House Concerts - Competing with Michael Phelps
Posted by admin on 17 Aug 2008 at 02:21 pm | Tagged as: General
I’m sure I’m not the only artist who enjoyed a surprisingly low turn-out for last night’s concert. For some reason, most people preferred to stay home (and avoid the torrential downpour) and watch Michael Phelps make history. For a moment, I kind of felt like I was in lane 9.
However, the small crowd that gathered really enjoyed themselves, connected with me, bought CDs, and generally made me feel pretty good about the 5 hour drive that day, as well as the upcoming 5 hour drive back. Under the circumstances, I can’t imagine feeling the same way about the results at anything but a house concert.
It’s amazing that when you make the right choices, even a major set-back won’t shake your belief in what you do. In this case, it’s almost impossible to call it a set-back at all. It’s important to keep score - but it’s so gratifying that my scorecard is much different than it used to be.
Thanks for the Miga and coffee this morning, and your continued friendship.
You always score with a house concert, no matter the turn out!
Thank goodness we’re not the only house concert producers who had a low turn-out Saturday night. We worked hard to publicize the show. Many of the folks who had RSVP’d did not attend. The weather didn’t help as it was extremely chilly and very, very wet. Still, the musicians were great, and the small crowd very appreciative. But geez, when you work so hard to put on a show, it *is* discouraging!
Tenacity. Whether you’re a performer or a host, “tenacity” is the word. We may all have to figure out how to adjust to a rickety economy, national uncertainty/depression, Great Olympians and torrential rains, but the most important thing is that we keep at it! And Fran? How many hosts let you name the first orb weaver spider of the season? Only a good rain brings a girl like that out for a show. If only the people were as motivated by the weather…