Thank you to the nearly 100 musicians that participated in the South Florida Musician Survey. The results are in, and they are not surprising. The greatest concerns that musicians have are job security, pay rates, and finding enough work to make a living. There were also frequent complaints that musicians work at the whim of READ MORE

AFM Entertainment, the AFM’s Online Booking and Referral Service AFM Entertainment is accepting registrations from AFM members who are solo artists or leaders of self-contained bands and ensembles. AFM Entertainment, our online booking and referral service, will handle all communications with a potential purchaser (e.g. the father of the bride). Every gig will be a READ MORE

IATSE is gaining support off-Broadway. They have been voluntarily recognized at the Vineyard Theatre and won elections for crews at Titanique and the Atlantic Theater Company. They also have elections pending at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, as well as at Little Shop of Horrors. Toyota workers in Missouri have filed to be represented by READ MORE

The number of indie record shops in the UK is growing, according to a study by the Digital Entertainment and Retail Association. The number of indie shops has grown by 25 percent since 2014, to 461. However, the total number of stores selling music has declined precipitously from over 15,000 in 2016 to under 2,000 READ MORE

New, Reinstated, and Resigned members for March 2024: New Members: none Reinstated Members: Resigned Members: none Deceased Members: none

I Am A Business When we start as a working musician, we often said we’re not good at business; we’re a musicians. Predictably, those words quickly become unfortunate reality. After being stung a couple of times, we decide to start saying “I’m going to get better at business.” The big realization eventually comes to us: READ MORE