Singer-songwriter Maija Vilkkumaa wants to build value and appreciation for pop music - and thus success.

The gender distribution in the Finnish music industry is still changing very slowly. The proportion of women among music creators, performers and producers only grows in small increments from year to year. However, the distributions paid to women are increasing more than the proportion of women. Although the differences are still large, both Teosto’s and Gramex’s statistics show that women’s visibility and earnings in the Finnish music industry are increasing.

Benjamin's road to the top of the domestic pop scene has taken hard work and self-discovery. It was only when he dared to throw himself in - and allowed himself to be a bit of a cringe - that he found his own voice.

From the perspective of the creative sector, the EU AI Act is a good step in principle, but it risks being undermined by the weakness of the associated Code of Practice. The EU’s Culture Council should therefore call for continued work on the Code of Practice at its meeting on May 13th, to ensure the protection of copyright and the creative industries. We hope that Finland will actively push to place this issue on the meeting’s agenda.

For singer-songwriter Anni Pohto, making music is part of a larger battle for self-expression. The artist, who journeyed from Tampere to the iconic Abbey Road Studios, speaks about the revolutionary power of creativity and the deeper significance of copyright at a time when artists' income streams are changing rapidly.

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Gramex’s director Tuomas Talonpoika examines the importance of metadata in his “Music and the Metadata” -series. This second part of the series focuses on the importance of music metadata and its content, such as various identifiers, in the activities and processes of collective management organisations.

Gramex’s director Tuomas Talonpoika examines the importance of metadata in his “Music and the Metadata” -series.

A bunch of artists, from Beyoncé to Céline Dion and Abba to Foo Fighters, have called on Donald Trump to stop using their music in his presidential campaign. Do they have the right to do so?

According to Yuri Dokter, founder and CEO of DJ Monitor, music recognition technologies are the future insurance for music professionals and users. Now he challenges the collective management organisations and music users. Read more!