Sound Board
Throughout 2008, The Sound Board project will support the many exciting events organised by Liverpool's independent music sector.
These people include:
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Venue owners
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Music promoters
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Musicians playing in the city
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Clubs
The Sound Board aims to encourage the independent music sectors to take risks with their artists and audiences but will provide a guarantee against loss in those cases where the experiments are not successful. The aim is to grow both the audience and the variety of work that is presented in Liverpool.
The panel will consist of a minimum of four people, each month's panel will be made up from the people who received funding in the previous month. This means that it is not possible to apply to the panel in consecutive months.
The panel will meet on the first Wednesday of each month (starting Wednesday 9th January 2008) and look at proposals from venues, artists and promoters. The maximum sum that can be applied for is £500 guarantee-against-loss. Each month a maximum of £1500 is available for grants.
Criteria:
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Collaboration & partnership, exploration across local, national & international boundaries.
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Encouraging high profile artistic events to the city in 2008.
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Bringing unusual or under-represented artists or art-forms to Merseyside in 2008.
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Encouraging & increasing participation in cultural activity in communities across Merseyside in 2008.
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Increasing visibility of cultural activity, encouraging new audiences & developing new partnerships, exploring new venues.
Each proposal will include a budget detailing how much guarantee-against-loss is required and how the loss will be measured - usually against ticket sales. Members of the panel will attend the event to measure the attendance figures against the proposal. A full budget detailing income and expenditure will be presented in order to receive the guarantee against loss where it is justified.
It is hoped that the experience of both applying for grants and assessing others' proposals will help the sector to improve its application skills and encourage approaches to the Arts Council in the future, where this may be appropriate. If the full guarantee-against-loss is not required, due to the project being successful, the funds will be put back into the pot the following month to support more events.
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Deadlines for submissions:
28th December 2007
31st January 2008
29th February 2008
28th March 2008
25th April 2008
30th May 2008
27th June 2008
25th July 2008
29th August 2008
26th September 2008
31st October 2008
28th November 2008
Sound Board Meetings:
9th January 2008
6th February 2008
5th March 2008
2nd April 2008
30th April 2008
4th June 2008
2nd July 2008
30th July 2008
3rd September 2008
1st October 2008
5th November 2008
3rd December 2008
This month's Sound Board Projects:
Celtic Bazaar: Saturday 9th August the old Police Station on Lark Lane: Hosted in a unique atmospheric venue this event will see a night of acoustic music, featuring artists from across England, Ireland and Scotland. Topping the bill is Frank Kennan together with blues slide-guitarist Barney Ronney together with blues and gospel singer Rose Devine.
Coco de Mer: On Saturday 9th August Coco de Mer brings Pan-Pot from Berlin (live laptops with synths & analog) and Sascha Dive from Frankfurt (currently creating a stir in the Deep House scene) to the Magnet. In addition to this Plastic Soup will host the second room with sets from Leo Belchetz & General Jimmy. www.myspace.com/cocodemerevents
No Age: The LA Art Rock Indie band, more used to playing the Scala in London, will perform for an intimate audience at Static Gallery on Wednesday 13th August. They will be supported by A.p.A.t.T. and Antlers (featuring members of Go faster>>> and Hot Club de Paris). www.thejammfactory.co.uk
Ubi Supra: A two day mult-art form festival featuring unsigned acts, DJs, visual artists, film, photography, AV work on Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th August at the View Two Gallery (www.viewtwogallery.co.uk). The aim is to encourage networking and cross-pollination for those participating in the city's vibrant underground scenes. Over 20 live acts have been booked along with almost 20 DJs.
Frakass: Sonny Simmons has worked with McCoy Tyner, Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus and many more. On Sunday 28th September his quartet will be supported by A.p.A.t.T., Mugstar & Philip Jeck in an evening of experimental live music with DJs and live video projections. www.frakture.org/frakass.htm
The deadline for the September applications is the 29th August. The panel will meet on the 3rd September and you will be informed if you have been successful by the 5th September.
Please click to download the Sound Board application form
