OUR STATE CAPITOL - MUSIC
CITY... HIT HARD BY THE PANDEMIC
-
AND THE STAY AT HOME ORDER...
MANY MUSICIANS GO TO NASHVILLE
WITH A DREAM... TO MAKE ENOUGH
MONEY TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES
THROUGH THEIR PASSION. BUT...
THAT CAN ONLY HAPPEN IF
THEY LAND STEADY GIGS ON
BROADWAY
- MANY LOSING THEIR INCOME WHEN
BARS CLOSED LAST MONTH.
REPORTER HAYLEY WIELGUS FROM
NASHVILLE NOW HEARS FROM LOCAL
ARTISTS ABOUT HOW THEY'RE
REACHING FANS
IN NEW WAYS.
NATS
IT'S AN ICONIC EXPERIENCE THAT
ATTRACTS MILLIONS OF VISITORS TO
NASHVILLE...LIVE MUSIC EMANATING
FROM HONKY TONKS DAY AND
NIGHT.
QUICK NAT
06.48 "ACME FEED AND SEED,
CERVEZA
JACK'S DOC HOLLIDAY'S HARD ROCK
CAF WHISKEY ROW,
BARLINES"
IF YOU FREQUENT BROADWAY,
THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE YOU'VE
SEEN CARL WOCKNER
PERFORM HIS UNIQUE STYLE OF
ACOUSTIC ORGANIC POP.
QUICK NAT OF WOCKNER'S MUSIC
THAT ABRUPTLY CHANGED MARCH 16
WHEN BARS WERE SHUT DOWN DUE TO
THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
0457 I WOULD BE PLAYING EVERY
SINGLE DAY SOMETIMES A
COUPLE TIMES A DAY SO FOR EVERY
MONTH THAT GOES BY I LOSE ABOUT
30
SHOWS AND 100% OF OUR INCOME
GOES ALONG WITH IT
WOCKNER IS ON A VISA FROM
AUSTRALIA, WHICH MEANS HIS WIFE
CAN'T WORK AND THEY HAVE TWO
KIDS TO SUPPORT.
0526 SINGLE INCOME FAMILY
BEFORE RELYING ON SHOWS THAT
DON'T EXIST RIGHT NOW 1114 WE
HAVE
A MORTGAGE COUPLE OF CARS AND
OVERHEAD LIKE EVERYONE
ELSE
THE WOCKNERS WERE ABLE TO PAUSE
THEIR MORTGAGE
PAYMENTS AND CUT OUT ALL
UNNECESSARY EXPENSES. HE'S
BEEN DOING LIVE CONCERTS ON HIS
FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM PAGES...
HE SAYS FANS HAVE BEEN
GRACIOUSLY
SENDING VIRTUAL TIPS. 1508 WE'VE
BEEN ABLE TO MAKE
ENOUGH JUST ENOUGH TO COVER OUR
GROCERIES OUR UTILITIES OUR
PHONE BILLS AND INSURANCE 1527
IN
A VERY POSITIVE LIGHT TO I'VE
BEEN
ABLE TO MAKE SOME LIFELONG FANS
AND FRIENDS OUT OF THIS
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO GENEROUS
THROWING US $100 OUT OF NOWHERE
IT BRINGS YOU TO TEARS ALMOST
YOU
KNOW.
NATS OF JUSTIN
1411 MOST OF US JUST WANNA PLAY
SO WE'RE LIKE ALL RIGHT GET IT
WE'RE
GEARED UP WE GOT THE GUITAR WE
GOT OUR INSTRUMENTS HIT
THE BUTTON LET'S DO THIS
NASHVILLE MUSICIAN JUSTIN
JOHNSON HAS ALSO BEEN PLAYING
LIVE
SHOWS ONLINE.
0932 THE RESPONSE THAT I'VE
GOTTEN IT
WAS LIKE WE WERE JUST HANGING
OUT
WITH YOU GUYS AT YOUR PLACE AND
YOU WERE JUST PLAYING SOME
MUSIC
JOHNSON WOULD NORMALLY BE
PLAYING UP TO THREE GIGS, 12
HOURS A DAY ON BROADWAY. HE SAID
MOST BARS PAY A BASE SALARY...
PLUS MUSICIANS RACK UP TIPS.
STREAMING SHOWS AREN'T NEARLY AS
LUCRATIVE BUT JOHNSON SEES A
POSITIVE.
7:22 I BELIEVE THIS WILL SORT OF
HELP
PEOPLE IF THEY WERE KIND OF
STUCK IN A BROADWAY RUT
WHERE THEY WERE ONLY PLAYING
COVERS AND THEY WANTED TO HAVE
SOME SORT OF ORIGINAL MATERIAL
AND THEY WANTED TO GET OUT OUT
THERE WITH IT 07:39 YOU'VE GOT A
CAPTIVE AUDIENCE YOU CAN
BROADCAST AND YOU CAN DO
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO AND YOU
CAN INTERACT WITH THE PEOPLE IN
A
DIFFERENT WAY
JOHNSON AND WOCKNER AGREE IT
MIGHT BE A SLOW START, BUT
BROADWAY WILL BOUNCE BACK.
1747 I'M SURE PEOPLE ARE
THINKING AFTER THIS QUARANTINE
I'M GOING TO NASHVILLE I'M GONNA
STAY FOR A WEEK I'M GONNA GO
TO EVERY BAR AND I'M GONNA DRINK
ALL THE BEER
17:42 NASHVILLE BEING NASHVILLE
I
HAVE LIKE EVERY FAITH IN THE
WORLD IT'S GONNA FEEL LIKE IT'S
GOING TO GET INTO FIRST AND
SECOND
GEAR THEN OUT OF NOWHERE IT'S
JUST
GOING TO CRAM IN THE THIRD AND
PEDAL TO THE METAL
BO:
THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IN
NASHVILLE ALONE BRINGS IN AROUND
7 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR - THE
AREA
ALREADY LOSING ABOUT TWO MONTHS
WORTH OF REVENUE..
THE NASHVILLE CONVENTION AND
VISITORS CORPORATION
SAYING THE LONGER IT TAKES TO
GET UP AND RUNNING AGAIN -
THE HARDER THE RECOVERY PROCESS
WILL BE.
LORI:
STILL TO COME -
AIRPORTS ACROSS THE NATION - ARE
PRACTICALLY BARE - WITH JUST A
FEW