Survive COVID-19 as a Creative

Survive COVID-19 as a Creative

General Advice/resources

• How musicians (and other creatives too) can transition their business online ASAP

• Bandcamp Support

• COVID-19 Freelance Artist Resources

• Social Distancing Festivals

• VIRTUAL MUSIC EVENT DIRECTORY

• Events about: Funding, Freelancers, Online teaching

Australia Specific Resources

• Art in Times of Emergency 

• I Lost My Gig

• The Sound of Silence

• Department of Social services

• Economic Response Fact Sheet

• Music Victoria

• Corona Virus Supplement

• Second Stimulus Package

NZ Specific Resources

• Kiwi Muso’s Info - Music Helps

• I lost my gig

• COVID Employer Support

• NZ Music/Film Production Industry Pals

• Creative NZ updates

Free Time

Updates

• Global Live updates

• Aus

• NZ

• UK

• USA

Mental Health

• Write Music! Or whatever creative outlet you indulge in 

• Music Industry Therapist collective

• General Behavioral Health Self-Assessment Screening

• Virus Aniexty

• COVID 19 Support line for freelance creative (need WhatsApp)

• NZ well being Service - Music helps

• Understand youself (personality test)

Meditation

• Sam Harris: Waking Up

• Headspace

• Insight Timer (free)

• Calm

• Meditation Museum (free app and other resources)

Physical Health

• YouTube is your number one stop, but here are some alternatives:

• Leading Lady Fitness

• Daily Yoga (Free app)

• Yoga with Adrience (Free Youtube Channel)

• Calder Conditioning (daily home based workouts)

• Fit on Tour (all of your physical essentials)

• Freeletics

• 28 homebased workouts

• 7 homebased workouts

Education

• Podcasts and books are a great way to get away from the screen for a second

• EDX (free Online Courses)

• Crash course

• MIT Open Courses

• Music Business College

• Music Industry Inside Out

• The Role model way (convert your hobby to a business)

• Eric Alper 1 minute tips for bands

• Open Library

• Gutenberg (Online Library)

• Super proof

• Virtual Museums 

• Duolingo (never been a better time to learn a language)

• Skill Share 

• Blinkist (get a free book summary a day)

Online Platforms for Sharing, Meeting, Performing, Educating & Broad/Narrowcasting (Be sure to come familiar with the platform first and consider simulcasting)

Free

• Facebook (Live)

  • Instagram (Live)

  • LinkedIn (Live)

  • Zoom

  • Google Hangouts and Google Meet

• Stationhead (play virtual DJ)

  • Mixlr

  • Discord Go Live (best for those with Youtube audience)

  • Gimme Radio

  • Anchor (Distribute podcast across several platforms for free)

In app Tipping/donation option

• Twitch

• Youtube (Live)

• Periscope

• YouNow

• Mixer

• Caffeine

Ticketed

• Run The World (best for confrenences and large events)

  • Moment House

  • Stageit

  • Key

    • $2.99 flat rate for all tickets (company takes 25%)

  • Crowdcast (also free and donation options)

  • Patreon

Additional options

• BlueJeans (video conferencing)

• Loom

• Jitsi Meet

• Moodcaster — iOS and Android app for virtual auditions, casting, and learning

• Hovercast

• Discord

• OnTheBoards.TV

• Connect the Arts

• Dolby On

• RadioRedPR

• InProcess Artist Shops

• Joust for Freelancers (collecting unpaid/outstanding bills)

• Dropbox/Withfriends: Organizers during COVID-19

• Panopto

Keep an eye out for Upcoming virtual festivals/show (and show your support!)

• Live Streaming Schedule by the Guardian
  

Live ecommerce (emerging category that will allow you to feature products beside live stream

• Popshop Live

• Bambuser

• Brandlive

Webinars and Online education

• Teachable

• Podia

• BigMarker

• Demio

Other Tools

Marketing

• Creator Studio (FB and Insta Posting tools)

• Remove Background Image

• Link Tree (compile multiple links into one)

• Top Has Tags 

• Canva

• Tool Box (several marekting tools)

• 2 months of Abode for free (only if you already had an account)

• What worked in China during the lockdown

• Crowd Control: Tips and tricks

• Looped Live (connect with your favourite talented people)

Organisers

• Asana

• Slack

• Dropbox Paper

• doodle

• Artist Business Road map and Goals (free for limited time)

• Self Authoring (explore your past, present and future)

• Waves (invoicing app)

Music

• Korg and Moog free synth apps

• ConnectionOpen (loseless collaboration in realtime for audio)

Find Work Opportunities

• https://www.flexjobs.com/

• https://remote.co/

• https://www.fiverr.com/

• https://www.upwork.com/

• https://www.freelanced.com/

• https://dynamitejobs.co/

• https://www.superprof.com.au/