Blue Ridge Cabin Concert Series
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Founded in 2007 by Randy & Norma Bean, the series was originally held in their cabin in McCaysville, GA and hosted three concerts.
- 2007 ~ Rich Baumann - Rich was the artist that encouraged and inspired the pursuit of hosting concerts. First remote concert event, hosted by a listener, aired live on Whole Wheat Radio. I'll get the exact date and pictures uploaded.
- December 2008 ~ Danny Schmidt & Carrie Elkin
- November 2009 ~ Korby Lenker Photos
In January 2010, the series received it's official name and Kip & Shelley Draper joined Randy & Norma in the hosting and further development of the series. Kip & Shelley offered their beautiful cabin office down in the Aska Adventure Area of Blue Ridge, GA as the new venue location. The new location will allow for a larger local audience and is located in a beautiful area across the road from the Toccoa River.
The concert series is founded on the house concert concept, which is quickly growing as a means of supporting independent musicians during their tours, while at the same time providing a means of enjoying great music in an intimate setting with friends. Beginning with the Korby Lenker concert, Kip Draper volunteered to start video streaming of the concerts via Ustream.tv that was met with good success. This first live concert topped over 100 on-line viewers.
At the cabin, folk come and enjoy the music in an intimate setting, meet the artists, and meet new friends. Whole Wheat Radio often will stream the concerts live as well, which provides listeners throughout the world the opportunity to virtually attend, listen, and support the artists. A large text "chat-o-prompter" monitor is set up for the artist to interact with the on-line audience that also provides a fun and unique experience for everyone in attendance. Friends and family of the artist often show up on-line to watch and participate in the event. The whole streaming video and audio experience provides fans of the artist, who because of their location and artist tour schedule may not otherwise get to see a live performance.
Artist
The artist that will be hosted at the BRCCS will be artist who are actively pursuing their passion and career in music through the production and distribution of CD's or online compilations, active tour schedules, and an independent spirit about the ownership and rights of the music that they produce. Genres of music will include: singer/songwriter, folk, americana, bluegrasss, acoustic, blues, jazz, western, country, etc.
Most, if not all, of the musicians that we host will have sent their music to Whole Wheat Radio. We understand there are several music sites and opportunities for artists on the internet, however Whole Wheat Radio offers more than just another music website; it combines a large variety/mix of music and connection to the artist along with a very friendly, real time and committed community of listeners and supporters of independent music.
Location
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Concert Detail
All concerts are considered private events and are by invitation only. Invitations maybe from our association with you and our facebook page or by personal word of mouth. If you would like to attend and be included in a specific concert invitation list, pleasesend an emailand we'll look forward to seeing you there.
Time
All concerts will begin at 8:00 p.m. (EST) (doors open at 7:30) and will end around 10-10:30p.m. There may be times of after concert picking, jamming, and song swapping, so feel free to stay around if you so desire.
Attendance Price
Attendance cost will vary from concert to concert and is usually an agreed upon price with the artist, all of which goes to the artist! The artist that we will host are gracious enough to venture up to the mountains of North Georgia to share their music with us and this is the way we say Thank You for doing so. Consider what you would pay for concert tickets and a night out on the town. Artist CD's will also be available for purchase at the concert.
Food & Beverage
Typically food and beverage will not be provided by the hosts. We encourage those attending to bring a covered dish or desert or snack type food, and beverages of choice (adult beverages are ok), to be shared and devoured at intermission. We will of course bring food and drink along with everyone else and will make sure that plates, cups, napkins, ice, utensils, etc... are on hand. Any contribution of such items to concerts is greatly appreciated.
Reservations
Since seating capacity is limited, we encourage everyone who wishes to attend to RSVP Send Mail. We understand that circumstances might prevent you from attending, however, please cancel any confirmed reservations so that seats maybe opened for others.
On Line
All of the BRCCS events will be streamed live on the internet. The BRCCS believes that the online and internet technology available is a tool which can and should be used to further support the artist.
Audio: Depending on concert scheduling and other events, concerts will be often times be aired, at least in part, live on Whole Wheat Radio. Whole Wheat Radio supports the efforts of the Blue Ridge Cabin Concert Series and will promote the events, and will likely stream a portion of the audio on air, however since the stream that will be picked up for airing live is the ustream feed, this would be available to everyone.
Video/Audio: All concerts will be aired on Ustream.tv. Five cameras are situated and mounted to provide the online audience a unique virtual concert viewing experience.
Chat: Chat will be set up here on the wiki for interaction by the on-line audience during the concerts. Concert Sofa
On-line Donations & CD Sales: A concert event page will be set up here on the Blue Ridge wiki to provide information about the artist and links for the on-line audience to donate to the artist tip jar and purchase signed CD's. Like the live audience in attendance at the events, we encourage all of our on-line audience to likewise support the musicians and thank them for their music and performance by purchasing their music, supporting the tip jar, and attending shows when the artist are in your area.
Facebook: If you have a facebook account, come on over and become a fan ~ Blue Ridge Cabin Concert Series on Facebook.
Upcoming Concerts
Rod McDonald
Rebecca Loebe
The Waymores
Jack Williams
Mark Stuart
Past Concerts
Ronny Cox & Jack Williams
AJ Roach & Raina Rose
Peter Mulvey
Amy Speace
Doug & Telisha Williams
