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TLN Artist Development Discussion: Creating a Virtual Event Watch Party

With Mike Kuzan and Gerry Rosenthal

Gerry recently hosted a virtual watch party on Facebook for the debut of the music video for his song Good Run.

The video was made by CourTney Collins (NonLinear Knitting Studio) and Gerry asked 6 artists to "open up" the event before the music video was played. In this artist development video Kuz and Gerry discuss their process in coordinating the night and hosting a successful online event.

Here's what we cover:

1:00 - Curating the watch party

2:00 - Benefits of having more people take part

3:30 - Value of cross promoting and finding other networks

4:00 - Connections you make now can benefit you in the future

4:45 - Details of the watch party

6:00 - How to make it feel like everyone is watching the same program

6:30 - How is it different than a live streaming performance

7:00 - Hosting a watch party for a single release

8:15 - More thoughts on curation

8:30 - It's all about presentation

10:15 - 4 Ways to create content and connect

11:00 - Part 2 available exclusively to Patreon members.

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