The Live Page
The live page is the heart of Slipmat — it's where a show actually happens. When an artist is on the air, this is the page where you watch and listen, chat with everyone else, and cheer the artist on.
What's on the page
- The show — the live video and audio.
- Chat — the conversation for the show, right next to the video.
- Reactions — while the show is live you can send real-time reactions that everyone sees.
- The audience — you can see who else is here.
The live page is the same whether the show was scheduled in advance or started on the spur of the moment; only the address differs.
Watching a show
Anyone can open a public or unlisted show and watch — you don't need an account just to listen. To join the chat, send reactions, or show up in the audience, sign in.
During the warmup before a scheduled show, the doors are open and chat is already live, but the video hasn't started yet — it's the online version of gathering before the gig begins. When the artist starts the show, the video goes live.
Chat on the live page
The chat next to the show is the event's own chat. You can open more than one channel at the same time — for example a direct message alongside the main show chat — and switch between them. The set of channels you have open is remembered per show, so if you reload the page it comes back the way you left it.
If you're an artist's crew member, or friends with someone in the room, you can start a direct message with them from their profile on the live page.
Seeing the audience
The live page shows the people in the room. Signed-in listeners appear with their avatar, and you can tell who's actively listening versus who's stepped away. Listeners without an account are counted too, so the artist and the room always know how big the crowd is.
Finding a show
- An artist who's playing an ad hoc show is always at
next.slipmat.io/<artist>/live/. - A scheduled show has its own address at
next.slipmat.io/<artist>/<show>/. - The
/<artist>/live/address always takes you to whatever that artist has on right now, and sends you to their profile if they're not currently live.