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LRF16, the 5th Annual Listening Room Festival approaches.
Can I tell you a story? 10 years ago I saw that house concerts would save and nurture the touring careers of artists and built a website that now inspires thousands of…
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Feeding Your Artists
Am I responsible to feed the artists who are staying with me? Good question. Artists experience quite a variety of hospitality on the road. Some hosts are a bit overwhelming and doting.…
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House Concert Lighting Solved
House Concert Lighting Solved Perfect for you? Artists – need something compact and ultra useful for those concerts that need a touch of lighting? Hosts – need something to spice up your…
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Fran Snyder at Folk Alliance, 2016
I owe much in terms of thanks to Folk Alliance, a music conference that helped me get traction when I first aimed to serve the house concert community in 2006. Along…
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CIYH Booking Inquiries – Improved
We’ve done a few things to improve the ease with which you can contact hosts at CIYH, by simplifying the form and giving you a little more space to write. No more…
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What will you do without barriers?
The barriers are coming down. Thanks to the internet, you can be a taxi driver(uber), a hotel room(airbnb), retailer(ebay/craigs), commercial artist (etsy, cdbaby, youtube) and more – all at once! Legitimacy is…
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House Concert Webinar for Musicians
I had the pleasure of doing a webinar with Dave Kusek of the New Artist Model. It went really well and I think artists and hosts can learn from it. It’s mostly…
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New House Concert Guide for Artists (and hosts)
I’ve packaged up excerpts and offshoots from my upcoming book, “House Concerts and Modern Touring,” and I’m making them available at ConcertsInYourHome. The artist guide is brand new, but the host guide…
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Company Creates “O” Rating to Warn Audiences of Possible Exposure to Original Music.
A surprising new study reveals that it is possible to attend a concert without hearing a cover of Jeff Buckley’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” From open mic nights to restaurants and…
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Shout Into the Wind with Me
One of my favorite writers, Seth Godin, wrote this. Anything worth shouting about is worth shouting into the wind. Because if enough people care, often enough, the word spreads, the standards change,…
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