“It’s not friendly to musicians, adding another expense to already struggling venues by making them invest in ear protection,” Kane said. “There’s a lot of ways that the music ecosystem could be assisted by city government, and this proposed bill is … you could say it’s tone-deaf.”
Kane would like to see the city support the music community through things like artist grants, more affordable housing and universal basic income. She said she’s grateful for SMASH, a local nonprofit that provides free and low-cost health care to musicians — including free hearing screening and custom-fitted earplugs.
“Nobody is saying hearing protection is a bad thing,” Su said. “I think there
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