- Good morning, good
evening, good afternoon
and welcome to the net runner channel.
My name's Jamie.
Welcome in and today we're
going to be talking about
what I consider to be
the biggest cardinal sin
of streamers on no matter
what platform you're on,
no matter how long you've been doing it,
today I want to talk about
how you think about streaming.
This is a conversation I've
been having with my community
on my stream for years now.
For those that don't know,
I have a background in music,
I studied it at university,
I've played in bands, I've
done tours, things like that,
and so my performance background
comes from a different place
than a lot of people
who broadcast nowadays,
but what I wanted to come forward and say,
I want to take time to put
this information out there
in a more permanent way on YouTube
where people can find it
and hopefully learn from
mistakes that I've made
and other broadcasters are
making every single day.
Streaming is still about, by most people,
as a place to play video games
and hang out with people.
I get to play video games
and I get to chat to other people.
What more can I possibly want?
There's a better way to
consider live streaming.
If you guys are just maybe
getting started as live streamers,
maybe you've been streaming for two years,
maybe you're a big live streamer
and you make me look tiny.
I am currently in a complete
rebuild of my channel
and I'm having to start from the bottom up
and reteach myself
some of these lessons
that I've learned the hard way
over my three and a half
years of broadcasting
and being a full time content recruiter
and still make this mistake.
And it's making sure
that every single day,
I remind myself
that streaming is not
about the video game,
it's not even just talking to the chat,
live streaming, being a streamer,
it's about being an entertainer.
Live streaming is
and I'll say this probably
many times in this video,
live streaming is an art form.
Whether you agree with that or not,
by definition, it is an art form.
Much like being a musician,
being an author, being a painter,
these are all arts, a film maker.
These are all incredible comparisons.
Looking at my background in musicianship,
some people get into playing music
because they want to be a rockstar.
Other people do it
because they want to
learn to play the guitar
or the drums or whatever
and it just intrigues them as a hobby.
Some people are just struck by that bug.
I truly and deeply believe
that live streaming is the exact same way.
Live streaming, people are getting into
for the wrong reasons everyday.
People always talk about
don't get into it for the money,
and it's not about the money.
Take that aside.
It's not about being popular.
Take that aside.
Live streaming is about
entertaining people,
no matter what your motivation is,
that's your job as a broadcaster.
Whether you're doing
it for fun as a hobby,
or if you just want to play
video games, play video games
or become a professional video gamer.
It doesn't matter what you want
to do while live streaming,
it's never about necessarily
what you're doing,
but how you're doing it.
Live streaming is a passion
that needs the drive you.
You'll go through high points
and you'll go through low points.
I have gone through many
and I've made many of these mistakes
and I still make them today.
And I watch my streams
after I've done them
and I said to myself and I go,
I didn't go in there
with the right mindset.
I didn't do the right thing.
So, I'm making this video
to communicate to you guys
in the best way possible,
to tell you guys,
please start approaching live streaming
from a different direction.
Start considering yourself an artist,
start thinking about your stream
in a more creative way,
allow your brain to work
and wire differently.
There are so many incredible things
you can do while being a live streamer.
Despite if you want to play video games,
if you want to go live streaming
your travels around the world,
live stream cooking, making beer.
I've seen people do all
sorts, make robotics.
I have gotten to know so
many incredible broadcasters.
But they never do themselves justice,
because they don't think of themselves
as artists when they make,
they don't give themselves
the creative freedom
that other artistic avenues do.
When you turn your live stream on,
remember that your main focus
is to put on a show
in no matter what way you want to do that.
You're there live streaming,
broadcasting to people
because you want to connect with them,
you want to send a message,
you want to create something
that will make somebody feel something.
That is art.
That is being a film maker,
that's being a musician,
that's being an author.
You guys are capable
of doing so many incredible things.
Don't pigeon hole yourself
into I'm going to play video games
and talk to my chat.
I'm not saying don't do that,
I'm saying go about it differently,
rewire your brain,
consider it an art form.
See where your brain takes you.
See what kind of magic you can create,
knowing that your job while on camera
is to make people smile,
feel emotion, feel connected.
People watch live streams for
so many different reasons,
but the real number one reason
that live streams are so amazing
is because we can connect with each other
on a human level
across the entire planet.
So, use that to your advantage.
The next time you live stream,
keep that in the back of your head.
The next time you're
sitting at your computer
or on your phone on the toilet,
we all know you do it,
don't deny it, I know you do,
(laughing), I do it all the time.
My wife won't touch my phone
because I take it into the bathroom.
