Tag: wellbeing

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Why ‘YouTube Brain’ is a cautionary tale for musicians

'The YouTubers are not okay' is how Vox headlines its latest examination of the creator economy.
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Help Musicians launches Music Minds Matter Explore site

British charity Help Musicians has launched a new website called Music Minds Matter Explore.
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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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Sony Music Publishing launches ‘Songwriter Assistance’ program

Sony Music Publishing has launched a 'Songwriter Assistance' program offering counselling services and wellbeing resources.
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Digital burnout fears: ‘It’s a lot we’re asking of artists’

The streaming and social media landscape brings many opportunities for artists, but also very real risks of burnout.
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Streaming and socials in 2022: audiences, data… and burnout

We are now more than 13 years into the music streaming era, but its workings continue to evolve.
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Help Musicians warns that Covid-19 catastrophe is not over

UK-based charity Help Musicians surveyed British professional musicians a year ago and found that 55% were not earning anything at all from music, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Have things improved? They have a bit:...
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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 Escape conference, it’s an update of a report...
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London Grammar launches ‘meditative mixes’ on Calm

British band London Grammar are the latest artist to work with mindfulness startup Calm, and the interesting thing about this partnership is that their label is fully involved too. Sony Music’s 4th Floor Creative and...
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Arcade Fire launch 45-minute track in mindfulness app Headspace

Remember the days when bands got told off if they made songs that were too long to be played on the radio? When the intended distribution channel is a mindfulness app, there’s no such danger. Witness the new Arcade Fire...
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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 start of the Covid-19 pandemic. That is spurring...
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CleverMind: There’s a ‘new’ Nirvana song written by an AI

If you've listened to Nirvana a lot, you won't mistake 'Drowned in the Sun' for a genuine lost track by them, but you might think it was by a young band wearing their influences a little too much on their sleeves. Which...