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VENDOR CODE OF CONDUCT

All vendors selling The Big Issue in the North must abide by the Code of Conduct, the set of rules governing how they work. Outreach teams from The Big Issue in the North patrol the streets daily to check vendors behaviour and to encourage and support them while working. Here are some of the key rules: 1. Vendors can only sell on designated pitches organised by The Big Issue in the North. 2. Vendors cannot sell between 8.00pm and 7.00am (6.00pm in Liverpool city centre). Police officers have the authority to confiscate magazines and badges if they witness vendors selling during these hours. 3. Vendors must always wear their own badge when buying or selling the magazine and only sell magazines with their number on. 4. Vendors can only buy magazines for themselves.

Week in, week out

Pitching themselves as a British rock band with an American jam band-style approach to making music and citing their influences as just about every genre of music you can think of, Egokiller take a pretty radical approach to creating music. We write and record everything in one take and live, often without meeting or hearing the drummers first doing everything wrong from a traditional recording approach, says G-Reg, who along with Diggy and Motet make up the band. Its an approach that has yielded a prolific output of music, so far resulting in nearly 270 songs and counting in at 37 three-hour sessions. The idea for their current project, to release a track a week, came to them while searching for a new drummer. We discovered the joys of improvising hooks and arrangements whilst searching for a new drummer. Auditions were off the cuff and limited by time and money so we decided to just record everything we did, as wed always promised ourselves one day we would explore more improvisation anyway. Pretty soon we realised finding the perfect drummer to do the range of vibes we wanted to explore was going to be difficult, but in the process of finding that out, new interesting musical ideas were happening more and more. The band have often supported charities with their music and this time they decided to support homeless charities by ensuring

Underground Yorkshire jam band Egokiller have embarked on the mammoth task of releasing a track a week to raise money for The Big Issue in the North Trust and other homeless charities

Egokillers first single in the 52-track series is available now

If youve ever wondered where your nearest friendly vendor of The Big Issue in the North is located, you can search by postcode at www.bigissueinthenorth.com/vendors
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that all the profits from their latest venture are split between The Big Issue in the North Trust, Crisis and Shelter. It was obvious with all the currentausterity and our own close scrapes with almost being in a homeless situation, fundraising was needed more than ever for a situation that was obviously only going to get worse in coming months and years, says G-Reg. Weve been lucky that others share the same view and have offered to help us with everything from videos to free mastering of the singles. Weve had support from various professionals and studios such as Re:sound UK, Touchwood, Beat Street Studios, Sandinista Leeds and Sine FM along with all the musicians and drummers taking part. We have a few special guests joining us on tracks. Weve been lucky enough to play and collaborate with people who have previously worked with everyone from Groove Armada to the Pogues Shane McGowan, as well as up and coming bands like Alaska. Its not just drummers, its DJs, sax players, violinists and guest singers.

Egokillers first single in the 52-track project, Harms Way, was released on 4 July, with a plan to release a single a week from now on. Each track is available individually or people can Egokillers subscribe to get the tracks as they first single are released week in the 52after week (and track series is get access to some available now extras the band has put together at the same time). The songs will take you on an interesting journey, through the history of rock n roll up to electronic music. We think its the most charity records ever released by any band so we hope people check us out to see if we can pull it off! Egokiller are still recording tracks and on the lookout for more musicians to take part. Wed be honoured if anyone out there would care to join us on a mad musical journey through just about every genre of music you can think of. Visit egokiller.bandcamp.com to find out more and download the latest tracks

5. Vendors must not use physical or verbal aggression towards the public or other vendors. 6. Vendors are not allowed to sell if staff feel they are unfit to do so. 7. Vendors must stand when selling; sitting down is an obstruction to the public highway and is illegal. 8. Vendors must not beg for money using the magazine. Asking for spare change or other items is considered to be begging. 9. Vendors can only charge 2.00 for each magazine and must always give the customer the magazine once paid for. Failing to do so is fraudulent and may result in police involvement. To comment on vendor behaviour, please call: Manchester: 0161 831 5570 Liverpool: 0151 294 3013 Leeds: 0113 243 9027 The Big Issue in the North Trust raises funds to provide services for homeless vendors of this magazine.

THE BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH 8-14 JULY 2013

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