Camden youth arts scheme creates £3.7m in social value
Research from Social Change UK estimates that for every £1 invested by Roundhouse in its youth film and digital projects, &p…
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A hostile environment for artists?
Welcome to Metroland. We are in Brent, London’s fifth largest borough, an urban sprawl and home to 340,000 people. But, as L…
Let’s get smart about paying artists
To mark World Intellectual Property Day, Adele Morse thinks it’s time the UK caught up with other countries in pay…
Patience ‘wearing thin’ over fair pay deal for music creators
First meeting of group tasked with achieving cross-industry consensus on how much musicians make from streaming begins with c…
MP raises issue of lack of artist studio space
An MP has spoken in Parliament about concerns over a shortage of "essential" studio and exhibition spaces for artists in…
Selling artists the dream
Being an artist, at all career stages, is a minefield waiting to be triggered without informed guidance. Simon Poulter has been ca…
Artistic freedom: Threats and challenges
Artistic freedom is an increasingly contested area of public discourse. But as Ruth Anderson of Index on Censorship argues, while…
MPs back proposed £300m Smart Fund for creator remuneration
Select Committee says government must ‘plug the gaps' in outdated copyright and intellectual property regulations’…
Grassroots music fund launches
A music initiative designed to "empower and celebrate" grassroots music communities has launched. Studio Monkey Shoulder…
Do artists’ livelihoods matter?
After far too many decades of jam tomorrow, artists deserve better, says independent arts researcher Susan Jones.
Support for creatives who are carers ‘should be mainstreamed’
Evaluation of carer support programme funded by Creative Scotland finds that despite a strong positive response from participants…
Sunderland gets investment for ‘Music City’ project
Sunderland Music Arts and Culture Trust has received more than £300,000 for a music initiative designed to provide people fr…
Calls for fan-led review of grassroots music industry
Music industry representatives tell MPs they would back the idea of a fan-led inquiry into grassroots music venues, similar to tha…
New partnership will support music sector in the North
The Association of Independent Music (AIM) is partnering with Tileyard North, a Wakefield-based creative space, to support the Nor…
Get Paid Guide for music creators published
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published a Get Paid Guide which it says aims to help demystify metadata for music crea…
Rising number of performers seeking mental health support
Calls for sector focus to reduce high levels of poor mental health among performers following a 'destabilising and challenging…
DACS launches national survey of artists’ earnings
Artists across the UK are being invited to take part in a survey intended to gain a better understanding of how they earn their mo…
Chiswick House reveals ‘creative campus’ plans
Chiswick House & Gardens Trust (CHGT) has unveiled plans to create a new learning hub with facilities to support 200 volunteer…
DCMS rules out broadcast-style equitable remuneration for music
Following an IPO-commissioned report, DCMS Minister Julia Lopez says government will not enforce equitable remuneration for music…
Manchester festival commits to supporting grassroots venues
The Music Venue Trust (MVT) has announced an agreement with RADAR Festival for a percentage of every ticket to go towards supporti…
My Gurus: Voices of influence
From radio host to founder of an academy, Melissa Thom has always worked with the voice. Here she pays tribute to some of the insp…
PPL reports record high payments to performers
Collective management organisation PPL paid out £279.6m to 165,000 performers and recording rights holders in 2023. This mar…
Edinburgh Fringe: Accommodation boost for performers
Partnership between Fringe Society and local university forms part of efforts to double number of affordable rooms available to pe…
Music streaming code of practice published
A code of practice to provide clarity over methods of calculating and reporting revenues from music streaming has been published….
