Thanks to music advocacy groups, relief package passed by the U.S. Senate will apply to songwriters, sound engineers, independent recording artists, and more
Herbison says conversations kicked off when he received a call last week from Rep. Ted Deutch , the chair of the “Songwriters’ Caucus” — a small group that handles music-industry concerns — in the U.S. House of Representatives.
For the past week, the NSAI, NMPA, and SONA worked closely with Deutch and Sen. Marsha Blackburn — who spearheaded the Senate’s version of Deutch’s efforts — along with other members of Congress to push the music-inclusive stimulus deal in both chambers of the legislative body. Herbison says that though the airline and travel industries were hit first by the coronavirus outbreak, the music industry spiraled into crisis as soon as live events began shutting down across the country. “I heard from songwriters saying, ‘I’ve just lost $14,000 of gigs’ and ‘I literally can’t pay my rent,'” Herbison says. “We had a House Democrat and a Senate Republican signed on board to help us and I’m proud of what we’ve done.
The bill approved by the Senate Wednesday also includes a $25 million package for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in D.C., as well as $75 million for the $75 million for the National Endowment for the Arts. Catch up with Rolling Stone’s earlier reporting on how the coronavirus pandemic has upended the music industry
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