Twitch How-To

What is Twitch?

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Twitch is a free streaming service where millions of people come together live every day to chat, interact, and make their own entertainment together.

I have found my home in the Music category and perform for this community every week!

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If you've never used Twitch, Here is their step-by-step guide on how to set up an account and start using it on your phone or desktop .

If you already have an account but need some more help navigating it—

check out their Help Guide

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Where can you find me on Twitch?

Once you have set up your account click on the "SEARCH" icon and find my profile:

crrissa_the_cyberbard

Then make sure to click on the "HEART" icon to follow me!

This step is SUPER important because it will then make sure you receive notifications when I am streaming

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How do you interact with my stream?

I have 800+ songs from Mozart to MazzyStar for you to request and you can find them all on my Song List

On top of the list, you will see a few different icons that indicate what kind of song they are.

These icons help filter my song list to certain things you may be interested in more.

Play around with them and see what you find!

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How to Request a Song:

Once you have found a song you like,

go back to our live chat room attached to the live stream and type in

!sr [Title of the Song]

Example: !sr Tip Toe Through the Tulips

How can you support me on Twitch?

The obvious way you can support me involve

units of money!

You can…

SUBSCRIBE to my page  HERE

If you have an Amazon Prime account you get one free Twitch subscription per month click HERE to learn how

TIP me directly HERE

All tips go to me in full which is pretty great and help me to purchase new equipment, pay my bills, and keep thriving in my community

BITS are a virtual good you can buy on Twitch that gives you the power to encourage and show support for me

Learn how to purchase and use Bits HERE

How can you support me for Free?

Channel Points are customizable points that let me reward members of my community with perks. For example, you can remind me to hydrate, sing in character, and even do fun stretches!

You can learn all about how to earn and redeem channel points HERE

and of course…

Share my Profile

with your friends, family, neighbors, your bartender, and anyone else who you think would love what I am doing.

Here's a quick little message you can share on your Facebook account, in an email, or text even!

"If you enjoy music you'll love Charissa (ka-riss-ah)! She live streams music on Twitch weekly and takes song requests too. Her channel reminds me of a piano bar, but she does SO MUCH MORE. She'll sing you anything from Mozart to Smashmouth! You gotta check her out - give her a follow at https://www.twitch.tv/crrissa_the_cyberbard/"

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