This is a guest post from Piers Henwood, a GRAMMY and JUNO-nominated artist manager and musician. Here, he writes about the implications of the pressure placed on artists to succeed in a needy industry and an always-on culture – and he also picks apart our own expectations, as fans.
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The Sandbox Guide to… TikTok without the burnout
TikTok is a hit machine: designed for international virality, with music at its core. It’s no surprise that it’s become the music industry’s social media focus – and thus potentially a path to artist burnout. So how can you support artists to make short-form videos in a way that’s healthy for everyone involved? We spoke to […]
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“999 Stories of Mental Health” campaign launched in memory of Juice WRLD
It’s Mental Health Awareness Month in the USA, and a new “testimonial awareness campaign” called “999 Stories of Mental Health” has been launched by Carmela Wallace
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Help Musicians launches bullying and harassment helpline
UK charity Help Musicians is launching a dedicated helpline focused on bullying and harassment within the music industry.
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US attorneys general launch investigation into TikTok
Yesterday, we reported on Joe Biden’s announcement of plans to ‘hold social media platforms accountable’. Now a group of attorneys general are getting in on the act.
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US signals plans to ‘hold social media platforms accountable’
Some of President Biden’s remarks in his speech yesterday have relevance to our industry, and some of the biggest tech platforms around it.
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More musicians express concerns about social media overload
Worries about content burnout for musicians have been very much on our radar recently, and now the Guardian has a talked to artists about their fears.
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MMF updates its Guide to Mental Health for managers and artists
The UK’s Music Managers Forum (MMF) has release an updated version of its guide to mental health for managers and artists. Unveiled yesterday as part of the online The Great […]
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Help Musicians is expanding its Music Minds Matter service
British charity Help Musicians says that its Music Minds Matter phone line, which offers mental health support to musicians, has seen a 65% spike in requests for help since the […]
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Help Musicians warns of a ‘hidden mental health crisis’
UK-based charity Help Musicians has published its latest survey findings, and they are bleak indeed. The charity canvassed more than 700 musicians in the UK about their mental health, and […]
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Sandbox Issue 270: Always-on my mind: how do artists avoid social media burn-out?
Lead: Always-on my mind: Artists have long accepted – sometimes reluctantly – that their role includes intimate direct-to-fan digital connectivity, usually via Social Media. Grinding out content on multiple platforms, each with unique creative, time, and emotional pressures, was a stressful enough existence before Coronavirus made the need to be always-online seem all the more urgent. […]
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Tonic Rider aims to support musicians with mental health
As the Covid-19 pandemic and its live-music lockdowns in many countries continues, there is still a great deal of concern about the wellbeing of musicians and their teams. But thankfully […]