Music & Performing Arts

If you suddenly meet a person who says that he does not like music at all, beware. Perhaps this is a reptilian android from the planet Nibiru, who arrived on our "ball" to find out all the secret secrets of people before the capture and enslavement.

And it's not even about the epic, assertive, sense, emotional mood or the style of the compositions. Music itself - or rather, the rhythms inherent in it - evoke in us simply a physiological, neuromuscular reaction. Try for fun to turn on the so-called "straight kick" and listen to it, refraining from the urge to swing your leg or head. Strange feeling, isn't it? But this is just a rhythm.

It's hard to say exactly when music became the way we know it now. Hundreds and thousands of years ago, the rhythm was mainly used - to the drumbeat of the army went to battle, to the sound of castanets, the Spanish women crushed grapes for the future alcoholic drink, to the methodical blows on the tambourine, the shamans fell into a trance. But ethnographic research shows that even during tribal times, music was essential in people's lives. Folk songs were sung at festivals, ceremonies, and even during the harvest - you can still hear the so-called “living motives” performed to make harvesting wheat not so boring. Music was a way of bringing people together, inspiration, inspiration. They went to the victory and to the chopping block with songs.

Today, of course, music has lost such an important socio-cultural significance. It has become easily accessible - no need to learn the words and wait for the moment when you can sing with friends, just take the headphones out of your pocket and launch your favorite streaming service. But the live performance still has some magic. It's much easier for us to feel and enjoy the song when we see the author.

And for those who miss live music, there's Music & Performing Art on Twitch.

Music bound us

It should be noted right away that Twitch does not approve of simply turning on music - like on the radio. Firstly, this is copyright infringement, and copyright laws are vigilant, especially in the United States, where the servers and the legal entity of the platform are located. And secondly - well, if you want to listen to the radio, you can turn on the radio (or some specialized streaming service like Spotify, Pandora, or, at worst, Deezer with Yandex.Music).

Therefore, the Music & Performing Arts section on Twitch exclusively features live music streams. Streamers either sing songs and play songs of their own authorship, or try to create sufficiently detailed and accurate covers. But copyright laws are definitely not violated - you can get a ban for this.

And it can also be karaoke! True, it is much easier to find it in another section, which is called Twitch Sings.

When opening the Music & Performing Arts section, keep in mind that in the vast majority of cases non-professional singers, musicians and composers are represented there. So the production of tracks may be poor. But how sincere!

By the way, the Music & Performing Art section presents not only music, but also other forms of "amateur performance". For example, single or group dances, as well as variety performances of various genres. In general, moving through the section, you can feel yourself at a full-fledged small concert-apartment house, only with a very diverse repertoire of performers.

Professional Musicians in Music & Performing Arts

Music & Performing Arts streamers aren't just amateur musicians. Professional DJs and performers are also present here. For example, especially popular with viewers:

DJs of Adjuna label, including directly Above & Beyond (genre of music - trance);
Small bands such as Trivium (genre of music - hard rock);
Monstercat Label (variety of electronic music, from trance to drum and bass, from chiptune to dubstep);
The LAMC is an organization dedicated to popularizing Latin music, regardless of genre (but usually Spanish-speaking pop).
In general, there is someone to listen to, if you are tired of amateur covers, your soul asks for something new, but you don't want to leave Twitch.