From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V10 #31 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Friday, February 23 2007 Volume 10 : Number 031 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [idealcopy] OT: UK live music petition [Monochromatic Man ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:43:49 +0000 (GMT) From: Monochromatic Man Subject: [idealcopy] OT: UK live music petition > was sent this so thought I'd pass it on. I think > it's important > especially having lived in towns with no alternative > music venues or > alternatives to cover bands. A situation that this > bill seems to be > attempting to ensure is universal in the UK > > http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/licensing/ > > Dear Friends and colleagues, > > 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 > 10,000 > signatures. It currently stands at no. 11 in the > list of 1,702 > petitions on the Number 10 website: > http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/licensing/ > > 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 account 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 > Stevo > Np Velvet UNderground Legendary Guitar Amp Move > Right In > > ___________________________________________________________ What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get a free analysis of your email personality. Take the quiz at the Yahoo! Mail Championship. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:46:20 +0100 From: "Mileta Okiljevic" Subject: [idealcopy] OT - TuxedoMoon I saw TuxedoMoon fourth time in last 7 years - and once saw magnificient Nine Rain with Steven Brown in controls:-) Pure bliss. In every occasion they are nothing less than brilliant. On this tour they played bunch of new songs from forthcoming album, and they sound like MONSTER. If you are fan or respect them from period of Half Mute, Desire and Holy Wars it will be something worth unpatiently waiting for :-) If you like them after that, liked Cabin In The Sky or solo projects, this will be also fantastic stuff Huge and Massive bass with recognizible habitus from Peter Principle, incredible guitar work from Blaine Reininger -with frantic violin work, Luc Van Lieshout and Steven Brown on trumpet, clarinet, saxophones and work of drum machine gig was almost like waiting in Bardo Hotel for our "turn". Incredible version of Some Guys on encore. Also, i picked new DVD Super 8 Years woth band coverage in last 25 years-must for every TM fan. They are in Europe, so check them and catch them if you can :-) i put some photos here.. http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=124995769&blo gID=233467724&MyToken=30439f85-0205-4a26-bffb-8a9fe65639d8 ~ m ~ www.myspace.com/baltazarzauberquelle www.myspace.com/plastelin ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V10 #31 *******************************