Pete Allen News Letter – July 2023
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Recipients Announced For 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards The recipients of the 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards were announced on Tuesday 30th June at 20:00 The Parliamentary Jazz Awards are organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG) with the support of PizzaExpress Live. The Awards celebrate and recognise the vibrancy, diversity, talent and breadth…
A key strand in the “Salute To Humphrey Lyttelton Tour” that took place from the 18th of November to the 5th of December 2021 is “Create Your Tune”. The National Youth Jazz Collective (NYJC) in partnership with the “Salute To Humphrey Lyttelton“ band are launching the scheme. This scheme is for people of any age…
Arts Council England has been conducting a “conversation” which is arts speak for consultation. The word that should have been used is debate. The consultation has been running for 12 weeks and concludes on the 12th April 2018. The Arts Council asked a number of questions under the following subject headings: Looking to the future…
Review of Arts Council England – Fan Led review -European Touring – AI update – Creative Industries Sector Plan – Agent of Change – Is this the triumph of hope over experience? 1 Review of Arts Council England This section evidences the slipshod and insouciant way that jazz and grassroots musics are is being treated…
Industrial Strategy – Creative Industries Sector Deal Set out below is my response to the recently published (March 2018) Creative Industries Sector Deal that forms part of the Government’s industrial strategy. The document can be downloaded at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/695097/creative-industries-sector-deal-print.pdf 1 Analysis of the Creative Industries Deal The first step in any strategy formulation is to ask and…
I’m one of 1,000+ musicians who are jointly releasing this album to protest the UK government’s planned changes to copyright law, which would hand the life’s work of the country’s musicians to AI companies for free. It’s an album of recordings of empty studios, which is what we’ll get if the government’s plans go ahead….