Don't Give Up
Don’t Give Up is a podcast series hosted by kiwi musician Danny McCrum.
The idea of this podcast is to give people an insight into the real lives and careers of creative professionals, with a focus on problem solving and finding solutions in the arts, in our lives and in these unpredictable times.
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Don't Give Up
73. Gavin Downie
Gavin Downie returns for his second full episode. These days Gavin manages the Music In The Parks series and was recently faced with an unprecedented dilemma. The horrific shooting in Christchurch on March 15th, 2019 shocked the country and amongst the subsequent grief and anger, very practical questions and disruptions were raised. Gavin had Rock The Park ready to go at Grey Lynn Park in Auckland, which featured The Feelers, Elemeno P, Racing and Deadbeat. The show was installed, the bands were onsite and soundcheck was underway when the decision was made to cancel the event. On episode #69 we discussed the decision to cancel and Gavin kindly wrote to us to offer further clarification. We felt this was an important conversation to make public, so we asked Gavin to return to the show to outline the work that goes into putting a show like this on and the series of events that lead up to the cancellation.