music banning by Big Brother!
Mr.Boombastic | 30.08.2007 09:07 | Repression
Dear Friends,
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING
There is a government move to make it very difficult for musicians to
perform live in small venues, or for schools, pubs and charities to
raise money for causes through musical events. The new legislation will
inhibit the central role music making has in our lives and communities. If
you circulate this to your musician (and non-musician!) friends, all
each person has to do is click on the link to the government s petitions
website, give your name, email and address it takes about 30 seconds.
And it could make a vital difference to the nurturing of community
music making, and enabling young musicians to find their feet in the
performing world. Please see the link below.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING
There is a government move to make it very difficult for musicians to
perform live in small venues, or for schools, pubs and charities to
raise money for causes through musical events. The new legislation will
inhibit the central role music making has in our lives and communities. If
you circulate this to your musician (and non-musician!) friends, all
each person has to do is click on the link to the government s petitions
website, give your name, email and address it takes about 30 seconds.
And it could make a vital difference to the nurturing of community
music making, and enabling young musicians to find their feet in the
performing world. Please see the link below.
Please circulate
The live music/licensing e-petition now has nearly 3,500 signatures. It
currently stands at no.19 in the list of 1,702 petitions on the Number
10 website:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/licensing/
PLEASE SIGN IT
This is good, especially in just under a month - and there are five
more months in which people can sign. But the petition needs to do much
better to make an impression on ministers, and to encourage DCMS to
implement music-friendly amendments.
The petition is for everyone, not just musicians. Please consider
signing if you haven't already done so. If you have signed, encourage
friends to sign.
Points to remember about the new legislation:
a.. The unlicensed provision of even one musician is a potential
criminal offence (although some places are exempt, including places of public
religious worship, royal palaces and moving vehicles). Max penalty:
20,000 fine and six months in prison.
b.. The rationale is to prevent noise, crime and disorder, to ensure
public safety, and the protection of children from harm.
c.. But broadcast entertainment, including sport and music, is exempt -
no matter where, and no matter how powerfully amplified.
d.. In the transition to the new regime, bars with jukeboxes, CD
players etc were automatically granted a licence to play recorded music; but
their automatic entitlement to one or two musicians was abolished.
e.. For the first time, private performances raising money for charity
are licensable.
f.. School performances open to friends and family are licensable -
they count as public performances.
g.. Under the old regime all premises licensed to sell alcohol for
consumption on the premises were automatically allowed up to two live
musicians (the 'two in a bar rule').
h.. In December, DCMS published research confirming that about 40% of
these have lost any automatic entitlement to live music as a result of
the new Act:
'Very few establishments that wanted a new licence were denied it, and
many who were previously limited to 2-in-a-bar now have the ability to
stage music with 2 or more musicians... This contrasts, of course, with
the fact that 40% of establishments now have no automatic means of
putting on live music (i.e. they would have to give a TEN).'
['Licensing Act 2003, The experience of smaller establishments in
applying for live music authorisation', December 2006', paragraphs 6.1.1 and
6.1.2 'Conclusions', p54; Caroline Callahan, Andy Martin, Anna Pierce,
Ipsos-MORI]
'TEN' stands for Temporary Event Notice - in effect a temporary
entertainment licence. Only 12 are allowed per premises per year. They cost 21
each. See the full MORI reports on this site:
http://www.culture.gov.uk/Reference_library/Research/research_by_dcms/live_music_exec_summary.htm
in peace and with love, john
The live music/licensing e-petition now has nearly 3,500 signatures. It
currently stands at no.19 in the list of 1,702 petitions on the Number
10 website:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/licensing/ PLEASE SIGN IT
This is good, especially in just under a month - and there are five
more months in which people can sign. But the petition needs to do much
better to make an impression on ministers, and to encourage DCMS to
implement music-friendly amendments.
The petition is for everyone, not just musicians. Please consider
signing if you haven't already done so. If you have signed, encourage
friends to sign.
Points to remember about the new legislation:
a.. The unlicensed provision of even one musician is a potential
criminal offence (although some places are exempt, including places of public
religious worship, royal palaces and moving vehicles). Max penalty:
20,000 fine and six months in prison.
b.. The rationale is to prevent noise, crime and disorder, to ensure
public safety, and the protection of children from harm.
c.. But broadcast entertainment, including sport and music, is exempt -
no matter where, and no matter how powerfully amplified.
d.. In the transition to the new regime, bars with jukeboxes, CD
players etc were automatically granted a licence to play recorded music; but
their automatic entitlement to one or two musicians was abolished.
e.. For the first time, private performances raising money for charity
are licensable.
f.. School performances open to friends and family are licensable -
they count as public performances.
g.. Under the old regime all premises licensed to sell alcohol for
consumption on the premises were automatically allowed up to two live
musicians (the 'two in a bar rule').
h.. In December, DCMS published research confirming that about 40% of
these have lost any automatic entitlement to live music as a result of
the new Act:
'Very few establishments that wanted a new licence were denied it, and
many who were previously limited to 2-in-a-bar now have the ability to
stage music with 2 or more musicians... This contrasts, of course, with
the fact that 40% of establishments now have no automatic means of
putting on live music (i.e. they would have to give a TEN).'
['Licensing Act 2003, The experience of smaller establishments in
applying for live music authorisation', December 2006', paragraphs 6.1.1 and
6.1.2 'Conclusions', p54; Caroline Callahan, Andy Martin, Anna Pierce,
Ipsos-MORI]
'TEN' stands for Temporary Event Notice - in effect a temporary
entertainment licence. Only 12 are allowed per premises per year. They cost 21
each. See the full MORI reports on this site:
http://www.culture.gov.uk/Reference_library/Research/research_by_dcms/live_music_exec_summary.htm in peace and with love, john
Mr.Boombastic
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