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> would you be interested in seeing the kind of gigs people on this [website] perform in?
Maybe. Depends on location, price, time, and style of music. If we're talking about recordings, as long as it's high quality, I'll take a look/listen. I don't particularly care for country, rap, ska, some metal, screamo, or bluegrass. Exception for Andrew Bird, on the country/bluegrass front.
> I go to > 20 gigs besides the ~20 I perform in a year.
The last musical thing I went to was a middle school/high school adaptation of Beauty and the Beast a month or two ago. It ... wasn't great. My youngest was in it, so that's a good reason to have gone. I can't exactly remember the last time I saw a pro musician (of whatever kind) in concert.
When I was in college a long time ago, I went to see a performance of some kind almost every night. These were either free or low cost (like $5 and under), but all were pretty high quality -- and I just had to walk across the campus to get there. I don't have the inclination to do an every night thing, but maybe once or so per week.
> Second question, should we invite our musician friends anymore ... ?
I've rarely invited other musicians to hear a group I was in. I think the exceptions have been when I hear that a friend wants to have more places to play/sing at.
I'd like invitations in the form of, "Hey. I'm gonna be at $place with my band at $time. It costs $money. I'd look forward to you coming down, but I understand if you can't afford it or have other committments."
