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An apology, a thank you, a celebration – 1000th gig

2016 March 14
by Mike Vial

First, I’m sorry if you tried to watch the show last night on Concert Window, and then after a few songs, got prompted to pay a “ticket” fee.

No one sent me any angry emails and folks didn’t seem to mind if they were prompted to pay a dollar to enjoy the full show; but I wanted to clarify the confusion since I advertised the show as “free.”

I meant for last night’s show to be 100% free to watch, and the “pay what you want” option wasn’t clear that folks could type “zero”. I didn’t know Concert Window was going to put up a prompted message, and I assumed the show would just play for free since I clicked the option to not require a tickets.

Last week was  rough for my family and I. We spent all of Wednesday at the St. Joe’s Hospital*, and I lost some prep and rehearsal time. (*Everyone’s OK, please don’t worry!)

Solid Sounds did a run through for me to make sure the tech stuff was going to work, but we didn’t know what the platform would like from the fan’s view.

In the end, the show was a wonderful celebration and success. This was the first time I have used Concert Window, and we were lucky not to have too many bugs. You know how technology is!

For those of you who tipped, or purchased the music download, thank you so much! When Ginny takes a nap today, I’m going to get those rewards emailed and mailed today. Devin, thanks for buying my one-of-a-kind, handwritten lyric book! What a wonderful surprise!

So many friends were sending me photos of their families watching the shows from their living rooms. (Emily and Hugh, your kids watching the show

If you missed the show last night, Solid Sound and Charlie Steen both recorded video feeds of the entire show, and I’m going to be posting a lot of video content for the show in the future for the next record.

I might have messed up that Beatles cover of the “In My Life” guitar solo, but maybe that’s exactly how life is supposed to be, imperfectly beautiful.

* * * * * Set List * * * * *

March 13, 2016 – The 1000th Show
Broadcasted on Concert Window
Live from Solid Sound Recording in Ann Arbor, MI

  1. Only the Rain Knows Why
  2. Don’t Mess Around with Jim (Jim Croce)
  3. Faster Than Slow
  4. Empty Cup
  5. Kalamazoo
  6. Mahogany
  7. Freshmen (Verve Pipe) – on mandolin
  8. Girl on the Mountain, Boy in the Beach
  9. A World That’s Bigger
  10. [record player intro] -> Burning Bright
  11. Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)
  12. Damn Fine Day
  13. In My Life (the Beatles)  – on electric guitar
  14. Do You Know Your Fears by Name? (on piano)
  15. Ghostwriter

* * * * * The Crew * * * * * *
Thanks to Charlie Steen for taping the show for future video releases:
SolidSounds_Charlie

And thanks to the Solid Sound crew:
SolidSoundcrew

Jake, you’re the man! It’s hard to believe we met on Main Street in Ann Arbor in 2008! (That was approximately my 97th gig.)

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