The "Initiative Musik gGmbH" is a funding agency set up by the German federal government to promote the music industry in Germany. It is supported by the German Collecting Society for Performance Rights (GVL) and the German Music Council. Financial support is provided by the GVL and the German Music Author’s Society (GEMA/GEMA Foundation).

The core field of support is geared toward contemporary music, particularly Rock, Pop, and Jazz.

Since 2008 more than 550 musicians/bands/infrastructure projects have been supported in twenty funding rounds.

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