English: If I could start. I would say that it's more difficult. There are fewer venues and there are more rules, and there's more competition as well in terms of the interests of young people. One of the main problems I've seen - and I've been working in Clwb Ifor Bach for more than 25 years now - is that it's more difficult for young people to attend live music events in places like Clwb - grass-roots music venus. Particularly people aged from 14 to 18. And that's because of the licensing rule changes. It's more difficult for under-18s to go to these venues. What happens to a certain extent then is that their first music experience is in big venues such as the Motorpoint and arenas, and then they think that's the experience of going to live music events. But if the audience doesn't come to support the bands at the outset of their careers in places like Clwb, then there won't be bands playing in the Motorpoint in five to 10 years, because there's no pathway from the start of their careers to the pinnacle. One of the arguments that the Music Venue Trust has been making is that live music venues should be seen as development venues, where the bands learn their skills and they develop their audiences and it's the first step on the pathway to awareness and a career in the music industry. In terms of the number of venues, again, in Wales, I can name five venues in Cardiff that have closed over the last two or three years. There are also places in Carmarthen and Pontypridd that have closed. It's becoming more difficult to find venues to put events on. We try to organise tours around Wales and, on the whole, we have to use theatres when we move outside Cardiff, because there are no venues like Clwb in other towns. If we don't use theatres but arrange smaller venues, then the costs go up and they become very expensive. You've got to book the venue, book the PA - which is very expensive - and security. You can spend hundreds of pounds before you even come to pay for the bands. When there's no support available in terms of sponsorship or funding for the sector, then you take the risk yourself of putting the event on. It is increasingly difficult.
Welsh: Mi wnaf fi ddechrau. Buaswn i'n dweud ei bod hi'n anoddach. Mae yna lai o lefydd, mae yna fwy o reolau ac mae yna fwy o gystadleuaeth hefyd o ran diddordebau pobl ifanc. Un o'r problemau pennaf dwi wedi ei weld - a dwi wedi bod yn gweithio yng Nghlwb Ifor Bach ers dros 25 mlynedd erbyn hyn - yw ei bod hi dipyn yn anoddach i bobl ifanc fynd i weld cerddoriaeth fyw mewn llefydd bach fel Clwb - grass-roots music venues - yn enwedig pobl 14 i 18 oed. Mae lot o hynny oherwydd newidiadau i reolau trwyddedu. Mae lot yn anoddach i bobl dan 18 i fynd i'r llefydd yma. A beth sy'n digwydd, i ryw raddau, wedyn, yw bod eu profiadau cerddoriaeth cyntaf nhw wedyn yn dueddol o fod yn y llefydd mawr fel Motorpoint neu arenas, ac wedyn maen nhw'n meddwl mai dyna'r profiad o fynd i weld cerddoriaeth fyw. Os nad yw'r gynulleidfa'n dod i gefnogi'r bandiau ar ddechrau eu gyrfa mewn llefydd fel Clwb, yna does yna ddim bandiau yn mynd i fod yn chwarae mewn llefydd fel Motorpoint mewn pump i 10 mlynedd achos does yna ddim llwybr o gychwyn eu gyrfa i'r pinacl, mewn ffordd. Un o'r dadleuon mae'r Music Venue Trust wedi bod yn ei wneud yw y dylai canolfannau cerddoriaeth fyw gael eu gweld fel llefydd talent development. Dyna lle mae'r band yn dysgu eu crefft, dyna lle maen nhw'n datblygu eu cynulleidfa ac mae'n gam cyntaf ar y llwybr, gobeithio, i ymwybyddiaeth a gyrfa ym myd cerddoriaeth. O ran y nifer o leoliadau yng Nghymru, eto gallwn i enwi pump o lefydd sydd wedi cau yng Nghaerdydd dros y ddwy neu dair blynedd diwethaf. Mae yna hefyd llefydd yng Nghaerfyrddin a Phontypridd sydd wedi cau. Mae'n mynd yn gynyddol anodd i ffeindio llefydd i roi digwyddiadau ymlaen. Rydym ni'n trio trefnu teithiau o amgylch Cymru. Ar y cyfan, rydym ni'n gorfod iwsio theatrau pan rydym ni'n mynd y tu allan i Gaerdydd, achos does yna ddim llefydd yn debyg i Clwb mewn trefi eraill. Os nad ydyn ni'n defnyddio theatrau ac yn trefnu llefydd llai, yna mae'r costau o roi'r digwyddiad ymlaen yn mynd yn ddrud iawn, achos rydych chi'n gorfod llogi lleoliad, y PA - ac mae'r PA yn gost ddrud iawn - a diogelwch. Rydych chi'n gallu gwario cannoedd o bunnoedd cyn eich bod chi'n dod i dalu am y bandiau. Wedyn, pan does yna ddim cefnogaeth ar gael o ran nawdd ar gyfer y sector, rydych chi'n cymryd y risg eich hunan o roi'r digwyddiadau ymlaen. Mae hi'n gynyddol anodd.