{"id":2241,"date":"2020-03-20T00:07:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T00:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2023-03-27T15:52:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:52:03","slug":"with-concert-cancellations-durham-venues-livestream-local-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2020\/03\/20\/with-concert-cancellations-durham-venues-livestream-local-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"With concert cancellations, Durham venues livestream local artists"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you had tickets to a concert in the next few months, you’ve likely gotten an email that it’s been postponed or canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n But Durham music fans can still access some live shows even while confined at home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Rebecca Newton, President and CEO of the Carolina Theatre of Durham, is starting a \u201c<\/span>Virtual Listening Room\u201d this month in response to the flood of live music cancellations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Co-created with the manager of the Wake Forest Listening Room Mike Allen, the project aims to keep local artists afloat by live streaming their performances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Virtual Listening Room is still in its organizing stages, but the first show is scheduled for Thursday, March 26. For $12, viewers can tune in to see local bands Violet Bell and Al Riggs livestreamed from the Blue Note Grill (the bands are playing separate time slots to avoid contact). Newton and Allen will not be taking a cut of the proceeds.<\/span><\/p>\n Newton expects to have four high quality cameras working simultaneously. It will be an \u201cAustin City Limits kind of quality,\u201d she said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n