SWFL Steel drum player goes digital with virtual tip jar

While people are still continuing to social distance a SWFL steel drum player is going digital so you can listen to him from the comfort of your own home.

He's even taking virtual tips!

OVER VIDEO CHAT..

TO SHOW YOUHOW YOU CAN LOG ON..

AND LISTENIN.IF YOU’VE EVER BEEN TO BERT’SBAR ON MATLACHACHANCES ARE YOU’VE HEARD SKIPBOWMAN AND HIS STEEL DRUM.HE’S WANTED PLAY EVER SINCE HEHEARD THE SWEET SOUNDS ON SesameStreet AS A KID!"I said that’s the mostbeautiful sound I ever heard andwhen I turned.

40 I got one"NOW, SKIP IS IN HIS 60S AND HE’SA PRO -WHILE BERT’S IS OPEN AT 25%CAPACITY..

DURING PHASE ONE OFTHE STATE REOPENING..

A LOT OFPEOPLE IN SWFL ARE STILL STAYINGHOMESO SKIP’S PREFORMING LIVE ONBERT’S FACEBOOK PAGE 5 DAYS AWEEK.HE’S BEEN DOING THIS FOR WEEKSNOW.AND IT’S NOT JUST HIS LOYAL SWFLFANS TUNING IN.I’m getting word from people asfar away as Germany, Ireland,Argentina, Africa the Ukraineabout how wonderful it is forthem to be able hear it and howmuch they.

Miss that and hmuch I am.

Helping them.

Ican’t tel you how much thatmeans to me.SKIP..

LIKE OTHER MUSICIANSDURING THE PANDEMIC HAS A WAYFOR PEPOLE TO TIP HIM VIRTUALLY- A LITTLE SIGN NEXT TO HIS DRUMHAS HIS PAYPAL AND VENMOACCOUNT.- IF YOU WANT TO DROPHIM SOME MONEY.HE SAYS SINCE COVID19 SHUTTHINGS DOWN IT’S BEEN HIS ONLYINCOME STREAM.Across the world all of themusicians lost their gig everysingle one of them fromorchestras to street.

Busterswe all lost our gigs.

So we’retrying to continue our income asbest we can.AND SKIP SAYS HE’S NOT *ASKINGFOR TIPS.PEOPLE TUNING IN *WANT TO TIPHIM FOR HIS SWEET SOUNDS.People want to tip the band andif I didn’t have the tip jar outthere they would just drop themoney inside my instrument.

SoI learned right away to havesomething ready and that’s whatI do now.HE ENCOURAGES YOU TO LOG ON..TAKE A DEEP BREATH..You know all the troubles of theworld are on the other side ofthe front door.

Some people putit up on their big screen.

Outon their lanai or in theirliving room or on their computerat the office at work.

They doit anyway they can get the musicthey turn it up loud.

And.

Theydance.AND FOR A LITTLE WHILE..

ESCAPETHE WORRIES OF THE WORLSOUNDS GOOD IF YOU ASK ME!AMY WEGMANN FOX FOUR IN YOURCORNERSKIP PLAYS TUESDAY THROUGHTUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ON THEBERT’S BAR FACEBOOK