Policy, Research & Politics
Billy Corgan contra la explotación de la industria musical
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- Thursday, 24 November 2022
Billy Corgan ha decidido hablar claro de cómo la explotación de la industria musical llevó al suicidio a músicos de su generación.
Global cultural networks propose culture goal for future development frameworks
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- Wednesday, 09 November 2022
"The ten potential targets are fully in line with our vision of a world where everyone can learn, experience, create, perform and express themselves freely through music and where musical artists are recognised and fairly remunerated".
Why Spotify and Apple Music haven't pulled Kanye West's songs
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- Wednesday, 09 November 2022
A week after Endeavor Chief Executive Ari Emanuel called for businesses to cut ties with the artist formerly known as Kanye West after his antisemitic remarks, companies such as Adidas and the Gap stopped working with him.
20% of women in the music industry who report discrimination say "nothing is done"
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- Wednesday, 09 November 2022
“There is something unique about the music industry that the #MeToo movement hasn't really penetrated to the same extent that it has like the film industry,”.
A Cuba, un #MeToo sans effet dans le monde musical
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- Tuesday, 08 November 2022
Malgré des dizaines de signalements pour viol, le chanteur Fernando Bécquer poursuit sa carrière en toute impunité. Comme le célèbre flûtiste José Luis Cortés «El Tosco», mort en avril sans avoir été inquiété après la révélation de violences machistes.
Una industria musical empática con el medio ambiente sí es posible
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- Tuesday, 08 November 2022
Este 2022, Bilbao Internacional Music Experience (BIME) regresó para hablar, entre otros aspectos, sobre los retos que enfrenta la industria musical. El evento que funge como un puente entre Europa y América ofreció amplias charlas sobre el papel que juega la música como agente de cambio.
Why do politicians use walk-on music?
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- Tuesday, 25 October 2022
Like many a political leader before her Liz Truss turned to pop music to make a big entrance at her annual party conference. It did not go down well with the band who created it - but why do politicians use music like this?
Protests rising as Austrian radio slashes new music
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- Tuesday, 25 October 2022
All in all, it’s about at least 575 hours of contemporary, mostly Austrian music that will disappear.
15 Essential Iranian Protest Songs in the Wake of Mahsa Amini’s Death
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- Tuesday, 25 October 2022
Perhaps the most notable of the recent Iran protest songs is Shervin Hajipour’s “Baraye,” which was written in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s death after being arrested and beaten by Iran’s notorious morality police for not wearing a proper head covering.
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