Music artists’ losses, realizations amid the Covid-19 pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has indeed impacted most industries around the world, the music business not exempted. With community quarantines and lockdowns resulting from the absolute necessity of social distancing to prevent the exponential spread of this novel virus, concerts, promotional tours and live gigs have all been cancelled, adversely affecting the livelihood of artists everywhere. Their managers, road managers, technical teams and other behind-the-scenes industry workers’ bread and butter are likewise affected.

Music Geek asked various artists — from international to local artists across different genres — to elaborate how exactly this global problem has changed their lives and careers, and here are their answers: