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U.S. Women’s Groups Call For Change Following Report Into Music Industry Misconduct

Lars Brandle — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 02:51:04 +0000

"Sound Off: Make the Music Industry Safe” brings to light accounts of sexual abuse, harassment, and misconduct in the business.

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Australia’s Music Industry Beats Election Drum on ‘Once-In-a-Generation Opportunity’

Lars Brandle — Wed, 11 May 2022 02:59:22 +0000

16 Australian music industry bodies lay out a three-point plan which they hope will be carried into the Federal Election and beyond.

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Review into sexual harassment, discrimination wants to hear from Australia’s music professionals

Lars Brandle — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 02:18:21 +0000

A national review to investigate sexual harm, harassment and discrimination in Australia’s music business is forging ahead, with its research team now inviting people to step forward and share their stories. The Review into Sexual Harm, Sexual Harassment, and Systemic Discrimination in the National Music Industry was announced late last year, the goal of which […]

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What things does the craft beer industry share with the music industry?

Poppy Reid — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 00:21:48 +0000

Two weeks ago, a news article popped up in my feed that got my attention. It turns out that the beer industry has got problems with sexual harassment and misogyny. In a survey of 220 beer industry workers, 38% had been harassed at work, and 20% had been sexually harassed. 90% of these were women. […]

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Cultural change in music: How bad behaviour masquerades as culture

Poppy Reid — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 02:13:18 +0000

Putting the spotlight on culture change in the music industry Part 2: Reputation: Bad behaviour masquerading as culture Last month, we published the first in our series exploring cultural change in the music industry, following the myriad issues that have surfaced about serious allegations and instances of sexual assault, workplace harassment, bullying, substance abuse, and […]

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Putting the spotlight on cultural change in the music industry

Poppy Reid — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 00:15:03 +0000

About the Authors Dr Brendan Magee and Zac Zawalski are the co-founders of Ako, a behavioural change consultancy specialising in improving an organisation’s ability to deliver change and improve connection with their employees and community. Ako’s approach draws on research-based data analysis, and cultural change to achieve holistic improvement. Clare Gleghorn is the CEO of […]

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Opinion: The unseen truth of music industry creatives

Poppy Reid — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 00:03:27 +0000

This is not another mental health in the music industry article. Trigger Warning. This article does talk about mental health and mentions suicide. It was mental health week last week and you would have to have your head buried in the sand if you didn’t know there is an epidemic of mental health issues amongst […]

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Feature film ‘6 Festivals’ to premiere on Paramount+ & feature an all-Aussie soundtrack

Vivienne Kelly — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 02:40:55 +0000

Local artists including G Flip, Dune Rats, Alison Wonderland, Bliss n Eso, Peking Duk & PNAU have cameos in the film.

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1 in 3 music industry jobs were lost in the U.K. due to COVID-19 pandemic

Conor Lochrie — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 23:43:09 +0000

A damning new report has revealed that an alarming one in three people in the U.K. music industry lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As per The Line of Best Fit, the annual This Is Music report was published on Tuesday, October 19th, and provided some sobering statistics. It reported that 69,000 jobs […]

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Head of the Hydra: Striking the heart of the music industry’s culture problem

Poppy Reid — Sun, 17 Oct 2021 23:55:51 +0000

For many of us working in the Australian music industry the exposé on ABC TV’s Four Corners last week was no surprise. ‘Everybody Knows’ right, but for some of us who have been advocating for equality and talking about sexism, racism and homophobia for as long as one can remember, the story was like cutting […]

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