Aliènor

@alienor-music.bsky.social

Keyboardist, songwriter, producer from Germany. Aliènor is a progressive-oriented rock music project with international collaboration. https://www.youtube.com/@Alienor-music https://www.alienor-music.de

After a trial over the last few years, Ireland has launched a permanent scheme giving a basic income of €325 a week for artists. 2,000 will be eligible, and successful recipients will be chosen at random from applicants, who must be "professional artists" (definition tbc).

Ireland announces scheme to provide basic income for artists

The Basic Income for Artists (BIA) project is believed to be the first permanent one of its kind in the world.

bbc.co.uk

Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice." Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.

There are actually some trying, @charlielynch.bsky.social . But it’s getting harder. My offer to collaborate on a project was turned down by musicians twice. People prefer to stay „neutral“ or do not agree with values like human rights, freedom, anti fascism. People are afraid to take a stand.

Charlie Lynch@charlielynch.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Wouldn’t it be good if rock music was creatively responding to the ghastly international situation, and the greed and chauvinism and monstrosities fuelling it. Anything to say? My expectations must be old fashioned.

Whenever I read a discussion about A"I" in #music I feel like there's a certain percentage of people who defend the blatant plagiarism of "generative" A"I" as the same thing as being influenced by the artists you listened to. There is absolutely no comprehension of artistic expression involved.