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RE: Dlive Music Gig Guide ( Concept )
This is so needed. I was thinking of doing something like this myself but you beat me to it. Let me know if I can support you in any way.
How about using Google calendar and making it public? Maybe you want to avoid Google which is totally understandable, but I find it useful for this kind of thing.
My streams tend to be rather impromptu so I imagine that scheduling and advertising would bring me some more viewers. I do try to support other musicians’ streams where I can but I never know when they’re on! The only one I can sometimes catch is the wonderful @yidneth - she streams on a Thursday night from Spain.
Well done for putting this out there!
Having the same problem as Camuel. And thank you for the mention. Now I usually play on Thu but sometimes I dlive on ramdom moments. I will see to this. Thanks from dlive musicians.
Thanks @yidneth Appreciate your comment. The great thing about DLive is that the performance is recorded and fans can go watch after the fact so they rarely ever miss out. There is something about watching a live stream tho and I believe we're only at the infancy of where this tech is going. Already 360 VR video is becoming more used and it's only a matter of time to when this becomes cheaper and more adopted by the masses. A musician may find soon that they have more 'virtual' fans in the crowd than 'real' ones. Don't know how I feel about that but the reality is that it's moving that way. Nothing like a live concert tho in my opinion. I am keen to test this concept and see if can get some traction to where musicians are seeing notable increases in their views and to where new fans are introduced.
I come from touring with musicians then in many ways back to humbler ways, so for me dlive and broadcast platforms is a way to connect directly to a fresh new audience, to practise and rehearse, to have fun, to become better on my own. As for now most of my humble following (after two decades active you have some unconditional supporters) are out of the blockchain, but who knows, this is only the beginning.
Hi @camuel Thank you very much for the feedback. So appreciated. Google's services do work great and I use them myself. The idea of a shared calendar is a great idea. I did, however, envision using Steemit as far as possible to create this schedule. With a small number of shows, it may not be an issue but if this grew to hundreds a week, we may need to look at new ideas. Let's see how we go. Your support would be appreciated. If you had any upcoming shows, please share them with me and let's test the concept. I know from a personal capacity I would like to watch your live-streamed music.
One of the really useful things about Google Calendar is that events show up your local time. That's going to be one of the hurdles to overcome with however you decide to go. Daylight savings makes it even more difficult to figure out. I so wish they would just do away with that!
That's a great point @camuel That's alot more convenient than trying to convert time zones. I like it. We should try it and see how it goes. That's what this is about: Trying different things until it runs smoothly.
Are you on Discord? It would be good to take this convo in the DMs if you're okay with that?
I have signed up but have not been active at all. I will be getting more involved. By all means, please do go ahead. The more feedback we can get on this, the better.
I'm Camuel#5514 on Discord. Hit me up and we'll chat.
You can always watch streams after the fact but then you’re missing out on the engagement factor and that does make a different to me when I’m playing.
I’d like to do one tonight but I’m not sure of the time yet. I’ll let you know.