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Count Yourself Lucky

3 Sep 2021Count Yourself Lucky

I've been waiting for this.

Our visitor numbers have reached 1 million again, during the last month.

This isn't just great news for live music lovers, bands and venues; it's also an indication that the economy - at least in areas lucky enough to have live music venues - is recovering.

As am I.

I had COVID-19 for 2 weeks in August. I'm double-jabbed of course (ouch, ouch, my arm hurts a bit, in case any of you anti-social types are wondering). Oh, and I fell asleep at my desk for two hours, two days after the first jab. Big deal. I didn't have to go to hospital. I saved that bed for someone else who needed it.

If you are still muttering under your breath, and have a few moments to spare (possibly fewer moments left than those of us who have been vaccinated), take a look at the WHO's excellent COVID19 Mythbusters.

Then, after you've had your FREE late vaccinations and want to come out and see live music, and not die, and not deprive an older, frailer person of your hospital bed, we will all rejoice with you in time to the music, as you may well be our 1,000,001 (breathing) visitor.

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Mac, Double-Jabbed, only occasionally Single-Minded

Pic: Mike Thompson, USA Today

Gizza Job

6 Aug 2021Gizza Job

IE : Irrepressible Entrepreneur
CA : Career Adviser

IE: Good morning, I'd like a job, please.

CA: Certainly, sir. What did you have in mind?

IE: Well, I want to help people enjoy their lives. With music, I think.

CA: Music, sir?

IE: Yes, you know, live music. Connecting people with local gigs so that they can meet like-minded people, enjoy their favourite songs, chat about music, have a drink, maybe even date someone once in a while. There must be a way of connecting people with live music.

CA: Hmm, very interesting, sir... have you thought about starting a web site?

IE: A web site? No.

CA: I'm wondering if a web site might be the best way to advertise local gigs to people, sir. You could get bands and venues to sign up and post their own gigs. If you wrote a good database, I'm sure that music-loving people, wherever they were in the country, could easily find out about local gigs.

IE: Hmm, a web site. Yes, that sounds plausible. I don't know anything about web sites, but I'm happy to learn. I just want people to gather in large numbers, get to know each other, enjoy being together, in close contact with others who they might not know yet. I mean, there's nothing wrong about wanting to meet new people in a small intimate space, where music is the thing. People singing their hearts out, directly to audiences they've never met, having a great time, maybe a bit of audience participation, share the microphone, have a laugh, hugs and kisses all round.

CA: My friend, I think you've seen the future. I'm going to recommend that you meet with our Social Hub Interaction Team to work out the business details. It would be fantastic to get lots of people together and bond through local live music events, as you've just described. I can't think of any reason that your new business shouldn't be an incredible success. I think we're ticking all the right boxes here.

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Some years later...

Intense social interaction, enclosed spaces, singing, dancing, close proximity to strangers...

What was it that I didn't see?

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Mac, irrepressible socialite with zero contingency plans

Picture: Yosser

Final answer?

3 Aug 2021Final answer?

QuizMaster helped to keep me sane throughout COVID lockdown.

It took me 6 full weeks to write, and I then worked on it for many months, creating new sets of pop and rock music questions - 10 new questions each day, each with 4 possible answers; precisely edited MP3 clips from Lemonrock bands for the audio questions; not too difficult, not too easy. A little added extra spice to dreary, desperate days that we all experienced.

It brought a spark of joy and a sense of normality to many people's lives for over a year. The last game was at 7.30pm on 30th June 2021.

Thank you to the 500+ Lemonrock members who played it live or offline, and to all the players who wrote to me to offer their suggestions, help and thanks.

Although QuizMaster has now disappeared from Lemonrock's menu, you can still play previous games at https://www.lemonrock.com/quizmaster.php

Mac, Ken Bruce impersonator 😊

A spike in cases (good news!)

27 Jul 2021A spike in cases (good news!)

I was actually shocked and delighted to see how many new gigs have been posted on Lemonrock today; the second Monday after major UK Covid restrictions were lifted.

Whilst I don't expect a sudden massive change in behaviour amongst live music fans everywhere, I have already observed a new willingness from my friends to resume their previous patterns of going out to live music venues to enjoy all that's wonderful about seeing bands play.

Let"s hope (and/or pray, if that is what you prefer) that this big spike in posted gigs will help us all to enjoy more live music in the coming weeks and months...

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Mac, proud to know so many amazing people in the music business... 😊

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