Hey all, Welcome to Reddit Sessions! We are seeing a lot of Off-Topic broadcasts lately and I'd like to take the time to remind you all that this subreddit is strictly for Musical Broadcasts only.

"What counts as a musical broadcast?" Currently the following types of content is acceptable: Playing a musical instrument, Singing/Rapping, Writing Music, DJing/Mixing.

“Where else can I broadcast if my content is not music related?” For other types of broadcasts, please see our sidebar. The most off-topic streams I see here the most are the AMA/Watch Me Study types. These would best be posted in /r/TheYouShow or /r/Distantsocializing

“What about just streaming playing some music on a turntable/audio device?” This one is tricky, as we would like to encourage users to show their skills on stream and not simply play records of other peoples work. However, I think its best to let this be up to the community. Let us know what you think by leaving a comment below. THIS INFORMATION IS OUTDATED, TO AVOID CERTAIN COPYRIGHT LAWS WE DO NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO STREAM OTHERS MUSIC UNLESS IT IS A COVER OF THE ORIGINAL.

Thanks everyone and happy jamming!

Edit: wow! I did not expect this post to have gotten this many comments! With that said, please read some of the previous comments because most of the questions have been asked and answered previously.

Hello! I have resigned as a mod so I will not be responding to any new comments.

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Hey all, Welcome to Reddit Sessions! We would like to take the time to remind you all that this subreddit is strictly for musical broadcasts only. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

"What counts as a musical broadcast?"

Currently the following types of content is acceptable: Playing a musical instrument, Singing/Rapping, Writing Music, Dj’ing is not allowed, please stream your dj’ing in r/redditsets as that is where our dj’s are now permitted to play

What is Considered DJ’ing?

Not DJ’ing: music creation from an instrument. Or electronic music creating (not playing) in a DAW (digital audio workstation like fruity loops, garage band, pro tools) that can be used on a looper, sampler, launchpad etc. Also acceptable is someone playing an instrument or singing / rapping over backing tracks from a looper, launchpad, sampler or the like. A mini keyboard (aka midi control) that triggers different sounds that is being played over/with tracks is also acceptable and is not considered dj’ing.

Is DJ’ing: playing back any single song from any format of pre recorded music and somehow transitioning to the next track by adding effects, cross fades, etc. to create a continuous “playlist”. This is not a sub to stream Spotify, YouTube, or other similar music streaming sites. It is also not the place to play an entire album.

“Where else can I broadcast if my content is not music related?”

For other types of broadcasts, please see our sidebar. The most off-topic streams we see here the most are the AMA/Watch Me Study types. These would best be posted in /r/TheYouShow or /r/Distantsocializing

“What about just streaming someone else’s music?”

After some thought we have decided against it as it violates reddit legal. We do however allow covers, accompaniments, etc. . . because it changes the song enough for it to fall under fair use. (Similar to YouTube)

“What are some requirements to stream”

The two requirements are as follows; your account must be 14 days old, you must have 125 comment karma. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

Our old post was archived but it covered a lot of questions in the comments as it was more of a FAQ post, Link, though some of the answers may be outdated since we have grown very rapidly these last few months

If anyone has anymore questions feel free to comment said question. Though some information may be outdated/get outdated (such as how to stream on computer where we now have r/rpanstudio)

Thanks everyone and happy jamming!

I’m sure I’m not alone. Back in 2022 I had some amazing experiences playing music for strangers through this subreddit. I would hike up to this cliff top by my house during sunrise and sing original tunes on my banjo.

A real surprising amount of people tuned in, one of the streams had something like 20,000 Redditors watching at once and I still get butterflies thinking about it.

I don’t know much about streaming other than the one fling I had with this subreddit. Is there something else out there on the web similar to the old format here?

Surfing for Daisy - “Friday Night”

If you like what you hear, check us out on Instagram / TikTok. We’ll have some music on Spotify very soon 🌼

https://open.spotify.com/album/6KlEtygNlxZs702MDfge7U?si=gD1tX4K7SkqZvAchHB5eBg

Don’t Look Back in Anger - Oasis (cover)