This year the PRS (Performing Rights Society) Foundation has broadened 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. YOUR ARTISTS NEED YOU! This year the PRS (Performing Rights Society) Foundation has broadened 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. This grant has been available for a few years, and the levels of applications are worryingly low, especially from musicians outside of the London area. We are looking for small news pieces and radio mentions so we can let more people know about this wonderful opportunity to indulge their artistic talents, increase the diversity of UK culture, and get paid for it. Regional coverage will be very important for this project as we know there are many people out there who just aren't hearing about this money. This is an appeal to life outside London! More Information about the award: This money could 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 they do need to be working closely with a promoter/organisation/club or with a sound system that will help them deliver their chosen performance. Previous recipients of Live Connections grants including: Kreepa, Brian Duffy, Plaid, Adam Freeland, London Elektricity and I am the Mighty Jungulator, 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 fantastic 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 and to downlaod an application pack, please visit: http://www.prsfoundation.co.uk/liveconnections