Part 1 with Alex Pyatetsky (The DJ Hookup)

Part 2 with Gopi Sangha (CUSP Agency, @gopisangha)

Featured Links

Immediate Financial Assistance

• Music COVID Relief – A streamlined guide of government programs, grants & programs from professional organizations available to musicians & performers. A resource from the RIAA.

Online Education

• Digital DJ Tips – The leading creator of online courses for DJs. (Disclosure: we’re a proud partner of DDJT).
• Class Central (Music/Entertainment Business Category) – A directory of free and paid online courses from major universities.

Live Streaming Solutions

• Simple & Quick
  • Moment House – Enables paid content. Super simple. Instant setup. Keep 80% of revenues.
  • SatsHi – Super simple. Instant setup. Keep 100% of revenue. Bitcoin only.
  • ManyCam – User friendly. Fully content creation & distribution workflow in 1 place.
• Video Calls/Groups/Private Events
  • Zoom – Free Options. 100 Users. 40 minute time limit
  • Google Hangouts – Free Options. 100+ Users, Wide Distribution
• The Big Dogs
  • YouTube – Free. Largest viewer base. Build subscribers. Advertising revenue share. Promotional tools. Merchandise + fundraising functionality. Chat features.
  • Twitch – Free. Huge and rapidly growing (Amazon owned). Streaming-first platform. Rolling out music-focussed functionality. Build subscriber base. Great monetization tools. Advertising revenue share. Tipping / Bits. Promotional features. Leading audience interaction features.
  • Facebook Live – Free. Big audience. Chat feature.
  • Patreon – Not a streaming platform, but the go-to way for your supporters (aka. patrons) to financially subscribe to you as a creator.
• Encoding/Broadcasting aka. turning your stream into something that can be distributed across multiple platforms, not bound to one platform.
  • OBS Project – Free/open source. Enterprise grade desktop software.
  • Stream Labs – $12/month. Encoding, editing, full service, streaming. Default all-in-one recommendation for most individual creators + Yellow Duck for Instagram (see below).
  • XSplit – Free & premium options. Robust broadcasting functionality.
• Rebroadcasting Solutions
  • Restream – Free tiers. Leading solution. Stream to 30-platforms at once.
  • Youstreamer – Currently free. In Beta.
  • Castr – Paid only.
• Rebroadcasting – Instagram Live, Specifically
  • Yellow Duck – Free. Requires broadcasting software (see above).  Mac & Windows friendly.
  • Loola – $10 month. Full service distribution & broadcasting functionality. #2 all-in-one streaming recommendation for individual creators.

Ecommerce & Merch

• Selling Platforms
  • Bandcamp – Currently free. Deep, longstanding dedication to music community. Allows all types of merch. Keep 80-90% of all revenues.
  • Shopify (Lite) – The leading ecommerce platform. $108/year + 2.9% of all transactions. Maximum customization, efficiency. Tons of plugins and native tools, as needed.
  • Squarespace – Leading website builder with optional ecommerce functionality. $312/year, no transaction fees.
• No Cost Merchandising
  • Bonfire – You upload shirt designs. They print & mail. You get paid 40-55%.
  • Teespring – Wide variety of on-demand products – shirts, hats, backpacks, duffles, etc. You keep 50-60% of revenue.
  • Amazon Merch – Invite only/requires approval. Primarily shirts. You keep 40-50% of gross.
• Booking & Scheduling
  • Square Appointments – Let people book you for live & digital events, manage your schedule, pricing, deposits, communication etc.
    
    

Talk to Us

Continue this conversation in our Facebook group, DJs Surviving & Thriving.  How are you spending your time productively? How are you navigating the difficulties you’re faced with? What kind resources/additional help do you want to see from us?

Let’s get through this together.