How the Central Sydney independent musicians use pre-established ‘online DIY’ to sustain their networking during the COVID-19 pandemic

Quader, Shams Bin

doi:10.1080/13216597.2021.1989703

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“…As Scharff states, “the neoliberal self is an entrepreneurial subject” (p.16) (Scharff, 2017 ). It could be argued that the majority of our participants demonstrated such an entrepreneurial attitude to their work in some way, as may be typical of the nature of a freelancer career which requires one to be autonomous and self-directed (Quader, 2021 ; Storey et al, 2016 ). However, what was particularly interesting in our analysis was that those who were Black, Indian, or from a mixed ethnic background created their own cultural opportunities (paid and unpaid), rather than relying solely on freelance contracts, employment (part or full-time), or supplementary work.…”

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Understanding changes to perceived socioeconomic and psychosocial adversities during COVID-19 for UK freelance cultural workers

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There is a dearth of qualitative research exploring how freelancers working in the cultural industries have been affected during COVID-19. In particular, there is a lack of research exploring how socioeconomic and psychosocial adversities may have changed or evolved, and how these changes have been perceived and subjectively experienced by freelance cultural workers. This study builds on qualitative interviews carried out in July–November 2020 ( n = 20) by exploring findings from follow-up interviews conducted in May–July 2021 ( n = 16). It presents an inequality of experiences connected to a range of socioeconomic and psychosocial factors, showing how some freelancers experienced small changes (e.g. to the kind of work carried out), with others experiencing major changes (e.g. leaving the sector completely). It concludes with a call for highly bespoke financial and psychological support, as well as a need to rethink what cultural value is for this workforce in the “new normal”, considering changing valuing processes.

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“…Recent work by Daffern et al (2021) on the experiences of group singers in choirs moving their work online during COVID-19 suggested that the online space struggled to meaningfully replicate the benefits-what they described as the 'magic'-of in-person music making. Indeed, as suggested, we saw many musicians over the first year of COVID-19 respond innovatively by performing live online or conducting songwriting sessions over Zoom, with findings from Australia, for example, suggesting these transitions online had only a limited impact on musicians' activities (Quader, 2021). However, media reports from this period suggested that, for many musicians, the experience was one of loss.…”

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‘Losing Work, Losing Purpose’: Representations of Musicians’ Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19

Musgrave¹

2022

Music Business Research

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Driven by a growing academic and professional interest in the subject over recent years, discussions concerning the mental health and emotional wellbeing of musicians have been prevalent in popular media over the course of the coronavirus pandemic. Much of the recent research into how musicians have coped emotionally during COVID-19 has been driven by the professional and charitable sectors. This chapter-building on work by Brunt and Nelligan (Media International Australia 178:42-46, 2021)-draws on media representations of the mental health of musicians based in the United Kingdom over the first year of the pandemic between March 2020 and March 2021, examining key themes from newspaper articles/ websites, online web seminars, musicians' own blogs and social media. It suggests that musicians' mental health challenges were broadly presented in two key ways: (1) employment-related anxieties concerning loss of income, how their work was being treated vis-à-vis self-employed income support and fears about their futures and (2) status-based existential anxiety relating to a loss of meaning in their lives. This duality has been encapsulated as losing work and losing purpose (Littlewood, HuffPost UK, 2020). The chapter concludes by interrogating what these anxieties tell us about how musicians and musical work are seen and understood.

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industries of Brisbane and an evaluation of the policy response

Browning,

Darchen

2024

Australian Planner

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How the Central Sydney independent musicians use pre-established ‘online DIY’ to sustain their networking during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 5 publications

References 23 publications

Understanding changes to perceived socioeconomic and psychosocial adversities during COVID-19 for UK freelance cultural workers

Understanding changes to perceived socioeconomic and psychosocial adversities during COVID-19 for UK freelance cultural workers

‘Losing Work, Losing Purpose’: Representations of Musicians’ Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industries of Brisbane and an evaluation of the policy response

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