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1,000+ musicians including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn and Yusuf Islam/ Cat Stevens are jointly releasing this album today. It’s an album of recordings of empty studios, which is what we’ll get if the government’s plans for AI go ahead.

and please also check out the excellent case studies from artist and songwriter Victoria Canal and producer Catherine Marks (pictured below).

One of my various hats is producing and writing UK Music’s annual economic report, This Is Music, which demonstrates the music industry’s contribution to the UK economy and is published today.

Music contributed £7.6 billion to the UK economy in 2023

Please have a read: lnkd.in/eB8Kkfrt