The new categories recognise the changes taking place across the recording industry and are designed to address the needs of the smaller professional and non-professional members, as well as the Association's existing established membership.
APRS council members Nick Dimes and Tony Andrews introduced the new categories and explained how these will enable all professionals involved in music making to benefit from APRS membership. The Association also took the opportunity to introduce its new Terms and Conditions, a task handled by Malcolm Atkin and Dennis Weinreich (APRS Directors) and Richard Taylor and Stuart Barry from the Simkins Partnership, the APRS partnered law firm that helped draft the T&Cs. The event was presided over by Peter Filleul.
Among the new categories is the Music Maker Category D, which is aimed at musicians and engineers who have an interest in creating music but don't make a living from it.
(Jim Evans)
