Musicians have described Twitch like having your own little stage at this enormous festival, with over a million people coming through every day. "On other platforms to stream live music, there's no discoverability. "People browse and find streamers they aren't following," explains Travis. The duo streams Wednesdays and Saturdays from 4-7:30pm, still finding new viewers among years-long supporters.
Supported by over a thousand paying subscribers, they annually earn more than their old office jobs combined.
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Just months after launching their channel, the twosome quit their 9-to-5s – Travis in a 3M "cubicle zombie graveyard" and Allie freelance writing – to stream full time. With Allie on guitar/vocals and Travis switching between electric and standup bass, the couple now reaches an average of over 5,000 viewers throughout a single broadcast, with around 1,000 watching at any given moment (according to a data report they shared with The New York Times earlier this year). This is direct access to your audience.” – Travis, Aeseaes “When we found Twitch, I could immediately see the enormous potential. Rather, they're utilizing online platforms to lift up their own differently shaped content whether it's performance, video creation, an educational outlet, or a way to connect with people. That's just what we had in mind: spotlighting creators who don't see online creations as merely a way to route fans to conventional touchstones like tours, albums, and physical sales. "I haven't seen much about it in the sense of it being a different medium, a different thing – not just a substitute for a live show."
"There's been a lot of writing about out of the necessity of the pandemic," she told the Chronicle. Austin-based musician Allie, one half of the popular Twitch channel a_couple_streams, suggests her five years of full-time streaming may prove otherwise. Tunnel vision has largely snapped back with the reemergence of front rows and sweat sharing, leaving content creators yet again underrecognized as viable artists. In the frenzy of the raging pandemic, livestreams and virtual music content were heralded as the saving grace of an offstage industry.
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