Prince Edward Island 'People Who Play Music' Survey

Prince Edward Island 'People Who Play Music' Survey

Thank you so much for undertaking this survey! It may take you a little while, so please get get comfortable, as it must be completed in on go.
This survey is being conducted by the Province of PEI in collaboration with TIAPEI, in order to better understand living and working conditions of people who play music on Prince Edward Island; professionally, semi-professionally, and recreationally. The results will be used to address challenges and barriers, and to discover what's working well and needs further investment.

If you would like the option of being selected in random prize draws, or to be added to a mailing list that keeps you in the loop on where this study goes, you can provide your name and contact details, but this is optional. While the results of the survey may be shared with relevant industry bodies, your privacy is assured - your name and personal details will not be shared OR connected with your survey responses.

Focus groups of Island artists have been consulted in the creation of this survey with regard to the questions, the way in which they're worded, and whether they're even the right questions! You will be asked the same questions different ways, in order to get you thinking in different ways about your answers.

You can fill this survey out in one go, online, at any time throughout February.

OR you join us to do it in person with conversation, drinks and nibbles at the following locations:

SATURDAY 15 February 10AM - 12NOON: Summerside Library ADL Room, hosted by Catherine MacLellan

WEDNESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 4PM - 6PM: Copper Bottom Brewery hosted by Ashley Condon

FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 10AM - 1PM: Trailside Music Hall hosted by Pat Deighan

