Conceived by its founder, Peter Fleming, as a better way to promote independent musicians, encourage live music, and most importantly encourage fans to support those musicians, www.bandVillage.com is a global music portal providing musicians, fans, and venues with services to keep independent music alive. Peter has taken time from bandVillage and its parent company 1030 Consulting LLP to donate hundreds of hours designing, building, and maintaining www.blues.org, The Blues Foundations website. bandVillage is also a sponsor of the 2005 International Blues Challenge