Hip-hop producer-hosts, beat battles, and online music production communities on Twitch

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dc.contributor.authorNg, Jasonen
dc.contributor.authorGamble, Stevenen
dc.contributor.funderHorizon 2020en
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-30T13:22:55Z
dc.date.available2024-07-30T13:22:55Z
dc.date.issued2023-06-06en
dc.description.abstractThis article introduces a new creative industry actor, the ‘producer-host’, whose novel cultural practices combine several roles: that of performing artist, music production educator, event manager, livestream broadcaster, and community manager. Producer-hosts use the livestreaming platform Twitch (alongside other digital technologies) to run online beatmaking events with communal and participatory dynamics that indicate expanding uses of streaming platforms. Drawing upon 18 months of ethnography, active community participation, and interviews with three producer-hosts, we provide a nuanced analysis of the political economy of Twitch and developments in the contemporary creative industries during the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyse and discuss the outcomes of participation in music production communities on Twitch according to five themes: income and sustainability; personal and professional gratifications; online followings; community identity and belonging; and informal education.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationNg, J. and Gamble, S. (2022) 'Hip-hop producer-hosts, beat battles, and online music production communities on Twitch', First Monday, 27(6). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v27i6.12338en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v27i6.12338en
dc.identifier.endpage21en
dc.identifier.issn1396-0466en
dc.identifier.issued6en
dc.identifier.journaltitleFirst Mondayen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/16162
dc.identifier.volume27en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFirst Mondayen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020::ERC::ERC-COG/819143/EU/CIPHER: Hip Hop Interpellation (Le Conseil International pour Hip Hop et Recherche / The International Council for Hip Hop Studies)/CIPHERen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020::MSCA-IF-EF-ST/891888/EU/Digital Flows: Analysing Digital-Native Hip-Hop Culture/DIGITAL-FLOWSen
dc.rights© 2022, First Monday. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0en
dc.subjectCultural productionen
dc.subjectLivestreamingen
dc.subjectInternet platformsen
dc.subjectMusic productionen
dc.subjectParticipationen
dc.subjectEducationen
dc.titleHip-hop producer-hosts, beat battles, and online music production communities on Twitchen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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