Musicians have been offering these one-off or regularly scheduled live performances since mid-March, when cities and states began to mandate social distancing and quarantine. But many musicians already active on the platform are now repurposing Instagram Live and other livestreaming platforms to exercise creative muscles, rather than merely their promotional ones. Instagram Live Stories - which allows a user to stream whatever they want, for as long as they want, as their followers comment along - has become popular for spontaneous vlogging since its November 2016 launch. Social media has become music’s best concert venue Through these at-home shows, they’ve found a perfect opportunity to blend performance with an uplifting experience that puts everyone tuning in just a little more at ease with their situation.
And like viewers, artists are looking for ways to stay hopeful. Each live show is unique and unfiltered, revealing a side of artists that many fans don’t get an opportunity to see up close. Though they’re not quite like seeing a show in person, these “quarantine concerts” are playing a fascinating role in keeping the public arts alive while public life is on lockdown. (Among those fans: Oprah Winfrey and Joe Biden.) And DJ Derrick “D-Nice” Jones hosts “Club Quarantine” on Instagram Live, an at-home, one-man, disco-dripping dance party that’s amassed a large following and won him the title of “unlikely coronavirus hero” from the Los Angeles Times. Elton John hosted a benefit concert with iHeartRadio on March 30, with artists including Billie Eilish, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Dave Grohl all performing from their homes. John Legend and his wife, Chrissy Teigen, hung out on Instagram for an hour on March 18, with Legend playing fans’ song requests. The pandemic has incited an explosion in livestreamed mini-concerts and DJ sets, hosted by artists on their social media feeds and often announced at the drop of a hat. Which is why many artists in quarantine are finding other ways to perform “live,” via platforms like Instagram and YouTube, and rallying around hashtags like #TogetherAtHome. In isolation, music feels more necessary than usual. Music fans’ calendars, and the calendars of their beloved artists, have cleared at a record rate. Tours have been postponed or outright canceled, and state and local prohibitions on large public gatherings have closed venues indefinitely. For many live music fans, spring is the most important season, as bands hit the road and huge festivals, such as South by Southwest and Coachella, kick off a busy concert season.īut in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, spring concerts and even the summer music season are in peril, as social distancing and self-quarantining make performing live music and attending live shows all but impossible.
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