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@d-mack7053

25 күн бұрын

@MarySpender Greetings again from Marine City Michigan USA I feel extremely exactly what you are talking about. "D"

@nowthenzen

25 күн бұрын

How does a Musician end up with $1M after touring? Start with $2M.

@vassosserghiousr5488

25 күн бұрын

Facebook groups and posters. Plus the City website.

@shiftintosunshine

25 күн бұрын

You're a younger artist with an older audience. You're going to have to promote your shows locally for each venue. It's tricky, but if possible do some Guerrilla Marketing by showing up at these venues for other artists in the next couple of months. About 2 hours before each show announce on Instagram, FB, YT short, etc. "i'm going to see this artist here tonight...see you there..." This will generate excitement around you and the venue and the local artists who will, in turn, promote you. Use free social media to cross-promote this new network of artists and venues. Additionally, local news are always looking for segments to fill airtime...especially in the AM. You can promote your shows to each TV station and offer to do a song on air. This will definitely hit your market demographic.

@KrystofDreamJourney

23 күн бұрын

@@shiftintosunshineTotally agree.

Since I don’t live in the UK is this my support. Thank you and have a great time touring Mary.

@MarySpender

24 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@SeanApplePie

22 күн бұрын

@@MarySpender Thats nice

What about a pay-per-veiw live stream of some shows. I live in the US and can't go in person.but would plunk down some money to see a show.

@zzzaphod8507

25 күн бұрын

Good idea! Wouldn't need to do all of the shows but 1 or 2 would hopefully be cost effective, especially if the tech allowed the viewer to watch on a delay (if needed due to time zone issues/work conflict/etc.)

@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020

25 күн бұрын

This is a great idea. Mary should heed your advice, i would pay to see her too.

@DanRandom

25 күн бұрын

This is a great idea, use a good quality camera (iPhone) pipe in the audio and sell it to the audience. Low upfront cost and possibly a great way to recover some costs. I agree it should be available for replay to allow for time zones. Could simply be a KZread members only stream?? Keep it simple.

@jgreg333

25 күн бұрын

Yeah, I do this even when an event is in my city. Less crowds and hassle of getting to and from the venue.

@brainsmoothy

25 күн бұрын

@@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020 "heed," is a fine verb that is underused. Thank you.

I'm worthless to you as far as help or suggestions, especially living in the USA, but I'm rooting for you! I hope it works out well for you and turns out to be all you hope for.

Small venue design is off the charts in Britain. Every one of them looked like a place I'd want to see live music in regularly.

@brainsmoothy

24 күн бұрын

seconded

My band played together for nearly 15 years. We played to packed bars, and we also played to the sound guy and bar staff, many times, at all points of our journey. While we loved making music, we never took the leap of trying to do it professionally. In that time we self produced 5 albums, all studio quality, and we are very proud of what we did on our own. As I get older, I still love to see live music, even though I don't play live anymore. And to me, THAT is the key to success. Don't try to bring the fans to you. Go to where the fans are. Play clubs, regardless of size where people go to here music. Not YOUR music. Not a genre of music. Just music. Where people are open to the experience of sharing an evening with an artist. Your fanbase will grown from that. Something in your voice, or a melody will stick with them, and they will remember, they will follow, and ultimately, they will want to see you and share that experience with you again. I wish you all the best on this tour, and should you ever come to the US, please make a stop in Portland, Maine. Cheers.

@dennism7532

21 күн бұрын

I remember telling the 8 people in the bar to grab their tables and stick them in front of the stage so they could have a “private” show. It was a hoot and we all had a great time. It was certainly better than playing to an empty dance floor.

Touring can be brutal. I remember reading about one of The Tragically Hip's early shows. Played in Seattle I believe. Something like 6 or 7 people showed up. Gord Downie invited them up to the front of the stage and it turned into a party. It's those interactions that made them legends. RIP Gord. Admire that you treat your staff and friends with class and dignity.

