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What is the Fan Alliance?

Fans can be a powerful force for policy and industry changes that artists need for sustainable careers in a rapidly changing industry.

Fan Alliance  is about education and change. Musicians are workers who need living wages, health care and places to share their art. Fan Alliance is building a movement of fans to educate the public and to work together to make change. Fan Alliance will:

1) Educate the public about the challenges and reforms needed to fix a broken music economy. 

2) Invite fans to take action that can make a difference — such as  signing petitions and other actions to make our voices heard.
 
3) Give fans tools to educate others and expand the network.
Support our work

Fair Pay for All Music Creators

Transparency + Accountability from Online Platforms

Control and Compensation for Use of Artists' Work

Fan-Friendly Concert Experiences Free from Predatory Ticket Selling Practices

FAQ

FA is a volunteer grassroots effort created by Donald Cohen, a long time activist with decades of experience in campaigns supporting human rights, a fair economy  and democracy. He is the co-founder of the Rainey Day Fund that provides assistance to BIPOC, LGBTQ+, disabled artists, and others who add to the rich fabric of roots music. He has written about the importance of artists in protecting and advancing the common good and how fans can support artists in the age of streaming.

He serves on the Folk Alliance International Advocacy Committee, the advocacy committee of the Songwriters of North America and the Advisory Board of the Music Media Collective.

He is the Executive Director of In the Public Interest, a national research and policy center focused on public good and democracy. 

Of course, all musicians are music fans!

Fan Alliance partners with artist and other advocacy organizations such as the Artists Rights Alliance, the National Independent Venue Association, Songwriters of North America and others that represent artists and key parts of the ecosystem that working on solutions to create a fair, accessible and sustainable music economy for artists and fans.  

FA is a project of Common Good, Inc. a U.S. based non-profit created to support diverse musicians and artists.

We are funded by donations from individuals and supporters.  We take no industry funds. 

Fan Alliance is a grassroots, volunteer effort. You can donate here.

We only need minimal funds for website hosting, list maintenance and technical support.   Any additional funds received will be donated to artist granting organizations or artist led advocacy organizations. We may occasionally share info about funding appeals from important artist-led efforts.

We won't share or sell our list with other organizations. We may send one or two funding requests per year but if you want to support music financially, give a donation, buy merch, buy tickets or become an ongoing Patreon subscriber to one – or more – of your favorite independent artists.

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