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There seems to be still confusion about how Iran based musicians do things so here we go (thread):
- Iranians cannot have bank accounts that connect to paypal or any form of international payment service, we can't paid directly by anyone or any entity outside of iran
- Iranians cannot have bank accounts that connect to paypal or any form of international payment service, we can't paid directly by anyone or any entity outside of iran
- We cannot have "large" shipments of physical releases specially vinyl shipped to us, it gets confiscated by the customs.
- even before the pandemic the least amount of time you needed to get a visa for EU was 3, shorter if you had connections
- you had to convince the staff that you''l definitely return, including people vouching for you etc...
- you had to convince the staff that you''l definitely return, including people vouching for you etc...
- you'd go through a financial rectal exam every time, bank records whatever you had, EVERY TIME.
- this visa was just to go some 200 euro gig a lot of people try to cheat you out of
- this visa was just to go some 200 euro gig a lot of people try to cheat you out of
-Who knows what comes, but we're going through the pandemic all of us but here with EVERY paying opportunity inside our country for our music simply gone
-add that to a living in a theocracy that wants our existence wiped, this is a 1000 times worse for female musician.
-now let's see all these years of operation and hardship has done to people like us add to it again personal and mostly mental hardship, keep in mind we chose to stay our ground and do what we do.
-what personal hardships? I was banned from exiting the country and have no passport anymore for example the list is endless for each of us
_so if we sound frustrated, if we email you out the blue, if we seem on edge have all those in mind, have a bit of empathy
_so if we sound frustrated, if we email you out the blue, if we seem on edge have all those in mind, have a bit of empathy
-don't go for handouts or retelling how hard it is for us, cause your editors mostly will get it wrong.
try going for some systemic change in this scene regarding your approach in middle eastern musicians.
We live in a different planet this site makes it appear otherwise.
try going for some systemic change in this scene regarding your approach in middle eastern musicians.
We live in a different planet this site makes it appear otherwise.
We don't you to remind us how hard our lives is, we know it, if YOU know it, try changing things instead of showing off your knowledge of someone's misery to your fellow westerners
