Generally speaking, musicians don’t tend to see
a connection between politics and their personal efforts to break into/navigate
the music industry. But maybe once in a while they/you catch a few minutes of
the news by accident; in a subpar pizza place, while getting your oil changed,
in a dentist’s office, wherever. And maybe you hear a sound-byte or catch a few
keywords while flipping through a magazine that make is seem like something
might be happening in politics that directly affects your career. But often
times any effort to invest yourself in finding out more, is quickly rivaled by
frustration and boredom with the way journalists and pundits talk about these
issues, so you really on eventually picking up a rumor and using your imagination
to decide what it might mean to you. Everyone knows that the Internet has
brought earth-shaking changes to the music industry that are still playing out,
but in addition to obviously major players in the debate (i.e., record labels,
file sharing sites, bands, Pandora, Spotify, etc.) the government also plays a
major role. Especially because they, for all intents and purposes, have the
final say...if they can manage to ‘say’ anything. There is an organization made
musicians, politicians and various people with other roles in the music
industry called the Future of Music Coalition who aim to get musicians involved
in the politics that effect them and put the current events in terms they can
understand. To find out more, click the link below:
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