Great livestream gig tomorrow night from our friends at IKLECTIK, featuring music from: 🎻 Experimental violinist Mia Zabelka 🎸 Guitarist / sound artist Zahra Mani Tune in #LiveOnTheSampler at: bit.ly/3ayER8x

🥳🎉 We are delighted to announce the publication of the Brainstorming Report on the topic ‘The role of culture in non-urban areas of the European Union’. 🥳🎉 The report can be accessed via our website: tinyurl.com/ybo4u4ad #voicesofculture

Nazanin must not be forced back to jail. We, as a country, cannot let this happen. The government must do more to push for her freedom #FreeNazanin theguardian.com/news/2020/may/…

VE Day was the spark for change. Coronavirus could be too theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Grassroots movements can rise during this crisis – Italy’s Sardines group shows how theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Creators Conference 2020 pt.2 youtu.be/NNDhxZfa_6g via YouTube

The first Extra Normal Show on Margate Radio is now online, ft. bangbient classics from @keirneuringer Zahra Mani Mia Zabelka @clairemarianna On-U Sound STROOM scoops Sacred Paws Rock Action paszka & @ManuLouis3 +++ 😎 mixcloud.com/margateradio/m…

Stazione di Topolò _ Postaja Topolove | 2020 stazioneditopolo.it/Postaja-2020/i…

Second day of Klangzeit Festival 2020 (virtual) with an amazing line-up: Zahra Mani + #ElisePassavant #MatthiasForenbacher @rhodritelyn #WolfgangTemmel Me, Claudius. Project supported by Österreichischer Komponistenbund - AACS & ACF London 7.30pm (GMT) youtu.be/22RBuRLmTfc

📢 We're pleased to announce that our members just elected 🗳️a new Board 👇 See our press release and meet our new Board Members here👉bit.ly/3oP44Fq

It's been 6 long years - and I can't believe I can FINALLY share this photo. Nazanin is now in the air flying away from 6 years of hell in Iran. My heart goes out to Gabriella and Richard, as her long journey back home to them gets closer by the minute. #NazaninIsFree ❤️

The ECSA Session has officially started in #Split, Croatia! The ECSA office is now presenting updates from all the yearly alliance’s activities to all the ECSA members! #unifiedsession #updates #composer #filmcomposer

Our contemporary music committee members discussing the #EccoSystem call for grants and the #fairpractice campaign. 📝Please fill out our survey here: bit.ly/3flilrv #ECF #contemporarymusic #composer #songwriter

Good news ! Yesterday, the European Commission published guidelines on the application of EU competition law to collective agreements regarding the working conditions of solo self-employed people. 👉bit.ly/3RlFPKx A thread in 7 episodes👇1/7 Margrethe Vestager

Offener Brief: Erhalt des österreichischen Musiklebens – Einladung zum Dialog - Sign the Petition! chng.it/7bnDn4WQ via Change.org UK

STIM published the current average per-stream royalty rate for songwriters. I note that Apple pays more than twice what Spotify pays and 4 times YouTube’s rate Spotify: $0.0011 Apple Music: $0.0024 Youtube: $0.0006 These fractions of pennies then get divided between co-writers

With 13 authors’, performers’ and other creative workers’ organisations, we urgently call again for a human centric approach to generative #AI, built upon informed consent, transparency, fair remuneration & contractual practices. #AIact statement 👉 bit.ly/3rtE1bv [1/5]

CULT Committee Press just adopted MEP @Ibangarciadb's report “Cultural diversity and the conditions for authors in the European streaming market”. 🟢 ECSA welcomes this crucial report, providing a roadmap towards fair remuneration of music creators. Press release: bit.ly/40XalAS

ECSA welcomes RIAA's legal actions against Suno & udio to safeguard human creativity and promote responsible AI models. We encourage similar legal actions by composer & songwriters' contractual counterparts in 🇪🇺 & beyond. ➡️Statement: bit.ly/4cEkDKR [1/3]