OneBigPartyWith a PurposeThatshowcalled I HeartLivingRoom.
ConcertforAmerica, airsonSundaynightinJoiningUsNowisoneoftheartistthatyoujustsawattheforefrontofthisissueand a littlebitofhersoothing, soulfulnatureiscertainlysomethingthatwecouldalluserightaboutnow.
SoSotheretherehadtobesomethingthat I coulddo, and I immediatelythoughtOkay, justlikeeveryoneelse.
Weshoulddosomekindoflivestream, but I justwanttodo a regularlifestream.
I wantedtodo a livestreamthatwasinteractive, sothathadthesamequalitythatmyshowliveshowshave, uh, with a fewothercomponents, and I wantedtodoitfrommyownplatform.
So I wentonthehuntforthistechnology, lookingfor a streamingcompanythatcould, forthesethings, offtheinteractivecomponentcomponentwheretheartistseems a song, andthenthethreeaudiencechoosesthenextoneby a polepercentage.
Andit's somethingthatreallywantedtoofferbecause I thoughtthat, well, if I couldgivethemsomethingreallyspecial, theneverybodywill, youknow, feelliketheyweren't missingoutonthisthing.
And I couldalsoemploymytextsinmusiciansandeveryonethethewholeecologyofthemusicindustry, whichincludeallofthosepeoplewhomakeupthelittlemovingpartsthatmakethesethingshappen.
You'retalkingaboutsupportingthetextandyoucharge a dollar, whichisobviously a greatdealforfans.
But I tellyouthis, um, whatever I docomesfrommyheart.
Whatevermymusicmusiciansdocomesfromtheirhearts.
Wedon't haverehearsalsandallthosethingswefeeleachotherandand I like, umdirectmymusicianstodoto X andengineersistoplayyourinstrumentlike a drunkinthegreatwordsofoffJamesBrown.
Andaslongaswe'reallinsync.
Youknow, that's whatyoucanexpect.
Youcanexpecttofeelsomethingamazing.
Youknow, itwantsoneofusisdrunk.
Everybodygottobedry.
HehastobeandsayingYoucanexpectmoreofthesame, but a littlebitbeenokaytimeWell, musicissoimportant, especiallynowduringthesetoughtimes.
Thatstruggle, thebeautifulstrugglehasbeeninexistenceaslongastherehasbeen a separationandhierarchy.
Sothestruggleisnot a newthing.
Andinthedistance, see, Andit's not a newthing, either.
Aslongaswe'vehadthese, we'vebeendistantfromoneanother, but I thinkthatwhatwehavehadtheopportunitytotodoisfocusonourselves.
Um, ifwecan't goout, gowithin.
And I thinkthatthistimehasforcedustodojustthattoloveourselvesin a waythathelpsusbemorehonestwithoneanothertohelpusbemorehonestwithourselvesandmorehonest, honestaboutwhat I wanttodo.