February Internet Show (Patreon)

Greetings Gunn Runners

Last night, I sent out a several messages about my internet concert on Bandcamp. First there was a message about how to get tickets. Then came the messages about technical problems.

Before we go on, you can watch the internet show in full by clicking the link above. It's a private feed on YouTube.

I still don't know if the technical issues were related to my internet or some problem with Bandcamp. But the whole feed went down. I ended up quickly switching over to YouTube to fix the problem. That seems to work.

My apologies to everyone who bought tickets. I emailed you a moment ago in case you want a refund. I am more than happy to give one. I feel bad about that.

This is upsetting for another reason as well.

As you well know, I'm a 100% independent musician. I have a record label. It's my own label. That means, everything I do is up to me. yeah. I have some Miranda who helps with graphics, largely for the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I have Mitchell who does most of my sound engineering. And I have Todd who manages my Celtic Music Magazine. Everything else is me.

That includes booking. February is a slow month for booking gigs. I have a few months like that. I rely on my internet shows to help me make it through some of those slower months.

Technical difficulties erode trust in those systems. It certainly does for me.

Will I have as good a turnout for the next Bandcamp... or any internet concert? I don't know.

It's tough enough on a Thursday evening. But that's the best time for me to do a show due to life and being a parent.

I am so very grateful to each and every one of you for supporting me here on Patreon, for buying my music at shows and for even paying a few bucks for my glitched internet concert on Bandcamp.

Thank you!

One final note, I was watching a video on Kintsugi yesterday. That's the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.

I see that same thing with many shows I do. When things are messing up all around, sometimes you just have to laugh it off and celebrate the breakage, instead of disguising or hiding from it.

I guess that's part of the reason why I'm sharing this with you.

We had a big technical explosion last night. But as they say... the show must go on.

I hope you enjoy rewatching this show!

Sláinte!

Marc