Author: Stephan

Imagine you go to your favourite restaurant every evening. The food is good, you keep going back, and you bring friends along. The restaurant is doing a roaring trade. Yet the chef barely sees any of the profits. He eats tinned ravioli and instant noodles at home. That’s pretty much what life is like for […]

In this post, we break down the real income streams for smaller artists — and the hard truths behind them. 1. Live Gigs: Big Effort, Barely a Train Ticket Once the cornerstone of a musician’s income, live performances have taken a hit since the (word starting with ‘p’, ending with ‘andemic’). Audiences are more selective, […]

In today’s world, music is always within reach. With a few taps, you can listen to just about any song ever recorded, any time of day, from anywhere in the world. That’s a modern miracle—and yet, for the people creating that music, the system is deeply flawed. We’re a group of independent musicians who know […]