You’ve got just four days left to have your say in the music streaming inquiry.
Tomorrow, MPs on the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee will be hearing from Chic legend Nile Rodgers, Fiona Bevan, and Soweto Kinch about how the economics of music streaming affect music creators.
Watch live on ParliamentLive.TV
They also want to hear from you.
This is a defining moment for the music industry – and you have just four days left to be a part of it.
Have your say with The Ivors Academy
Have your say with the Musicians’ Union
Get your thoughts in before Friday 11 December.
The more people who write in to the inquiry, the more chance we have of our collective voice being heard. Together we can fix streaming and keep music alive.
Statistics Back the Fix Streaming Call
A new poll from The Ivors Academy and Musicians’ Union exposes the shockingly inadequate earnings of many music creators from streaming - while big music companies make billions.
- 82% music creators earn less than £200 a year from streaming
- 92% said less than 5% of their earnings came from streaming
- 43% got a job outside of music due to insufficient income from streaming
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See you tomorrow!
We’ll be tweeting from @IvorsAcademy and @WeAreTheMU throughout tomorrow’s evidence session.
Until then, thank you from the Keep Music Alive team at The Ivors Academy and Musicians’ Union.