What's In It For Us? See Through Carbon's Answer to live music venues, acts and promoters
Fun, Friendly, Factful Newsletter #148
Our main article explains how See Through Carbon’s Pilot 2: UK Live Music can not only measurably the carbon footprint of live music gigs, but benefit all the stakeholders involved.
Our video is from a live music event that demonstrates the minimum viable parties required - venue and act. An audience, even a sheepish one, is optional - zero emissions.
This week’s podcast, the omnibus edition of The Story of Ganbaatar features plenty of music, and a pivotal plot point that revolves around an overheard melody…
Main Article
What’s In It For Us? How Live Music Venues, Bands & Promoters Benefit from See Through Carbon’s Pilot 2
After previous newsletter articles revealed how the music business is as keen on greenwash as any corporate giant, and last week’s revelation of what See Through Carbon’s Pilot 2 is doing to address this, this week we examine Pilot 2 from the perspective of live music’s key players - venues, bands and promoters, and explain how it benefits them to take part.
Video
The venue - an ark built on a remote Scottish hillside.
The act - a ukulele maestro playing another instrument better known as a children’s toy, a melodica.
George Hinchliffe’s haunting Melodica Minstel shows the minimum requirements for a live music perfomance, with - in this case - zero audience transport emissions, as the only audience was the See Through News volunteer production crew.
Podcast
The Story of Ganbaatar, Mongolia’s only deep sea navigator, features music throughout - much like Mongolia. The dramatic climax, in Episode 7, pivots around an overheard sea shanty…