Thread by @WeAreTheMU

Today at 1pm! Join @LadyVMusic plus special guests @crispinhunt, @ShaoDowMusic and @naomipohl for Music & Coffee. Looking at why we need to #FixStreaming and #KeepMusicAlive. Register for your free place > ivorsacademy.com/event/music-co… @IvorsAcademy

"I like music. It's what I do, it's my passion, it's my life... and I'm painfully aware that my income is not entirely sustainable" - @ShaoDowMusic shares how he came to the #fixstreaming debate. Join us for Music & Coffee until 2pm > ivorsacademy.com/event/music-co… #KeepMusicAlive

"I got energised by the idea that there weren't enough people apart from the Musicians' Union fighting our corner... So I joined the Ivors" - @crispinhunt talks about the need for a watershed moment in music and for people to get involved #FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

"The engineering of streaming needs to be retuned. It's set up to irrigate one sector, it needs to irrigate... the whole of music" - @crispinhunt #FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

"The amount of money I get from streaming is enough to buy two bags of Quavers or something like that" - @ShaoDowMusic

"I was looking at something on ebay that cost £5 and I thought 'that's a million streams'"- @LadyVmusic

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

"We would say the song is generally undervalued and needs to receive a higher percentage" - @NaomiPohl explains the need for transparency, to know how much money goes where. Sign the petition calling for a Government review > change.org/p/the-rt-hon-o…
#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

"I would really like not to care. I would just like to make music. I would like to do my job and make music... The reason I care so much about this is because I can't. I'm not being paid a proportional or fair amount for my work" - @ShaoDowMusic on being independent #FixStreaming

"I feel I've had to find the passion for fighting for songwriters' rights because it isn't fair right now. It just isn't fair. The hours we work are very very long. But we're not being compensated" - @LadyVmusic on how she started her activism #FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

"We shouldn't be in a position where when live music falls away, 20,000 musicians are in a place of hardship within a couple of weeks" - @NaomiPohl #FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

.@NaomiPohl calls on musicians and fans to sign the @IvorsAcademy + @WeAreTheMU petition calling on Government to urgently undertake a review of streaming > change.org/p/the-rt-hon-o… #FixStreaming #KeepMusicLive

"We definitely want to get the big labels in the room to have a discussion about this" - @NaomiPohl

"This has now become - is becoming - a global conversation... So go online, talk about, sign the petition" - @crispinhunt

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive
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