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Bandcamp is moving sellers to Stripe, with free daily, weekly or monthly bank payouts and a new fee table. Our maths says small sellers roughly break even, bigger sellers pay a little more on every mid-priced sale, and the clock on PayPal runs out at the end of 2026.
Industryvia Bandcamp
Ditto Music surveyed 5,039 self-releasing artists in 112 countries, and 74% said they earned less than $1,000 from music last year. Putting a song out is now cheap and easy. Getting paid for it is still hard, and the people answering the survey are Ditto's own customers.
Industryvia Ditto Music
The best UK data says three in ten musicians report poor mental wellbeing, and the share roughly doubles between the best-paid and the worst-paid. Music Minds Matter is running a new study in 2026. Here is what the numbers show, what they can't show, and the free helplines open to anyone working in music.
Industryvia Help Musicians
What PRS Foundation, Help Musicians and FACTOR actually fund, who is allowed to apply, how their deadlines work, and the smaller Indian programmes from IFA, Serendipity Arts and the IME. Plus a checklist and an application template.
Industryvia PRS Foundation
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