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11 Dec, 19 tweets, 22 min read
Earlier this year, songwriters, composers and performers started sharing how little they got from streaming – while big music companies raked in billions #BrokenRecord...

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

.@IvorsAcademy and the Musicians’ Union started campaigning for a Government review - and over 17,000 of you backed the call...

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

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Press picked it up, including @pitchfork, @WiredUK and @bbc5live. They’re still going - catch up with @MrTomGray and MU Deputy General Secretary @NaomiPohl speaking to @Ed_Miliband and @GeoffLloyd on @CheerfulPodcast...

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

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More creators started speaking out. Speaking to #R4Today @tasminlittle OBE explained that she has 755,000 monthly listeners, which equates to about 5 to 6 million streams in six months, and gets paid just £12.34 for it...

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

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Politicians were listening too. @JoStevensLabour backed user-centric and it became @UKLabour policy. @CommonsDCMS listened too, calling for a Government Review….

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

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… before launching their own. The #MusicStreamingInquiry has been making headlines for powerful testimony from music creators including @nilerodgers, @MrTomGray, @nadineshah, @Guy_Garvey and more...

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

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“I would get paid nothing”

Catch up with @MrTomGray, @Guy_Garvey, @nadineshah and @EOBOfficial's powerful testimonies in the first #MusicStreamingInquiry evidence session...

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

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“I don’t make enough money from streaming. I’m in a position now where I’m struggling to pay my rent”

@nadineshah's vital evidence reflected the experiences of many music creators, and showed why it's time to #FixStreaming and #KeepMusicAlive...

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Creators backed our calls in the evidence sessions too. @Guy_Garvey and @MrTomGray explained why Equitable Remuneration is essential to #FixStreaming and #KeepMusicAlive...

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The LEGEND that is @nilerodgers made the case for greater transparency in the second in person evidence session on 8 December...

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

Maria Forte made the case for classifying a stream as a licence, and taking breakages out of the streaming equation...

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

.@sowetokinch backed user-centric as part of the solution...

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

.@fionabevan spoke up for songwriters and the value of the song...

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

An @IvorsAcademy + @WeAreTheMU poll revealed some shocking truths...

🚨82% music creators earn less than £200 a year from streaming

🚨92% said less than 5% of their earnings came from streaming

🚨43% got a job outside of music as a result

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And ⭐️@nilerodgers⭐️ made it very clear who was responsible for the status quo...

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

Meanwhile, @CommonsDCMS Chair @julianknight15 intervened after concerns that people were reluctant to speak to the #MusicStreamingInquiry because of fear action may be taken against them...

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

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It was a reminder of why trade unions matter – and how powerful collective action can be...

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive #BrokenRecord

So what will it take to #FixStreaming and #KeepMusicAlive?

We run through some ideas in our Guide to Giving Evidence with the @IvorsAcademy...

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Thousands of shares, two evidence sessions and a lot of written evidence later, submissions close today.

Got 5 mins?

Email @CommonsDCMS in support of the Musicians’ Union & @IvorsAcademy submissions now.

We can #FixStreaming and #KeepMusicAlive.

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8 Dec
Miss @fionabevan, @sowetokinch and legend @nilerodgers giving evidence at the @CommonsDCMS #MusicStreamingInquiry today?

Check out the highlights & analysis from MU Deputy General Secretary @NaomiPohl 👇
It's time to #FixStreaming and #KeepMusicAlive!

Catch up with part two of today's @CommonsDCMS #MusicStreamingInquiry highlights & analysis from MU Deputy General Secretary @NaomiPohl 👇

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Catch up with what @MrTomGray, @Guy_Garvey, @nadineshah and @EOBOfficial had to say in the first @CommonsDCMS #MusicStreaingInquiry session

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8 Dec
Really great that the #MusicStreamingInquiry is hearing how fair remuneration for musicians from streaming could work in practice - NP
A final question in the first session on the impact of Brexit on music. Maria Forte says "Brexit is bad for musicians if there's no deal and if there's a deal then who knows". @kwamekwaten agrees: "as there is currently no deal I can only see it being bad". #WorkingintheEU
Second oral evidence session in #MusicStreamingInquiry about to begin featuring @nilerodgers @fionabevan and @sowetokinch #FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive
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8 Dec
This is MU Deputy General Secretary @NaomiPohl! I am taking over @WeAreTheMU for the next few hours for a @CommonsDCMS #MusicStreamingInquiry tweetalong. Sessions start at 10am. This is why it matters: musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/News/2020… #FixStreaming
Catch up with some of the highlights from the first #MusicStreamingInquiry sessions looking at creators’ experiences musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/News/2020… as well as Equitable Remuneration & transparency musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/News/2020… #FixStreaming - NP
Today we will hear from @nilerodgers @sowetokinch & @fionabevan about why the song should receive more than 10-15% of streaming revenue and how the economics of music streaming aren't working for many musicians. We can #fixstreaming! - NP
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16 Sep
10 minutes to go until the next #AskTheMU! Got a question about streaming, royalties, or the campaign to #FixStreaming and keep music alive? Ask now #AskTheMU
Hi everyone, this is Naomi Pohl from @WeAreTheMU and Graham Davies from @IvorsAcademy. We’ll be answering your questions about streaming over the next 30 minutes or so. Do you have a question about streaming, royalties or our #FixStreaming campaign? Ask us #AskTheMU
“If the song gets more money will the performers get less?” – anon #AskTheMU
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24 Aug
Hi there. This is @NaomiPohl, Deputy General Secretary of the Musicians’ Union. I’m taking over @WeAreTheMU for the next 30mins to answer your questions #AskTheMU - NP
We’ll be taking questions at random from across our social media channels and the website. I will try to get through as many as I can. But if we don’t get to yours, please take a look at our Covid-19 advice hub at themu.org/coronavirus - NP #AskTheMU
You can also sign up to our regular email update for the latest advice at theMU.org/community And MU members can also can contact their MU Regional Office for advice and assistance at theMU.org/contact - NP #AskTheMU
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9 Jun
.@CommonsDCMS evidence session on the impact of COVID-19 on theatre and live music is on now! Starting with evidence from @uk_theatre. Find out more and watch live > musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/News/2020…
.@uk_theatre has three asks of Government:

• the workforce, extending support and closing gaps in SEISS

• theatre recovery, including the thousands of small companies that make up the sector, and

• safeguarding the industry for the future

.@julianpbird notes that donations for streams of theatre productions so far is "remarkably low", making creating a show and putting it on for the sole purpose of being filmed is too expensive without additional support in the long term #SupportOurTheatres
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