{"id":90,"date":"2020-07-17T17:18:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T17:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/?p=90"},"modified":"2020-07-17T20:36:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T20:36:19","slug":"venue-manager-says-local-music-has-been-silenced-but-not-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/venue-manager-says-local-music-has-been-silenced-but-not-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Venue manager says local music has been silenced, but not for good"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio alignleft\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/PalakFinal.mp3\" preload=\"auto\"><\/audio><figcaption>Nic Smith shares his story of falling in love with the local music scene in Salt Lake City and why he thinks he hasn\u2019t disappeared for good.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">To an outsider, Kilby Court in Salt Lake City might look like a decrepit garage, hidden at the back of a tiny alley. It\u2019s the last place Nic Smith, director of revenue for the independent venue-management company S&amp;S Presents, expected to fall in love with local music. For him, it and other similar venues create an intimacy between artists and fans that bigger venues cannot replicate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"http:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_01-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_01-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_01-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_01-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_01-1200x798.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_01.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A welcoming sign for guests outside Kilby Court, a music venue in Salt Lake City. (Photo by Palak Jayswal)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-spotify alignright wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: NPR Next Generation Radio - Local Music During Coronavirus Era \" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/5YWU3Mz5DnAZyydY8Mvpll?si=SLxg7aA-Rf6Aunxbipx3SQ&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>The songs featured in the audio clip accompanying this story can be found in this Spotify playlist. The David Bowie song in the playlist is covered by a band called MajorTomandtheMoonBoys in the audio clip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt looks really scary when you first roll up to it,\u201d he said. \u201cBut then once you walk in, it\u2019s magical. It\u2019s like being at someone\u2019s house.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All that magic, of course, was harnessed before the coronavirus pandemic decimated the music industry in Salt Lake City\u2014and across the world\u2014in just a matter of days. And as the pandemic also brought Smith\u2019s nearly decade-long career to a halt, it\u2019s led him to question how grassroots venues like Kilby Court can bounce back.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_02-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_02-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_02-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_02-1200x802.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_02.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Lucid Lynx, a psych-rock band, performed at Kilby Court in January 2020. (Photo Courtesy of Kilby Court\/Amber Rose Dwyer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith said he first realized the pandemic was serious the same moment many Utahns and people around the world did: when the NBA season was canceled in March.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the time, I was thinking this might be a couple of weeks [or] a month or two thing,\u201d he said. \u201cIt became apparent pretty quickly that this is going to be probably a lasting issue.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before he was furloughed in early July, Smith worked hard to figure out how to keep the venues going.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"http:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_03-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_03-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_03-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_03-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_03-1200x798.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_03.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cWe had a lot of brainstorm meetings at the beginning about how to work within the restrictions that we had. It seemed impossible to do an indoor show. The ideas we came up with just became really comical or just-not-fun situations at all, like putting everyone in a cubicle.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><cite>Nic Smith<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Nic Smith, pictured outside Urban Lounge in Salt Lake City, one of several local venues he managed before he was furloughed. (Photo by Palak Jayswal)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the challenge, the team at S&amp;S Presents crafted a new plan to bring live music to Utahns:&nbsp; bicycle concert cruises. Using downtown parking lots, social-distancing protocols and even physical exercise, the cruises offer a safer substitute but don\u2019t replicate the feeling of being at a club or dedicated music venue, nor do they provide enough money to keep the venues running indefinitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_04-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_04-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_04-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_04-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_04-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_04.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>BERLIN, an American new wave band, performs at Metro Music Hall in January 2020. (Photo courtesy of The Metro Music Hall\/TJ Fitzgerald)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide map\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=13iqx3YQKfbaeIp2uxUTWBGD7sjOY7wru\" width=\"100%\" height=\"700\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While music lovers and concertgoers everywhere continue to experience disappointment and uncertainty about when they\u2019ll be able to see a live show again, Smith remains optimistic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI hope that the closures will kind of remind people not to take local shows for granted,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to be a situation where we\u2019re closed forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" src=\"http:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_05-1024x737.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_05-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_05-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_05-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_05-1200x864.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/07\/Palak_05.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Despite closed doors, the Urban Lounge promises to \u201cBe Back Soon SLC\u201d for music lovers far and wide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The coronavirus pandemic has changed the entire music industry, but in Salt Lake City, those changes could be devastating. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":95,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}