Building Community–Shannon Curtis and Jamie Hill (Ep 168)

This episode's featured guests are Shannon Curtis and Jamie Hill. They're both alumni of this podcast, and were recently mentioned in my article Six Skills All Indie Musicians Need Today.

Shannon is the queen bee of house concerts in my world. She led me to learn more about the house concert scene and is the reason I played my very first house show earlier this year, with Johnny Burgin. Jamie is Shannon's producer and faithful partner.

My wife and I attended one of their virtual house shows earlier this week, which was more than just a music performance. Shannon and Jamie are working to create an immersive experience both musically and conversationally. This is all part of their devotion to the community that supports every facet of their music business and their lives beyond music. Shannon and Jamie are hosts of the Misfit Stars podcast, which is integral part of their community ecosystem.

Episode Highlights

In this conversation we discuss:

The Shannon Curtis 2020 Virtual House Concert Tour The process of adapting to and pivoting for Covid-19 The structure and theme of their virtual house shows Recent changes that help them better serve their supporter community The framework of their new patronage model Their open-handed approach to everything they do Honoring the work we do with the words we use What Jamie wants for any artist he works with (as a producer)

For more resources and show notes go to UnstarvingMusician.com