house concerts and 21st century touring

I’m so excited to bring you this news. It’s taken several months of planning and a bunch of work, but the flyers are ready to go! Click the image to see it.

CIYH hosts can now log in and create these very easily, at the same time that they enter their shows into the new house concert calendars.

This works even if you promote shows for non-CIYH members, but it’s soooo easy with our artists because we already have their photos on file.

Once created, you simply email the URL to your mailing list. Soon we’ll add tinyURLs to make it even easier. They can RSVP directly from the flyer, click on artist links, and skip to your upcoming show flyers - all from the same page.

A big, heartfelt “thank you” goes out to our member artists - their membership fees funded this work. It simply would not happen without them.

Your fan,

Fran Snyder

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Last month I sent out an email to our CIYH hosts, to ask them to recommend their favorites, out of the many artists they have hosted.

There were no limits. Some hosts recommended 2 artists, some recommended 20. The full list is a bit long, so I thought I’d share the top recommendations with you.

This was NOT a scientific poll, but I found it interesting.

Artists who received 3 or more recommendations. (in alphabetical order)

Audio tracks appear next to CIYH members. Play the first song, and the rest will follow.

Adrianne Avalanche
Anne Heaton
Berkley Hart
Beth Wood
Bob Sima Periphery
Cliff Eberhardt
Danny Schmidt
David Roth
Freebo It Goes By Fast
Gove Scrivenor Shine On
Greg Greenway
Harvey Reid
Jack Williams Mama Lou
Jeff Black
Jim Photoglo
Joe Crookston The Logical Song
John Batdorf (and sometimes Rodney) Can’t Be Trusted
John Flynn
Johnsmith
Jonathan Byrd
Jud Caswell Blackberry Time
Kyler England
Mary McCaslin
Pat Wictor
Red Molly
Rod MacDonald After the War
Sara Hickman
Small Potatoes
Stevie Coyle Petrified Man
Tom Kimmel
Willson & McKee

If you are new to hosting house concerts, you could hardly go wrong starting with one of these acts. 8^)

Fran

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I have no idea how well attended this house concert was - but the picture makes me feel glad all over.

Thanks Jan and Del.

And I’m sure Del made everyone there glad all over too.

Find out more about Del Rey.

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