Here is the new Homesong website (if you’re reading this you’re on it) which is still a work in progress, but at least up and running. Many thanks to Kim Le Clair who has been a rock of creative help and support in moving forward with all of this.

To those who are familiar with the old site, there won’t appear to be many differences quite yet. But there are some key changes I’m wanting to make.

One, already here, is to provide hosts with a page they can exclusively link to for inviting their friends and acquaintances to any gigs they are hosting. It will look like this one, we are just starting to push for H4Lifers Rosie Nimmo and Norman Lamont. As you will see, for the first time I am trying to get donations paid ahead of time, in order to provide a bit more certainty and security for hosts and performers.

Secondly I want to have a place for those of you who have played Homesong gigs, or been part of HomeSongs4Life, to be able to profile yourselves. This is so that hosts are able to easily contact artists who are definitely interested in doing home gigs. That will hopefully get started over the next month or so.

None of this is rocket science, and the basic premise of hosting a home gig is simple, and doesn’t need me or Homesong at all. But all along I have felt it would be so much better if everybody interested in these kind of gigs was working together.

I know you appreciate that doing things right, to this end, takes time, and a LOT of mistakes! I really appreciate all the support received so far, and would welcome your input about any of this as we move along.

For now, if you know anyone who is already hosting home gigs and might like to make use of the Homesong website, please feel free to put them in touch with me here. Especially mention us if you are an artist who happens to play a gig at someone’s house.

I’ll be back here everyday writing something relating to music, life, and the lovely happenings we call Homesongs.

cheers
David Fee

ps. This blog will be coming from this site from now on, and not from my personal music website.