[Commlist] New book: 'Musicians on Twitch: Creativity, Struggles, and the Reality Behind Live Streaming'

New book
'Musicians on Twitch: Creativity, Struggles, and the Reality Behind Live 
Streaming'
by Arthur Ehlinger
https://anthempress.com/books/musicians-on-twitch-pb

More information about the book can be found in the pdf here: 
https://anthem-public-images.s3.amazonaws.com/flyers/9781839996016.pdf

*BOOK INFORMATION

Book Summary*
/Musicians on Twitch: Creativity, Struggles, and the Reality Behind Live 
Streaming /offers the first large scale study of music and musicians on 
the live streaming platform Twitch. Drawing on interviews with 
‘musician-streamers’, extensive online observation and longitudinal data 
gathered between 2020 and 2026, the book argues that Twitch has produced 
a new kind of practitioner whose work combines technical, relational and 
artistic competencies in ways that older categories of musical labour 
cannot fully capture. It examines what musicians on Twitch actually do, 
how they are remunerated for it, how they seek to remain visible in a 
crowded attention economy, and what those efforts cost them. Neither 
celebratory nor dismissive, the book offers a grounded empirical account 
of musical work under contemporary conditions of platformisation. It is 
essential reading for academics, students and anyone interested in the 
intersections of music, technology and creative labour in the digital age.

*About the Author*
*Arthur Ehlinger *is a postdoctoral researcher at CREATe, the Centre for 
Regulation of the Creative Economy, based at the University of Glasgow. 
He recently completed his PhD in music at the same institution, where 
his research explored Twitch’s role in shaping the digital evolution of 
live music. Arthur’s current research focuses on the impact of 
digitalisation on the creative industries, Particularly, Arthur seeks to 
understand how creative workers navigate increasingly platformised 
industries, and intends to contribute to evidence-based debates that 
address the opportunities and challenges of creative labour.

*About Anthem Press
*Anthem Press is a leading medium-sized independent academic, 
professional and trade publisher in established and emerging social 
sciences, business/law and humanities fields of study with a strong 
international and interdisciplinary focus.
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