[ICDE Report] Notes Toward a Living: How Groupmuse Builds a Platform Cooperative for Musicians

This ICDE report by Mosa Tsay documents how Groupmuse—a U.S.-based platform cooperative founded in 2013—has supported musicians by organizing over 10,000 house concerts involving 3,000 performers and 65,000 attendees across at least seven cities, including New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Washington D.C., Chicago, and Philadelphia. In 2019 alone, performers earned $84,861 in NYC and $76,533 in San Francisco, with average payments of $146.46 and $170.13 per concert, respectively. The cooperative structure, formalized in 2021, combines lived experience, interviews, and platform data to show how Groupmuse provides dignity, income, and community through live music.

Tsay, Mosa. 2025. “Notes Toward a Living: How Groupmuse Builds a Platform Cooperative for Musicians.” Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy. New York City.

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