With the restrictions placed on public gatherings and efforts to maintain social distancing, the live music and entertainment industry, and artists that rely on it, are going to be significantly negatively impacted. In an effort to lessen the blow for local musicians, Ari Goldblatt, Founder and owner of Boomer Productions, a Long Island based marketing and events company, created an online and social media-based entertainment service that offers local musicians an opportunity to continue to perform in front of a live VIRTUAL audience.
Utilizing Facebook Live, Ari Goldblatt, through Boomer Productions Facebook Page, streams live musical performances with artists who are performing from their own residences. Boomer Productions has worked with these artists in the past when promoting live in-person shows throughout the island and NYC. As part of this new collaboration with local musicians, Boomer Productions runs a promotional campaign for each upcoming show and during the live stream of the performance asks for viewers to donate to a virtual “tip jar”. Tips are made through the Venmo and Zelle platforms.
Understanding local residents are discouraged to go anywhere, the live music performances meet a real demand and are welcomed by people who want to remain social and enjoy quality entertainment. The engaging virtual social gatherings enable people to take their minds off the challenges all of society is facing and provides an outlet for local musicians to continue to entertain audiences and bring some revenue in.
Click here to find the schedule and watch each show on Facebook Live:
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Just trying to find away that my band can play from different locations ? Is that possible.
Thank you for your comment. It’s not that simple but with the right software and expert it is.
We are working on that functionality.