Association of German Rock musicians

The Deutscher Rock & Pop Musikerverband e.V. (DRMV) states that through its affiliated 1,685 music groups, 195 music firms (labels, publishers, agencies, recording studios, etc.), 120 musicians' initiatives/associations and 1,800 individual musicians, composers and lyricists, it represents roughly 20,000 cultural practitioners from the entire field of popular music. It states that over the past 35 years more than 3,800 music groups, musicians, music authors, musicians' initiatives/associations and music firms have organized within the association. The association describes itself as advocating for the cultural recognition of rock and pop music, equal treatment of popular and classical music, equal opportunities for German rock and pop musicians, composers and lyricists in releases by the record industry and music publishers, and in radio and TV music programming, as well as improved working conditions.

The Deutscher Rock & Pop Musikerverband e.V. states that over the past 35 years more than 3,800 music groups, musicians, music authors, musicians' initiatives/associations and music firms have organized within it. It describes itself as representing, through its affiliated members, roughly 20,000 cultural practitioners from the entire field of popular music.

1. 1Deutscher Rock & Pop Musikerverband e.V. | Musiker Onlinemusiker-online.com
2. 2Association of German Rock musicianswikidata.org