I feel for artists dealing with the expectation that ‘musician’ is synonymous with ‘content creator’. The pressure to stay in people’s algorithms, especially the last 2 years.
If this is happening at the top, imagine what’s being asked of artists still finding their voice.
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Given that this involves the death of a young man, reports of conflicting accounts from the police, and what most outlets are willing, sometimes, to call a national crisis, it feels like this should be a really, really big story in Australia today
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"You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do."
Anne Lamott
#ReligionDiscriminationBill
The two bills the Scott government has chosen to prioritise - religious discrimination and social media defamation - are both completely unnecessary, poorly drafted and don't address any actual needs. Performative lawmaking, nothing more.
A thread about Parliament, power and photo ops.
When I was 20, I visited Parliament with a group of young women advocating for gender equality.
We were told we would meet Scott Morrison. We waited next to groups of school kids. He went around the circle posing with each group.
7.6M streams = $22,800. We own our masters so we keep 100%, divided by 3 band members = $7,600 income for 2021. Did you know we got a 10.0 on @pitchfork? To calculate your own #SpotifyUnwrapped multiply streams by $0.003, divide w/label and bandmates https://t.co/TU3LBIkxgn