Federation of Recorded Music Societies
(President - Julian Lloyd Webber)

Meet Julian Lloyd Webber
our President

Daventry Adieu? The FRMS Committee has decided, with regret, that there will not be a Daventry Music Weekend in 2018 because of lack of support from FRMS affiliates. Since 2011 the number of people attending has fallen from over 100 to lessthan 50. It is not reasonable to book high class presenters for so small an audience. It is not fair to them and it demeans the FRMS. Unless there is a sudden influx of potential bookings we cannot justify carrying on.

The Federation of Recorded Music Societies (FRMS) can claim to have played its part in developing greater enthusiasm and understanding of recorded classical music over a substantial portion of the past century.

As the "National Federation of Gramophone Societies", the Federation was launched in 1936. Although the title has been changed to reflect more recent developments, the aims of the movement have remained basically unaltered and the attraction is still present in the 21st century as over 200 societies continue to ply their trade.
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ADVANTAGES OF AFFILIATION TO THE FRMS

Our main function is to manage licensing arrangements with Performing Right Society Ltd (PRS) and Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) for the licences necessary for performing recorded music in public, on terms favourable to our members. The fees are greatly reduced from those normally applied by these organisations for individual licences. A particular benefit of this arrangement is that it is the society itself that is licensed and not the premises. This means that the society is covered for PRS and PPL wherever it chooses to meet.
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