We made a pact with our fans and friends, and we have a responsibility. (While we’re talking about things I miss, I’ll just go ahead and throw in truck stops, tiny green rooms that haven’t been cleaned in years, and the golden moments of a seven-hour drive when the road is wide open and the sun is just starting to set and you turn off the radio and just think for a while) I don’t know if that’ll happen through a computer screen. I miss those shows when the audience wants it so bad, and we want it so bad and together we all fall into this cosmic wave of rhythm and lyrics and magic and the whole room levitates, just for a minute. The more barriers you can remove between me and the audience the better. I need the energy exchange - people in a room experiencing an event together, breathing the same air and feeling each other’s heat as a moment builds. I’m in my living room, playing guitar to a screen - I can’t see faces. Here he shares five unvarnished lessons learned. Between co-hosting duties for every Monday’s OUTSKIRTS Americana and Country day on the Bandsintown LIVE channel and performing online as half of the Wild Ponies, Doug Willams knows a lot about live music streaming.
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