Category: Working in Music

Strike up the band? Music, precarity and the cost of living crisis

by Eilis O'Keefe — Published on 10 February, 2023

Recent months have seen workers across many different industries take strike action in response to below-inflation pay offers in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis that shows no signs of ending, creating uncertainty for many.

What does this mean for musicians in Glasgow and beyond?

Working in Music: 432 presents

by Amelia Macpherson — Published on 16 November, 2022

I enrolled for the Music Industries degree with a background in community music. During my undergraduate studies at the University of Aberdeen, I had spent all of my academic and working life striving to take the formality out of making and experiencing music which I thoroughly enjoyed and continue to pursue, but as soon as […]