@eCoArise

24 күн бұрын

oh man, I miss Gord so much...

Coming from Slovakia to the London show as a surprise to my wife. Just booked flights, hotel and concert tickets. We can't wait!!!!

@MarySpender

24 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@LasseMalmgren

24 күн бұрын

@SeanAllocca you're awesome mate !!

@raphaelboll6096

23 күн бұрын

Dont let your wife see this video then ;)

Hey Mary, my name is Ralf Falk I`m a musician since I was getting 14. I´m from Germany and I am 72 years now. I just started my KZread channel about 5 weeks ago. Having given you this informations, I now like to try giving some information you`d just reqested: 1- I never toured the way you intend to do, I allways fixed some gigs and traveled there without thinking too much about a route or the like. 2- most of the time I did solo gigs, so I was not responsible for others and that helped a lot. 3- I`m not "only" a musician but I make my own guitars, amps, pa and a lot of the other stuff needed by myself. 4- the genre I am in is the Blues. I have had my share of other things like Jazz and Folk too. But it allways seems to be a small niche in the music game. I sometimes was a side man or sat in with bands . But, to be honest, the experiences I learned the most from besides my time of studying music in music schools, were the occasions where I could meet and play with quite a few of my music heroes. This was way back in the 1960ies. And in this time it was really easy to meet people especially musicians. Everything then was sort of more human: you just went to a concert, asking if you might be welcome to take part and you definitly would get an answer. That`s how I did it and mostly it went well. I talk about people here like "Big Joe Williams" and " Champion Jack Duree" to name just two wonderfull musicians. Just Blues guys! I now learned that today one has to have millions of "klicks", just to know who to ask- sorry, but it seems to be a lot more complikated nowadays.Until the days determined by the pandemic, everything went good for me getting gigs and spending my other time by giving guitar lessons and making gear. I think the situation is quite similar to yours because beside your musical work you are doing that KZread thing here too. Anyway, I have no real advice for you, but the things that I have just mentioned my be helpfull in one way or another and your videos here are definitly giving me some things to think of. Thank you for that. Good luck on your tour and lotta fun to you...

How do you promote a show when your fanbase is so geographically dispersed? I guess that’s the problem with being a mostly online musician. That’s a tough call. As an arts council in rural Canada, we pay artists at your level around $3k to $5k to come to our town. We get that money back mostly from sponsorship. Ticket sales aren’t always guaranteed (as you know all too well). We should get a cut of merch sales, but try to waive that when we can. Mostly we lose a little money per event but hopefully make it back through a single gig with a bigger name that we can tempt for a lower price. It’s the best we can do to both bring music to town and support the musicians too.

@Chasing72

24 күн бұрын

Thank you for what you do in supporting artists and the arts!

@borawastaken

Күн бұрын

Canadians might truly be the nicest folks!

I saw a UK band named Moke 20 years ago (maybe more). They opened for The Black Crowes at The State Theater in Detroit. Never heard of Moke but they were fantastic. I bought their cd, and a shirt. About a week later, Moke played at The Shelter, again, in Detroit. I brought 4 people with me and that made a crowd of 10. These guys were all the way from the UK, had excellent music and only 10 people at the gig. They still put on an amazing show. Music is a tough industry. I was in a band. Played local clubs for a pittance. Some packed, some empty. You have to love it. Break a leg.

@PileOfEmptyTapes

24 күн бұрын

That reminds me of when I went to see Hanne Kolstø play in Munich in 2015. Even for a relatively small venue, about two dozen people dotted about the room wasn't a lot and felt like a bit of a bummer. It appears she's been concentrating on her native Norway since. I think I found the concert you were referring to, Black Crowes with Moke in State Theater on 02/19/1999 (there's even a setlist available). It appears Moke released a second album in 2001 and disbanded in 2002.

