Peter Jenner
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Peter Julian Jenner (born 3 March 1943)
Early career
Peter Jenner is the son of William Jack Jenner, a
London Free School and Notting Hill Fayre
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Laslett later went on to work with the London Free School to set up the first Notting Hill Fayre. Talk of a carnival-style celebration floated around a few discussions about how to promote the Free School and the idea bloomed from there. Michael De Frietas suggested moving an indoor Trinidadian celebration to the streets around Portobello Road. Once everything was organised and in place, two musicians, Dave Tomlin and Joe Gannon led a small procession down Portobello Road to promote the fayre. Initially intended as a children's event, the fayre began with a small pageant procession starting at Tavistock Square and passing through Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill Gate, Westbourne Grove, and Acklam Road.
Management career
Alongside childhood friend and music producer
Blackhill Enterprises
Jenner set up Blackhill Enterprises with King and his wife, Sumi Nishihata (1935-2006),[5] in 1966 after discovering Pink Floyd. Blackhill Enterprises set up Pink Floyd's Games for May concert, the first pop concert in South Bank, in 1967. With support from MPs, such as Ben Whittaker, Blackhill was able to set up the first Hyde Park Free Festival.[6] The concerts were held in June, July and August in 1968. 120,000 people gathered in the park to see artists such as Pink Floyd, Roy Harper, and Tyrannosaurus Rex. About the festival, Jenner said, "The main reason we do them is because we feel a great interest in the importance of pop music in Britain". The free festivals continued for another eight years. Blackhill Enterprises disintegrated in 1981.
Jenner was also a contributor to the Blackhill Bullshit,[7] a magazine which was distributed to concert promoters and agents in order publicise artists. The first issues were edited by Hugh Nolan, but it was taken over by Adrian Boot, who also designed the artwork layout. Jenner is featured in an interview with Edgar and Steve Broughton in the magazine's sixth issue.
Pink Floyd
As the relationship between Syd Barrett and the other three members of Pink Floyd deteriorated, Jenner and King, believing Barrett to be the principal songwriter and the main creative force in the band, chose to continue to manage Barrett's career, while permitting Waters, Mason, Wright, and new addition Gilmour, to continue to operate under the name Pink Floyd.[15] Jenner and King parted company with Pink Floyd and continued as the managers of Barrett and other British rock bands.[10]
Sincere Management
After Blackhill Enterprises disintegrated in the early 1980s, Jenner and Sumi set up Sincere Management, located on Bravington Road in West Kilburn, which managed a range of artists including Billy Bragg, Eddi Reader, Sarah Jane Morris, Robyn Hitchcock, The Unbending Trees, Sid Griffin and Outside Royalty.[5]
Other activity
Jenner was an executive of the International Music Manager's Forum until 2006,
In August 2010, he wrote for the
On copyright
Jenner has been a regular commentator on copyright and the music industry. Amongst others he was interviewed on copyright by NetzpolitikTV[18] and for the documentary Good Copy Bad Copy.[19] An extensive interview with the Future of Music Coalition about copyright and technology is available as a podcast as part of the Coalition's podcast series.[20] In this, he explains that new technology is the future of the music industry and that 'copyright is going to die because no-one will enforce it'.
Jenner has been critical of
In 2006,[23] Jenner wrote a paper, and gave a conference, called 'Beyond the Soundbytes', where he proposed an 'access to music charge', which is a compensation for artists, while removing any attraction and use of unauthorised digital music sites.
More recently,[when?] Jenner has been involved in efforts to build a music rights registry at European Union level, and has argued for an international music registry, supported by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). According to Jenner, "we don't know who owns what and where" and this holds back the copyright licensing of music online. Jenner now wants to see a wide variety of online music services and business models being licensed, through a mixture of blanket licences and individual licences. Jenner argues that copyright, and intellectual property more generally, is a system which ensures that people get paid. He argues that "Intellectual property is not something like a chair."[21]
References
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ 'Cambridge Tripos Results', The Times, 20 June 1963.
- ^ Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin, Pink Floyd All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track (New York: Black Dog and Leventhal, 2017), p. 10.
- ^ a b c "Peter Jenner – Sincere Management & Secretary General, IMMF – MusicTank". Musictank.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ a b Fenby, Jonathan (10 January 2006). "Sumi Jenner". Obituary. The Guardian. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "The Hyde Park Free Concerts 1968-1971". Ukrockfestivals.com. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ Ferrari, Luca Chino (26 June 2017). ""Blackhill Bullshit", a very rare underground magazine by Blackhill Enterprises agency". Ghettoraga.blogspot.com. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ISBN 0-7538-1906-6
- ISBN 0-283-06127-8
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84938-370-7
- ISBN 0-283-06127-8
- ^ Cunningham, Mark (March 1997). "Welcome to the Machine – the story of Pink Floyd's live sound: part 1". Pinkfloydfan.net. Sound on Stage. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ISBN 0-7538-1906-6
- ^ Crawfurd, Jacob. "The Pink Floyd Who is who - J-". Pinkfloydhyperbase.dk. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ISBN 0-7538-1906-6.
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- ^ Jenner, Peter (20 August 2010). "Changing the record on politics: Peter Jenner talks sex and drugs and rock and roll « Labour Uncut". Labour-uncut.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- ^ "NetzpolitikTV: Interview with Peter Jenner about Copyright in the digital age". Video.google.com. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "GOOD COPY BAD COPY". Goodcopybadcopy.net. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "FMC's Podcast Interview Series: Peter Jenner | Future of Music Coalition". Futureofmusic.org. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Peter Jenner on the Digital Revolution in the Music Industry and the Need for an International Music Registry". Music Business Research. 8 February 2012.
- ^ Masnick, Mike (15 July 2010). "Peter Jenner Admits Stopping File Sharing Is Impossible". Techdirt.com. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "Peter Jenner Sincere Management". Musicexport.ca. Retrieved 17 September 2021.