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)