Collaborative Music Production via Live Streaming

Abstract

Live Streaming has become one of the recent phenomena for content creators. Fast internet, self isolation and monetisation through streaming platforms can be seen as a few reasons for it. A new wave of live streamers has emerged where the music production process is streamed live on platforms such as YouTube and Twitch. These sessions show the DAW screen to the audience in order for them to understand the process of music making. These live streams have now evolved into collaborative music production sessions where the audience suggests what will happen to the track next. Alongside this, singers send their vocal samples recorded using their phones live on stream which gets included in the music in real time. This paper will explore the process of collaborating via live streaming alongside how this practice has created a micro economy and a strong fanbase who are showing up daily to watch.