Live entertainment is evolving online to be a lifeline, and give back some human connection we've lost in lockdown
Lightbody also performs solo online gigs from home, but wanted to do something more collaborative too."In a 'gig', I chat a little bit, but you can't really read the comments because you're playing songs. But with this, it feels like you're engaging with everybody."
The fans also vote for the set lists in his regular online concerts."I could just choose a bunch of songs that I want to play, which I did do one week and it just didn't really work," Lightbody says."It just felt a little disconnected.Image captionWith the communal thrill of congregating in the same room currently out of the question, Lightbody is among the artists to have come up with interesting ways to bring people together.
When his Saturday Songwrite sessions have generated 10 or 12 decent tracks, he'll release an album for charity - although he hasn't settled on a charity yet."It might be best to put that to a vote as well."Lightbody recommends fellow Northern Irish singer
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