“Oh, and now everyone in the hall is singing! Gentlemen pray, ladies!” – such a call from the musician Mārtiņš Bergmanis on stage would be common in the green ball of the parish, but the last two years have introduced corrections: due to the pandemic, the artists could not really express themselves. However, many members of the so-called light music genre are surprisingly doing well. “Delphi” explains whether it is possible to survive with performances online.
Now his call does not sound like a real ball, but on a computer connected to a larger screen at the end of the “client”. For two years now, Mārtiņš has been conducting coron balloons – three-hour concerts for a Saturday party. On the Internet. The first wave, the second wave, the third wave – that’s how he divided the time of the Covid-19 pandemic in his diary. He has recorded all the points in his diary since the early 1990s.
Through Saldus “Blissful Bloom” will be heard by many – it is not quite a hit group. It performs on the home stage under this name, but calls itself “LustBand” on cruise ships and abroad. Mārtiņš Bergmanis entered the music arena at the age of 13, and his passion for music has existed for 27 years now. Mārtiņš has a lot of pain for the time before the pandemic, when he and the group ran 8000km a month in concerts, but he is also at peace with this time. He is driven by the opportunity to give people pleasure and … credit payment.
Life before the pandemic and life in recent years – what are the differences?
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