Remember when we were promised that streaming would democratise music? Well, plot twist: it made things worse.

Our latest Provocations Paper isn't just another industry report gathering digital dust. It's a wake-up call backed by fresh data showing how the streaming economy has become more extractive and exploitative since we first sounded the alarm in 2018.

Independent artists are more invisible, more underpaid, and more creatively stifled than ever.

But here's the thing about provocations—they're meant to provoke action, not just head-nodding.

We've laid out a nine-point agenda of bold, actionable challenges for government, industry, and communities to reset power in the streaming landscape and actually protect local music cultures.

The major platforms had their chance to do right by artists. They chose billionaire CEOs and shareholders instead. Time for plan B.

https://www.packmusic.au/how-it-works#provocationspaper

#MusicIndustryReform #StreamingJustice #DisruptStreaming #AntiMonopoly #CorporateAccountability #FairStreaming #ArtistEquity #SystemChange #MusicActivism #ThePackMusicCoop #PowerToArtists

After work #music.

This track was released 8 years ago. It's still valid, today.

Not My President - CNG

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xQiCYNsjzB4&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD

#MusicVideo #ActivistMusic #Mexican #hiphop #MusicActivism #AntiFascist #FuckTrump

This is tragically beautiful 😢

#Lebanese citizen Julia Ali recognised her home from a #ViralVideo of #Israeli #terrorists ransacking a home in south #Lebanon and playing on its destroyed piano.

She later posted a video of her playing the #piano side by side with a video of the now-destroyed home.

The home is just one of many to be destroyed by #Israeli #OccupationForces in Lebanon’s south, as their bombing campaign on the country reaches a month and a half, killing nearly 3,000 people so far.

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/MHr22fQ_WdI

#SanctionIsrael
#ClassicalMusic
#Pianist
#MusicActivism
#BoycottIsrael
#EthnicCleansing
#Genocide
#EvilIsrael
#FreeLebanon
#FreePalestine
#IsraelIsATerroristState
#IsraelWarCrimes
#RacistIsrael
#IsraelRogueState
#ArmsEmbargoOnIsrael
#USAFundsGenocide
#StopKillingPeople

Brothers in Arms - one of my fave #AntiWar songs from #DireStraits.

It's about bonds between soldiers on both sides of trenches during the #FalklandsWar.
#MarkKnopfler wrote the song in 1982, when the war happened. Falklands War was a conflict between #Argentina & #UnitedKingdom over islands off the coast of Argentina that each country claims rights to.

A new version of the song was released in 2007 by Knopfler in order to raise money to bring #veterans of the war back to the #Falklands as a way to treat their #PTSD.

Knopfler is one of my fave top 5 guitarists of all time 🎵🎸🎶 He is a brilliant songwriter too.

Music video (with animation)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jhdFe3evXpk

Mark Knopfler (live in Berlin, 2007)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EMRJT2ebvAk

#Music #GenX #SongsForPeace #MusicTherapy #RecommendedMusic #SlowSongs #FaveSongs #MusicHeals #MusicVideo #MusicActivism

Cop Killer - #BodyCount

https://youtu.be/yg_S4JJMxPU?si=mpviAV4Om_G7yHwg

Fab live coverage from 1992.

When talking about #controversial #music, there are few more shining examples than #CopKiller. Recorded by #IceT’s rock group Body Count, “Cop Killer” is a heated #song about a victim of #PoliceBrutality who violently takes matters into his own hands. The song faced criticism from #LawEnforcement agencies, the Parents Music Resource Center #PMRC, President #GeorgeHWBush and the public in general. Some people responded through #protests and #boycotts of any company associated with the distribution of the record. This caused sales to skyrocket, but also prompted certain stores to take the album off their shelves. Some countries, such as #NewZealand, attempted to have the song and the #rap group itself completely #banned. Stockholders threatened to pull out from #WarnerBrosRecords and executives received #DeathThreats. While Ice-T stood by his work, stating that it was a #ProtestSong meant to reflect hateful emotions rather than encourage violence, he subsequently decided to recall the album, removing the trouble-making song upon re-release.

https://youtu.be/yg_S4JJMxPU?si=mpviAV4Om_G7yHwg

#BannedSongs #MusicHistory #censorship #NowPlaying #LivePerformance #Music #GenX #90smusic #ActivistMusic #ProtestSongs #MusicSolidarity #MusicActivism #CensoredMusic #BannedMusic #BannedInTheUSA #BannedInNZ #ACAB #PoliceAreViolentGangs #CriminalCops #Censored #RockMusic

Back to posting more #BannedMusic.

Take the Power Back - #RATM

After #ChollaHighMagnetSchool teachers used this song in a #MexicanAmerican history class, Superintendent John Huppenthal issued a “notice of noncompliance” to the #Tucson Unified School District. So in January 2015, over 20 years after the song was released, #RageAgainstTheMachine’s #lyrics–along with #KRSOne’s #HipHop teachings– were deemed to be against #Arizona state law, which states that schools cannot “advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals.”

https://youtu.be/rMjjsjNBS_4?si=iDBzk52brzOi-QkN

#BannedSongs #MusicHistory #censorship #NowPlaying #LivePerformance #Music #GenX #90smusic #ActivistMusic #ProtestSongs #MusicSolidarity #MusicActivism #CensoredMusic

This #Chinese #RockBand has actively engaged in #philanthropy. In 2019, they supported the "Guardians of Village Doctors" project by holding #CharityConcerts in #Xinjiang #Uygur autonomous region & #Yunnan province, helping amplify the stories of #VillageDoctors.

In addition, they have been involved in initiatives focused on combating #malaria in #Africa & #RaisingAwareness about this deadly disease.

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202405/22/WS664ce055a31082fc043c85eb.html

#RockActivists #AsianMastodon #MusicActivism #Humanitarians