Canada needs a cultural shift. Streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music have decimated the ability of musicians to make a living from their recordings. Touring is expensive and band leaders are lucky if they break even on a tour. The fee for the average gig is the same now as it was fifty years ago: about $125/performer.
BuckingJam Palace is committed to fair performance fees and gender-parity and diversity in programming.
Here’s how you can advocate for the Arts:
We are fierce in working for a culture change, where musicians are paid fairly and recognized financially and artistically for creating and sustaining our culture. Join us.
Stages of Grief: What the Pandemic has done to the Arts.
(If you like this article, read the book by the same author: The Death of the Artist: How Creators are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaire and Big Tech. Author: William Deresiewicz)
SHARE THE AIR is dedicated to the women, Trans* artists and artists of colour who have for too long been denied their share of the air.
The Keychance Manifesto is a result of collaborative sessions with artists and innovators on the Keychange development programme. It serves as an invitation to imagine a better future that prioritises both humanity and the planet, providing a guiding framework to a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable industry.
Laugh, cry and listen to what it is like to be a woman in the music industry, then lean into the key ways we can support women musicians as theyclaim their space and make their voices heard. Running time: 30 min.
Direct link: https://vimeo.com/711772990/f3b0d2afb9?share=copy
The Ostara Project is a supergroup of award-winning Canadian jazz artists, each one a bandleader, composer and musician in her own right. The Roots & Wings project features an all-female ensemble recording original compositions composed by women. The albums will be released on Rhea Records, a female-owned record label. Cover art, graphic design, publicity, marketing and management for the project—all the work of passionate, talented women.
Watch the 5 minute video for a peek into the project!
Direct link: https://vimeo.com/1052095553/bc7a347c23?share=copy
