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Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate

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Waiting for the Great Leap Forward by Mark Davyd

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/19

As Mark Davyd states: “This Government is in possession of everything it needs to take action to protect, secure, and improve the grassroots sector. Everything.” We, the fans, have told them we want The £1 Grassroots Music Levy implemented on all tickets for gigs at venues over 5,000 capacity. No waiting around for Live Nation […]

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Good luck on Record Store Day

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/18

Good Luck if you took part in Record Store Day. The queue looked huge at Resident Records in Brighton this morning! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Resident (@residentbrighton)

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Music Venue Trust: Hope In A Time of Chaos For...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/17

Article about the MVT in the “Music Is Not To Blame” magazine

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More than 300 shops to take part in Record Store Day...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/17

Just a reminder: If you want to buy limited edition, coloured vinyl versions of records you probably all ready have, for exorbitant amounts of money then the highlight of your calender is this Saturday (18th April). Remember to get there early. Personally I shall be holding out, as always, for Netlabel Day on the 14th […]

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Culture, Media and Sport Committee: Fan-led review of...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/17

The UK Government has just produced it’s Fan-led review of live and electronic music and it makes interesting reading. Based on feedback from people like you and me, it’s asked a series of questions about artists and venues and produced a 7 point charter for the future. Some key graphs for me: Clearly this was […]

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Aadam Jacobs Collection at the Live Music Archive

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/16

Volunteers have turned a Chicago Man’s recordings of 10,000 concerts into an Online Repository at archive.org. Starting in 1984 and continuing until his health declined a few years ago Aadam Jacobs recorded thousands of concerts in Chicago, which are now being archived for posterity HERE. You can listen, download and share! You’re bound to find […]

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41 acts reviewed from Brighton’s ‘Homegrown Festival’

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/16

Many of my gigging buddies and I weren’t able to attend the Homegrown Festival this year, as we were at the wedding of our mates Ian and Helen. And a fine time we had too! But the Brighton and Hove news gig crew were there and managed to see 41 out of the 72. Here’s […]

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The Great Escape 20th Anniversary

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/16

It should have been the festival’s 21st run, but COVID got in the way and deprived us of 2 years. I missed the first one in 2006, so that means it’s our 18th festival this year. It’s now run by MAMA festivals and is generally well run, although it had a new years (before MAMA) […]

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Live Nation and Ticketmaster had monopoly over big...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/16

Concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, a Manhattan federal jury has found, dealing the company a loss in a lawsuit over claims brought by dozens of US states. Ha! I’m looking forward to Live Nation being broken up and then the same thing happening in […]

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RAISE THE STANDARD project, from MVT and LIVE Trust.

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/14

This is a new programme focused on something simple but critical: the equipment on stage. Sound systems, lighting rigs, backline, microphones. The things that actually make a show work. Through partnerships with leading manufacturers and suppliers, we’re unlocking direct investment into venues across the UK. Putting real kit, in real rooms, to make a real […]

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Music Venue Trust Launches ‘Set The Record Straight’...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/14

New initiative highlights widespread discrepancies and calls for greater accuracy, transparency and fairness in PRS billing. MVT has identified more than £666,000 in discrepancies linked to PRS-related licensing charges. Other places where you can read this story: Access All Areas: Music Venue Trust launches ‘Set The Record Straight’ campaign on PRS licensing fees Music […]

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The Ugly Truth: Grassroots Music is being crushed by...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/13

I am so lucky to attend gigs in Brighton where there are several excellent promoters, several excellent venues run by really amazing people and loads of bands that want to play live. But it’s really hard at the moment and the crowds at gigs are getting noticeably smaller. People like me (the grey haired old […]

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PRS FOR MUSIC AND THE GRASSROOTS SECTOR: Fix You

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/12

The fourth and final part of a series on PRS for Music and the grassroots music sector. Key takeaways for me: PRS should be required to honour the 2017 agreement to change their tariffs for GMVs. The Intellectual Property Office has the power to mandate this reform. Read on Substack

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Stay The Night & Feel At Home with Music Venue Trust...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/10

A Video from Volunteer It Yourself to deliver Stay The Night and Feel At Home. Funded by the grassroots levy – a £1 contribution per ticket on shows over 5,000 capacity, distributed by the LIVE Trust – this is one of our new investment initiatives helping protect, secure and improve grassroots music venues across the […]

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How to put on a good day festival: Lessons from...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/10

It’s the third year of Brighton’s Homegrown Festival. I can’t make it this year, but it’s going to be bigger (and more expensive) than ever. It’s rapidly becoming one of the big festivals to be held in the city after The Great Escape, Mutations and The Brighton Psych Festival.

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Stay The Night & Feel at Home

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/09

New initiatives from the Music Venue Trust “Stay The Night & Feel at Home starts from a simple reality. A lot of emerging artists are touring on the tightest margins possible. Accommodation is one of the biggest costs. Backstage spaces are often stretched and proper rest can be rare. That’s not sustainable. That’s why this […]

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PRS FOR MUSIC AND THE GRASSROOTS SECTOR: Take the...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/09

The third in a four-part series on PRS for Music and the grassroots music sector. Key takeaways for me: “In 2017 […] PRS for Music accepted Music Venue Trust position that its licensing model did not reflect the reality of music performed in grassroots venues and […] agreed that change was needed.” Since then NO […]

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PRS FOR MUSIC AND THE GRASSROOTS SECTOR: Show Me the...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/07

The second in a four-part series on PRS for Music, grassroots venues, and what happens to the money in between. Key takeaways for me: 18 million pounds of it is sitting in a fund that will eventually end up somewhere other than the songwriters it was collected for. It’s mad. It need changing. PRS FOR […]

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PRS FOR MUSIC AND THE GRASSROOTS SECTOR: Who Pays the...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/05

The first in a four-part series on PRS for Music, grassroots venues, and what happens to the money in between. Key takeaways for me: The licence fee is calculated on the assumption that every song performed at every one of those shows is a song that PRS has the right to collect for. This is […]

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Plans to expand The Ferret have been given the go-ahead

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/04

Just two years after the venue was saved from closure and purchased by Music Venue Properties, the Preston venue is now on target for expansion. This is such great news.

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