Live looping on national telly was not something I expected to be asked to do hahaha thanks
@70_twenty_10 for the link up ❤️
Yesterday I was on the BBC performing and talking in favour of
@mvt ’s proposed ticket levy on big arenas to go back into grassroots music venues and support the artists. ❤
Being brutally honest, the current state of the industry and my choice to prioritise original music means that I’m earning absolute peanuts.
That, along with the ✨cozzie livs✨ and rocketing rent prices is causing me insane amounts of stress and meaning I’m literally living hand to mouth.
Every waking minute I’m working or trying to find work. Burnout just feels like part of the job at this point and I know most people prioritising their original music feel the same.
As artists we live extremely precarious lives, constantly making compromises between money, time, and our own well-being. Supplementing my income with teaching, facilitation, covers gigs and applying for funding (which is insanely oversubscribed) takes up precious time in which I could be honing my craft or creating more music.
This is no new story for musicians and most people working in the arts, many people have second jobs in order to get by. The UK is absolutely teeming with talent and this government and the music industry who are making billions off homegrown talent need to get behind the arts if they don’t want it to completely disappear. People’s wellbeing and their livelihood are at stake.
Quote from
@musicvenuetrust below
‘Music Venue Trust has been vociferously campaigning for the wider live music industry to financially support the grassroots music sector, proposing that every ticket sold at for a concert at an arena or stadium should make a £1 contribution to support the grassroots – venues, artists, local independent promoters – to ensure that the sector can not just survive but can thrive.’
The Premier League funds grassroots football. The music industry must fund grassroots music.’
