Covid-19

[Jerome]

Spare a thought for those people creating music but who also rely on it for their livelihoods and to pay the bills. They are now in a very precarious situation. First streaming services like Spotify have decimated their income by paying them virtually nothing for their efforts while they take the lion's share of the profits. The one revenue stream open to them was live performances and concerts. Now that's gone as well. Tricky times ahead and a lot of independent musicians will be moving out of the industry into other areas for sure. They don't have a choice. No gigs = no money. There are hundreds of thousands of bars across the world who regularly have live music. No more. It's quite bloody sad.