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Streaming services MUST be regulated. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act NOW!

Tell Congress to Support The Living Wage for Musicians Act! Write a letter to your members of Congress urging them to support the Living Wage for Musicians Act! The bill would create a new streaming royalty paid directly to artists, bypassing powerful pla...

The Living Wage for Musicians Act would create a new, additional royalty that is ONLY available to human musicians. No AI. It would be the biggest material gain for musicians since the beginning of the streaming era. Tell your reps to support the LWMA here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Read this quote from the CEO of Suno.

These AI companies don’t care about music at all. They only exist to exploit musicians.

We need REAL protections for REAL musicians against AI!

AI music is exploitation.

Suno and other AI platforms encourage users to rip off real musicians in increasingly lazy ways. It’s not about creating music, it’s about exploiting musicians.

This post could be rage bait, but the AI companies WANT their users to think this way.

Tell Congress to Support The Living Wage for Musicians Act! Write a letter to your members of Congress urging them to support the Living Wage for Musicians Act! The bill would create a new streaming royalty paid directly to artists, bypassing powerful pla...

We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act NOW. Use the link below to tell your reps to support the LWMA!

actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Detroit City Council UNANIMOUSLY PASSES the resolution in support of the Living Wage for Musicians Act! 💪❤️

All AI music does is devalue the work done by human artists. It’s not accessibility, it’s exploitation. We need real protections for artists against AI!

BTW — even if you had access to this AI startup as a child, you still wouldn’t know how to make music.

Musicians on the red carpet at the ARIA awards share their day jobs via @buzzfeed.com . Musicians, even those being recognized at major awards shows, are severely underpaid. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act to get ALL artists paid FAIRLY for our work!

Article via @stereogum.com

The only people who benefit here are the executives of the major labels and AI startups. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act, which would pay a new streaming royalty ONLY to human musicians, not to corporations making AI slop.

TIDAL opens direct uploads for indie artists, but tracks won’t earn royalties - Music Business Worldwide TIDAL is launching a contest that will award $100,000 each for 10 artists whose work get playlisted among TIDAL Upload’s headliners.

Read the full Music Business Worldwide article here: www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tidal-opens-...

Tell Congress to Support The Living Wage for Musicians Act! Write a letter to your members of Congress urging them to support the Living Wage for Musicians Act! The bill would create a new streaming royalty paid directly to artists, bypassing powerful pla...

Support the LWMA here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act to ensure that artists are paid fairly for our work.

Streaming services are constantly finding new ways to underpay and exploit artists.

Streaming services think they can act with impunity as they exploit and harm the artists that make their services possible. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act NOW!

Make Streaming Pay - United Musicians and Allied Workers — United Musicians and Allied Workers United Musicians and Allied Workers celebrates the introduction of the Living Wage for Musicians Act – led by Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Jamaal Bowman – to Congress. By creating a new streaming royalty, ...

We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act as the first step towards a fair and just music industry!

Learn more and support the LWMA here: weareumaw.org/make-streaming-pay

Poverty-wage payouts from streaming services, rising costs, lack of affordable housing, predatory label deals, the introduction of AI, and a stagnant minimum wage all helped flatten the music industry.

Meme by @/phishonphilm on IG

“In some cases [in the past], where we have been unable to get answers… or have a satisfactory engagement, we have divested from, or sold the stock of, particular companies or sectors,” he said. “We only do that after a lot of engagement…this is the first letter we’re writing.”

Spotify continues to say that ICE recruitment ads do not violate their advertising policy.

UMAW applauds NYC Comptroller Brad Lander for sending a letter to Spotify condemning the company for its ICE recruitment ads. Lander says that Spotify's relationship with ICE "…threatens the $482 million in shares held by the NYC pension funds.”

Read the full article here: mixmag.net/amp/irish-go...

While the US cuts essential benefits and arts & culture get decimated, the Irish government built a permanent UBI program for musicians. A better and more sustainable music industry is possible! US lawmakers must give more public funding for the arts and protect artists and workers.

Read the full article here: www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-...

There’s a new lawsuit against Spotify alleging pay-to-play promotion with their Discovery Mode tool. We need transparency from streaming services and an end to payola - we need the Living Wage for Musicians Act!

Socialism wins! Congrats Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 💪 We agree that art is for all, not just the wealthy. We need to take the power back from the big corporations and into the hands of artists!

photo via @thefader.bsky.social

This kind of behavior is unacceptable. When musicians play a show, we’re at work. We deserve to work with dignity in fair, equitable conditions.

Communication with a venue should not include disparagement or slurs. Sexual harassment is unacceptable in any circumstance, and there is a distinct power dynamic between a musician and the person in charge of their show going well.

Psych-rock band Doom Gong has accused NYC venue Cutting Room of intimidation and harassment. Venues and artists are a team for the evening, and should work together to put on a show that’s respectful, fun, and safe. Inappropriate venue experiences like this endanger musicians.