Best Way for Musicians to Survive Amid Pandemic Is to Be Able to Work, Promoter Tells Committee

Best Way for Musicians to Survive Amid Pandemic Is to Be Able to Work, Promoter Tells Committee
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra performs in a parking lot at the Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport on Aug. 5, 2020, during a socially-distanced "drive-in" concert amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Eric Thomas/AFP via Getty Images
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The best way for the music industry to survive amid the COVID-19 pandemic is “to work,” a music promoter told the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on Nov. 27. The committee is studying the challenges encountered by the arts, culture, heritage, and sport sectors during the pandemic.

“To work, to have an album, to promote it, and after that, you make concerts, do shows, because the money … goes back to the artist, the musician, the technicians,” said Solange Drouin, vice-president and executive director of public affairs at Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo (ADISQ)