Here's what I would do if I were in a band. Frankiepaint could very well make this a reality in the future.
If I was in a band, there would be live streamed rehearsal sets biweekly at the minimum. Practice, chat, phone lines, interactive elements everything you would see on a live podcast. For live in person shows, I would bring a travelling live streaming kit and just go for it. Stream the whole show with a dedicated crew of two/three (crew would be a part of the band and live experience). The esotericness would be off the charts with a set that is interactive with boostagrams. My hope is that a typical...I'm not even gonna say the way....a standard show goer walks in, sees a cacophony of animatronics and lights dancing to donations. I hope that this average show goer only has six letters in their minds being "WTF" and "IRC".
Money, like space, is fake and gay. My mindset wouldn't change. The first and only driving force would be to make something cool. No endless drive for "but muh bills" or how do we get more people in here to pay "muh bills". If you want more people (and I've felt this way for a long time and have tried it three times with success) is to -
A: Book people on a podcast related to music so they have a reason to try it out. I.e. hosts invite a musician on, part of the prep is to work with them on getting music hosted.
B: I would be try to guest on as many music podcasts as I could find with a stacked catalog of live produced concerts.
A local watering hole has infinitely more charm than a dave and busters. If the door is open and the light is on, they'll find their way in. Someone echoed this in another part of the thread, but I concur that a lot of people won't have any clue what you can do until they're given permission to be excited (aka celebrity culture says "it's cool!"
#demu
