Tonhalle

Other

MUSIC INDUSTRY NETWORKING ARENAS

Hamburg:

• Reeperbahn (Showcase Festival and Music Industry Conference in Hamburg)

• Ja Ja Ja (A series of showcase gigs for Nordic acts)

• Pop-Kultur (Music industry meeting where concerts are interspersed with lectures and panels)

Bremen:

• Jazzahead (Showcase festival and music industry meeting in Bremen)

MUSIC RESIDENCES

Berlin:

• Musicboard (Focus on, among other things, music, 3-6 months, certain costs are covered)