Touring doesn’t make up for it.
An important piece of journalism from Stereogum, which puts the lie to the frankly ludicrous formulation that indie bands can just replace streaming revenue with touring. We need actual infrastructure and worker's rights and protections in this industry. https://t.co/L9iFQ1Va4b
— The Paranoid Style (@paranoiacs) April 5, 2022
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Just for transparencies sake & cause I feel comfortable posting this: here is why it is so hard for bands to go to SX !!
— Wednesday (@Wednesday_Band_) March 22, 2022
This is b4 paying 10% $ to the booking agent and not including food expenses
Combination of staying in COVID safe places and gas prices is p devastating pic.twitter.com/7822wQ9N9q
SXSW – a festival that costs plenty to attend and generates millions of dollars – gave this band, and most bands, zero dollars to play. The house show they played in the same city gave em $134.
— Jeff Rosenstock (@jeffrosenstock) March 23, 2022
Fuck that. https://t.co/0Expfdb8By
Sad! 