Eps 7: The habit of not paying women for their work in the music industry
— Sexism in the Music Tech Industry
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Although this is an improvement on previous years, the results have cemented the need for action to tackle the gender pay gap and the gender pay gap - paid bonuses. The music industry will be under fresh criticism when the deadline for UK companies with 250 staff comes and publishes its figures on the pay gap. While the average pay gap between men and women in the music and other industries was 43.3%, promoter Live Nation had the highest gender gap in the industry at 46.1% and promoter Live Nationbebe. The second - highest with 46%.
The figures also show, unsurprisingly, that more men work at the top end of the business than women. This is the second year in a row MBW has uncovered a gender pay gap between men and women in music and other industries.
In real life, the difference is easy to see: on average, women working for one of three major British labels earn 33.8% less than men. The statistics released by MBW today show that the men and women who work for their British organisations read pretty damn well. Today, there is a $1.6 million gender pay gap between women and men at the top end of the music industry, according to a new report by the Institute of Management Studies at Queen Mary, University of London and Allen & Heath.
Let's look back to the 70s, when female singers really started to take centre stage and conquer the charts. Barbra Streisand had an extremely unique voice that has captivated audiences for over 50 years. In the 1970s we were introduced to a whole new generation of singers, from Elton John to Madonna to Beyonce.
Fans can directly support the artists they love, follow their work, post odes to their favorite songs, upload their songs directly to the artist and label, and post and support their love for their favorite artists. You will find a lot of great music videos and songs by women that you will find on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms.
Unlike Spotify and Apple Music, these services allow listeners to stream songs and allow artists to set prices for their work and for those prices. Realistically Bandcamp doesn't do the same as Spotify in terms of subscriber revenue, and it's not the city's independent record business compared to the giant Spotify. Compare that to when there was even music, a place that attracted more engaged listeners.
This cost-effectiveness is described in a 2017 study by Digital Media Finland, which found that pro-rated streaming models tend to use services like this, which retain about 30% of subscriber fees.
Critics say the proportional model disproportionately privileges many artists and labels and leaves little room for women in the music industry, especially women of color and people with disabilities. Most songs on Spotify are listened to by tens of millions of people before they get a fair shake. Record companies and producers and performers, including those who once included song compositions, now see about 10-15% of the pie. The record label, producer and performer, which includes all recordings, share about 55-60% of the fees.
Most famously, Branca himself supported Michael Jackson in his battle for the rights to his recordings. She fought and won a landmark battle as a creator that set in motion a lasting change in pay for artists and songwriters, and she also orchestrated the band's decision to sell and license its entire master recordings catalog to Capitol Music Group in 2016.
Besides her work as an artist's representative, Branca's role as a vocal advocate for women in the music industry is no small feat. It has drawn criticism from record artists who complain they are underpaid for their work, as well as some of the most powerful men in the industry.
Spotify dominates the way we consume music in the 21st century, and some have questioned the claim to democratize the music industry. The figures are consistent with a recent study by the Center for Media and Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley.
Meanwhile, Live Nation UK has seen a fall in the number of women on its executive team. Elsewhere, women are replacing men in key roles such as marketing, sales, marketing and marketing.