By getting off the ‘take treadmill’, and focusing on core-niche groups of shared interests, producers can create regenerative collective social spaces and new thought. Supporting these new spaces and the cultural outputs of such should be the primary goal of any digital organisation.

The Irish government has rolled out a new “basic income” scheme whereby 2,000 artists, including many musicians, will receive a weekly payment of €325 ($329.44) to help with their living expenses and professional costs.