When Brian and I first looked at our house in August of 2005, we knew we wanted to live in it when we came out the back door and saw the sunroom and gorgeously landscaped backyard. What I didn’t imagine is that fewer than four years later, the always-amazing K.C. Clifford would be doing a show in said backyard. Brian and I were honored that she’d do this for us, because we really support what K.C. and David do (and so should you. So should really you.)

What was fun about this show is that we not only got to set up a sound system and hear some excellent music just outside our sunroom on a somewhat-temperate summer night, but that we got to invite our friends, family and neighbors to come hear said music. Most of these people had not heard K.C. and David play before, and were righteously blown away. In fact, all I’ve heard from anyone who was there ever since was how much they enjoyed it.

We left the gate open, and neighbors came and went, and the music went on until almost 10 p.m. I had strung up our shortest tree with lights, and we had the lanterns on in the sun room. We had about 30 people there – maybe more.

The thing about the house concert is that anyone can do it, really. I think you should do it. I do – I think you should mow your grass, plant some great flowers, string up some lights and invite some fantastic musicians to come and play. Or, let’s say you don’t have a backyard. You clear some furniture out of your living room and set up some chairs and invite the artist to come and play there. There’s a great website to tell you how to do it all – ConcertsInYourHome.com. Really, I can’t recommend it highly enough. You get to support some musicians in your area who love to play to people and who could probably use the work and the income. You get to make super nice with your neighbors and friends, and have a really excellent time with it all. Bringing music into people’s homes is what the house concert movement is all about, really, reaching new listeners and fans one by one.