I started this a month ago, became even more depressed and...
It looks like this will be a lost year for performers... and not just the megastars whose tours have been cancelled or postponed.
All of us. Even the lowly open mic'ers.
It's possible small shows, small gatherings might be allowed later in the year, but bigger shows might not happen till next year assuming some sort of reliable treatment or vaccine. So it's goodbye concerts, sporting events, festivals, big weddings, all the stuff people love getting together for. But don't worry, the joy boys running the show assure us that someday, somewhere, it'll all be ok again.
None of them, I might add, are losing their livelihoods, connections, businesses.
They are the ones who did little to protect us in the first place.
Am I angry?
It would seem so.
A month later...
Now I'm thinking maybe June or July...
Until then we have Zoom, which is deeply imperfect for concerts, foremost being that you have to have a setup that is designed for music rather than chat, which is the default for Zoom. That means you have to have a good (decent) interface...
This is mine.
...Which, ironically because of disrupted supply chains and manufacturing interruptions, means they're hard to come by.
Jimminy Cricket!
I participated in a round-robin Zoom concert a week ago and, all in all, it went well-not perfect-but well. And as you would expect, there were issues with internet connectivity, sound quality, camera quality-older phones and computers do not offer clarity in picture quality- which may determine how much effort you want to put into how you look and how well people will be able to see you.
All in all.
It's better than nothing, but it's nothing like playing for real people rather than the computer with images of people on it.
I don't like it.
But... it's what we've got for now.
©2020 David William Pearce
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