Organizing more of these First Friday events has made me realize how much I enjoy just getting to see people play. First Fridays at Messiah is about the students and the musicians who want to get out there and play, but haven't been able to. Consequently, unless someone drops out at the last minute, I don't play at them.
I love this opportunity. It's one Friday night a month, but it's also one of the busiest in terms of the arts. The idea of a First Friday is definitely not a new one - I didn't make this up. The idea came after I had participated in many First Fridays elsewhere.
Thankfully First Fridays are more active over the summer, when school's not in session, so I can still participate in others then. But I'm graduating... I want to keep helping with Messiah's First Fridays to see it off to a good start, but if I were to, in the future, organize First Fridays, they probably wouldn't be at a school. And so they would probably run year-round or something to that extent. And so I would indefinitely not play First Fridays.
It's an interesting problem, one I seem to get myself into far too often. I want to do all of these things for the community and for other musicians, but also want to keep playing out myself.
I've also toyed with the idea of someday having a house concert venue. Again, that would likely limit how often I could play.
Maybe there are other platforms that enable organizing, exposing, and playing. I don't know. ustream "festivals" seem to cater to that, but they're not in front of a live audience...
There's got to be some solution that I just haven't thought up. Anyone in a similar position or have any insight?
I love this opportunity. It's one Friday night a month, but it's also one of the busiest in terms of the arts. The idea of a First Friday is definitely not a new one - I didn't make this up. The idea came after I had participated in many First Fridays elsewhere.
Thankfully First Fridays are more active over the summer, when school's not in session, so I can still participate in others then. But I'm graduating... I want to keep helping with Messiah's First Fridays to see it off to a good start, but if I were to, in the future, organize First Fridays, they probably wouldn't be at a school. And so they would probably run year-round or something to that extent. And so I would indefinitely not play First Fridays.
It's an interesting problem, one I seem to get myself into far too often. I want to do all of these things for the community and for other musicians, but also want to keep playing out myself.
I've also toyed with the idea of someday having a house concert venue. Again, that would likely limit how often I could play.
Maybe there are other platforms that enable organizing, exposing, and playing. I don't know. ustream "festivals" seem to cater to that, but they're not in front of a live audience...
There's got to be some solution that I just haven't thought up. Anyone in a similar position or have any insight?