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Watch Disclosure Break Down Project File of “Latch”
In a recent livestream on Twitch, Disclosure‘s Guy Lawrence provided aspiring producers and longtime fans an intimate look inside the duo’s hit collaboration with Sam Smith, “Latch.” Lawrence states that the version of “Latch” from the video is what we’ve all come to know and love, but they also have a newer version produced with fresh plugins. He covers various aspects of the song in Logic, including its drum programming, vocals, and chords. Lawrence additionally notes that their songwriting style has evolved immensely since writing the hit single in 2012. After a quiet few years following the 2015 release of their sophomore album Caracal, Disclosure have been unstoppable. In 2020 they dropped their third album, Energy, fo...
Twitch Launches Incubator Program and “Livestream Playbook” to Reinvest In Music Creators
Amid an embattled relationship with creators and music industry stakeholders, Twitch is looking to reset the clock with The Collective. According to the Amazon-owned streaming platform, The Collective is aimed at coaching artists to get the most out of livestreaming in the midst of what it calls a paradigm shift in music. According to Music Business Worldwide, the program has three distinct segments: “The Livestream Playbook for Music,” “Invite-Only Collectives,” and “Ongoing Backing From Twitch.” Acceptance into The Collective is based on Twitch’s decision regarding each artist’s application. Those accepted will receive hands-on support from Twitch in a variety of disciplines. First, Twitch’s music team will lead creators th...
Controversial Twitch Leak Highlights Gap In Compensation Between Streamers and Musicians
A massive leak in confidential data from Twitch is highlighting the disparity between the take-home pay of the platform’s top gamers versus artists. The breach, which was confirmed by Twitch on October 6th, reportedly amounted to over 100GB of crucial data stolen, according to BBC News. At the time of writing, Twitch’s analysis of how it all happened is still ongoing. In the meantime, the internet has been feverishly dissecting the documents, some of which contain sensitive information related to compensation. For the music industry, there’s at least one key takeaway: there is a wide gulf between the earnings of top gaming personalities versus the platform’s top musicians. The top earning musician on Twitch from August 2019 to October 2021 is prolif...
Twitch Claims “Server Configuration Change” Allowed Hackers To Gain Access Private Information
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty Following a massive hack, Twitch has released an update on the situation. Here is what you need to know. It’s been a lousy month for technology. First, Facebook and its family of social media apps suffered a massive outage due to a mistake on their end. Now, Twitch has confirmed in a tweet that it was indeed the victim of a massive data breach which resulted in its source code and other private information leaking out. The Twitch spokesperson revealed a hacker gained access to the company’s servers due to a misconfiguration change. “We can confirm a breach has taken place,” the tweet reads, “Our teams are working with urgency to understand the extent of this. We will update the community as soon as additional information is availabl...
Black Twitch Streamers Are Taking A Stand Against Online Harassment Endured On The Platform
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty Black Twitch streamers are fed up and are taking a stand against the online harassment they endure on the popular streaming platform. There are literally no safe spaces for Black and brown people to enjoy doing the things they love, even playing and streaming video games. Black Twitch streamers have been subject to countless forms of online harassment, including hate raids, doxxing, swatting, and other forms of abuse after they called for more significant equity and protections for Black users with the #TwitchDoBetter campaign. Despite many complaints and the recent #ADayOffTwitch campaign where Black streamers protested the platform to shed light on the online harassment, Twitch has yet to take action. As seen on ...
Warner Music Becomes Twitch’s First Major-Label Partner
Warner Music Group (WMG) is the first major recording company to partner with Twitch in a deal that will bring WMG artist channels, original music programming and more to the livestreaming platform. To start, WMG is launching artist channels for Warner Records stars Bella Poarch and Saweetie, plus Atlantic Records singer and producer Sueco, where they’ll share exclusive and behind-the-scenes content. Additionally, social media-focused digital media company IMGN — which WMG acquired last year — will produce a slate of original shows like “The Drop,” to discuss music news; “Freestyle Throwdown,” where rappers freestyle based on topics chosen by the audience; and “The One,” where guest artists perform the songs that influenced them. “...