I run a small venue in the United States in the suburbs of Atlanta, and I sometimes work as an FOH engineer at other venues. I suggest reaching out and making customized videos and photographs for each venue. They don't have to be fancy, but they should include something specific for each town. For us, that means 10 to 20 extra tickets per concert. Also, send a CD to each venue, especially if they have non-music acts. We use upcoming performers as house music in the lobby before the plays and dance recitals we have. Toi! Toi! Toi!

@Chasing72

24 күн бұрын

Great ideas!

@jonathanbennett4535

24 күн бұрын

Yes, great, some kind of special “bootleg” live album or two including venue videos?

@MarySpender

24 күн бұрын

Good idea thank you!

After the UK tour, an idea for the US tour: unplugged, cut the band (cost), mainly accoustic living room performances in the homes of online followers… Limited seats, highly exclusive, you need an invite, 3 weeks, 15 performances in different cities

@Brian-L

24 күн бұрын

I did this for another favorite local guitarist and vocalist. Hosted 15 near and dear friends for a potluck and living room concert. It was an amazing evening thouroughly enjoyed by all. Naturally, the artist was well compensated for her performance. Mary, if you read this and are down, I'd love to host you in south Denver, Colorado someday enabling me to continue my living room concert series and supporting up and coming artists. Please reach out!

@DavidHughesss

22 күн бұрын

A folk musician I was talking to recently wasn't telling me that him and his musical partner had quite a strong advantage in this regard, in that when they went on tour it was just the two of them in a van. No need to hire anyone else, and would just stay in a Travelodge or similar each night - they'd get a reasonable crowd at each folk club they played at, and while they wouldn't make a huge profit from doing this there was also not much chance of making a loss.

I spent most of my 20s in a small Wyoming town where if a bar had a live band, even if you've never heard of them, they were standing room only! Small towns are also cheaper on food and hotel costs. I bet if you made a run of small towns in the Western U.S, you would have a great turn out.

@gxtmfa

17 күн бұрын

Small towns are great for playing to a live audience

I wish all the best of success in your upcoming tour and I'll definitely be sharing your music. ❤❤

Good luck from Canada with tour this fall! I hope its monumental success!

Hi Mary! Greetings from Chicago. Someone posted below about doing a pay-per-view online show, and I like that idea! I also LOVE the passion in you as you pursue your dreams!! I will always watch you!

I'll be seing you in London .... All the very best of luck with the tour!

Best of luck to you, Mary! May you be blessed with success to continue touring and make your way to us here in the USA!

Best wishes for a great tour!

Hi Mary, love your music and your channel. I guess... since you have a big audience from all over the world, a good idea would be to record one live show and sell the recording online (pay-per-view or something like that). Only people in the UK can come to see you live, but people from everywhere can buy the recording of one of your shows. Just my two cents.

All the best with the tour

I wish I lived in the UK, just so I could support you in person.

Thank you once again for your excellent content and delivery Mary.

Best wishes. I can’t really get to the UK from across the pond, but I want nothing but the best for your tour.

Good luck with the tour. Would love to see you live!

@MarySpender

22 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

WIsh you all the best on your tour.

Already booked for the London venue, looking forward to it!

Thanks!

@MarySpender

24 күн бұрын

Thank you! Much appreciated.

@hulumanu

23 күн бұрын

@@MarySpender Reach for your dreams! You'll get there!

Coming from a punk background, the best (and most cost effective) way of promoting a show is to partner up with a popular local band to open for you. Then when they are touring, you can return the favor and open for them. It ends up being win-win because both bands get introduced to each other’s fans. It also usually works out well for finding places to stay. These days there is less “crashing on the floor” and more “my buddy has an AirBnB.”

I have booked tickets for the Leeds gig. Looking forward to it .

Like others, being in Oz, I can't attend... but your insights are so valuable. Good luck on the tour... & I can't wait to find out how it all went...❤

@MarySpender

24 күн бұрын

Thanks so much!

