Spring-Summer 2020 was a period of confusion. With COVID still in it's infancy, every week brought about new false hope that it would all blow over soon. Goosethumps stayed active online via music releases, Spotify playlists, merch drops, fundraisers and more. This was sufficient for a while, but once it became nearly three months since Hang at Home Fest, we realized it was time to accept our new reality and become fully ingrained with livestream events.

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For months, I had already been plotting our first crop of outsourced musical talent to showcase. On Reddit, I connected with the SUBU Collective, a group of young Chicago producers garnering tons of attention online. I started a group chat with my team and theirs to plan our show. The months passed, and in due time I decided our goal to wait out the pandemic and do an in-person show needed to shift to commitment to a virtual concert.

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Thinking of how to make our first hosted livestream stand out, I landed on a futuristic concept to pair with the forward-thinking sound of the artists. I searched video-shooting venues on Peerspace and found Lumin8 Studios, a production house with a pearly white backdrop that fit our vibe. I came up with the event name "Bass Bubble" - short but catchy, and descriptive of the music and setting.

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We brought our camera, secured all DJ and audio equipment, and set up the necessary connections. For visuals, we hired a VJ to run his own custom creations live in the studio. The result was a show with 330 unique viewers, and a raving comment section on Twitch including kudos from a number of industry celebs who tuned in to watch.