Musicians looking to get paid for at-home performances have found an unlikely lifeline in StageIt, a primitive live-streaming platform that was on its last legs before coronavirus.

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StageIt amassed $8k in revenue from 1/1 to 3/10, but went on to earn $1.5M the rest of that month. Old 97s’ Rhett Miller has had great success on the platform, and acts like Snail Mail and Beach Bunny recently played its digital festival  Uncancelled.

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But founder and owner Evan Lowenstein (formerly of boy band twins Evan And Jaron) says StageIt may not be long for this world: “Our site is being held together with duct tape right now.” https://bit.ly/3bu2noa ">https://bit.ly/3bu2noa&q...

Incidentally, Lowenstein is also Kevin Spacey’s live-in manager and was responsible for the disgraced actor’s infamous “Let Me Be Frank” video.

He didn’t want to talk to us about that.

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