12.06.2020 - SSI - Mrs Williams

FEEDBACK FROM PERFORMANCE

The survey I created is here.

The results were very impressive:

The answers for this question were:

• "Maybe if they had a better mic"
• "I loved every second"
• "If it was in real life and not over a call"
• "More songs 🤩"
• "It was a bit laggy but I don't know how you can improve that"

Overall I think the gig was amazing and I'm extremely thankful to Laurent and Hana for helping me out.  They both sounded incredible and in my opinion I think that although we weren't there, it was still such a moving experience and I felt every note go through my body and move me.  From now on I will be creating my presentation as I feel I have the research I need to make it.  Like I said in the methodology, I researched through watching performances, interviews, reading up on articles, creating my own live online performance and making a survey to see the results.

11.06.2020 - SSI - Mrs Williams

LIVE ONLINE PERFORMANCE

The gig went really well and Laurent and Hana both smashed it.  Here was the outcome:
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I will now make the survey and send it out and collect my results tomorrow.

10.06.2020 - SSI - Mrs Williams

ORGANISING LIVE ONLINE GIG

The steps I need to take in organising this gig are:

• Finding someone who is willing to perform
• Setting a time and date for this gig
• Explaining the project and my intentions for this concert
• Marketing it to different people
• Making a survey for people to say their thoughts

Finding someone who is willing to perform

My sister is a music student in Brighton and she lives in a house with many other music students.  I thought she would be my best bet in getting someone to perform.  My sister didn't want to participate unfortunately, however, she kindly asked her friends if they could help and her two friends Laurent and Hana both agreed.  They were luckily quarantined together so Laurent would play the guitar and Hana would sing.

Setting a time and date for this gig

I wanted this to be performed as soon as possible so we arranged for it to occur the next day at 10pm.

Explaining the project and my intentions for this concert

I called Laurent and Hana and spoke to them about my project.  I then explained that the reason why I wanted to host this online concert was to see if this is our new way of life now and if people are here for it or not.  Thankfully, they were both on board with it.

Marketing it to different people

I didn't want this to be a massive performance as I don't know Laurent and Hana too well and didn't want to put a massive amount of pressure on them.  I asked my sister, Laurent and Hana to invite whoever they wanted to as it was their concert.  I also invited a few of my friends, who aren't music students, to see a different side to it.

Making a survey for people to say their thoughts

I will make this once the concert is over and I will share it to everyone in the call.

Tomorrow is the day of the performance!

09.06.2020 - SSI - Mrs Williams

PERFORMANCE IDEAS

Here is just a brainstorm of some ideas of online and live performances I could host:

• Stand up comedy
• On Instagram live
• Tristan performs
• Tristan can invite people into the call if necessary
• Improv performance
• On Zoom
• Louis, Amelie and I perform
• Suggestions given in the chat 
• Dance performance
• On any live functionality
• Amelie and Silvana perform
• Monologue
• On Instagram live
• Julien performs
• Small gig/concert
• On Zoom or Instagram live
• My sister or her friends perform

Stand up comedy relies on the audience's feedback, so a situation where it's quiet could be quite uncomfortable for the performer.  I like the idea of an online improve evening but I really think that a lot of the comedic aspect of it comes from the energy of the audience and so I think it would crash and burn without it.  The dance performance could be really good if done well.  I don't think Amelie and Silvana could do the same choreography at the same time as there will be a slight delay.  Two separate performances. on the other hand, could work very well.  The monologue idea is one of the strongest as it doesn't require an audience as such.  I think getting in contact with Julien and having him help me could be quite challenging as I don't know him very well.  The final idea of the small gig or concert is probably my favourite as it doesn't require the energy of the audience immediately and I think it could work out very well and people would enjoy watching it.  

Tomorrow, I will arrange and organise this online gig so that I can see first hand the experience and also what other people make of this live online performance.

08.06.2020 - SSI - Mrs Williams

ASTRONOMICAL

The Astronomical event is where the creators of the game Fortnite, and the massive musician, Travis Scott, came together and collaborated to host an online, live, interactive performance.  This is the official video of the full event:
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Here is another video which was screen recorded from someone's PC, which shows how the show was interactive:
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According to the stats released by Epic, in addition to the 12.3m watching live on 23rd April, more than 27.7m viewed the concert across the 5 events that ran until 27th April. 

The concert's set list included "Sicko Mode" and "Stargazing" from Scott's 2018 album Astroworld, "Goosebumps" from his 2016 album Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, the single "Highest in the Room" and the brand new track "The Scotts" featuring Kid Kudi.

The Astronomical Experience was not only a visually stunning event, but it also had hints to previous Fortnite season-ending events such as the volcano eruption and black hole that led to the game being shut down in 2019. The concert even featured a shot of the original map of the island.
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I didn't watch this event live, however it was an absolutely surreal experience just watching it on my screen.  The graphics and technology is showing us our future and it's paved a whole new way for the future of performance.

Next I want to come up with my own performance which is live and with an audience.

07.06.2020 - SSI - Mrs Williams

BTS LIVE ONLINE CONCERT

BTS are a 7 member Korean pop (or kpop) group.  BTS were forced to cancel their international Map of the Soul tour dates this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic - including a 37-date trek through North America - but ARMY now has a new event to look forward to.  The seven-piece South Korean group will be throwing an online "un-tact" (no-contact) concert, Bang Bang Con the Live, on June 14th at 6 p.m. KST/5a.m. ET.
The paid livestream will run for 90 minutes and will be hosted by the band in a single room.
BTS previously threw the online musical festival Bang Bang Con, devoting a weekend to showing archival live footage from their concerts around the world.  The livestream amassed a total of more than 50 million views and more than 2 million concurrent viewers.
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The live online concert ended up hitting a peak of over 750,000 viewers.  My sister and her friend paid to watch it and she gave me some feedback on how the show went:

• It was a really fun experience
• It was kind of other worldly as she's never experienced anything like it before
• It felt kind of awkward as there wasn't a crowd who were cheering or making noise
• She would definitely pay again and do it again and would recommend

I want to look at another massive online event next called Astronomical. 

06.06.2020 - SSI - Mrs Williams

LIVE ONLINE GIGS

People who perform music for a living, or those who just do it for a hobby are all providing so much content for their friends and fans during this time.  They really don't have a lot else to do and it's very important for them to stay busy and do the things they love.  Here is an example of a guy doing his own online gig.  He received a lot of positive feedback in the live comment section and he would occasionally reply to these.  This engaged his audience and got him a decent amount of subscribers.  Subscribing to a twitch streamer is a form of monetisation.  Monetisation is a tricky and sensitive topic during these times as it can be very tough to figure out a way to do it.  Anyone can watch a twitch stream for free but if the viewer really likes their content, they can pay to subscribe to them.

There is a very informative article on how to do an online gig and the ways monetisation could still happen.  Here are the key points:

• Run an online free gig
• Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Zoom
• Run a paid gig
• The link to a stream with Paypal
• It's easier with a dedicated fan base
• The tip jar approach
• Charge for recorded performances
• Get the production values right
• Market the gig

I want to specifically look at a really big and successful online concert tomorrow like the BTS live online concert.