BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//173.254.29.95//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:http://doobeedoobeedoo.info X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-30573@doobeedoobeedoo.info DTSTAMP:20240319T085012Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Music &\; Event Listings CONTACT:Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi\; 3479631448\; sohrab@MusiciansForMusician s.org\; https://www.MusiciansForMusicians.org DESCRIPTION:Why We Are Asking For It?\n\n\n\n\nRates for performing artists at SxSW haven’t changed in at least a decade\, with the festival paying e ither an entry wristband to the festival OR a paltry $100 for solo and duo acts\, and $250 for bands to perform.\nThe lowest cost badge to attend th e music portion in 2023 costs $795\, while the highest cost pass is $1\,39 5. Music festival wrist bands\, which grant lower levels of access\, still cost a minimum of $149. The music festival regularly draws roughly 30\,00 0 attendees\, and the conference as a whole draws hundreds of thousands of people.\nThe application fee for performers has increased by 37.5% since 2012\, from $40 to $55. In 2022\, 1504 musical acts performed\, out of 500 1 bands and performers who applied. That means SXSW made $275\,055 in 2022 from musician application fees alone.\nOnly 1099 of those 1504 musical ac ts were US artists and so eligible for compensation. SxSW reports that onl y 20% of artists choose to be paid over receiving a wristband. That means that at most\, SxSW paid out $54\,950 to artists\, while stealing $275\,05 5 from artists in application fees. Yes: SxSW takes more money from artist s than it pays out.\nSxSW boast that the 2022 economic impact of the festi val on Austin was $280.7 million. The economic impact of attendance alone totaled $164.8 million\, including ticket sales and goods and services tha t attendees bought while during the conference. The 2019 economic impact w as $355.9 million.\nIn 2019\, the festival was sold to Penske Media\, a ma ssive media corporation that also owns Rolling Stone\, Billboard\, Variety \, The Hollywood Reporter\, Women’s Wear Daily\, and numerous other public ations.\nPenske Media is owned by Jay Penske\, a member of the billionaire Penske family. His father\, Roger Penske\, is the founder of Penske Corpo ration. The Penskes and the Penske Corporation are major donors to former President Trump and other Republican politicians and causes. The Penske Co rporation gave $676\,000 in donations to Republican candidates in the 2020 election cycle\, according to Opensecrets.org.\nIn 2018\, Penske Media ac cepted a $200 million loan from a Saudi Arabian public fund. That same yea r\, the Saudi government assassinated US journalist Jamal Khashoggi.\nJay Penske has refused to answer questions about the loan\, despite the assass ination of Khashoggi and the Saudi’s ongoing war on Yemen. In fact\, in 20 19\, Jay Penske doubled down and co-hosted a yachting event in Saudi Arabi a.\n*The US visa system for cultural workers is broken and requires a larg er overhaul to truly treat non-US artists fairly. However\, SxSW can do fa r more to work toward compensating non-US artists on equal terms as US art ists. Most obviously\, SxSW must compensate non-US artists who hold eligib le visas on equal terms with US artists. Further\, the festival must compe nsate the touring costs of non-US artists whose visas only allow for cost reimbursement\, and aid all non-US artists in obtaining visas that will al low them to be compensated for their SXSW performance. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230531T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230531T130000 LOCATION:PENSKE MEDIA CORPORATION @ 475 5th Ave\, New York SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Rally Action Alert: Let’s Demand for “FAIR PAY @ SxSW!” URL:http://doobeedoobeedoo.info/event/action-alert-lets-demand-for-fair-pay -swsw/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;http://doobeedoobeedoo.info/wp-content/uploads/2 023/05/come_together____by_yungraph-d36prhf-150x100.jpg\;150\;100\;1\,medi um\;http://doobeedoobeedoo.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/come_together__ __by_yungraph-d36prhf-300x171.jpg\;300\;171\;1\,large\;http://doobeedoobee doo.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/come_together____by_yungraph-d36prhf.j pg\;625\;357\;\,full\;http://doobeedoobeedoo.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 05/come_together____by_yungraph-d36prhf.jpg\;700\;400\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nRates for per forming artists at SxSW haven’t changed in at least a decade\, with the fe stival paying either an entry wristband to the festival OR a paltry $100 f or solo and duo acts\, and $250 for bands to perform.
\nThe lowest c ost badge to attend the music portion in 2023 costs $795\, while the highe st cost pass is $1\,395. Music festival wrist bands\, which grant lower le vels of access\, still cost a minimum of $149. The music festival regularl y draws roughly 30\,000 attendees\, and the conference as a whole draws hu ndreds of thousands of people.
\nThe application fee for performers has increased by 37.5% since 2012\, from $40 to $55. In 2022\, 1504 musica l acts performed\, out of 5001 bands and performers who applied. That mean s SXSW made $275\,055 in 2022 from musician application fees alone.
\n< p>Only 1099 of those 1504 musical acts were US artists and so eligible for compensation. SxSW reports that only 20% of artists choose to be paid over receiving a wristband. That means that at most\, SxSW p aid out $54\,950 to artists\, while stealing $275\,055 from artists in app lication fees. Yes: SxSW takes more money from artists than it pays out. p>\nSxSW boast that the 2022 economic impact of the festival on Austin was $280.7 million. The economic impact of attendance alo ne totaled $164.8 million\, including ticket sales and goods and services that attendees bought while during the conference. The 2019 economic impac t was $355.9 million.
\nIn 2019\, the festival was sold to Penske Media\, a massive media corporation that also owns Rolling Stone\, Billboard\, Variety\, The Hollywood Reporter \, Women’s Wear Daily\, and numerous other publications.
\nPenske Media is owned by Jay Penske\, a member of the billionaire Penske f amily. His father\, Roger Penske\, is the founder of Penske Corporation. T he Penskes and the Penske Corporation are major donors to former P resident Trump and other Republican politicians and causes. The P enske Corporation gave $676\,000 in donations to Republican candidates in the 2020 election cycle\, according to Opensecrets.org.
\nIn 2018\, Penske Media accepted a $200 million loan from a Saudi Arabian pub lic fund. That same year\, the Saudi government assassinated US j ournalist Jamal Khashoggi.
\nJay Penske has refused to answer questions about the loan\, despite the assassination of Khashog gi and the Saudi’s ongoing war on Yemen. In fact\, in 2019\, Jay Penske do ubled down and co-hosted a yachting event in Saudi Arabia.
\n*The US visa system for cultural workers is broken and requires a larger overhaul to truly treat non-US artists fairly. However\, SxSW can do far more to w ork toward compensating non-US artists on equal terms as US artists. Most obviously\, SxSW must compensate non-US artists who hold eligible visas on equal terms with US artists. Further\, the festival must compensate the t ouring costs of non-US artists whose visas only allow for cost reimburseme nt\, and aid all non-US artists in obtaining visas that will allow them to be compensated for their SXSW performance.
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