Streamers Still Upset With Twitch After Landmark NMPA Deal
A new deal has been struck in the ongoing battle between Twitch and the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA)—but streamers still aren’t happy. Over a year after the initial debate began, Twitch finally came to an agreement with the NMPA. But even after the deal, streamers will not be allowed to play licensed music while streaming. Thousands of DMCA copyright strikes have been issued to streamers in the last year, resulting in the removal of any videos containing copyrighted songs. Despite a long-awaited agreement between Twitch and the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), streamers are still vexed. Caspar Camille Rubin “As part of this agreement, we want to let you know about a new process that we are creating that participating music rights holders can op...
Twitch Nearing Licensing Deal With RIAA and NMPA After Prolonged Conflict
For over a year, Twitch has been engrossed in a well-documented war with the music industry over its approach to licensing—or perhaps a lack thereof—on its platform. Now, according to sources close to the US National Music Publishers Association, the Amazon-owned video streaming service is finally close to reaching an amicable deal with licensing stakeholders. Last year, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) flooded the platform with DMCA takedown notices, sparking fears of potentially sweeping permabans among Twitch streamers. In response, Twitch acted quickly to roll out “Soundtrack By Twitch,” a tool designed to provide users with a pre-cleared catalogue of music for the...
Twitch & Music Publishers Nearing Licensing Deal
Amazon-owned Twitch has operated under the DMCA for years without backlash, but ever since the pandemic turned the music industry’s attention to Twitch for livestreaming concerts, spurring huge growth for the platform, music trade organizations like the NMPA and RIAA have accused Twitch of taking advantage of the DMCA to avoid paying for music — similar to the way the organizations have pressured TikTok, Facebook and YouTube to sign licensing deals in the past. So the two organizations have flooded Twitch with tens of thousands of takedown requests over the past year, forcing Twitch to the negotiation table by frustrating its users. In response, Twitch vp/head of music Tracy Chan has reiterated that Twitch does not tolerate copyright infringement, arguing that Twitch’s monetiza...
Rewatch Our Live Twitch Interview With Descendents Ahead of the Release of 9th & Walnut
Almost exactly two months ago, Bill Stevenson and Milo Aukerman of the Descendents joined our Twitch stream for a very special episode of our weekly rock ‘n roll interview show/therapy session, Noise Pollution. Normally, our streams stay on Twitch for the limit of two weeks and then disappear into the ether, but today, we brought back the very special appearance by the punk rock legends ahead of the release of their new album, 9th & Walnut (out July 23 via Epitaph Records). The album, which was recorded in both 2002 and 2020, features 18 of the band’s earliest songs from the late 1970s and is the final recording from late guitarist Frank Navetta as well as a decades-in-the-making reunion with both Navetta and original bassist Tony Lombardo. In the hour-long Twitch stream, Stevenso...
Nintendo Warns Against Co-Streaming E3 Showcase
While Microsoft encouraged co-streaming this year’s massive Twitch-hosted E3 showcase, Nintendo took a different approach in warning streamers against it. E3’s 2021 showcase took place mostly online, in light of concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Nintendo opted out of co-streaming the event from the official Twitch platform, and warned that co-streamers may receive DMCA copyright strikes for streaming E3 due to licensing issues with the music that was used in this year’s festivities. Microsoft actually obtained retransmission rights for all of the music that was used in this year’s streamed event, though those rights will expire after one year. Should co-streamers not delete their VOD (video on demand) before that year-long period is up, they may rece...
Huge web outage takes Reddit, Twitch, and other big sites offline
A huge global web outage swept across the internet this morning, taking out popular sites including Amazon, Twitch, and Reddit. The outages started at around 5:30AM ET, with a large number of sites affected. The Fastly content delivery network (CDN) was the source of the issues, which lasted for more than an hour. Major news sites like CNN, The New York Times, The Guardian, and the Financial Times were also affected. The issues also affected UK government websites, so British citizens were unable to renew passports, apply for tax allowances, or obtain driving licenses during the outage. Fastly hasn’t commented fully on the issues other than an outage message on the company’s status page. “The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented,” said Fastly at 6:44AM ET. Get more stor...
