Creator studio
Your event happens live, at the moment shown — it is never a recording or an uploaded video. You are there as your hosts watch, and you can speak to each gathered room: welcome a venue by name, take a request, answer a question asked a second ago. Clear sound, considered camera angles and a personal welcome help selected hosts feel part of your event. Choose a setup that suits your performance, not simply the most expensive camera.
Strong photos can make your event easier to understand and more appealing to hosts, without guaranteeing sales. Use one clear main photo on the collection page: the actual artist, artwork, performance or setting, well lit and in focus. Add more photos on the detail page showing the work up close, the presenter, the space and the kind of gathering hosts can create.
Choose landscape compositions that still work when cropped. Avoid tiny text, heavy filters or misleading imagery. Only upload images you own or have permission to use, and obtain consent from identifiable people where required.
Your creator application can include a portfolio website and links to a résumé, showreel, past exhibitions, press or previous live events. Add a short explanation beside each submission link so the administrator knows what to review. Avoid links requiring passwords or containing private login details.
The Society Atlas creates the approved host’s guest invitation, not the livestream. Private access instructions and uploaded materials are available only to approved paid hosts. A plain viewer link can still be forwarded; no automatic per-host tokens or DRM are active.
The Society Atlas does not host video. You pick a provider, schedule there and add the private viewer link once your event is approved. What matters is what each option actually restricts — a normal join link can always be forwarded by someone who already holds it.
Interactive sessions, cookalongs & Q&A
Waiting rooms, passcodes and panelist roles let you decide who enters and who may speak, and host rooms can appear on camera for shout-outs.
Check your plan’s meeting length and participant limits, recording storage, and whether chat and captions are included. A meeting link can still be forwarded by someone who has it.
One-way performances to a larger audience
Free to stream and easy for guests to watch. Set the broadcast unlisted and moderate chat with slow mode, subscriber filters or a named moderator.
An unlisted link is not a lock — anyone holding it can watch. Decide what your channel name, comments and archive should show before going live.
Paid, brand-controlled viewing
Password protection, embedding limited to your own domain, and OTT plans that give each viewer their own account bring access closer to per-person control.
Compare plan cost, concurrent viewer limits and how many people a licence covers. Higher control usually means a higher monthly price.
Polished multi-guest broadcasts & recordings
Both mix remote guests, slides and titles for a professional picture, and Riverside records each participant separately for editing afterwards.
Confirm your plan can keep viewing private. A broadcast published to a public YouTube or social destination stays public there.
Genuine exclusive access — later
These issue short-lived, per-viewer tokens and can restrict downloads and where playback appears, which is the proper answer to share-proof viewing.
Needs a paid provider account and development work. Not active on The Society Atlas today: the current dashboard stores one private link and issues no tokens.
Plans, prices and limits change. Confirm them on the provider’s own site before promising anything to hosts — nothing listed here is built into The Society Atlas.
Talks, art openings & small workshops
A recent iPhone or Android phone on a sturdy tripod, an external microphone compatible with your phone, a soft LED light and continuous power. Use the rear camera where practical; test framing and lock focus before going live.
Check that your chosen streaming service supports your phone and external microphone. Silence notifications and avoid handheld filming.
Demonstrations & conversations
Use a USB webcam, an external USB microphone and a soft light, connected to a laptop with wired internet. A webcam such as the Logitech Brio is an example to compare, not a requirement.
A webcam is convenient for speech, but a singer or band usually needs a separate audio interface or mixer rather than a webcam microphone.
Music & premium performances
Use a camera with clean HDMI output, a compatible HDMI-to-USB capture device, continuous camera power and a tripod. Feed vocals and instruments through an audio interface or mixer; monitor with headphones.
Confirm clean HDMI, capture compatibility, heat limits and uninterrupted runtime before purchasing. Consider an AV operator for multi-camera events.
Independent starting points, not endorsements or a guarantee of quality. Check current specifications, compatibility and local availability before buying.
Compare these options against your event needs. OBS Studio can combine cameras, audio and titles, but is not a hosting service and does not provide private audience chat by itself. Provider chat settings may not suit a paid, limited-host event.
Ask each selected host for their room name, pronunciation and permission to mention them. Welcome them at the opening, then plan moments for questions or a dedication during the performance.
“A special welcome to the four rooms joining us tonight — this next song is for you.”
State in your package whether shout-outs or Q&A are included; only promise what you can deliver.
For a TikTok Live-style conversation, choose a streaming provider that supports chat or Q&A. A host representative can send questions on behalf of their room, and a moderator can pass selected messages to the creator.
Not built into The Society Atlas yet: live video, live chat and automatic shout-outs. For now, creators arrange these through an external provider and explain the agreed setup in their package. The Society Atlas’s gated package links do not prevent stream links being shared.