Kaleponi

Doug Young is a man of many facets indeed. He’s retired from a career in high tech, before that he left behind a career as a cover band musician. These days he writes books and magazine articles on playing and recording guitar, he produces CDs of his own compositions and arrangements, engineers recordings for other players, and hosts a monthly Acoustic Guitar Showcase. As I mentioned in my last update, I’ll be performing with him at his next showcase event.

Now Doug is adding another title to his resume, that of webcast producer. He has begun hosting performances on Stageit and has invited me to be his guest there. Follow this link http://www.stageit.com/doug_young_and_fran_guidry/doug_young_and_fran_guidry_fingerstyle_and_slack_key_guitar/6876 to go directly to our show.

Stageit describes their webcasting service as being aimed at providing a backstage or casual encounter between artists and their audiences while expanding the range of venues available for producing shows. Doug hosts his show at his home with his lovely wife Teri engineering. His first show featured fingerstyle composer and performer Larry Pattis. One of the little wrinkles that sets Stageit apart – no archive of the performance. So it’s a return to live performance before the era of nearly universal video and audio recording.

In order to facilitate micropayments, Stageit has created their own currency, which they call notes. In order to keep transaction fees reasonable, they sell notes in minimum orders of $5.00 for 50 notes. This is more than enough for a ticket to our show, which Doug has priced at “pay what you can” – I think the minimum payment is actually one note, or $.10 US.

Clearly this is still an experiment,  but I think it will be an enjoyable one. I hope you can join us.