Don’t Let It Happen! New live music laws…
You hear about these new music laws all the time but this one seems worth thinking about… an obligatory form that must detail the ethnicity of the crowd expected and the full names and addresses of all performers, among other things. Don’t let it happen people. Scrap the 696.
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The 696 Form compels licensees who wish to hold live music events in 21 London Boroughs to report to the police the names, addresses, aliases and telephone numbers of performers, and most worryingly, the likely ethnicity of their audience. Failure to comply could result in fines or imprisonment. We believe this places unnecessary and frankly Orwellian powers in the hands of the Metropolitan Police, an institution which does not have the best record of racial fairness. The 696 form can only serve to deter the staging of live musical events - a positive form of activity in London and all cities - stifle free expression and quite possible penalise certain genres of music and ethnic audiences. It is an intrusion too far.
Still Holding The Torch
Two of my favourite artists coming together here, Scarface and Bilal, both of them people who I think really see sense… anyway check the vid, it’s powerful - ‘Get Right’
If You Need A Little Inspiration…
… it’s always inspiring and fascinating to hear about the creation of amazing tunes, especially by your heroes.
?uestlove gives his fly-on-the-wall account of Dilla’s beat for Black Star’s ‘Little Brother’
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