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Carl Craig Presents All Black Digital: A Celebration of Black History Month

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Carl Craig has built a legacy defined by the discovery, amplification, and showcasing of black excellence. Over the last thirty years his iconic Planet E label has acted as an incubator for the wide reaching and globally leading sounds of Detroit, fostering a creative mixing pot built from the unique perspectives of black and brown voices. Now, as the world takes a long awaited stride towards examining global race relations, Carl remains an intellectual leader for the music and arts community at large. Today, in celebration of Black History Month, Carl announces All Black Digital, a series of virtual conversations and performances in support of Bridges For Music and in partnership with Beatport and Qwest TV.

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Beatport & Microsoft Surface Team Up for “Game Changers”

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Beatport and Microsoft Surface have teamed up forĀ Game Changers, a three-episode series of livestreams and mini-documentaries. Chris Liebing will star in the second episode of the production. The online series features game-changing electronic artists whose passion for technology has propelled their creative endeavors to new heights. All of the performances will be filmed at iconic locations showcasing some of the most mesmerizing and stunning places around the world. Read more

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Beatport And Twitch Announce Exclusive Live Streaming Music Partnership

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Following a year of high growth and innovation in the world of live streaming, Beatport and Twitch have announced a partnership that will enable Beatport to bring even more exclusive music and programming to Beatportā€™s Official Twitch Channel. With over 140,000 followers and counting, Beatportā€™s channel has amassed more than 48 million views and 221 million minutes watched.

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Music Is The Answer: Twitch, Facebook & Instagram Don’t Get The Memo and Crack Down on DJ Live Streams

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2020 has arguably been the most difficult year to date for the music industry. As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to inflict its damage around the world, leaving people jobless, destroying entire industries and forcing us in our homes, our society is also coming to grips with the long-overdue realization that systemic racism and police brutality are interwoven and still prevalent in our lives today. The natural result has been for people to diverge their attention to social media, connecting with loved ones and music through platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, but also live streamsĀ on Twitch and YouTube.

The live music industry has been essentially reduced to nothingness and all events that require a gathering of people, whether related to sport, music or otherwise, have been indefinitely postponed. As event cancellation announcements made the rounds in spring, the electronic music world turned to live streams as a solution. The idea was simple: if dancers can’t go to see their favorite DJ perform live, the DJ was bringing the music to them via streaming.

After all, MUSIC IS THE ANSWER, right?

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Live Streaming Resources 101

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If it appears to you that everyone is live streaming these days, it’s because you’re not far off. Any industry relying on mass gatherings is facing a shut down at the moment due to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic, with comedians, actors, artists and even entrepreneurs relying on live streaming to stay busy, reach their fans, remain connected and also do their part to raise money for the fight against the virus and help those in needs. Yet, for many people live streaming is something fairly new, and it is hard to find reliable live streaming resources in one central place.

Industry veteran Sean Horton, founderĀ of Decibel Festival and Music Lead at DICE, has been researching the subject, putting together a comprehensive document filled with resources aimed to help anyone understand their options when it comes to live streaming.

The document, which you can find here and copied in full below, is regularly updated as Sean continues to gather valuable information to help those venturing into live streaming for the first time.

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