'It’s an appalling time for musicians right now so at the end of the day, the priority is supporting each other – I just want to do what I can, like all of us.'
There are literally thousands of musicians around the world who have lost their livelihoods as a result ofI’m a part time jazz and blues singer and I’ve had all my gigs cancelled. For my accompanist, George, who is a professional pianist, it’s even worse: he has lost every single one of his jobs for good.
I’m a problem solver by nature and I come from a tech background – my dad was an aeronautical engineer on the Apollo space programme and I run a digital start-up, Silver Sharers, as my day job – so my first thought was to turn to tech.I decided to set up a Facebook group, Corona Concerts, for musicians to broadcast their shows, and for music lovers to discover great music from around the world.
There’s a woman who is a professional classical pianist called Leva Dubova. Then there’s Atanas Valkov, a Polish film track composer whose music is gorgeous. Another guy normally does children’s music and he’s brilliant.One singer, Rob Aldridge, performed from his front room in Alabama and his little son started singing along in the background. He’s had lots of views, I think because it’s so heartwarming – it made me start crying.
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