Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2021-04-29 22:45
Wyoming, USA here.
COVID ended the two jams I took part in. One was a mostly string instrument pop/folk/Americana group hosted in a public location, and one (an early jazz group) was hosted at my home. We were jamming somewhere every week.
The string group was mostly in the "at risk" age bracket, so things came to a grinding halt very quickly. A new (early jazz) jam was forming in northern Colorado with some great musicians - and was cancelled just prior to our planned first meeting. There is some talk of getting it going again now that the vaccines have run their course.
Everyone sixteen (18 - depending on the vaccine) or older who wants a vaccine has had them available here for over a month now.
Many smaller towns in my state have ignored the mandates and fared just fine - going through the entire pandemic as if nothing had happened. Now that the vaccines have been readily available for some time, almost all of the smaller towns are back to normal - though the larger cities are still struggling with spread and still self-masking (the mandates ended back in March).
Over the past two months, we've been as low as 300 active statewide cases (including folks who haven't tested positive, but who are showing symptoms, and were in close contact with confirmed cases), all the way up to 520 active cases (like Tom said...this isn't "per day" - this is total cases.)
At the beginning of the pandemic, lots of my friends were using various apps to post collaborative efforts of their music. At first, it was fun and unique - a way to still enjoy and interact via the music we love. However, after the first three months or so - the poor quality of recordings/mixing and such removed the thin veneer of novelty, and I now yearn for new opportunities to play in actual bands, interacting in the same room. I also look forward to purchasing new albums of musicians recording together at the same time and place. Further, I look forward to attending live performances again.
There's just no substitute for the real thing!
Fuzzy
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