My first ever job was a commission only number just after finishing school.

My task was to go door to door and sell people loft insulation. And it should have been an easy sell, because the vast majority of the cost was payed for by a government grant, the amount the customer had to pay was negligible, and the benefits were easily explained.

Still, after a month of knocking on doors I’d had three bites, and only one person who was prepared to sign on the dotted line, for which I got 30 quid in my pocket. I persevered though, and the happy news is that eventually I started to break through, and now I OWN that loft insulation company.
So I gave up. And these days loft insulation is just something that everybody has. I put an extra layer in our attic. It felt like the right tribute to my younger self.

I’m no salesman. And yet these days I’ve fall into the vocation of “selling” the idea of Homesongs. But it’s hard to find people who will take the plunge and actually host a gig in their home despite it’s many glorious wonders.

So, to remind myself, and you, of why Homesongs are GREAT, here is a little clip of a young local Campbeltown band, The Endorphins, singing one of their own songs at their first ever gig, a Homesong gig, at our house.

That’s why I do it, and this time I’m not giving up.