Think about how you can
be a better live streamer.
How can you create better art?
How can you innovate?
How can you make the people
on the other side of the screen
feel connected, feel
embraced, feel emotion?
Take them out of their world.
Take them out of what
the stress of the working
day life has done.
Whatever's going on in their life,
whether it's a good day or a bad day,
and just do what a movie does
when you sit down and watch a film,
when you sit down and put your
headphones on and listen to music,
or read a book, it's escapism.
That's what you're creating
in a live way and a more
human interactive way,
where you can impact someone in real time.
You're an artist.
If you're live streaming,
you're already an artist,
you just didn't realize it.
All I'm saying is,
take the training wheels off,
let the brain flow free man,
and create something truly beautiful
that'll make an impact to your viewers.
I promise you, it will
change how you stream.
If you allow yourself to
be a creative individual,
thinking about what you do
or impact the people
that are watching you.
Considering yourself truly
free as a creative human being,
the stuff you'll make is amazing.
I'm not preaching to you from
this high horse or whatever,
I've been a full time live
streamer for three years.
I have made so many mistakes.
A lot of them I'm going
to go through this channel
and tell you what not to do
and the best direction I've found
to make myself better at what I do,
and provide a service
to the people that watch me on stream
and I'm learning this
now, serving you guys,
trying to pass a little bit
of the knowledge I've made.
I've been full time in this.
I have been doing this,
I make a living doing this.
I've just rebranded
and I'm having to grow entirely again.
I'm having to relearn the lessons
that I'm teaching you right now.
All I'm saying is just try it.
Next time you turn on your stream,
change your perspective on it,
become a showman,
show them that you are
there to entertain them,
that you have a right to
be a part of their lives,
because they're giving you their time.
Whether you're live for an hour,
two hours, ten hours, that's their life.
That is the currency that
you never get back, earn it.
Take the time to make sure
that whatever you're providing people
is giving them that escapism,
it's giving them the
laughs, the enjoyment.
Maybe it's emotional,
maybe you do a deeper steam.
Maybe you decided to be
one of the first streamers ever
to make a truly deep emotional stream,
and make people feel emotion.
Maybe they cry while they watch you.
That happens with film all the time.
People go watch sad movies,
they go watch horror movies, scare people.
Whatever it is you want to do,
but be creative with it.
Be innovative with it and be an artist,
because no matter what you think,
no matter what you choose to do,
if you're a live streamer,
you're an artist.
Take this new wave of media forward,
show the world what's possible with this.
I'm so excited to see what
you guys are creating.
You guys inspire me.
I go around watching new
live streamers all the time
and it always surprises
me what people are doing,
but the one thing they just
need to change is their perspective.
I hope this helps you
set a different mindset,
open yourself up a little bit,
and remember that you have
every right to be called
an artist than anyone else.
Show them what you're capable of,
show them that live streaming
deserves to be considered an art,
because that's what it
is and change some lives.
Guys, thank you so much
for checking out the video.
If you liked what you're listening to,
if you appreciate hearing a little bit
of my wisdom that I've
learned through live streaming
and the mistakes that I make,
I'll be doing a lot more of
these videos on this channel,
just delving into things
that I've learned,
the mistakes that I've made
and things that I am...
As I'm talking to you guys,
I'm talking to myself as well.
I'm only human, we all
forget these things.
If you need to re-watch it,
whatever you guys need to do,
just allow yourselves
a way to think differently.
Whether you agree with
my statements or not,
I promise you taking this onboard
can only make you better,
even if you don't agree with it,
having that perspective
and knowing the knowledge of that
will allow you to be better
and that's all I want
is to see live streaming as an art form,
as a platform become bigger and better
than so many other
people thought possible.
Thank you so much.
If you enjoyed it, click that
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I'm going to be uploading
another video this week,
I'm so excited about creating videos here,
and if you want to come
check out my live stream,
I'm currently rebuilding
everything I've ever done.
It would mean the world to me
if you'd come check out the live stream
at twitch.tv/netrunr.
I stream Wednesday to Sunday,
starting at 7:00 AM Eastern, 12:00 PM UK.
Thank you so much for your time.
I'll catch you in the next video.
Bye.
Man, by the way, I look rough.
(laughing).
This is what Covid does to you guys.
I shaved my beard off after
I got married in January,
and this is it regrowing back in
and I've just not been able to
go to a barber and get it trimmed.
God, I am getting husky
and I'm looking like a homeless guy
living under my wife's house.
That's what I look like.
