SWEET STREAMS AREN’T MADE OF THIS: what about the musicians?

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In this episode

Music streaming has made it easier than ever to listen to our favourite artists, but too many musicians earn next to nothing from it. We chat to Naomi Pohl from the Musicians’ Union and Tom Gray from the Broken Record campaign about fixing problems with the industry. But first, violinist Tasmin Little talks about why musicians need more support during the crisis.

PLUS Blue Peter legend Konnie Huq on reimagining our favourite fairy tales.

Guests

Tasmin Little, classical violinist

Naomi Pohl, deputy general secretary of the Musicians’ Union

Tom Gray, co-founder of the #BrokenRecord campaign and a member of Mercury award-winning band Gomez

More info

• BBC: MPs to investigate whether artists are paid fairly for streaming music (Oct 2020)

• Classic FM:  1,200 musicians urge chancellor to save freelancers (Oct 2020)

• Wired: Lockdown was a boon for Spotify. Now musicians are fighting back (July 2020)

• Guardian: Musicians call for industry shake-up to protect artists during lockdown (May 2020)

• Tom Gray: Thread on #Broken Record campaign

• Musicians Union: Campaign to Fix Streaming Now With The Ivors Academy