When I talk about hosting Homesongs, people sometimes say that they would like to do it but they have not got a big enough living room.

That might be subtext for not really wanting to do it of course. Which is fine.

But does the size of your living room really matter?

From the point of view of the vast majority artists who want to play Homesong gigs, a small and attentive audience is definitely better than no audience at all. It’s also better than a larger audience who aren’t paying any attention.

Personally we are lucky now to have a fairly large room for hosting. It is ideal. But not so long ago we lived in a tiny terrace house with our 4 children at the time. And I know we could have squeezed 15 people in there with a few cushions on the floor - though we never did back then because the concept of home gigs wasn’t in my vocabulary at the time.

An audience of 15 is a gig.

You don’t need a Tardis to host a homesong. Just a home.