Played a front yard gig for my neighbours

[MakoMan]

With social distancing mostly still in effect here my band has decided to keep busy by playing free outdoor gigs in the place of our usual Saturday morning practices. We do these gigs outdoors and socially distanced from each other. Both our guitarists play acoustic guitars and backup vocals come from two Fishman mini amps. I use a Rumble 40 bass amp and sing through a Roland Cube Street, while our drummer plays a Cajon. We did a Facebook Live show this way two weeks ago that went extremely well so after that we decided that we would do free gigs for nursing homes etc. and also play for each of our neighborhoods.
Yesterday we did our first neighborhood gig, playing on my front yard for all of my neighbors, who up until this week were only vaguely aware that I played guitar or something in some sort of band. I live at the end of a quiet crescent with a big turning circle so some people set up there with lawn chairs while others listened while doing yard work. It was a small, but enthusiastic audience .
It was a beautiful day, we had a blast and everyone loved it. We even did 3 encores LOL! Really broke up the monotony on our street. One couple told us it was the most fund they'd had in months.
Here's a little video my wife shot of us playing a request for 'Shine' by Mondo Cozmo.

 

[4SG]

 

[el jeffe bass]

Well done

 

[filmtex]

I did one of these yesterday afternoon myself. Good on ya.

 

[JRA]

 

[MakoMan]

Thanks folks. It really was a blast. This whole thing has served as a reminder of why we started to play music in the first place... because we loved it.

 

[Shalto]

Good on you! Where I am in Australia we are very blessed to have almost no cases so we are allowed a certain amount of people together as long as social distance is maintained/you don't exceed a certain number of people per square metre. To comply with this we had to rehearse in the carport as our normal room isn't quite big enough. We didn't exactly put on a concert for my neighbour but I did seem him standing outside and having a smoke listening to us through the hedge....im counting that as a win

 

[rufus.K]

With social distancing mostly still in effect here my band has decided to keep busy by playing free outdoor gigs in the place of our usual Saturday morning practices. We do these gigs outdoors and socially distanced from each other. Both our guitarists play acoustic guitars and backup vocals come from two Fishman mini amps. I use a Rumble 40 bass amp and sing through a Roland Cube Street, while our drummer plays a Cajon. We did a Facebook Live show this way two weeks ago that went extremely well so after that we decided that we would do free gigs for nursing homes etc. and also play for each of our neighborhoods.
Yesterday we did our first neighborhood gig, playing on my front yard for all of my neighbors, who up until this week were only vaguely aware that I played guitar or something in some sort of band. I live at the end of a quiet crescent with a big turning circle so some people set up there with lawn chairs while others listened while doing yard work. It was a small, but enthusiastic audience .
It was a beautiful day, we had a blast and everyone loved it. We even did 3 encores LOL! Really broke up the monotony on our street. One couple told us it was the most fund they'd had in months.
Here's a little video my wife shot of us playing a request for 'Shine' by Mondo Cozmo.

...and a lefty in the band.

 

[MakoMan]

Good on you! Where I am in Australia we are very blessed to have almost no cases so we are allowed a certain amount of people together as long as social distance is maintained/you don't exceed a certain number of people per square metre. To comply with this we had to rehearse in the carport as our normal room isn't quite big enough. We didn't exactly put on a concert for my neighbour but I did seem him standing outside and having a smoke listening to us through the hedge....im counting that as a win

Sounds like a win to me! Rock on brother.

 

[MakoMan]

...and a lefty in the band.

We're very tolerant of minorities

 

[pacojas]

 

[Parzival]

That is great. If I drove by I would for sure stop and listen.

 

[MakoMan]

Thanks folks for all of your very much appreciated comments. We did another neighborhood gig at our rhythm guitarist's home yesterday and all his neighbors set up lawn chairs on their properties to listen to us. They sang along and clapped for every song... it was an absolute blast. Next Saturday we are heading up to Ottawa to play on our lead guitarist's front yard. Then we have several people who have asked us if we will play for their neighborhood.
What looked like a lost summer of festivals has actually ended up being a great learning experience. We've always been great friends in our band, but this has I think brought us even closer together. In the long run I think it will make us a better band.
I posted another video from last week that I think really shows how much fun we were having. This is us doing an acoustic version of The Rolling Stones' 'Paint It Black' while our biggest fan of the day enjoys a juice box