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The COVID-19 outbreak has put live music across to a stand still across the globe.

Isol-Aid has stepped in to replace cancelled gigs by streaming direct from the bedrooms, bathrooms, studios of the artists. You can check out the festival over the weekend, by following the artists instagram channels at the dedicated slots listed below.

In a press conference on Friday 20th, prime minister Boris Johnson ordered nightclubs, bars, pubs, restaurants, cinemas, theatres, gyms and similar public, social spaces to close after a week of criticism from bodies such as London’s Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) and Music Venue Trust.

https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/72255

An extract:

His direction was less clear on Monday afternoon, when he “advised” the public to “avoid” “non-essential contact” and spaces like clubs, bars, pubs and restaurants. 

Music Venue Trust has issues an open letter to Boris Johnson amid fears for music industry hit by coronavirus.

This plea follows concerns that the lack of legal restriction on venues subsequently means that they will not be able to stay afloat from insurance for the expected large loss of earnings.

An extract from the letter:

Without a direct decision by the government that Grassroots Music Venues should close, these cultural spaces are opened up to unmanageable risks. Those with insurance cannot claim on it. Those with lease agreements based on trade are in breach of their contracts. Rent, mortgage, rates, VAT, Tax, wages will have to be paid and the entire liability falls on the individual venue operator. We work with those venue operators every day; your announcement has provoked a new public health crisis of unmanageable stress and mental health challenges among this community that was completely unnecessary and could have been avoided.

“The Australian music industry is sending out an SOS”

An Aus music industry taskforce made up of radio stations, including triple j, record labels, tech companies, government groups and promoters has just announced a new initiative, aiming to maintain a basic income for artists you love during the lockdown of live music brought about by the coronavirus outbreak.

Read about the first Sound of Silence announcement on the triple j website, which highlights immediate ways to help Australian musicians. We will keep you posted on the initiative’s next steps.

You’ve got 6 hours to get your wish list ready. Beginning at midnight Friday, March 20th, Bandcamp has pledged to waive its own revenue share of all purchases for 24 hours. The full share of anything purchased that day will go to artists.

Read more about the initiative—and get shopping!

Resident Advisor today published an open letter calling for collective action from the electronic music community. The letter, with 1200 signatories from 5 continents at the time of this writing, inaugurates the #SaveOurScene campaign, which draws together concrete actions for industry professionals and audiences alike to support artists and nightlife communities, sign on to petitions and political actions, and attend the thousands of virtual events popping up worldwide.

An excerpt:

Dance music provides exactly the sense of safety, community and connectedness we’re craving right now. It has given so much to so many. For many of us, it’s how we know our best friends and our partners. It is our main source of day-to-day pleasure, whatever form that takes: listening to mixes on the train, combing Discogs late at night with 25 tabs open, mixing records with friends or playing a gig, counting down the days to a festival or dancing at clubs till dawn. It is one of the things that makes our lives worth living. We believe the world is better because it exists.

Our scene is in more danger now than it ever has been. But it’s also never been more worth fighting for. Whenever coronavirus finally passes, we will return to a world different from the one we left behind. It’s impossible to say what that world will look like, but the people in it will need the values dance music enshrines: inclusiveness, open-heartedness, peace, love, unity and respect. …That’s why, even as so many of us face personal hardship, we call on you, the dance music community, to help #SaveOurScene.

—”Save Our Scene: An Open Letter” | Resident Advisor

Visit the campaign page, and sign the open letter.

Berlin’s UnitedWeStream initiative kicked off last night at Watergate, with sets from Claptone, Jamie Mathew, Jonson feat. XX Isis XX, Monika Kruse, and Yulia Niko.

Organizers note that last night’s Facebook stream alone had a whopping 716,000 visits, with some additional 45,000 streams on ARTE Concert’s Youtube page and other social media channels—giving credence to UnitedWeStream’s aim to be the “the biggest digital club in the world”!

Thus far, the initiative has raised a total of over 103.000 € from over 3100 individual donors to support Berlin’s club scene.

UnitedWeStream continues nightly, 19:00-midnight (Central European Time). Next up:

Thursday, 19 March @ Tresor
Delta Funktionen, CEM, Minimal Violence

Friday, 20 March @ Kater Blau
Mira, iL Civetto, The Sorry Entertainer

Saturday, 21 March @ Pornceptual
Curses, The Lady Machine, Jamaica Suk, Martin Eyerer, Pan Pot

Sunday, 22 March @ Griessmuehle
Acierate, Rebekah, Ellen Allien, Inhalt der Nacht, Tham

Where to give: https://uws.betterplace.org

Los Angeles Nightlife Alliance:

“As the city starts to draft its stimulus bills for various industries, we need to make sure that the voices of those in nightlife are heard. The underground, DIY and queer scenes that LANA supports are some of the most marginalized and invisible at the best of times, and we have to communicate the needs of our community to the city.”

“The Los Angeles Nightlife Alliance is gathering information on the impacts for workers, performers, contractors, and businesses from COVID-19-related business closures and event cancellations.”

“Please provide details for your canceled shifts, gigs, events, and other lost business income, revenue, or work opportunities so that we can share details with city-wide policy makers about the impacts of these closures.”

Los Angeles Survey for Nightlife Workers, Freelancers, Businesses and Patrons Impacted by COVID-19

American author and journalist Ijeoma Oluo is among the organisers of a GoFundMe campaign set up in support of artists in the city hardest hit by COVID-19 in the US, Seattle.

At time of writing funds topped 180, 000, with 100% of this to be distributed to artists who have lost income due to cancellations and work stoppage during the pandemic.

The Seattle mayor’s office has augmented this fundraiser with $50, 000, and announced the Mayor’s Arts Recovery Package, investing $1 million in an Arts Stabilization Fund, and offering a further $50, 000 in available grants.

Seattle and 4Culture Announce New Funding Relief Packages for the Arts | The Stranger | 17th March 2020