How to Start Live Streaming
Pick a Popular Streaming Platform
- YouTube
- YouTube Live provides an easy way to reach your audience in real-time, allowing for livestreams that feature live chat and donations.
- Live Stream Instructions here.
- Facebook Live allows you to send notifications to followers when you go live, so they know to tune in to your broadcasts at just the right time.
- Live Stream Instructions Here.
- Twitter Live
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- Instagram Live
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- Twitch
- Twitch, primarily known for hosting gaming livestreams, has crafted a platform where musicians can stream concerts and works-in-progress and monetize their work through donations and subscriptions.
- Live Stream Instructions Here.
- Zoom
- Although typically associated with remote business meetings, Zoom is a viable platform for virtual practices and performances.
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- Patreon
- Patreon allows for users with pages to livestream to their contributors.
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- YouNow
- YouNow is a streaming platform that allows for donations and subscriptions
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- Caffeine
- Caffeine is a social broadcasting platform for gaming, entertainment, and the creative arts that allows subscriptions and in-app donations.
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- Crowdcast
- Crowdcast is a platform that allows for flexibility on whether livestreams are free or paid, unlimited or limited in audience size, etc.
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- Run the World
- Best used for large-scale events, Run the World allows for fireside chats with guests, direct-messaging among attendees, and virtual ‘cocktail parties.’
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- Moment House
- Moment House is a platform that allows for the ability to create ticketed live events and livestreams.
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- StageIt
- Like Moment House, StageIt allows for users to create ticketed live events and livestreams.
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