On October 1, 2024, we would like to answer your questions about taxes, GEMA (German performing rights organization), and GVL (German society for the administration of performing rights). When do I have to register my activity as a musician? Freelance or commercial? How much tax do I have to pay then? What is the difference between GEMA and GVL? And is membership even worth it?
Two experts will be available to answer your questions, whom we have invited to the POPup MEETup for you: tax advisor Mariya Staykova and Friedel Muders, owner of the Fuego label and a veteran of the German independent scene.
We will welcome you to NOON from 7:00 PM, and the program starts at 7:30 PM. Following the input, there will be another showcase; the musician elisque will be performing for us on stage. If you’re into hypnotic synths and dark pop soundscapes, you definitely shouldn’t miss this super talented artist.
As always, admission is free and the drinks are on us, come on by!
Tuesday, 2024-10-01 | 7:00 PM
NOON, courtyard, Goetheplatz 1-3, 28203 Bremen
Speakers: Mariya Staykova and Friedel Muders
Showcase: elisque
FREE ADMISSION | NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Mariya Staykova
Networker, entrepreneur, tax advisor with many years of experience in the field of business start-up and succession: Mariya Staykova. As a pronounced networker, she supports several associations in the area of finance with her expertise and volunteers as a coach for start-up initiatives. She travels as a coach and gives workshops at universities and colleges in the area of taxes, law, and digitization.
Friedel Muders
Friedel Muders is a graphic designer and owner of the Fuego label, which was founded in 1984. He is a pioneer of the German independent scene and has also gained experience with major labels. Over the course of many years, he has experienced many developments in the music business and has also played a significant role in determining some of them. Friedel Muders is responsible for the management of Versengold and Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen. With his many years of experience in the music business, he is an expert in the field of GEMA and GVL and is available to answer your questions on the subject.
Friedel founded the Edition Fuego Musikverlag music publishing company and is an Echo Award winner for the design and support of the Guano Apes website, and in 2023 he received the VIA Special Award for special services to the independent music industry from the VUT Indie Association at the Reeperbahn Festival.
Friedel Muders is also a consultant in our consulting pool.
SHOWCASE: elisque
elisque is an artist and musician living in Bremen. Her music moves in the field of tension between song and experiment, narration and abstraction, the organic and the electronic. In her debut album “Homemaker”, she weaves ethereal vocal layers, hypnotic synths, and intricate rhythms into a dense, dark pop soundscape.
