As music venues across the country temporarily shuttered in March, Vito Rinaldo, an avid live music goer and retired teacher, wanted to do something to keep the music going - and get artists paid. As the New Yorker watched free livestreams beamed from musicians' homes on Facebook and YouTube, he felt an element was missing: the interaction between the audience and the performer.  In May, Rinaldo launched TOF Productions with an entirely virtual music venue dubbed the Tree. (The venue's name was loosely inspired by a lyric by the legendary folk singer/songwriter John Prine, who died in April from COVID-19