Save Live Music Laws! Type: Music - Live Music Description: MUSIC PETITION 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 go to the government's petitions website below, 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. The live music/licensing e-petition now has nearly 31,700 signatures. It currently stands at no.19 in the list of 1,702 petitions on the Number 10 website. 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.
website: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/licensing/
Thanks!Spread this far and wide, current number of signatures is around 60,000 - CheersRio 5
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Bigger and better...
Thats the only way I can describe The County, Saltergate, every time we play there more people turn up and have a fantastic night... and with a re-furb coming AND having live music on Friday's AND Saturday night, things are looking good for them and us.
It was nice to see Lee & Jemma (they've booked us for their wedding, 11 weeks guys!) make the journey from Ashbourne with some of their wedding party, there was a birthday party in the corner who stayed all night plus the usual crew plus some new friendly faces, hello you lot.
So we've got a couple more gigs booked in at The County (don't ask me the dates 'cos the Vodka had kicked in by then) and we've been approached by numerous other sources (apparently we're not bluesy enough for a Wednesday but too rocky for a Saturday ?!? dunno) and there's rumours that we might, and it's very slight, be going to Shropshire for a gig... Blimey, how the word has spread - The Legendary Rio 5 Experience - coming soon to a Town/City near you, ha ha!
Next gig, Sat 31st March @ The Oak... it's Adele's birthday so we'll no doubt have some fun.
Laters!
Thats the only way I can describe The County, Saltergate, every time we play there more people turn up and have a fantastic night... and with a re-furb coming AND having live music on Friday's AND Saturday night, things are looking good for them and us.
It was nice to see Lee & Jemma (they've booked us for their wedding, 11 weeks guys!) make the journey from Ashbourne with some of their wedding party, there was a birthday party in the corner who stayed all night plus the usual crew plus some new friendly faces, hello you lot.
So we've got a couple more gigs booked in at The County (don't ask me the dates 'cos the Vodka had kicked in by then) and we've been approached by numerous other sources (apparently we're not bluesy enough for a Wednesday but too rocky for a Saturday ?!? dunno) and there's rumours that we might, and it's very slight, be going to Shropshire for a gig... Blimey, how the word has spread - The Legendary Rio 5 Experience - coming soon to a Town/City near you, ha ha!
Next gig, Sat 31st March @ The Oak... it's Adele's birthday so we'll no doubt have some fun.
Laters!
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