Your comprehensive list of artist resources during the coronavirus crisis (updated regularly)

Resources from SoundCloud
With our list of artist resources, you can spend your time productively and exactly how you want to while you #stayhome. From keeping your fan connections strong to learning how you can get paid from your plays on SoundCloud, we’ll be updating this list regularly so you have the tools you need to keep your career on track – from your couch, home studio or wherever you’re social distancing.
- 5 ways to engage your community, from behind a screen
- We’re going live on Twitch and here’s our lineup (updated regularly)
- Conducting a Content Soundcheck with Amber Horsburgh (Part I – essential groundwork)
- Conducting a Content Soundcheck with Amber Horsburgh (Part II – artist case study)
- Get livestreaming tips from music/tech journalist Cherie Hu
- We’re partnering with i am OTHER and Pharrell Williams on a new compilation project – and we want you to be part of it
- Show us your home studio setup for the chance to win an upgrade for your space
- “Rockstar whisperer” Kathryn Frazier shares her tips for at-home self-care
- How to land a spot on our #GETMOREPLAYS playlist
- No better time to network – here’s how to make it count
- An update from Kerry Trainor, SoundCloud CEO
- Learn how you can make a living from your music with Repost by SoundCloud
- Add this new button to your profile so fans can financially support you
- 30,000 SoundCloud COVID-19 drops… and counting
- Introducing a new way for creators and fans to connect
- SoundCloud is partnering with Twitch so you can connect with new fans and get paid
- A message from Kerry Trainor, SoundCloud CEO
- Introducing Creator Office Hours: music advice from our artist team coming to you live
- 7 ways to stay connected with your fans during COVID-19
- Find out how to get paid for your SoundCloud plays with SC101
- Have a few minutes? Set your profile up for success
- See how that new track is doing with real-time stats
- Learn how to DJ with SoundCloud tracks
- Looking for collab inspo? Check out Studio Sessions: The Bridge
Watch and learn
If few-minute videos are more your speed right now, we have a whole series called SC101 that breaks down everything from setting up your profile to DJing with SoundCloud tracks. Check it out.
News from around the web
Not that we ever had any doubts, but the music community has really rallied in the days and weeks since COVID-19 was deemed a global pandemic. Because there’s a lot of info out there, and we want you to have more minutes to focus on what matters (making great music), we’ve curated the internet to bring you some important links and tips below.
Staying connected
Tour updates, live-streaming resources and more
- How to livestream your DJ sets from home
- Meet Yoop, a new livestream app aiming to enhance how artists and fans interact
- How Erykah Badu created her own livestream company for ‘Quarantine Concert Series’
- Stay updated with the United Nations’ News in Brief podcasts
- How to use Houseparty, the app surging in popularity as the world. social distances due to the coronavirus
- 24-hour updates from nighttime communities all over the world
- How livestreaming is bridging the gap between bands and fans
- Sofa King Fest: Your guide to all live streaming performances happening around the world
- Stay at Home: Online festival and events calendar
- A list of live events to watch during the coronavirus shutdown
- Virtual music events directory
- SonicBids is bringing the showcase to fans so they can stay the f*ck home
- All the major music events canceled due to coronavirus
- Live streams and virtual concerts to watch during coronavirus crisis
- Tours are canceled, so musicians are turning to Twitch
Supporting artists
Discounted tools and support from the music community
- Ampled fan-funding platform waives artist fees for 2020
- Serato Play software is free through the end of May
- U.S. Library of Congress builds royalty-free hip-hop sampling site
- SiriusXM’s premium radio service is now available for free (until May 15)
- Bandcamp will be waiving its revenue shares again next week (May 1)
- ASCAP, BMI, SESAC create songwriters fund in support of MusiCares COVID-19 aid endeavor
- BuyMeACoffee is waiving all fees for April so creators can keep 100%
- Songtrust is holding free ‘Music Publishing 101’ webinars, starting Thursday, April 16
- In a time of isolation, dance music offers community through streaming
- Support artists, stay safe and donate to WHO with a face mask from Merchbar (10% of the proceeds to to the Solidarity Relief Fund)
- Live Nation donates $5M to emergency COVID-19 fund for concert crews – and could donate another $5M
- How to help musicians during the COVID-19 crisis
- Direct-to-fan merch app waiving subscription fee through May
- Online music school offering discounted courses
- Resources for musicians during the COVID-19 pandemic
- A curated list of resources for musicians affected by COVID-19
- Emergency coronavirus fund for songwriters worth up to $43M launched by GEMA in Germany
- A state-by-state resource guide for music professionals who need help during coronavirus crisis (updating)
- Recording academy urges congress to support music community amid coronavirus pandemic
- Coronavirus: How to help the electronic music community
- MusiCares coronavirus relief fund
- Saving Berlin club culture
- Moog and Korg release free synthesizer apps during social distancing and self-quarantine
- The Beat Goes On Fund, giving DJs financial assistance in these unpredictable times
- Bandcamp waiving revenue share on sales today (Friday, March 20th)
- Bandcamp, YouTube, and grassroots organizations ease financial burden for sound providers during global pandemic
- Sound Royalties launches $20M no-fee advance fund for artists/producers/songwriters hit by Coronavirus
- U-Haul Free 30-day storage for college students
- COVID-19 freelance artist resources
- Resident Advisor’s open letter and “Save Our Scene” campaign to save dance music
- Resources for music businesses and industry workers in need amidst the pandemic
- IMPALA launches coronavirus task force
- State-by-state resource guide for music professionals who need help during coronavirus crisis
Keeping cool
Ways to stay entertained while you #stayhome
- Virtual Home Sets: A social distancing-approved entertainment experience from AXS
- Music livestreams: Willie Nelson, Wiz Khalifa 4/20 potfests lead the week, with Springsteen-fronted NJ benefit to follow
- Beatport adds David Guetta, Tiësto to second edition of ReConnect, happening on April 17
- Adam Lambert, Kesha and more set For GLAAD event highlighting LGBTQ response to COVID-19 crisis
- TikTok is hosting a 48-hour livestream festival with over 35 artists
- How to make the perfect playlist
- BeatStars free online summit April 8-10 on Twitch
- Lady Gaga announces COVID-19 benefit concert on WHO call, Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney, Elton John and more to perform
- Download this free Coronavirus Anxiety Workbook
- Virtual concert and livestream roundup (updated daily)
- On staying calm and centered
- Self-isolating? Here are some musical solutions to keep you busy
- The coronavirus and electronic music: perspectives from the scene
- Nowadays is creating a way to stay connected while our doors are closed
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