it’s a good experience
the employment element alone is soulful
in the beginning russell gray and i had chats
about how many people would tune in
we thought tens of thousands
i may have got carried away and dreamt of hundreds of thousands
we get about 450 people
it’s a happy place
lots of people getting in touch
wanting to know how to do it
i’m hesitant to advise
military surgical protocols of course
there’s a lot of links in the chain
you need a good team
my first conversation with mark rashotte at the empire
lasted about 2 minutes
we both wanted to get things done
it was that easy
we’ve never talked about it since
we just tell road stories
i think all the bands should create their own streaming platform
and book it themselves
create a season’s worth of presentations
from one location
indie pod
metal pod
folk pod
rock pod
tribute pod
create your own infrastructure
book shows
it’s a ton work
we didn’t bother with the pay wall
we just counted on people’s goodwill
this is a very organic heartfelt experience
the donations are churchlike
the musicians have purpose because of goodwill
outside of that
deep breaths
lower your expectations
enjoy the ride
i send love to everyone’s families
craig
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I love your idea of the pods and I don't understand why more bands don't do this.
ReplyDeleteAnd, the streaming idea is a slow one to catch on for some reason unknown to me. Maybe it just needs more awareness. I tuned in to the Who: Who's Next and it was a great show. So was Gowan's live stream. I'd love to make it to Belleville to be one of the 50 people actually there - I've heard it's usually less than 50 ... how is that even possible!!! Anyway, thanks so much for doing this, I'm going to spread the word - I know of a few bands that SHOULD jump at this opportunity. It's a great way to promote new albums from classic artists, too. Hoping you get a full house for U2: the Joshua Tree! As for donations, I hope it will be alright if I just call the theatre and do a credit card donation for $50 for this U2 performance. Thanks so much for blazing the trail while we get through this pandemic. Hope you come to Centre in the Square in Kitchener real soon - they are starting to do some live streaming from the stage and I will contact them again to see what's up. Thanks again, Elizabeth Miller, Kitchener