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Events ​

An event is a show on Slipmat: a live performance with its own page, its own chat, and an audience. Whether you're playing the show or listening to it, everything on Slipmat happens around events.

The three ways to run a show ​

Slipmat gives artists three ways to put on a show. They all end up as the same kind of live page for listeners — they just differ in how the show gets started.

Scheduled events ​

This is the classic way to play on Slipmat, and it works like a real-world gig. You pick a date and time, promote it in advance, and on the day you start and end the show yourself.

  • Shows always start on the hour.
  • The doors open 30 minutes before showtime. During this warmup, listeners can join the chat and hang around before the music starts.
  • Listeners can RSVP, add the show to their calendar, and get a notification when it's about to start.

Ad hoc events ​

Ad hoc events are for spur-of-the-moment streams — you just fire up your streaming software and go live, no schedule needed. Great for spinning some records on a whim or hanging out with your fans, but not built for promotion.

  • An ad hoc show goes live shortly after your stream connects, and ends automatically when you stop streaming.
  • It lives at your artist live address, next.slipmat.io/<your-artist>/live/.
  • Only fans who have opted in to ad hoc notifications are told about it.
  • Ad hoc streaming is only available when you don't have a scheduled event starting within the next 60 minutes — that window is reserved for the scheduled show.

Ad hoc chat is your artist chat channel

Ad hoc events use your permanent artist chat channel instead of a dedicated event channel. Whatever gets posted there stays there for everyone to see afterwards.

Proposed events ​

Not sure which date works best? Propose a show and let your fans decide. You suggest one to four candidate dates, set a minimum number of "yes" votes, and open it up for voting. Fans vote yes, maybe, or no on each date. When a date reaches your minimum, Slipmat automatically turns the proposed event into a real scheduled event.

  • Voting closes at least 24 hours before the earliest proposed date.
  • You stay in control: you can confirm a date by hand at any time to schedule the show right away, or cancel the whole thing — you don't have to wait for the voting to decide.
  • If nothing reaches the threshold in time voting expires, but you can still confirm a date by hand afterwards.

Artists who run regular shows can also set up recurring shows, which schedule their episodes automatically. Each episode is just a normal scheduled event.

What happens during a show ​

Every live show moves through the same stages:

  • Warmup — the doors are open and chat is live, but the video hasn't started yet. (Ad hoc events skip this and go straight to live.)
  • Live — you're streaming; the show is on.
  • Ended — the show has finished but chat stays open for a short cooldown so people can say their goodbyes. (If you've set a redirect to a next event, your audience is forwarded there right away instead of going into cooldown.)
  • Archived — the show moves into your archive, its final stats are ready, and its chat closes.

One show at a time

An artist can only have one live show running at a time. You can schedule as many future events as you like — overlapping is fine — but only one can actually be on the air.

When a show ends, any open song requests are closed automatically and the show's statistics are calculated.

Who can see and join a show ​

Every event has a visibility setting that controls two things: whether it shows up in Slipmat's public listings, and who is allowed to join in.

  • Public — listed for everyone to discover; anyone can watch and take part.
  • Unlisted — not listed anywhere, but anyone with the link can watch and take part.
  • Members only — listed, but only your fans can join.
  • Invite only — not listed; only your team and the people you've invited can join.

Anyone can open a public or unlisted show's page and watch, even without an account. Joining the chat requires signing in.

Playing together — collaborators ​

You can invite other artists to a scheduled show as collaborators, either with full access (they can help run and edit the event) or read-only access. Collaborators' teams get access to the show and its private crew chat. Collaboration isn't available for ad hoc events or soundchecks.