Looking forward to seeing you in Cambridge! 👍

I wish you all possible success, Mary.

So excited to see you in Glasgow! And get my hands on some merch. I’ll do all I can word of mouth :) Best of luck with preparations!

Good luck and God speed to you on your ventures Mary. I've been watching you for years and have loved watching you grow.

looking forward to seeing you in Leeds in the amazing Brudenell! c u there

Hi Mary. You are a good inspiration to alot of people and I am sure you will do well with your tour. The Glasgow fans will welcome you and look forward to your gig. Good luck and I hope we all get a chance to say hi.

Greetings from Oslo; thanks for sharing, Mary! If you ever come to Norway, I´d love to see your show

I wish I could come see you live. Being in Canada makes the logisitics a bit hard. I wish you the best, and I'm sure the tour will be amazing. Love you Mary!

Firstly, I must apologise as I will not be able to see you on this tour. The nearest show to me is a 4hr drive and it's a Monday so it's not likely to happen. But I want to ask about festival gigs. There are a lot of small-to-medium festivals across the summer in the UK that I would imagine would be a guaranteed audience - whether these are Weekend-in-a-Field or Series-of-Standalone-Concerts, you'd be an excellent candidate for these.

I booked tickets to see you in Birmingham back in December. So looking forward to it.

Good luck with your tour.

Looking forward to the show in Bristol.

Very excited for you and this tour. Wish I could join you at one of these amazing venues. Totally get the stress over the costs. Your fans will reward you with ticket sales I’m sure of it.

Good luck with the tour, Mary. Come to the Foxlowe venue in Leek next time.

Consider this small donation me being to one of your UK shows in spirit! I would love to see your live performance when you get back to Chicago! 💕

@MarySpender

24 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

Wish I could be there in the UK for your shows. You’ve talent, grit and determination. I’m sure you’ll make your tour a success,

Very Interesting Mary ! Good luck for your tour !!!

Good luck. I be following along on KZread from the US😊

Looking forward to seeing you in Glasgow, got my ticket when it was announced.

I REALLY REALLY wish I could come to one of you shows Mary, but my reality is that I'm a sole full time carer for my wife, and it's just impossible to find the time, ANY time! I bought your albums, and downloads, every one of them, and I think you're a superb artist and roll model for independant artists. I hope your tour is a fabulous success and you don't loose too much money trying to put yourself out there and make all your fans happy, that would be a crying shame? You deserve all the success and happiness all your skill and artistry should bring, so please, enjoy this tour as much as you possibly can, make it a fierce celebration of your wonderful talent, music, and personality. Take care Mary, lots of love and luck, Chris. 👍❤️

Planning on going to the Glasgow show Mary. With at least 4 friends! Saw you on the first one!

Will try to make it to the Cambridge one. I can cycle there from St. Ives alongside the Busway. Good luck with the tour.

Glad that you liked Why Am I Doing This? (A Film About Touring). I was wondering why people were watching it again! I'm happy to see that it has reached so many people literally around the world. When I put it up on youtube I thought "maybe 3000 views..." but I was totally wrong about that! My band, The Bismarck, did two tours in the UK - 2012 and 2014. I even met my wife in Glasgow on the 2012 outing. I hope your tour goes well!

@MarySpender

17 күн бұрын

It's wonderful! Really enjoyed it. Thank you Eric.

@ericfundingsland

17 күн бұрын

@@MarySpender And in case you were wondering - Yes, you pronounced my last name correctly.

Oh I like the sound of those song excerpts. I'll have to order a copy of that album.

Just bought a ticket, see you in London!

Here in Canada, a lot of rising artists participate in Summer/Fall festivals. Mostly outside but a few inside. That helps greatly to be known by non-followers and can give a good feel for roadshows. I love your work and inspiration to play. You can count on me whenever you will play in Canadian Maritimes ❤

My wife and I will be visiting the UK for three weeks from Korea in September. I checked the dates and was happy to see you're in Bush Hall on the 27th. We'll be in a hotel that's within walking distance. Booked, of course.

