Robin Lane Living Room Concerts

A message from Robin Lane:

I’ve been performing in homes throughout Maine and New York this summer. These solo acoustic performances are opening a whole new horizon for me, and I’d like you, my fans and friends, to be in on it. It’s been a wonderful experience and great opportunity for me to connect up close and personal with all of you who have supported me over the years and for us to do something really fun together. I play about 6 songs and then read from my memoirs ... very interesting but risqué stuff ... not for children. Then we take a break and I come back with 8 or so more songs. I bring percussion instruments for those who want to join in, and if anyone has a guitar or flute or recorder, they can join me in a few songs. I also have songs that I teach people to sing along with me. For all us old folk that can’t get out too well in the evenings any more, these performances can be early in the evening and can be in the middle of the week or a Sunday afternoon. The entire event doesn’t have to last more than a couple hours.

So if you want to me to come to your town here is what you need to do:

1. Find a venue. It can literally be your living room, or a church, or an art space or a legion hall. Hopefully something you don’t have to pay for.
2. The way to pay me is think of 15 to 30 people who already know my music or whom you would like to introduce me to and send them a flier or just call them. I will send you posters to either put up around your town or office, or you can just have your friends come. $15 to $20 donation would be good ... with 20 people that would be good enough and I’ll be selling my CD’s. If I have to travel further than 100 miles we may have to keep it at $20.
3. If you don’t mind strangers in your living room or you find an art gallery or another venue, we can coordinate press and/or radio coverage for the event. We can work together on this and I will be happy to help you plan.
4. Anyone who’s interested in having me in their living room can email me (click here for email address) and we can discuss the details.

The whole idea of me doing a living room concert for you and the people you know is that we will be hanging out and getting to know each other. Just like any party, it takes a little planning to make it a success. Start a month in advance and follow up with your guests. Make it into a potluck dinner or serve some type of refreshments yourself.

To get all these people into your living room...move the coffee table into a bedroom...borrow some folding chairs, use the kitchen chairs, put pillows on the floor. Give the artist a corner. Make sure to inform folks to arrive promptly at say 6:30. Get everyone into their seats by 7. Now, thank everyone for coming and introduce me.