EDM Global Producers, Djs & Artists
After months of campaigning for major changes to Spotify’s streaming model, the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW) recently announced the streaming platform’s denial of their cornerstone demand: a penny per stream royalty agreement for all artists. According to Digital Music News, the update follows a series of worldwide protests on March 15th, hosted outside the Spotify offices …
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Students at a university in Istanbul have used Metallica as the soundtrack to a protest – see footage below. Students at Bogazici University in the Turkish city were demanding the resignation of their new loyalist president Melih Bulu. Bulu, who was placed as head of the prestigious university by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is a …
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Save Our Scene protests are set to take place in London and Bristol this week, supporting musicians struggling due to the coronavirus pandemic. The two-wheeled protests came to London last month, with cyclists riding through the streets of the capital to raise awareness of musicians unable to receive financial support from the government during the …
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