I'm across the pond, but I get your message. Good Luck, Mary!

Thanks once again for your honesty and clarity, your sharing. I didn't go the professional musician route myself and it's way too late to change (not sure I would if I could), but I'm definitely interested in the "what if?" aspect. I'm in a different country, so won't get to one of these concerts, but I wish you all the best.

Back in the day, even with an Indie label deal, a band I was in always managed to break even from gigs outside of town. We did a lot of London dates (supports) but we got paid. We could hire a van & driver, fuel, maybe even buy food, but we didn't didn't stay over anywhere (except when recording which was paid for). Even at our basic level we had good contacts and a decent London based promoter (he worked for Phil McIntyre at the time). Touring always, always cost money and the reality was, you couldn't do it without some sort of investor, whether that be a label or management. I remember doing a support for Joe Strummer out of town, but even as the guest support going on before the official tour support, we got a fee! We had enough to hire a coach and sell seats to people who wanted to go to the gig. Even the label as a proper 'Indie' label would pay for stuff to help us tour. But we are talking about a different time. No internet. No downloads and people buying singles and albums on vinyl and the new CD format. We even had a higher royalty rate for CD sales! You can't give CDs away today! Kids will only buy awful vinyl format - but at least it's a sale. If you can cash in on the vinyl illusion - go for it! The band I'm currently in now will probably press our next album in vinyl for the 'novelty' sales. Maybe being signed to a proper label with respect/kudos opened doors and raised a level of expectation. Almost, gave bands a perceived status. Back then there were two states of existence only; signed or unsigned. Being signed meant a real financial commitment - even if it was only a £20k to get you going. We did our first album in about 15 days in one of the few studios in central London which still had a live room! It was an official rate of £1000 a day, but the label got their bands in it half price because they had a share in it. I could ramble on about it all, but in summary, the music business that was, no longer exists, thanks to digital music sharing. But that's the way it is. Why would a label invest in an artist if it can't get the money back by sales on physical media? So sadly, we're on our own. It was actually a realistic dream back in the 80s to become a hugely successful band with big record sales. The business model existed for that to happen. Even if you did end up owing your management and label. The successful ones back in the day who actually did have a shelf life which enabled them to pay back their debts either invested their money in other markets (property ownership for example) or spent it. The ones who were famous and spent it now do unnoticed day jobs. The the guys who invested in other markets have either retired comfortably or can still afford to tour as 'heritage' artists. Those with hits still being played can get some income from PRS if they're on the songwriting. Maybe we've returned to being travelling minstrels trying to entertain in the rich courts of the Kings and Queens. Youngsters today I fear, will burn themselves out because they can never afford to get off the hamster wheel of continuous playing to earn. If they want a 'normal' life outside of music then they will have to do a 'normal' job of some sort - or live out the rest of their lives on the road without having a family or settling down. All I can say is, best of luck to you Mary...but don't give too much of yourself to the skeletal corpse of the 'music business' we have today. It's unforgiving and not worth giving the best years of your life to. When it becomes a chore and a pursuit causing anxiety, your art will suffer. Above all, strive to have *fun* playing your songs. Always try to reconnect to that younger person who first discovered how much joy it was performing in front of people - whether huge audiences or a handful in a small room. Savour the moments. I do gigs these days and love playing more than when I was a pro. The boot of the car goes down at the end of the night and I go home, having satisfied the 15 year old boy who dreamed of being a Rock star drummer. He goes back in box ready to make another appearance at another time. Just don't burn yourself out now and lose the love to do it in the future. Keep music an open-ended experience. It's a life journey and true success is the ability to keep doing it without it destroying your love of doing it.

You've got some good venues there, Mary. Loved playing the Brudenell. Great crowd, good staff. The Joiners is a great venue too.

