Guidance notes to musicians who wish to play at a Frakture Concert. DRAFT 1/ Beta version July 2008.

• Read the following notes then fill in the Concerts Form .
• Please note the Frakture Concerts Series is run by a small team some of whom will not know you!
• Schedule: most bookings for Frakture Concerts work 3-6 months in advance.
• Frakture delivered alternatives: Frakass Nights on the last Sunday of the month. [ view here] , advice notes [view here] . Apologies for yet more on-line forms: but this system in general works and delivers more results / gigs

• There is very little money available for fees: by now you should be aware that this [free improvised music] is not a commercial activity: i.e. the audience does not pay your fee.
• You may have a touring grant, Frakture may have funding available for you fee: sometimes a mixture of both.
• Frakture currently does not use private money to subsidise your concert.
• Funding for our concerts series varies.
• Door gigs: Frakture does not do door gigs [ door gigs = door money split between the musicians], we will not go through the indignity or lack of grace of dividing very small door takings between a number of musicians. We agree a fee; this fee is usually larger than the amount you would receive via "door gigs".
• Frakture are committed to maximising the fee for the musicians.
• However if your group has a fixed policy regarding money; only playing for a fixed non-negoatiable fee. Please indicate this too.
• Therefore when filling in the above mentioned Concerts Form: the sections regarding fees you should indicate you have a realistic understanding of what may be involved regarding fees. Please indicate that you have a touring grant if you have one.
• Please indicate realistic overheads regarding travel and accommodation: if traveling home that night etc please include this.

• Tech Specs: please advise ASAP, don't ambush Frakture at the last moment with the costs of technical requirements: the sooner we know and can assess the better.

• If any member or musician is not a UK/EEC resident or legally resident in the UK/EEC please indicate this and what actions you are taking regarding work permits etc.
• If you are travelling to the UK please indicate that this is a realistic application by providing evidence or plans regarding how you intend to travel to the UK; and how you travel within the UK once here; put simply are we part of a tour? If so lets us know the details

• The range and quality of our venues vary: we try to find a venue suitable to your content
  Some of our venues are listed here : http://www.frakture.org/Venues/venueindex.htm

• The correct email address for Frakture Concerts is concerts[@]frakture.org (without brackets) : please do not use office[@]frakture.org
• Contact details: check on the contacts page at http://www.frakture.org/contact.htm
  • remember the skype option which is free.
  • so to MSN: our account is office@frakture.org

Review
meetings

• There is an alternative for some visiting artists and that is Frakture's Splash Gig programme. Splash Gig details are here: http://www.frakture.org/splash.htm
• For other promoters in the region try one of the following.
• Try Lê Quan Ninh database at http://www.improvdb.info/
• Then try these

• Organisation	web
  Leeds Improvised Music Association	http://limaonline.org.uk/
  Birmingham: FIZZLE	http://www.myspace.com/improvisationbirmingham
  Frakture Concerts	http://www.frakture.org
  Leeds: Termite Club	http://www.termiteclub.connectfree.co.uk/home.htm
  Sheffield: freenoise	http://www.freenoise.co.uk/
  Sheffield: Notes and Sounds	http://www.discus-music.co.uk/notesandsounds.htm
  Warrington Improvisers Collective	http://www.electronicmusik.co.uk/
  Newcastle-upon-tyne: A better Noise	http://www.abetternoise.org.uk/ email: a_better_noise@yahoo.co.uk

last updated : July 4, 2008