Policy and advice
Our policy and advice pages provide information about the music profession for both musicians and non-musicians. Some of the pages are for ISM members only, so you'll need to log in to read them.
Our advice for musicians section contains pages of guidance about employment, contracts, rights, royalties and copyright - as well as information on how we can help you. You can also download our standard contracts and agreements and read about professional development opportunities.
You can read how we promote professionalism in music through our codes of ethics and practice, and find out what musicians charge for performing, composing and education work by reading the results of our regular fees surveys.
You can read our views on the music profession in our policy briefing.
Plus we've advice about careers with music, and guidance on engaging a musician too.
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