I've been talking with some friends who do live streaming events about putting together a show in LA that would have a small live audience, and a potentially unlimited global audience, through streaming. It would be sort of like An Evening With Kevin Smith, but it would be with me. I'll read a few passages from my books, including unreleased material from All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, and then I'll do a little Q&A from the Internet and the live audience.
I think we're going to aim for like a $5 ticket price to watch the live stream, and the show would be in the neighborhood of two hours.
I want to hear from you and I want you to tell me if you're interested. If there's enough interest from different time zones (like Europe, where it could potentially be in the middle of the night when I'm live in LA) I would do a show that's at like 11am in LA, but 8pm or whatever in Europe.
I beg your patience and understanding during the coming weeks, because I'm going to ask this over and over again to make sure as many people as possible know about it. You're going to see reposts on my Facebook, on Tumblr, on Instagram, and on my blog.
For a show like this to be successful in person, I'd need to sell out a house of like 800 people, so I need to hit at least that many people online to feel like it's worth it, but I'm also cautiously optimistic about the potential for a global audience over 1000 people.
SO: I think $5 seems fair. Am I undervaluing myself? Should I make it like $7 or $10? That seems high to me, but what do I know.
If this works, I would be totally into doing shows every month, inviting artists who I think you'll dig, so they can earn some money, and build their audience.
H*ck, if this really does work, it could be something truly special and memorable for lots of people! I feel silly thinking big, but why not think big? I'd love to start something that grows into a really awesome showcase for my work, and other people (musicians, comedians, storytellers) who I want to bring to a larger audience than they have right now.
Published on June 30, 2018 17:35