I hope to see you on 3rd October!

Hi Mary just wanted to say Good luck with the up and coming tour, unfortunately can't come to any of the venues as much as I would love to see you live perhaps one day you do a gig in Nottingham...cheers Phil from Newark

I am just a fan from INDIA, following you & love to listen your songs particularly your voice along with nice guitar play, just praying may God grant you all the success & joy, BEST WISHES FOR THE TOUR.

Thanks to this video, I'll have the pleasure of going to see you in Bristol. I like your music, your way of communicating, and not to mention how attractive you are. Best of luck on this tour.

I am in love the new album Mary. The sound is a celebration of life 😄

It's unfortunate there's not a lot of money to be made touring. On the flip side, consumers have been beaten to death with ridiculous concert ticket prices, so nobody seems to be winning except mega-bands and ticket corporations.

@supermanny73

25 күн бұрын

let's not forget the tipping culture that has now evolved since the pandemic. going out, even for coffee at the drive thru, has become rather expensive in this (US) economy

@ralfklonowski3740

25 күн бұрын

It's not just the promoters and ticket sales men. Everybody wants to milk the cow after the dry pandemic years as hard as possible. KZreadr Tank the Tech, a tour manager, once talked about the skyrocketing prices for tour busses. Madness!

@pulaski1

25 күн бұрын

Small bands and small venues are _under_ pricing concert tickets, and I'm not sure why. Almost nobody playing the club venues in Charlotte, NC are charging more than $35 (which come with $10-$15 of junk fees), but the $35 is barely more than I was paying 5 years ago, and I feel bad paying so little. I saw three bands playing in a bar in Charlotte last night, the headliners have released several albums and supported _big_ name bands on tour - Aerosmith, GnR, and AC/DC among others, and the ticket price last night? $20 (plus $7 of fees) - I paid as much to park and buy one beer as I did for the total cost of the ticket, and that in itself is nuts! I didn't go out last night to park and drink one beer - the purpose was to see a couple of bands, and that should have cost me $60-$80, _at least._

@donaldcook3112

23 күн бұрын

. . . So, do not do it - for a coffee?!? For a real level of service over more than a minute or so, perhaps. But it is NOT an ‘expected’. If people were payed correctly to begin with (that ‘GREED’ cancer that the ‘U.S.’ excels in) than no need to ‘tip’ unless it’s warranted. Not just expected … because some one did their job.

I'm really looking forward to you going on tour in Germany. 😎🎸

Cracking set of venues, hope to see you in Leeds. :¬)

I am stateside and when I booked my upcoming Europe trip I checked to see if any of your performances lined up with my itenerary. Sadly, nothing worked out this time around. I do travel to see favorite artists and am looking forward to seeing you live in the UK one day!

Hi Mary I'm a retired 76 year old musician who has been following you for years. Always played locally in Michigan. I've also followed two musicians from there early years, you may have heard of them , Samantha Fish and Lindsey Sterling. Different in style but may be able to help. Good luck John Robertson

@carolmartin4413

24 күн бұрын

Hi 👋 from Wisconsin 🍻 78 and we Packerlanders follow Mary too!

We live in the states. Our “tours” are generally playing shows from East to west across our region. We can play a few hours east of where we live and crash on sofas or camp (lots of camping) on a weekend, then play our home town and somewhere a few hours west of our home town (sleeping in our own beds). We’ll round it out be traveling to play west a few hours and crashing on a sofa or maybe the venue has a deal with a hotel. That’s about 5 dates in two weekends. Not a glamorous “tour” but we can cover a 5 hour radius without being at a loss.

If you come to Boston MA, USA I'll see you there!

