Today's guest is Clare Means. She's a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter. She got her start performing on the Santa Monica Pier. Now she's known for her success on the livestreaming platforms, specifically Twitch, Facebook, YouTube Live, and Periscope. She's actually one of the most watched musicians on Periscope. Since quarantine started, she went all in on livestreaming. 

Clare talks all about her journey livestreaming, how she built up to be the most successful livestreamer on Periscope, and what it's looked like since she started livestreaming on all of the other platforms. She breaks each of them down and explains how you can make money on them. She makes her full living exclusively livestreaming. 

I've been so intrigued by her journey livestreaming, which is why I asked her to be an instructor for an Ari's Take Academy course to teach it. Use code NMB for 10% off: https://aristakeacademy.teachable.com/p/livestreaming-for-musicians

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Quick links: 

2:55 - About Clare Means and her setup

7:14 - Clare's livestreaming story and how she got started

11:23 - Stories from Clare street performing

17:07 - How Clare got people to stop and listen to her street performing

22:25 - What about street performing has made Clare a better livestreamer? 

27:20 - The platforms Clare livestreams to and why

31:24 - Monetization possibilities on each livestreaming platform

39:07 - Which platform Clare makes the most money on and where her engagement is the best

47:58 - Clare's advice to musicians who want to get started livestreaming

55:12 - What it means to Clare Means to 'make it' in the new music business

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Website: https://www.claremeansmusic.com/

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