Please register your interest in attending an in-person session HERE

OR

Continue on to complete the survey.
FemaleMaleNon-binaryPrefer not to answer
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SingleMarriedOtherPrefer not to answer
Full Time Professional (primarily earning a living from music)Part Time Professional (you play professionally, but derive your primary income from other sources, by choice)Emerging Professional (you are working toward a professional career and intend to earn a living from music)Recreational (paid work sometimes, but music is not your full time pursuit, by choice)Casual (someone who primarily plays music for enjoyment/in social settings, rather than as a paid gig)*Please answer only the questions that you feel pertain to you.
Live PerformanceSchool Band ProgrammeSinging Strings ensemble or similarFormal external music/multi-arts programmePrivate music lessons
EmergingEstablishedMid-CareerLate Career
Lead (Someone who may play solo, but also may gather a band/group or ensemble together and lead that ensemble)Band Member/Ensemble Member (An equal member of a group, band or ensemble)Side Person (A person who relies on others - usually a lead artist - for your work)
Please self-identify the genre of music you play (primarily)
HeavyRockPopHip HopCountryTraditionalFolkSinger/SongwriterBluesSoulFunkOrchestralPunkAlternativeClassical/Orchestral
Not at allSomewhatTotally
What makes/would make your music career viable?
If you do not consider yourself a professional working musician, we'd still love to hear about what conditions help you to enjoy playing music - sessions, bars, ceilidhs, house parties - what makes you thrive?
If PEI could have any sort of venue here (primarily in the Charlottetown area), what would it be? What kind of capacity? Where would it be? For whom? And why have you selected this kind of venue?
If PEI have any sort of outdoor stage experience here, (primarily in the Charlottetown area), what would it be? What kind of capacity? Where would it be? For whom? And why have you selected this kind of venue?
If PEI could have any sort of recording/studio experience here, (primarily in the Charlottetown area), what would it be? Where would it be? For whom? And why have you selected this kind of recording/studio experience?
If PEI could deliver any sort of outdoor festival experience here, what would it be? What kind of capacity? What genre would it be? Where would it be? For whom (who would play, who would attend)? And why have you selected this kind of festival?
5 days per weekWeeklyMonthlyQuarterlyBi-annuallyAnnuallyOther
How often can you play on PEI?
What are the considerations on how often you play on PEI?
YESNO
What three things do you think we need to increase viability for musicians to live, work and come from away to tour to the Island (for example – but please think beyond this: space, rehearsal rooms, industry support, venues, etc)
YESNO
YESNO
YESNO
Less than 55 - 10 hours11 - 20 hours20 - 25 hours25 - 30 hours30 - 40 hours40+ hours
Less than 55- 10 hours11- 20 hours20 - 25 hours25 - 30 hours30 - 40 hours40+ hours
How long have you played music?
How long have you worked on creating a viable career in music?
EasierMore challenging
Why?
How much do you earn annually from playing music, after expenses?
EstimateKnow for sure
YESNO
What would be a weekly living wage? A monthly one?
LowFairGoodExcellent
YESNO
YESNO
What are the circumstances that have had the most positive impact on your work in music?
What are the circumstances that have created the most challenge in your work in music?
How do you create new professional relationships in music (defined as people who may play a role in the furthering of your career)?
How do you create new general relationships in music (defined as people who play a peripheral role in your career and form part of your own personal ecology)?
Not very engagedReasonably engagedQuite engagedVery engaged
What is the biggest size (capacity) room you play here - and what is the smallest?
How long did it take you to make your career viable?
YESNO
Why/why not?
What have other musicians described as issues in being Island-based musicians?
YESNO
Why/why not?
If there are barriers to attending music and industry conferences on or off Island, what is the main one?
ManagementAgencyPublishingPublicistLabel
YESNO
ExcellentGoodFairPoor
Why is that?
What do places like Toronto have that we don’t. What do we have that Toronto doesn’t?
What are specific challenges to being a working musician on PEI?
RecordingCompositionLive TouringAll
What is your most viable market for RECORDED music inside of Canada?
What is your most viable market for LIVE TOURING music inside of Canada?
What is your most viable market for RECORDED music outside of Canada?
What is your most viable market for LIVE TOURING music outside of Canada?
If you no longer choose to make music your full time job – why not?
What do you think venues/bookers/festivals here need to know?
What do you think audiences need to know?
What do you think funders need to know?
If someone could give you exactly the right amount of money right now toward your music, what would you use it for?
YESNO
YESNO
If not, why not?
How do you think Island venues could improve the experience of musicians?
What element of your music do you focus on most (composition, performing, instrumental rehearsing)?
What would you prefer to focus on?
What would help you focus on that more?
What part of the music industry makes you uncomfortable?
What part of it terrifies you?
What part of it do you love?
What makes you want to quit?
What makes you want to keep going?
What makes you feel safe in a career as a musician?
What makes you feel threatened in your work?
YESNO
Please elaborate on the reason you chose the option you did.
What advice do you wish you’d been given when you started?
What’s the best music career advice you’ve been given?
What advice would you give an artist starting out in PEI?
What advice do you need now?
What do you think is noticeably missing from PEI’s music ecology?
What addition would make the biggest impact if it was added to the ecology?
What addition would be the most VALUABLE impact if it was added to the ecology?
What do you think the most significant musical festival is on PEI, and why?
What do you think the most VALUABLE musical festival is on PEI, and why?
What do you think the most significant venue is on PEI and why?
What do you think the most VALUABLE venue is on PEI and why?
What do you think the most significant recording studio is on PEI and why?
What do you think the most VALUABLE recording studio is on PEI and why?
Who are the top 5 most significant ‘industry’ people on PEI and why?
What does Halifax/Nova Scotia have that we don’t have?
What do we have that other provinces don’t have?
How many countries have you played in, outside of Canada?
YESNO
Why/why not?
What could a musician’s retreat look like on PEI?
What impression do you think our music scene leaves on visitors?
What impression do you think PEI artists leave on audiences in Canada? Internationally?
Where do you think visitors get their live, original music fix on the Island?
In what season and why?
YESNO
What impression do you think our music scene leaves on LOCALS?
Where do you think LOCALS get their live, original music fix on the Island?
In what season and why?
YESNO
Why/not?
What do you think exemplifies the Island music scene?
Where’s the biggest market (which country, or which state) for your music played live?
Where’s the biggest market (which country, or which state) for your music, recorded?
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Why?
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Is there anything else that you’d like to say?
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Thank you so much for your contribution to this survey. If you know someone who should be contributing to the body of knowledge around the way music works on Prince Edward Island, please, encourage them to complete this survey!
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