Campaign for Live Music

Subject: Campaign for Live Music
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 28 Aug 01 - 10:13 AM

There have been a lot of threads about the problems music sessions in some parts of England are having with Public Entertainment Licences being required, and so forth.

The threads have got pretty long, and inevitably repetitious. But for anyone who is at all interested in this, but who might have stopped following the discussion, here is a very useful link to an organisation which has been set up set up to fight this through,The Campaign for Live Music (CaLM>

So as well as posting this in the aforementioned threads, I've posted it here in its own thread, to give it a better chance of being seen. And acted upon.

Incidentally, does anyone else have the same problem I have with writing Pubic Entertainment Licence by mistake, and the spellchecker missing it? Only just caught it at the last moment this time. (Mind you the PEL legislation does include provision for lapdancing, so as mistakes go it's not that far adrift. But not in any sessions I've encountered as yet.)

Subject: RE: Campaign for Live Music
From: The Shambles
Date: 28 Aug 01 - 10:38 AM

Yes, I have wriiten letters to the council with PUBIC.

It does not seem to make much difference to the reply however?

Subject: RE: Campaign for Live Music
From: Ditchdweller
Date: 28 Aug 01 - 02:16 PM

Just looked at the CaLM website and noted that Camden Council are one of the worst London offenders. This reminds me of a story I would like to know the truth of. Apparently, in the '80s Camden Council tried to get the Educational Charity status of EFDSS removed because being the "English" Folk Dance and Song Society, they were being "Racist". It is a story I have heard from several sources and wonder if it is true?

Subject: RE: Campaign for Live Music
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 28 Aug 01 - 02:27 PM

Sounds to me like a lot of the urban legends about such things that go round, and aren't actually what they seem.

Even if it were true, that's a separate issue - this PEL business hits all kinds of music, regardless of race, colour, creed or for that matter, quality.