So, a lot of you showed up on Natalie’s site yesterday to watch her show live from Nashville and I appreciate you all spreading the word like you did, and sticking around till the end. I wanted to give you a little insight to the weirdness that goes on with doing something like this at a different venue every day, and sort of what goes on with that.
First of all we showed up at the Belcourt Theatre at around noon and asked where we would be setting up. The first guy we talked to said that most likely we would be on the stage since the show was sold out and there would be no room in the seats. Fair enough. The second guy told us that there was room up in the projection room to set up and the hole in the wall would be good for the camera. Works for me.
Now, here’s the thing about this room. I’d never been in a projection room before, but they are just as creepy and weird as the movies and my imagination has made them out to be. Lots of machines, lots of weird film looking things, and a toilet in the corner. Yep a real live toilet. I suppose that would come in handy if there was one guy up there by himself unable to leave, but yesterday it was left unused.
Here’s the other thing about these kinds of venues. The internet is a funny thing. From about noon until eight that night, we had the best internet we could ask for. Everything was advanced, prepared for, plugged in and set up, then something downstairs happened. Something that caused the internet to decide to stop working throwing the entire weird room into a frenzy. Cables were being changed, modems restarted, computers swapped out and all because ’something happened’. Funny how that works huh?
I suppose that’s the hazards of doing something that hasn’t been done before. Sure people have broadcast shows, sure we did it on the MercyMe tour, but the reality is that I’ve talked to Ustream’s Co-Founder and he’s told me that no one is doing this on the level that we are. Encouraging and intimidating at the same time. One thing is consistent though at every venue we are at. Something will be different. Something will be hard. And the internet is a fickle thing. All this to say, thanks for your patience and all the support you guy are throwing our way. We appreciate it more than you know, and we’re working hard to bring you something awesome, different and fun.
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First off, sorry I didn’t get there til 8:45. The number of tweets that said they missed me made me sad, but I had something I couldn’t blow off.
Secondly, you guys rock. If I didn’t think you were doing something great, I wouldn’t keep coming back. I think it’s kind of neat being “in” on this experience. You know there is a core group of Skorinc (and the artists) that are pulling for success. This core group talks every day. EVERY day. You have a delta force of fans and we want more! All ages, all over the country, all for the glory of God! That is exciting. Patience is not always a person’s strong suit, but my patience has changed a lot in the past 19 months, and I am patient. This core is patient. No more apologies. There will be bumps, but it’s ok. Learn & move on to the next thing.
Third, thanks.
It was a bummer it cut out when Natalie’s talk was getting good. Thanks for trying! Living where I do, I really appreciate the level you guys are taking this to!
seeing you in action before, i can imagine how many weird things can happen to throw everything off. it seemed to work pretty well while i was watching. glad you could do it brody.
We’re in for the long haul. I hope you know that. You’re stuck with us.
While the internet was working for you last night, the sound and picture were great. There are always things that are out of our control. You did great last night. Thanks for doing what you do. I’m working really hard to get my friends in the band Reilly to contact you. They were just in Nashville yesterday, but are back home in Philly today.
I couldn’t get there unfortunately due to time zone fun and being in Australia…
Totally understand the creepy projection room vibe…our church is an old theatre, and the projectors from the 1930s are still up in the back room, bits of asbestos ceiling falling down, covered in pigeon poo, light giving off about 15 watts…freaky…
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you guys are doing a great job.
not gonna lie, I’m a little bit bummed that there’s not a picture of the toilet
That aside, keep doing amazing things… few experiments work perfectly on their first run
Hey it was all good! Chat was awesome with some great people and we spent some good time in prayer for the foundation and some people in the chat that needed the encouragement while the feed was down-so that turned out to be a good thing. You’re doing amazing things to support the work of the Lord and we all know it.