The State Of Livestreamed Concerts

Indiecast

UPROXX

Music, Indie Music, Music Commentary, Indie Rock

4.8 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Despite a handful of optimistic festival announcements, the return of live music still doesn’t look to be closing in (unless you live in New Zealand). With the absence of in-person events, many artists have been turning to both free and paid livestream concerts to keep their fans engaged.

This week, Steven and Ian are discussing the pros and cons of a virtual future for the live music industry. Is livestreaming here to stay? Is it all even worth paying for? While it’s great to see your favorite artists perform, it’s hard to feel the same magic you get from being in a room with other music fans. Earlier this year, concert database Bandsintown announced a paid tier of their service, wherein fans can unlock live performances from artists like Phoebe Bridgers, Adrianne Lenker, and more. This, combined with long-running livestream organizations like Audiotree, could indicate big shifts for the music industry as we know it.

In this week’s Recommendation Corner, Cohen has been digging Portrayal Of Guilt, who released Garden Of Despair, a new EP, earlier this year. Hyden is taking a step away from new music this week, encouraging wants listeners to check out Miranda Reinert’s new music-centric newsletter, Something Old.

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0:00.0	Indycast is presented by Uprox's Indy Mix tape.
0:14.3	Hello, everyone, and welcome to Indycast.
0:16.2	On this show, we talk about the biggest indie news of the week.
0:18.7	We review albums and we hash out trends.
0:21.0	In this episode, we're going to be talking about live streaming concerts,
0:24.1	specifically the new subscription series from bands in town
0:27.5	and just the viability of streaming shows in general.
0:31.0	My name is Stephen Hayden, and I'm joined by my friend and co-host, Ian Cohen.
0:34.8	Ian, how are you?
0:36.1	So, Steve, I know we consider ourselves, you know, critics,
0:41.1	writers, podcasters, maybe not so much the last one, but I think, like, above all else,
0:46.3	like all people who do podcasts, we're artists or artistists, if you will. And, you know,
0:51.9	the thing with art is that you just kind of have to let the
0:55.7	muse enter and follow her wherever she might lead. And, you know, I realized that last week as I'm
1:03.9	pretty sure no episode we've ever done has had the instantaneous and impassioned impact as the one
1:10.4	that we did about ska.
1:12.2	I mean, like the moment that hit the air, people were like, yeah, it's good.
1:18.3	Like, Just Friends isn't Scott.
1:20.1	And like, I apologize to the band, Just Friends, the energy and the horns are ska.
1:24.6	You do not play ska.
1:27.1	But nonetheless, it was just like great to see like how many people have just been waiting
1:31.7	to be activated by someone just acknowledging their existence.
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