PRS Foundation grants for everyone

• 12th Aug 2005

This is an appeal to life outside London!
We know you are out there!

This year the PRS (Performing Rights Society) Foundation has roadened the scope of its Live Connections scheme by offering grants of between £500 – £5000 to electronic music artists, for a one-off performance of their work.

The money can be used for anything from a live PA, as part of a club night or as a small part of the funding towards a grander scale event. Applicants can be individual artists or collaborators but you do need to be working closely with a promoter/organisation/club or with a sound
system that will help you deliver your chosen performance.

Previous recipients of Live Connections grants include Kreepa, Brian Duffy, Plaid, Adam Freeland, London Elektricity and I am the Mighty Jungulator, and have been able to put on dynamic and unusual performances, from electro-acoustic installations to full-on techno and breakbeat events.

“Thanks to support from The PRS Foundation we were able to rehearse and promote our show extensively which contributed to us selling out the Jazz Café in Camden on a Tuesday night! We devised a method
of playing our drum and bass show completely live, because it became clear when we were rehearsing that relying on playback from computers or sequencers would take away some of the energy and excitement of the live performance. Although I was a bit nervous about delivering a completely live performance I think it really paid off as we had a antastic response from the audience. We aimed to break new ground in live electronic music with our show and, with the help of the PRS Foundation, we definitely succeeded.”
Tony Colman, London Elektricity

For more information, Please contact Kate at Macdonald kate@lumin.