translated from Spanish: Coronavirus: Spotify joins UMI to help independent artists

The coronavirus pandemic hits the music industry and especially independent artists. That’s why Spotify launched “COVID-19 Music Relief”, a project to help all those affected in quarantine. In this sense, in Argentina the company opened the “Fund for independent musicians” together with the Union of Independent Musicians (UMI); What’s this about? as indicated, the sums of all donations will be doubled by Spotify as part of the alliance. In this way, the company agreed to an initial contribution of $100,000; to join as a donor or beneficiary, you can click here. The first stage will result in providing “direct monetary assistance to independent music who, because of quarantine, have lost their musical jobs and are with zero or reduced economic income.” We believe we are a priority to deal with the humanitarian, trying to meet the basic needs of hundreds of independent multiplexes across the country,” they continued, through their Instagram account.
Meanwhile, UMI members together with other independent organizations will form a committee that will review compliance with requirements to be a recipient of donations. The measure points to those who have a musical activity demonstrated in the last two years, do not have a work in relation to formal dependency that provides income of more than 15 thousand pesos per month and has at least one record released. According to them, when the government authorities allow it, a second instance is planned to organize band and solo shows, which will be broadcast live by streaming and without public. In this note:

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