Ben Green
@bengreenfuz.bsky.social
Researching music & society | MIRC https://www.musicindustryresearch.com | RMIT https://www.rmit.edu.au/profiles/g/ben-green | TASA Sociology of Music https://www.tasa.org.au/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=671860&module_id=638147 | views my own
(2/2) Compare:
- orchestral & theatre musicians
- screen actors - largely freelance, but unionised, & stopped their industry in 2023.
What happened in live music?
How do the factors resonate today?
How have musicians' unions adapted? (Keen to pursue this part, incl good news, more in future)
- orchestral & theatre musicians
- screen actors - largely freelance, but unionised, & stopped their industry in 2023.
What happened in live music?
How do the factors resonate today?
How have musicians' unions adapted? (Keen to pursue this part, incl good news, more in future)
February 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
(2/2) Compare:
- orchestral & theatre musicians
- screen actors - largely freelance, but unionised, & stopped their industry in 2023.
What happened in live music?
How do the factors resonate today?
How have musicians' unions adapted? (Keen to pursue this part, incl good news, more in future)
- orchestral & theatre musicians
- screen actors - largely freelance, but unionised, & stopped their industry in 2023.
What happened in live music?
How do the factors resonate today?
How have musicians' unions adapted? (Keen to pursue this part, incl good news, more in future)
And sponsors? I can't find a list right now, CA'S Venice 2026 page is down.
The official justification - avoiding debate (indeed), and "bringing Australians together" - is horrifying in ways I hope you or someone can articulate, as I'm struggling so far.
The official justification - avoiding debate (indeed), and "bringing Australians together" - is horrifying in ways I hope you or someone can articulate, as I'm struggling so far.
February 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
And sponsors? I can't find a list right now, CA'S Venice 2026 page is down.
The official justification - avoiding debate (indeed), and "bringing Australians together" - is horrifying in ways I hope you or someone can articulate, as I'm struggling so far.
The official justification - avoiding debate (indeed), and "bringing Australians together" - is horrifying in ways I hope you or someone can articulate, as I'm struggling so far.
Civilian employers:
BBC is routinely called the UK's largest employer of musicians, with 400+ (which is less than the Royal Corps? Employed?)
Would any hotel/cruise/casino/theme park chains have comparable numbers? Is their employment more seasonal/short-term?
Curious for any thoughts on this.
BBC is routinely called the UK's largest employer of musicians, with 400+ (which is less than the Royal Corps? Employed?)
Would any hotel/cruise/casino/theme park chains have comparable numbers? Is their employment more seasonal/short-term?
Curious for any thoughts on this.
January 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Civilian employers:
BBC is routinely called the UK's largest employer of musicians, with 400+ (which is less than the Royal Corps? Employed?)
Would any hotel/cruise/casino/theme park chains have comparable numbers? Is their employment more seasonal/short-term?
Curious for any thoughts on this.
BBC is routinely called the UK's largest employer of musicians, with 400+ (which is less than the Royal Corps? Employed?)
Would any hotel/cruise/casino/theme park chains have comparable numbers? Is their employment more seasonal/short-term?
Curious for any thoughts on this.
Musicians in other militaries:
Indian Army boasts hundreds of pipe and brass bands. (This should add up to more than the US total, if separately employed personnel?)
UK Royal Corps 753, China 400+, Australia 160
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Indian Army boasts hundreds of pipe and brass bands. (This should add up to more than the US total, if separately employed personnel?)
UK Royal Corps 753, China 400+, Australia 160
(2/3)
January 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Musicians in other militaries:
Indian Army boasts hundreds of pipe and brass bands. (This should add up to more than the US total, if separately employed personnel?)
UK Royal Corps 753, China 400+, Australia 160
(2/3)
Indian Army boasts hundreds of pipe and brass bands. (This should add up to more than the US total, if separately employed personnel?)
UK Royal Corps 753, China 400+, Australia 160
(2/3)
& any excuse, Whitlam: "all the objectives of a Labor Government... have as their goal the creation of a society in which the arts and the appreciation of spiritual and intellectual values can flourish. Our other objectives are all a means to an end; the enjoyment of the arts is an end in itself."
December 5, 2024 at 6:47 AM
& any excuse, Whitlam: "all the objectives of a Labor Government... have as their goal the creation of a society in which the arts and the appreciation of spiritual and intellectual values can flourish. Our other objectives are all a means to an end; the enjoyment of the arts is an end in itself."
The guts of it is: "Most Australian leaders were not as interested as I was because they’ve never had an emotional event with the arts. ... if you’re talking to somebody who only takes the cabinet papers home at night [and] gets up with the newspapers, you’re wasting your breath."
December 5, 2024 at 6:47 AM
The guts of it is: "Most Australian leaders were not as interested as I was because they’ve never had an emotional event with the arts. ... if you’re talking to somebody who only takes the cabinet papers home at night [and] gets up with the newspapers, you’re wasting your breath."