There's been decreasing interest in buying / owning music these days, so recorded music is now largely a non-profit commodity owned by streaming services, the only significant commercial value of which has been to promote live gigs. That revenue stream has largely disappeared for the moment, and what it looks like in a post-panic future is uncertain at best. The only thing that hasn't changed is that full and part time musicians still need to make a living.
The Kemper is a digital creature. While it can certainly blend in with a back line of tube amps, I think a lot of us are a bit more techie by nature or we wouldn't own one. "Remote" is the current normal, so computers, mobile devices, the Internet, etc. are about the only way the audience has to get the interactive experience they can no longer get from a live gig. I'm seeing everyone from bedroom players to rock stars giving performances on YouTube. Sometimes it's a sound stage with good production values. Other times it's Paul Stanley at home with a guitar in his lap, or Norah Jones sitting at her living room piano.
When some kind of normal emerges from all this the audience will have become conditioned to whatever they're experiencing now, so I was wondering how many of you are experimenting with new (and potentially paying) ways to connect with listeners using the technology you have at your disposal. Seems to me the Kemper crowd would be a bit more open to new, tech-y ways of doing things, and I know you guys must be missing the gig money right about now.
Hopefully this isn't too off-topic from "tweak profile / play guitar" to discuss. Just seems like something that's particularly relevant at the moment while lots of talented guys sit at home with their Kempers instead of getting paid for a gig. I'm curious to know if you guys are exploring new territory, and what that might look like.