Vince Power’s Music Festivals first announced that it had suspended trading on its shares, soon followed by the announcement that the company behind the Benicassim and Hop Farm festivals had called in the administrators. The Musicians’ Union have created a downloadable Live Music Kit, containing ‘practical and creative advice’ for venues to boost income from live music.Īlso starting today is The Health & Safety Executive’s cost recovery scheme (FFI): Kevin McLoughlin of The Safety Organisation Limited explains what it means for Event Organisers.Ī ‘cruel summer’ for festivals: The CMU’s weekly editorial sums up what has been a very tough year for the UK’s festival industries. In the media, the Live Music Act, is generally greeted positively, although concerns have been raised by the Noise Abatement Society. Live music and the live music industries in the news: It concerns the fate of musicians employed by cinemas in the 1920s and the role of the Musicians’ Union at this time of technological change. Professor John Izod of the University of Stirling writes this week’s guest blog post, which has a historical bent. ‘Screen Tests: A historical snapshot of the Musicians’ Union and technological change – John Izod’ You can also watch a YouTube video of Hamish Birchall being interviewed by Professor Martin Cloonan at the Live Music Exchange, Leeds event in May 2012. In this guest post, he answers some questions about the campaign and the Act itself, for which many musicians and venues will have cause to be thankful. To mark this event, we delved into the archives to present a blog post by jazz drummer and tireless music campaigner Hamish Birchall, who was a driving force behind the recent passage of the Act. Today – Monday 1 st October 2012 – the Live Music Act 2012 (LMA) comes into effect, which frees up smaller venues to provide live music. The Live Music Act: a blog post from the archives:. Welcome to our weekly digest of live music news and events in industry, academia and more.
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