The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #79188   Message #1433684
Posted By: Richard Bridge
13-Mar-05 - 12:14 PM
Thread Name: Feedback on the New Licensing Laws.
Subject: RE: Feedback on the New Licensing Laws.
I have sent the following:

"Both to help ensure a burgeoning body of musicians (and singers) who can actually perform, and indeed to assist in the retention of a body of musicians (and singers) who are in touch with the true roots of this country's musical spirit, the need for there to be a licence to perform music without (or substantially without) electrical or electronic amplification in (a) private and/or (b) premises that otherwise require to be licensed under the licensing laws and already are so licensed should immediately be removed.

Measures should also be introduced to remove the dead hand of the PRS from the so-called "singaround" or "session" that is to say performances that take place without (or substantially without) such amplification, are substantially participative, and are largely of music or song that is either traditional or written and or composed by the or some of the participants themselves."