Thank You for sharing this. Touring of any kind (book tour, music tour, political tour) is really about building a physical (vs. virtual) fanbase. It is about building "know, like, trust" so that when you make an "offer" those folks who "know, like, and trust" you will be the ones who will be supporting you. Is the tour gig "the offer?", "the album?", "the course?". If KZread is the big income generator, then is the purpose of the tour to drive KZread Subscribers, or is the KZread video paying you to Advertising your "offer" - like a private songwriting lesson with you before a show. Having small merch price points - CD, Vinyl, T-shirt, socks - is a nice way for people to support you without a big investment, but others might be willing to spend hundreds/thousands of pounds to take a lesson or have a living room concert for a group of friends. Best of luck.

Regular show-attender but not musician here, how I here about shows is [1] venue flyers (my local venues post their schedules in bars and coffee shops), [2] word of mouth primarily from musicians, [3] musician's emil lists. I realize that [2] & [3] require a whole lot of that online audience-building first.

Good luck Mary. May the wind always be in your sails and the sales be in your pockets.

Wow! Thanks for sharing all this information about the trials and tribulations of doing a tour. It seems a little daunting.

⚓️ Thanks Mary 🇬🇧

Create flyers we can download and print or share online and out in local media! I would have loved to help with that if I had lived closer to any of the venues. I'm glad you asked for our help. It shouldn't hurt your pride at all :)

Absolutely brilliant, love it 🎶🎵🎶🎵

In Colorado, follower & fan, you go it will work!

Since I can't be there, support from the US. I hope it goes well and most importantly that you enjoy it! BTW...LOVE the necklace.

@MarySpender

24 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Good luck with the tour.

@MarySpender

23 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

And when can we see you in Florida ? I will certainly come to enjoy your performance !!! I would even turn down a gig in order to attend your concert 😊

All the best. See you at St Luke's - the best venue and audience on the tour! #Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Danke!

@MarySpender

21 күн бұрын

Thank you!

I play out pretty consistently. One could make the case that you can do it all via social media, but that's an ever changing current. With live shows, I know there will at least be a handful of people present, whether they're there for live music or not. During my shows, I stress (but not overstress) signing up for my newsletter, or even hosting a house concert! I've found that house concerts are a fantastic way to connect with audiences and make meaningful connections.

Wishing you luck Mary. 🙂👍

You’re watched in New Zealand too, Mary!!!

I'm a subscriber and my interest is about 30% in hearing your music. You playing and singing are great, but I find I watch more for your commentary as its amazing to see evolution in progress. Stuff like that new guitar you got is very entertaining. I'd love to see you play in person so hopefully will someday.

Seen you in Bristol and Brighton and I'm gonna do either Birmingham or London for the hat trick! 😀

Thank you for the video recommendation of "Why Am I Doing This?". One of the persons mentioned is Christina Bautista, who is an acquaintance of mine. Good luck on prepping for the tour. Besides the expense, even at a financial loss, touring and playing live is such an exhilarating experience.

Good luck for your live music

Hope you can make it across the pond one day Mary! you've got a big fan base here!🥰

Mary, you live in a great country for music. Ed Sheeran goes to schools in towns where he has a gig, to spread the word and promote music. Mark Knoffler has a foundation for kids with health issues. He released a song for them and his town's stadium plays it now at the beginning of each football game! Go to wine (maybe not), beers, and spirits for sponsorships. In your 4 months, go play your songs in public places with high traffic like malls, or big stores. Bars in the town you'll visit might welcome a few songs from you start the buzz. These guys talk to many people all day! And let the good do the rest. Good things happen to people who believe in what they do, like you do. Stress is part of being an entrepreneur. Learn to live with it, and manage it. Not easy, but not impossible. You'll be fine. Cheers from Chicago!

'When I meet God', 'This is the 21st Century' - I Think your voice with Steve Hogarth's would be truly unique!

If you come to Denver I'd go. Very good options for venues and good night life. The Soiled Dove is a small intimate venue. Hope to catch you on tour

When you come to America, I will come to your concert if it’s in Raleigh/Durham North Carolina. And I will help spread the word.