The idea
FMLC Live is a project to allow the charity to put on a series of live events in the local area throughout 2025 and beyond. These events will be an opportunity for music students of all ages to get first-hand experience in the organising, setting up and running of a live music event, as well as ask established experts questions they may have. By capturing these events on film and record, FMLC can build a digital repository of reference interviews, guides and how-to videos students can refer back to in the future to help deepen their learning or gain knowledge from events they were unable to attend. These events will also serve to provide access to live music to the local community in the form of free to access gigs and concerts, as the FMLC Live project will aim to fund the acts, allowing the events to be free access for those who simply want to hear the music! This way FMLC Live can serve as broad a section of the community as possible.
What we'll deliver
- A minimum of 4 Live events in 2025 that will be free to access
- Purchase of all necessary equipment to deliver the events and educate students on the use of the equipment
- An accessible repository of educational content, recorded both at and after the events
Why it's a great idea
The project will give exposure to ambitious music students to the real world of music production, allowing them access to aspects of the music economy almost impossible to reproduce in the classroom. It will offer hands on experience, networking and practical exposure to essential skills without requiring them to have the pre-existing investment required to gain access to expensive kit and event organisation. It will also raise the profile of live music in the local area without venues or musical acts having to foot the bill on a speculative endeavour. Acts will be guaranteed fair pay for their time and performance and venues can offer customers a free event, leaving more customer money for injection into the local economy through the purchase of merchandise, food and drink.
Steps to get it done
- Acquire Equipment for Project
- Organise first FMLC live event
- Publish first episode of live footage with educational content
- Make accessible digital educational content to all who want access
- Organise second FMCL Live event
- Publish second episode of live footage with educational content
- Update D.E.C. content library
- Organise Third FMCL Live event
- Publish Third episode of live footage with educational content
- Update D.E.C. content library
- Organise Fourth FMCL Live event
- Publish Fourth episode of live footage with educational content
- Update D.E.C. content library
FMCL Live would be a foundational event for the Charity, allowing it to purchase all the required equipment in order to successfully run amazing live shows that serve to both entertain and educate. The initial goal of 4 live events in 2025 is not the end, as the equipment can ideally be used as often as is practicable and the digital educational media created can be accessed again and again - the potential impact of this project is difficult to overstate.
