Ricerc@Sapienza

Over the past ten years there has been a multiplication of digital technologies and webplatforms that enable to autonomously manage fund-raising, production, promotion, and distribution of musical projects. Such tools are often said to extend self-production and make it more efficient, allowing DIY musicians to more easily combine autonomy and sustainable income so as to develop DIY careers. However, the potential opportunities opened up by

Over the past ten years grassroots music production has been incentivized by an increasing number of web-platforms that allow to autonomously manage music promotion and distribution. The adoption of such tools has been fostered by the promise to facilitate the development of sustainable DIY careers, however is widely debated ‘how much’ and ‘for who’ they are actually able to do so, especially considering the wider changes affecting music production.