A year ago we set out to build an alternative streaming service that will #fixstreaming , #stoppayola and #supportindiemusic . Now we are looking for listeners to do their part and pledge an amount per month to #indie artists.
Our new profile page shows how your pledge would be
In today's Culture, Media and Sport Committee Committee we revisited the economics of music streaming. #FixStreaming #BrokenRecord
🧵Here's a thread of the questions I asked:
Firstly I asked the panel what the revenue split should be between the artist, record label and streaming platform. (1/5)
In Culture, Media and Sport Committee Committee I questioned Department for Culture, Media and Sport Minister, Lucy Frazer MP, about the Government's renumeration working group on music streaming.
Firstly, I asked her if she will fulfil the Govt's commitments in response to the Committee's report? (1/3)
#BrokenRecord #FixStreaming
Still under impression of great presentation by Daniel Johansson on #artists losing out due to #streaming fraud at Sørveiv 2024 in Kristiansand, Norway.
#performers #performingarts #music #music industry #culture #artandculture #music ianslife # art #music streaming #fixstreaming
Senior MPs demand fair pay for songwriters in new report ⚖️🎶
#FixStreaming #SongwriterRights #Music Industry #FairPay #Music #Artists #Music ians #Streaming #Copyright #Songwriting #Songwriters #Composer #Creativity #SupportArtists
Thanks for having me as a panellist for the BIMM London MA “Diversity, Innovation, Technology Symposium” 💚💙 All about DIY in the music industry, and tips about (as well as the challenges of) being a self-releasing artist
#fixstreaming #nomusicfriday #brokenrecord
An old friend sent me £50 the other day just with the message, “For years of beautiful songs to my ears”
Consider doing similar for any independent musicians you have on repeat. It helps!
#FixStreaming
Day 2 of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 conference on #copyright and relatedright where the Commercial TV & VoD Europe comforts #actors that lump sums are not to be seen as complete buy-out, because they leave intact the remuneration right for rental!?!
Thank God we still have rental!
#fixstreaming #performers
Heading to Hope & Anchor tonight to play unplugged at 💋 LOUD WOMEN 💋 💚💙 I had a chat to them ahead of the show, about what to expect and the makings of a makeshift manifesto
#brokenrecord #fixstreaming #womeninmusic #musicvenuestrust #mentalhealth
📸 Javier.be 🎨 @animusic2002
#Sonstream pays more to musicians & is far cheaper for fans too! Our #fixstreaming Solution improves all the time but remember; we're a tiny band of rebels who need you help so DM if you find any bugs.
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Bored of hearing how unfair music streaming is?
And how musician's need change?
Yeah, same.
To relaunch our podcast, Sean Adams spoke to the general secretary of the Musician's Union Naomi Pohl to find out how the law might change to #fixstreaming
And how you can help
Fair pay for music creators and robust data that properly credits songwriters and composers are at the heart of our #fixstreaming and #creditsdue campaigns.
So we’re pleased Intellectual Property Office UK have announced
👉 Working group on creator remuneration
👉 Industry code to improve metadata
Join us #online for a very interesting conversation on #streaming with panelists Tom Gray 🌹 , tom kestens and Anneli Axelsson.
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#music industry #fixstreaming #music #copyright #performingarts #music ians #art #performers
50 years of music industry revenues by format, adjusted for inflation, using data from the RIAA.
Orange = CDs
Purple = vinyl
Pink = cassettes
Light blue = paid streaming
Dark blue = ad-supported streaming
(From VisualCapitalist)
#FixStreaming
'Much of the profits from #MusicStreaming doesn't reach those who actually create #music . We have to correct the imbalances and ensure fair remuneration.'
MEP Ibán García 🇪🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 presenting his CULT Committee Press report which will be voted tomorrow at European Parliament plenary.
#FixStreaming
Hot off the press! Read the latest edition of #ISNI news , featuring articles on #researchsector #PIDs ; The London Book Fair, 11-13 March 2025; DDEX; Book Industry Study Group's #ISNI webinar; CISACNews' Björn Ulvaeus' BBC Radio 4 #fixstreaming programme; Kansalliskirjasto; ISNI assignment stats & more: isni.org/page/isni-news…
Shouldn’t artists get a larger share of your £9.99 a month?
In episode 1 of Drowned in Sound’s podcast Naomi Pohl from Musician’s Union tells me how she’s lobbying govt to make streaming fairer
🎧 Available wherever you get your podcasts
#brokenrecord #fixstreaming
Maybe wanna ask them how they’re going to help the industry #FixStreaming paying only £1 for 300 Entertainment streams? One of the worst payers.
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