The Band Joe: A New Era in Rock

Yeah.

That is awesome.

Good.

Good on you.

The single part you mentioned that was the solo act wasn't for you, that you knew pretty early on that you wanted to create a band, especially in an environment now where it seems like band members are like kind of breaking up or new emerging artists are kind of Staying solo, knowing that it is quicker to like blow up.

What was it that really you felt at the time that made you want to create a band, do this as a group rather than just go solo?

Man, that's a great question.

And it's funny.

I started a band.

basically right around the time, the whole singer songwriter thing really started blowing up, like everything from, you know, kind of in the country and folk sense, like a Billy strings, for example, and then even blowing up now into like the crazy country wave that we're in at the moment.

So my path has gone kind of exactly in opposite of that.

Um, But the reason why is ultimately it's an economics thing.

As a solo act, it is very, very hard to sell a lot of tickets.

And if there's one thing that we care about at the Banjo Man, it is selling tickets.

That is all we care about.

I mean, there's other things we care about too, you know, streaming numbers and all that kind of stuff.

But for us, I mean, we get a lot of... joy out of the live music experiences and packing rooms and we've seen how that contributes to creating a really solid fan base because I mean there's a time we've been playing the same what nine songs for three years you know maybe with one or two substitutions or additions or what have you but really just a core sound and we have had fans showing up through a lot of gigs through those three years.

And it's not because of our streaming.

I mean, that's still good too.

Don't get me wrong.

You should stream Dance in the Moonlight right now on Spotify.

Let's be crystal clear about that.

But if you actually come out to a live show, you'll see it is maybe one of the best live environments that you can find.

We somehow cracked the code of being able to give people the most enjoyable time that they can have.

And I go to a lot of independent live shows and I have a great time, but But there's something about the way that we do it, man.