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Five Things We’ve Learned About Live Streaming: Oshima Brothers

The Oshima Brothers miss performing live and interacting with their fans. So whether it’s on Bandsintown LIVE or on their own regular live streams, their goal is real human interaction along with their carefully crafted sound.

Here are five things that the Oshima Brothers have learned about live streaming.

1. If you’re like us, when you tour you love to arrive on time and have a non-frantic soundcheck! Same goes for livestreaming. We’ve really enjoyed showing up early, even from the comfort of our living room just to make sure everything goes smoothly.

2. We think audio quality is what’s most important! People can deal with a poor video as long as it sounds amazing. We first focus on getting our audio to sound good, then worry about lighting, camera angle etc later. If you’re using a phone, get close, try an external USB mic or even better, an audio interface. Position yourself really close to the mic to get the audio present.

3. Real human interaction is what makes people really FEEL the livestream. So, ask questions and encourage people to comment by giving them easy things to say. We love questions like “where are you watching from” and “what was your favorite part of your day today.”

4. No matter what you’re using (external camera, computer, phone) make sure you can see people’s comments by putting that device close to the camera lens you’re shooting from so that you’re not distractedly looking away from your viewer. You want to see those comments as they come in.

5. Plan ahead. Make your show stand out by keeping things moving seamlessly from song ,to story, to interaction. It’s so easy to lose people on the internet, they have the world at their fingertips, so make it engaging and keep it moving!

Follow Oshima Brothers on Bandsintown to learn about future live streams and concerts.

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