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Our response to the COVID-19 pandemic
To our friends, colleagues, customers and fellow performers
A return to routine does not appear to be likely any time soon. As long as social distancing remains a necessary fact of life, activity in the performing arts is likely to be significantly diminished.
The prognosis is not encouraging; apart from the obvious personal and artistic consequences of a sustained period of inactivity, the nature and aesthetic needs of a post-pandemic culture are far from clear.
Among the many problems I can see coming our way, the following present themselves as particularly pertinent.
1) Events, even when they are permitted, will not be financially viable whilst social distancing is in place
2) Many venues and traditional places of performance will cease operating.
3) Audiences will lose the habit of or de-prioritise live performance attendance.
In an effort to mitigate the above I would like to introduce our "Performance Interruption Project".
The aims of our project are simply to
1) Promote, encourage and explore any possible avenues for live performance
2) Support creativity directed to acquiring new audiences
3) Assist venue and event viability
To that end I can offer all of our physical resources here at FB Music and Media free of charge for the duration of the project. Our stages, lights, PAs, audio and video recording facilities, outdoor event structures and post production facilities will be available to performers, venues and event organisers to further the project aims. Furthermore, we will subsidise our HR costs by reducing charges from £40.00ph to £15.00ph.
I sincerely hope that, whilst not by any means a solution, this project can offer a degree of resistance to the negative impact of an extremely difficult situation.
Paul Stevenson MA, LGSM, GDJCM, PGCE
Managing Director, FB Music and Media Ltd
May 2020
A return to routine does not appear to be likely any time soon. As long as social distancing remains a necessary fact of life, activity in the performing arts is likely to be significantly diminished.
The prognosis is not encouraging; apart from the obvious personal and artistic consequences of a sustained period of inactivity, the nature and aesthetic needs of a post-pandemic culture are far from clear.
Among the many problems I can see coming our way, the following present themselves as particularly pertinent.
1) Events, even when they are permitted, will not be financially viable whilst social distancing is in place
2) Many venues and traditional places of performance will cease operating.
3) Audiences will lose the habit of or de-prioritise live performance attendance.
In an effort to mitigate the above I would like to introduce our "Performance Interruption Project".
The aims of our project are simply to
1) Promote, encourage and explore any possible avenues for live performance
2) Support creativity directed to acquiring new audiences
3) Assist venue and event viability
To that end I can offer all of our physical resources here at FB Music and Media free of charge for the duration of the project. Our stages, lights, PAs, audio and video recording facilities, outdoor event structures and post production facilities will be available to performers, venues and event organisers to further the project aims. Furthermore, we will subsidise our HR costs by reducing charges from £40.00ph to £15.00ph.
I sincerely hope that, whilst not by any means a solution, this project can offer a degree of resistance to the negative impact of an extremely difficult situation.
Paul Stevenson MA, LGSM, GDJCM, PGCE
Managing Director, FB Music and Media Ltd
May 2020