New report suggests music producers are overworked and underpaid | Music News

A fair chunk of Australia’s community of music producers and engineers is either overstretched or underemployed, and many are experiencing stress from their behind-the-scenes vocation.

Those are some of the findings from MPEG’s inaugural survey report, published last week (Aug. 30) and based on a survey of members conducted between March and April of this year.

Among the key findings:

• almost one third (31.1%) of respondents characterised themselves as underemployed, while 13.3% work 60-hours weeks or more.

• Also, it’s a predominantly white, male industry.

• 85.8% of respondents are male

• 1.3% are female

• two respondents chose non-binary, or 1.9%

• no-one specifically identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

• 2.8% of respondents preferred not to say or don’t know


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