The Fight for an Equal Music Industry
In the second episode of Amuse’s mini-documentary series ‘Artist Stories’, the artist LNKAY tells us the story behind Musikgäris - a separatistic music collective for women, non-binary and transgender people in the music industry.
With over 3 000 members in the closed Facebook group, Musikgäris functions as a forum and meeting point meant for dialogue and exchange of experience and knowledge, with the purpose to work towards an equal music industry. The collective, that was founded by LNKAY in the fall of 2016, also creates platforms for the members in the form of club nights, events, workshops, and panels. The goal? To no longer have to exist.
“In the best of worlds, a separatistic collective wouldn’t be needed. Equality in the music business would be a given. But that’s not the situation today. And as long as we are needed, we will keep working” LNKAY says and continues:
“It would be great if this portrait of me and my journey could inspire others. If it could make more people reach out and help others, to stand up for each other and raise their voices. Give more people courage. Courage to not stay silent.”
All the music in the episode is created by LNKAY.
Watch the episode here. English subtitles available.
About Amuse:
Changing the game since 2017, Amuse is a music company combining custom-built technology for talent discovery with a passion for empowering the independent community. Offering a smooth take on digital music distribution and artist services, Amuse’s team monitors rising hits and catalogs on a global scale to license and develop the platinum selling tracks of tomorrow.
Born out of Stockholm, Sweden, Amuse was founded by music industry executives with a collective vision to redefine artist discovery and label deals. Today, its open music distribution platform caters to hundreds of thousands of artists across the globe, while the Amuse label manages an ever-growing catalog of 5000+ signed tracks from acts such as U.S. indie sensation Vundabar, platinum-selling Yot Club, rising Canadian rap/R&B artist 80purppp and Turkish chill trap powerhouse Serhat Durmus. Amuse has over 60 employees that operate in the USA, UK and the Nordics.
