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“From Nebraska to Born to Run, his music has spoken truth to power for decades, and that is exactly what he is doing now,” they continued. “Musicians have the right to freedom of expression, and we stand in complete solidarity with Bruce and every member who uses their platform to speak their conscience. Local 802 and Local 47 will always defend that right.”
#BruceSpringsteen #MusiciansUnion #solidarity
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/musicians-union-bruce-springsteen-donald-trump-1235541175/#recipient_hashed=d4937f433adc11f36dff4c909f203781db804d14166dee6895a14abfae5887c5&recipient_salt=a4385b424e902c461b8c27dab05b46d29fcd01c9b2738ce550f667a7c26e4961

Musicians Union Stands With Bruce Springsteen in ‘Complete Solidarity’ Against Trump

Two chapter presidents of the American Federation of Musicians issued a joint statement supporting Bruce Springsteen against Donald Trump's attacks.

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Musicians Union Supports Bruce Springsteen After Donald Trump’s “Personal Attacks”
#News #BruceSpringsteen #DonaldTrump #MusiciansUnion

https://deadline.com/2026/04/bruce-springsteen-donald-trump-musicians-union-1236772482/

Musicians Union Supports Bruce Springsteen After Donald Trump’s “Personal Attacks”

Bruce Springsteen has the support of his union in the latest set-to with President Donald Trump.

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Musicians Union Receives $1.5 Billion Pension Fix From American Rescue Plan
#News #AFMLocal802 #MusiciansUnion

https://deadline.com/2024/07/musicians-union-pension-fix-1236012638/

Musicians Union Receives $1.5 Billion Pension Fix From American Rescue Plan

The American Federation of Musicians and Employers Pension Plan will receive a $1.5 billion pension-fix from the American Rescue Plan.

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Cory Doctorow Jan 22, 2024

Hey look at this

* Penguin Classics (#1984) Triband sweater https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/penguin-classics-1984-triband-sweater (h/t Kottke)

* The #NoAIFraudAct Creates Way More Problems Than It Solves https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/no-ai-fraud-act-creates-way-more-problems-it-solves

* Another #HollywoodStrike? #MusiciansUnion ‘prepared to do whatever it needs’ for #AI protections and streaming residuals https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/20/business/musicians-union-streaming-residuals-ai/index.html (h/t Slashdot)

Penguin Classics (1984) Triband sweater pattern by Catherine Waterfield

The pattern includes extra alphabet charts so that you can customise the title and author to your favourite book.

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Theta Sigma Apr 18, 2023

An excellent motion put forward by #Equity and the #MusiciansUnion campaigning for an increase to Scotland’s creative and cultural budget. It does bring money to the nation, but even if it didn’t, it should still be given the funding it needs because the arts and culture are worth so much more than their economic value. Unsurprisingly, it was passed unanimously by congress. #STUC #Arts

louknightsmccudden Feb 5, 2023

V interesting read about songwriting in the current context, in terms of technology and economic models.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pop-songwriters-industry-broke-1234662448/

#artists #payartists #Songwriters #Spotify #musicindustry #songwriting #musiciansofmastodon #musiciansunion #PayMusicians

Top Pop Songwriters Say the Industry Is Broken

Writing songs for top acts used to be a reliable source of income. Now, thanks to a rapidly changing industry, songwriters face trouble making ends meet

Rolling Stone

Austin Philip Noble Jan 13, 2023

U.K #MusiciansUnion working hard as always to fight for rights of musicians and creators.

https://musiciansunion.org.uk/news/mu-welcomes-dcms-select-committee-report-pushing-for-fair-remuneration-for-artists-from-streaming?utm_campaign=News+roundup+for+musicians%2c+13+December+2023&utm_content=mail.themu.org&utm_medium=email&utm_source=The+Musician%27s+Union+&wp-linkindex=4

MU Welcomes DCMS Select Committee's Report Pushing for Fair Remuneration for Artists From Streaming

The new report by the Department for Culture, Digital, Media and Sport (DCMS) Select Committee is recommending more of a focus on fair remuneration in the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) process examining music streaming.

Sylvain Trabut Dec 13, 2022

Pour le #artvsartist2022 j’avais envie de m’entourer de mes musiciens du végétal ✨🍂🍃🎶🎵🎶🍃🍂✨
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For the art vs artist 2022 I wanted to surround myself with my vegetal musicians ✨🍂🍃🎶🎵🎶🍃🍂✨
#MastoArt #artvsartist22 #artvsartistchallenge #musicianslife #musiciansunion #artmatters #ArtistOnMastondon

mjay Dec 2, 2022

3 random facts

#SpotifyWrapped trendet

0,3 Cent pro Stream zahlt Spotify aus

Ab ca. 350 Minuten pro Tag zahlt Spotify mehr Geld an Musiker:innen aus, als du bezahlst

#musiciansunion

Neil Drysdale Nov 14, 2022

I wrote a farewell to Rab Noakes and tried to explain why he mattered. And he did! #RabNoakes #MusiciansUnion #GerryRafferty #MichaelMarra #BarbaraDickson #ScottishMusic #St Andrews #Dundee #BBCScotland https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/3878011/rab-noakes/?utm_source=twitter

Why Fifer Rab Noakes was so special to those of us who met a unique musical talent

Rab Noakes was in a passionate mood when we spoke for the last time. He was, towards the end of October, reacting to the closure of a number of prominent

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