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Current mood:  pissed off Category: Music
This is Mike Sanchez sending out an urgent call to everyone, especially all UK citizens who have a right to sign the petition. I am horrified that these kind of things can actually occur! What the HELL is the government thinking?? Please read below: NOISE LIMITERS It has been brought to our attention that new noise legislation is about to be introduced that is likely to virtually destroy live music in the UK.
The government wish to consider it a legal requirement in the new tax year to introduce laws insisting anyone applying or re-applying for an entertainment licence must have a noise control device fitted to the venue.
This will be the final nail in the coffin for pretty much ALL entertainment in the UK as the level at which these devices cut the power off is ridiculously low.
In our experience any venue that has one in use cannot have any electric music as the power is constantly being cut mid-song - and even loud applause at the end of a song can cut it.
Venues are suffering enough as it is without being forced to go to the expense of fitting one of these damned things. Noise limiters are a menace to live music and we expect this is the bright idea of some unelected suit in Brussels that's never been to a gig in their life.
Please sign the petition!
PLEASE DO NOT INTRODUCE THIS LAW, WE LOVE LIVE MUSIC!
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION HERE:
http://petitions.number10...gov.uk/NoNoiseControl/ NOTE: WE HAVE UNTIL 23rd JANUARY TO SIGN THE PETITION!!!!
Below is one of many messages that I've come across on the internet this week! Dear All
I'm sure you’ve probably heard about the following proposals, but rather than jumping on the band wagon, I wrote to both the MU and Live Music UK, two organizations you would have thought would been champing at the bit to stop anything from restricting live music.
The MU said "they would look into it". Live Music UK apparently is supposed to be asking the right questions at a high level, though significantly their web site doesn’t even mention the proposals on their lead page.
Perhaps we are barking at the wring door and should be approaching the brewers about this; after all forget the £60m music industry, andlet’s talk to an industry that probably brings in ten times that amount per annum.
But music is our thing.
Exhilarating, romantic, emotional, colourful live performance.
Such is the mission statement of Live Music UK - you know the organization fronted by the former Undertones lead singer Feargal Sharkey (apologies for spelling)
you would have thought that this organization and the likes of the MU would be fighting the misguided legislation in our midst (see below), as if it reaches the statute book there will be little opportunity for experiencing the above.
As a live music promoter believe it or not I'm not crazy about big volume, but even someone with a minimal understanding of live music must surely realize that with a 75 decibel "clapometer", a live performance will be continually hindered, interrupted etc.
The problems involved are far better outlined below, but I just wondered how many people are aware of this piece of badly thought through and ill conceived legislation that has essentially been brought about to quash fights at late night discos and the like, nothing whatsoever to do with live music!
Here’s the proposal
It has been brought to our attention that new noise legislation is about to be introduced, that is likely to dramatically impact live music in the UK. Noise limiters have been around for many years. In all cases except acoustic music this has resulted in the cessation or severe restriction of live music.
As an example - The sound pressure at a Royal Philharmonic Orchestra concert can be more than some rock bands and is enough to turn the electricity off. How are their electronic devices going to cope. By cheating like everyone else? The regulation of these limiters will come under the control of local councils who are stretched enough trying to manage the governments draconian laws brought into place to destroy the pub and leisure industry.
Enough is enough.
There are enough musicians and music lovers to remove this government from their power. Pity we can't do it by clapping loud enough to cut them off.
There is of course a petition, but it is of course far more effective for pressure groups such as Live Music UK to fight this corner, but the silence if deafening!
The government wishes to consider it a legal requirement in the new tax year to introduce laws insisting anyone applying or re-applying for an entertainment license must have a noise control device fitted to the venue. This will be the final NAIL for ALL entertainment in the UK as the level at which these devices CUT you off is dreadfully low and damaging to musician’s equipment.
PLEASE DO NOT INTRODUCE THIS LAW, WE LOVE LIVE MUSIC!
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION HERE:
http://petitions.number10...gov.uk/NoNoiseControl/
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NOTE: You may also be aware that promoters of live music might soon have to fill in an 8 page document for each concert they promote outlining each musician’s full details from their ethnicity onwards. Whatever happened to the notion of art as being a free expression of creativity?
For all promoters and clients who have previously
dealt with Mike Sanchez directly please now contact Jo Hill:
mikesanchezenqs@aol.com
Tel: +44 (0) 1562 68989
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