Membership Information

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:54:48 +0000

Membership of the Music Producers Guild (UK)

There are two categories of membership of the MPG.

Full Membership (£120 per year) - this is open to recording industry professionals (see the eligibility requirements below) and provides a substantial number of membership benefits.

Associate Membership - (£55 per year) is open to anyone involved in the production of recorded music. It provides everything except the above list.

MPG Benefits	Full Members	Associate Members	Non Members
Access to Members Only sections of the website	YES	YES	no
Professional benefits, e.g legal advice, accountancy, equipment rental, membership of other organisations	YES	no	no
Free entry to MPG events (excluding the MPG Awards)	YES	50% discount	no
Discounts on tickets for the MPG Awards	YES	no	no
Substantial discounts on pro-audio hardware and software	YES	some	no
50% discount on Individual Membership of APRS	YES	no	no
Voting privileges for the MPG Awards	YES	no	no
Searchable entry in the Members Directory	YES	with paid upgrade	no
Free half-hour consultation with MPG lawyer	YES	no	no
Discounted entry to events organised by other music industry organisations	YES	some	no
Free entry to APRS & AES events	YES	YES	no
Receive news about events, benefits, MPG developments via email	YES	YES	YES
Access to public pages on the MPG website	YES	YES	YES
Invitations to industry product development and pre-launch demos	YES	no	no

Associate Members can choose to purchase either or both of these add-on options:

• Entry in the Members Directory (for £25 per year).

• MPG Event "season ticket", which provides one year's free entry to all MPG events, except the MPG Awards (£25 per year).

Discounts for longer term membership:

Members can opt for extended membership periods of 2 or 3 years, and receive an appropriate subscription discount:

• Full Membership: 2 years £215, 3 years £305 (savings of £25 and £55, respectively)
• Associate Membership: 2 years £99, 3 years £140 (savings of £11 and £25, respectively)

(Please Note: these longer-term membership subscriptions are not available to those members who receive the APRS discount)

Membership Revision:

An existing MPG member may revise the terms of their membership at any time. If eligible, they may upgrade from Associate Membership to Full Membership, and/or extend the period of membership. This is a very flexible process, e.g. you may even revise from a 3-year Associate Membership to a 1-year Full Membership.

Any credit that remains in your subscription account is deducted from the charges listed above.

Click on "revise my membership" in the right hand column of this page.

APRS members:

Individual Members of the APRS are granted a 50% discount on Full Membership of the MPG (subject to the eligibility requirements below).

Note that, if you are a current MPG member, and have already taken advantage of the 50% discount on APRS Individual Membership, you will not be eligible for the 50% MPG discount (and vice versa). Moreover, if you are a current MPG Full Member, and you subsequently join the APRS as an Individual Member, you will be eligible only for the 50% discount on your new APRS membership, not your MPG membership.

Full Membership eligibility

To qualify for Full Membership of the MPG, you must have:

6 credits for production, engineering, mixing or mastering on commercially released tracks, either on single or multiple CDs, vinyl or cassette albums, EPs and singles, or DVDs. These tracks must have been commercially available via traditional outlets, i.e. record shops or mail order. Personal sales, i.e. directly by the artist at live venues, do not qualify.

or:

12 credits for production, engineering, mixing or mastering on commercially released tracks or two full-length CD releases that are available via digital download from recognised online music retail sites. Sales from personal websites do not qualify. Tracks solely available free from other websites, e.g. a MySpace page, do not qualify.

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