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  • Streaming Testimonials Survey

    MWA's Streaming Justice campaign is collecting testimonials from music workers who have at least one item available on streaming platforms. Share your experience so we can build a narrative together to fight Big Tech streaming giants like YouTube and Spotify.

    Who should take this survey?

    You should take this survey if you have at least one item available on streaming platforms.

    How will info gathered in this survey be used?

    With your permission, your testimony will be used in a social media campaign to help build awareness and fight for Streaming Justice! We may also ask your permission to share your testimony with policymakers.

    How can I help promote this survey?

    Send the survey to music workers you know! You can also share it on social media. Tag @musicworkersalliance (Instagram) or @MusicWorkers (Twitter)

    Learn more about our Streaming Justice Campaign

    Streaming Testimonials Survey

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Past Surveys

  • This survey was conducted on behalf of MWA Policy & Politics committee in order to present NY State elected officials information on the financial loss touring musicians have faced from touring during COVID. This includes costs from lost wages, travel and lodging costs associated with cancelations, and other non-recoupable costs that fell on the burden of artists to pay for. This survey also allowed for additional information provided by artists, including the barrier to inheriting all the risks associated with COVID touring, at times turning down work because the potential financial risk was too great. The survey showed the average music worker faced over $30K in losses from attempting to tour during COVID, especially the omicron and delta waves.

  • Music Workers Alliance surveyed nearly 300 musicians and DJs in November and December 2020 on their employment status, financial stability and access to relief funds. Findings from the “How Are We Surviving” survey have since been used repeatedly in meetings with elected officials and testimony at the City, State and Federal levels.

    MWA found that nearly three quarters of musicians and DJs surveyed have lost more than 75% of their income during the pandemic. Respondents reported losing more than $8.5M since March 2020. Musicians and DJs receiving unemployment faced significant precarity, with a significant number having depleted their savings, having moved to save money, and considering finding new jobs in other fields. The survey also uncovered the inaccessibility of many relief programs - with only 11% of musicians and DJs having received PPP loans, for example - and how critical unemployment and pandemic unemployment benefits were for formerly working musicians and DJs, most of whom didn’t know when they would get back to work.

    Check out the full report here