🦠 Spotify to let artists add fundraiser links; is the scene worth saving?; VR concerts are coming; Mixcloud, Songkick, Sofar Sounds step up; Impala's 10-point recommendations
Daily update for the music business on the coronavirus (March 26)
Venues open doors as demand for hospital beds grows (IQ Mag)
Here’s a music & cultural cities framework we can all adopt (Sound Diplomacy)
Live shows are canceled—more virtual reality concerts are coming (Complex)
Three days of solitude: live streaming gigs in the age of coronavirus (The Quietus)
Resident Advisor to stream 42-hour virtual rave fundraiser, Club Quarantäne (Resident Advisor)
Industry impact
The scene isn't worth saving: the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the rot in the electronic music industry. Let's tear it out (First Floor)
Can the vinyl & CD business survive coronavirus? (Billboard)
Could the music industry do more to help artists and songwriters whose income has been hit by coronavirus? (Music Business Worldwide)
The US Coronavirus Stimulus Bill gives the music industry a fighting chance (Rolling Stone)
Recording Academy CEO talks industry relief in wake of coronavirus (Rolling Stone)
Impala Covid-19 task force publishes 10-point recommendations (Music Ally)
What are platforms and startups doing?
Spotify coronavirus response includes letting artists add fundraising links to their profiles (Music Ally)
Mixcloud waives revenue share, extends trials (Mixcloud)
YouTube’s Stay Home #WithMe hub gathers music livestreams (Music Ally)
Music startup Sofar Sounds will pay artists for canceled shows (Rolling Stone)
Live music platform Songkick creates listing for livestreams (Songkick)
What are artists doing?
Taylor Swift stuns fans with $3,000 each for their coronavirus hardships (Entertainment Weekly)
How Global Citizen is making superstar music live-streams a daily phenomenon (Variety)
These artists and venues are getting creative to keep the music scene alive (i-D)
Elton John to host iHeartMedia coronavirus benefit concert on Fox (Variety)
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