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The Asterisk
Oct. 22nd, 2023 12:27 amA couple months ago, I posted about my NY trip, and had an asterisk with "more on this later" in the tale. Well that situation keeps popping up, so I guess it's time to hash it out.
I was a bit perturbed that I learned about Darren's NY shows from Spotify, not any of his socials. In fact, it took a couple days before any of it hit his socials. The venues may have announced them before he did. Then, I got back from NY and knew he was playing AVLfest that first weekend in August, but couldn't find ANY details. it was like the day before that he finally shared he was playing Thursday evening, basically the first shows of the fest (multiple venues), so if you didn't know he was going to be there, you had literally NO warning or time to get there.
AVLfest was pretty much out for me, as the wristbands were $100, plus getting there and staying there and all that. Didn't know at first they'd have shuttles around town, so even just getting around felt like it'd be too much for me.
in the midst of all this, all I could think was "he needs someone to handle his social media. he needs ME to handle his social media!" I've mentioned his poor social-media communication to a couple friends, and they have both said he could benefit from my mad skillz. Given things Darren said in his show last weekend, and in an old interview (back when MySpace was a thing), he really dislikes being on the computer/phone.
Jo is curious how I could leverage SalesForce to manage bands (she's a SalesForce administrator) and Ben says he would greatly benefit from my organizational skills. I laugh at that, as I look at the state of my house, but at the same time, I'm once again working as an event planner for a friend, and kickin' butt and takin' names to boot.
No idea what/how to charge for something like this. I do know that when I approach him, I'll have done my homework. my dream would be to also work the merch table at shows and in general free him up to do what he loves to do (play/write music) while ensuring he keeps up a social presence so he's not lost to oblivion.
So yes, I've been mulling this over for months. and yes, I think there'll be an email going out to him soon.
I was a bit perturbed that I learned about Darren's NY shows from Spotify, not any of his socials. In fact, it took a couple days before any of it hit his socials. The venues may have announced them before he did. Then, I got back from NY and knew he was playing AVLfest that first weekend in August, but couldn't find ANY details. it was like the day before that he finally shared he was playing Thursday evening, basically the first shows of the fest (multiple venues), so if you didn't know he was going to be there, you had literally NO warning or time to get there.
AVLfest was pretty much out for me, as the wristbands were $100, plus getting there and staying there and all that. Didn't know at first they'd have shuttles around town, so even just getting around felt like it'd be too much for me.
in the midst of all this, all I could think was "he needs someone to handle his social media. he needs ME to handle his social media!" I've mentioned his poor social-media communication to a couple friends, and they have both said he could benefit from my mad skillz. Given things Darren said in his show last weekend, and in an old interview (back when MySpace was a thing), he really dislikes being on the computer/phone.
Jo is curious how I could leverage SalesForce to manage bands (she's a SalesForce administrator) and Ben says he would greatly benefit from my organizational skills. I laugh at that, as I look at the state of my house, but at the same time, I'm once again working as an event planner for a friend, and kickin' butt and takin' names to boot.
No idea what/how to charge for something like this. I do know that when I approach him, I'll have done my homework. my dream would be to also work the merch table at shows and in general free him up to do what he loves to do (play/write music) while ensuring he keeps up a social presence so he's not lost to oblivion.
So yes, I've been mulling this over for months. and yes, I think there'll be an email going out to him soon.
