Early on in the pandemic, St. Louis on the Air who shared how they were navigating the sudden loss of in-person performance opportunities.
Behind-the-scenes teams that make concerts a reality, be it in-person or virtual, were heavily impacted as well. That includes music venues like , which is temporarily closed due to the pandemic, and , which sets up lighting and sound equipment for events.
In response, Arch City put their crew back to work by putting on high-quality livestream concerts 鈥� at no cost to the musicians themselves. The production company believes that livestream concerts will be in demand even after the pandemic settles down.
So far, they鈥檝e worked with bands Le鈥橮onds, Fister and Story of the Year. Now, they鈥檙e taking it a step further by partnering with the Sinkhole on the 鈥淚 Watched Music On The Internet鈥� concert series. The venue鈥檚 owner Matt Stuttler curated a lineup that features 12 local acts who will perform live on Arch City鈥檚 curated soundstage.
On Friday鈥檚 St. Louis on the Air, Stuttler and Arch City event producer Chris Keith joined host Sarah Fenske to talk about how the pandemic impacted their services. They鈥檒l also share more details about the virtual concert series, which debuts this weekend.
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What: concert series
Lineup
March 21: Shitstorm, Glory & Perfection, Electric Toothbrush Sisters
March 28: Choir Vandals, Cara Louise, River Kittens
April 4: 18andCounting, Shady Bug, Jr. Clooney
April 11: The Lion鈥檚 Daughter (record release stream), Hell Night
Where: Online 鈥� join via a
鈥�鈥� brings you the stories of St. Louis and the people who live, work and create in our region. The show is hosted by and produced by , , and . The audio engineer is .
