Is the Coronavirus pandemic affecting your business?

[John_Toolbox]

Originally Posted by Ben Jenssen

Is it going to affect our business...
Isn't 'our business' one of the most vulnerable to a big convolution like this?

The live performance/large gatherings portion of the music business is obviously very affected by this.

However, most of us do either music or post and are capable of working from home. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised to see recorded music/audio become more popular since so many people will be stuck at home.

Music industry, we're actually among the expendables.

Historically, the music/entertainment business has usually done better when the rest of the economy was doing poorly. Why? People were looking for something to distract them from their troubles. While live performances in person are out of the question, there are plenty of ways a person can consume music or film from home during this crisis, thanks to the internet.

[Meads]

Originally Posted by John_Toolbox

The live performance/large gatherings portion of the music business is obviously very affected by this.

There's a small-ish finnish metal band whose tour had to be canceled.
In order to recoup the lost revenue they are going to rent a venue, film a gig there with multiple cameras, give the thing a professional mixing treatment and release the whole thing as perk of a crowdfunding campaign for 20€.
Awesome idea, and they announced that campaign yesterday and already raised nearly 4000€.
People are getting creative.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oCk...ature=emb_logo

[JFreak]

Yea us finns have been so used to being in isolation already playing in empty halls is kind of second nature for us

[DonaldM]

Originally Posted by JFreak

Yea us finns have been so used to being in isolation already playing in empty halls is kind of second nature for us

Finland - Social Distancing since the Dawn of Time!

[JFreak]

Originally Posted by DonaldM

Finland - Social Distancing since the Dawn of Time!

Yes. Yet the most famous (?) slogan of any finnish company is "connecting people"

[Meads]

Originally Posted by JFreak

Yes. Yet the most famous (?) slogan of any finnish company is "connecting people"

From a distance, though.

[JFreak]

Originally Posted by Meads

From a distance, though.

Go figure

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[JCBigler]

I've been out of work for over 6 months.

Last last weekend I had my first gig since being sent home from the tour. running the in-stadium audio for a college football game. I have four more games scheduled through the end of the year, a day and a half each. And nothing else on the horizon.

I don't know when or if our tour will start back up. It will be next year if it does.

Until then I've started learning video production and am trying to get into doing rea estate video and photography.