rfreeman. The most awkward musician in the world
Dec 18, 2020 23:34:13 GMT
Post by Norman ‘Whiplash’ Mailer on Dec 18, 2020 23:34:13 GMT
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Those poor 100+ people who had to suffer through his mangling of “Linus & Lucy”
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Interesting to see what I expected 8 months ago. I did actually pull off a live concert with a 10 piece ensemble performing for 100+ people a few weeks ago - which was something I was feeling cautiously optimistic about and am psyched to have done. And I have seen a couple drive in socially distanced Southside Johnny shows - something I hadn't anticipated. Still about as skeptical as I was then about the rest.
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Occasionally stumble on a free live stream and enjoy watching it but can't see paying for them unless it was as a charitable donation to a struggling artist as there are so many recorded performances I can stream free.
Between the end (or at least long term hiatus) of large scale concerts and the decimation of physical media sales - music has gone from "viable profession if one worked hard and got lucky" to "rewarding hobby". Which is very sad for those who seek to make a living at it. And the dearth of love concerts is sad for music consumers (though the availability of more music recordings and videos for free is awesome for consumers).
But as a semi-pro music hobbyist, the era of streaming music and video been a great time for music making and distribution - and it will get even better when the type of small scale live performances we do become more possible (something already starting to happen - we did our first outdoor live gig 19 days ago) - while large scale events will remain off the table for quite a while.
Between the end (or at least long term hiatus) of large scale concerts and the decimation of physical media sales - music has gone from "viable profession if one worked hard and got lucky" to "rewarding hobby". Which is very sad for those who seek to make a living at it. And the dearth of love concerts is sad for music consumers (though the availability of more music recordings and videos for free is awesome for consumers).
But as a semi-pro music hobbyist, the era of streaming music and video been a great time for music making and distribution - and it will get even better when the type of small scale live performances we do become more possible (something already starting to happen - we did our first outdoor live gig 19 days ago) - while large scale events will remain off the table for quite a while.