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Is this nuts? Have we entered the most twisted era yet of late stage capitalism? Would anybody like to directly stream my catalog but side step the streaming giants?

Paramore’s Hayley Williams was asked by ‘The Molehill’ what it means to be punk in 2025. She gave an insightful answer that basically boils down to: don’t be an evil person. Swipe through to see what Hayley had to say.

📈 Just over a year ago, ICMP launched its first ever tech driven copyright enforcement tool for members - The Anti-Piracy Platform (APP) powered by MUSO. The APP crawls for illegal content and automatically notifies websites, search engines, social media, cyberlockers, bit torrents, payment services and many other digital services of unlicensed use of your graphic rights content online. ICMP paid for set up, giving companies and MPAs worldwide an outstanding tool to protect their rights, at great value. There are now more than 1,500,000 take downs of illegal works online on the APP portal. Great to see. Thanks to Andy Chatterley, CEO of MUSO and ICMP members who continue to trust us with their feedback to make this tool more effective for our industry. You can sign up at www.muso.com/icmp 🌎 🎶

Aye yay yay. Tonight I saw a Story shared by the great @the_dead_dirtbag who spotted a strange looking band on his Spotify. The “band” is Velvet Sundown - a clearly obvious AI creation with a chatGPT style bio, 300k followers, and two weeks of existence. We talked about the new AI music generator @sunomusic last night in regards to Timbaland’s new venture, and Velvet Sundown seem to be another creation on the divisive platform. This is weird stuff, folks.

“When musicians can afford to pay rent, put food on the table, make music and play shows, everyone benefits”. But when they can’t, the entire economy suffers. – Luc Rinald, The Walrus In “The Death of the Middle-Class Musician”, Rinaldi lays bare the quiet collapse of a once-vibrant ecosystem and the plight of the working musician. Not the superstar. Not the side-hustler. The people in the middle who try to make a living—and a life—through music. Why this matters to all of us: *Cultural diversity shrinks when mid-career artists can’t survive. *Creative pipelines close when there’s no path between entry-level and elite. *Mental health suffers in an industry where burnout, poverty, and isolation are normalized. At @reveliosmentalhealth, we’re actively investigating the intersection of mental health and sustainability in the Canadian music industry—because these aren’t separate issues. Economic precarity, chronic stress, and lack of structural support are pushing people out of the work they love, making the music WE love. As leaders, funders, and community builders, we need to ask: *What would it take to rebuild a healthy creative middle class? *How can we invest in the well-being of artists—not just their output? *Where can we shift power and resources to create real, sustainable change? *Who else needs to be supported in the ecosystem? Read the piece (link in bio). Sit with it. Then let’s talk about what’s next. 👇 Drop your thoughts below or DM me if you’re exploring the same questions. #MentalHealthInMusic #CreativeEconomy #CulturalPolicy #Revelios #CanadianMusic #SustainableCareers #LeadershipInTheArts #WorkplaceWellbeing #SupportArtists @annexe.media @reveliosmentalhealth