You may have heard about a new report called “Fair Music: Transparency & Money Flows in the Music Industry,” which was recently published by Berklee College of Music’s Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship (ICE), as part of its Rethink Music Initiative. (Full disclosure: FMC was part of stakeholder convenings that informed the report, and works with Berklee on educational collaborations like our “How the Money Flows” infographics.)

We are here to change the world.

Can musicians do that? Actually, we do it everyday. As artists, our music inspires people to fight for what they believe in. To fall in love. To remember. To keep evolving.

Musicians and composers have changed the world many times over. Future of Music Coalition empowers these change agents by helping artists tell their truth and stand together as a force for good.

We represent an inclusive, diverse and resilient creative community that embraces change and won’t get fooled again.

We’re winning the fight, one battle at a time.

• We’ve helped musicians understand their revenue flow.
    
• Demystified the policy process so artists can engage.
    
• Kept the Internet open for small business.
    
• Expanded community radio.
    
• Beat back the forces of corporate consolidation in the music industry and elsewhere.
    
• Defended creative speech at the highest levels.
    
• Stood for transparency and fought for fairness on behalf of all creators, and not just the one percent. 

No other group can say that. And we’re not done yet.

Future of Music Coalition and our artist allies understand that change is inevitable. The difference is that we want change to equal progress. And not just for a handful of giant corporations whose business interests aren’t always aligned with artists or fans.

We are in this together.

We fight for musicians. We stand with fans. We are the Future of Music.

Join us.

Sometimes, the internet just seems like a bunch of yelling. Then you discover a new artist or make a connection with a fan and it all makes sense. And it’s not just online—if you’re lucky enough to have a great local radio station, then you know how powerful even old-school technology can be when it comes to falling in love with music all over again.

So why is everyone so doom-and-gloom? Well, if you don’t have a sense of the challenges in today’s creative marketplace, you haven’t talked to a musician. But instead of retreating to our respective corners and waiting for the sky to fall, we think that it’s time to come together. read more