Industry Veteran Stefanie Taub was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund. In her new role, Taub will oversee the Fund’s collection and distribution of more than $45 million annually in royalties to non-featured musicians and vocalists.
Musicians lost a good friend and one of our strongest champions of the arts.
A union musician for almost 20 years, the Phoenix Symphony principal clarinetist Alexander Laing talks about the power of equity in the arts.
Digital radio makes billions of dollars a year from music made before 1972. Yet, because of an ambiguity in copyright laws, many artists receive nothing. The CLASSICS Act would correct this inequity to ensure musicians who made this music finally get their due.
The 2019 budget completely eliminates the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
A proud and longtime member of New York City Local 802, Tania León celebrates diversity in composing and life.
AFM joined with other members of the music community today to urge Congress to pass a unified piece of music legislation in 2018.
The Toronto Local 149 members head out on the road with a new album, new tour, and big ideas.
After musicians and music lovers joined together to tell ABC, CBS, and NBC to Respect The Band—the networks have finally agreed to discuss paying live television musicians for ad-supported streaming.