I think I mentioned to you in one of the earlier posts that I started a new Meetup group to try and get people out of the closets of writing. I say that because being a creator can make you feel closed in and so isolated. Well as it turns out, I started two groups… well really three. The two main ones had to do with music but one was genre specific where the other was not. The plan was to give people an opportunity to collaborate and meet others on the same path. I also created a third group that was not related to music at all.
What do you think membership was like? Well the genre specific group only had about 20 members. During the first meeting, I had “two and a possible” which means a lady got lost trying to find us. From that point forward, I could not get the twenty people to respond to opportunities to perform or to even chat during group discussions. Needless to say, I deleted the group. The second group had over fifty members… not too bad. First meeting had five people but I scheduled it on a bad day. They are following through and communicating very well. What do you think the last group was about? It was about getting healthy after 40! Totally off topic but has over 200 participants!
What do I take from that? More people are interested in getting healthy. I think many musical people constantly push their projects, hopes and dreams to the corner so much that they don’t take time or make an effort to commit. I know, I know we have to put food on the table and provide for ourselves and our family but I don’t mind telling you that I was bummed about it. As the title says, I am not going to let it get me down so back to the drawing board with marketing and promotions. I know they are out there in need of help so the search to bring a group of collaborators together continues.
Don’t Let It Get You Down
