Email Your Alderman!
[Housekeeping: my first show with Canasta is on Thursday at Beat Kitchen; vote in this month's Mix poll.]
If you live in Chicago and have ever been to a live music show, it was probably at a venue that would be unfairly impacted by a new promoter's ordinance up for a City Council vote on Wednesday (May 16th): Schuba's, the Vic, the Metro, even good old Uncommon Ground. The short version: this new ordinance would impinge on independent musicians (hey, that's me!) on our ability to freely promote our own shows. [UPDATE: There appears to be a self-exemption for paid performers who don't otherwise work as an organizer/promoter...thanks, MP.]
Some helpful bullet points are here on Jim DeRogatis' (Sun-Times, NPR's "Sound Opinions") blog.
An online petition is growing hourly here. Most importantly, email your alderman and voice your disapproval for the promoter's ordinance.
If you live in Chicago and have ever been to a live music show, it was probably at a venue that would be unfairly impacted by a new promoter's ordinance up for a City Council vote on Wednesday (May 16th): Schuba's, the Vic, the Metro, even good old Uncommon Ground. The short version: this new ordinance would impinge on independent musicians (hey, that's me!) on our ability to freely promote our own shows. [UPDATE: There appears to be a self-exemption for paid performers who don't otherwise work as an organizer/promoter...thanks, MP.]
Some helpful bullet points are here on Jim DeRogatis' (Sun-Times, NPR's "Sound Opinions") blog.
An online petition is growing hourly here. Most importantly, email your alderman and voice your disapproval for the promoter's ordinance.
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posted by Ian at 5/12/2008 10:51:00 AM
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