It takes more than 800,000 streams per month to make the equivalent of a $15/hour job, and the vast majority of music artists on platforms like Spotify never get to that number. I introduced the Living Wage for Musicians Act to fight for the fair pay that musicians deserve.
@RepRashida Can we just skip ahead to UBI already, this socialism one-profession-at-a-time stuff makes no sense
@RepRashida If the music was worth $15 an hour, people would be streaming it more frequently. You don’t determine the value of art, the public that consumes it does. Stop propping up mediocrity with our tax dollars.
@RepRashida They should write better music or get that $15 job....
@RepRashida Great to hear you talking about this. Most musicians are not superstars who get rich from streaming or touring; they are part of the working class and deserve a living wage (or equivalent) just like everyone else.
@RepRashida Americans are struggling to put food on the table and you’re worried about artists you can’t make this stuff up You back a terrorist named Hamas..
@RepRashida Genuinely ugly person inside and out
@RepRashida A total waste of money. Only the best musicians can make a living from it.
@RepRashida Yes we know you want to shut down speech on spotify. That is transparent. Your bill is laughable though.
@RepRashida Virtue-signaling. Musicians don’t simply rely on streaming. Career musicians develop a variety of ways to make a living and more, including songwriting/publishing, performing, doing session work, producing other musicians, licensing their music for use in other media, so on.