TwitchCon is easily my favorite convention of the year because it’s all things Twitch. Panels, streamers, meet & greets, parties.. it’s a great time for streamers and viewers alike. It’s also my opportunity to give back to the people who really make my community the shining beacon of awesome that it is — the moderator team!
Last year, inspired by my friend and fellow streamer Ezekiel_III, I held a fundraiser to raise money to cover the cost of any of the moderators who wanted to attend TwitchCon 2016. Hotels, flights, badges — The Armory community pulled together and made it all possible. This year, we did it again and raised over $10,000 to send 8 moderators to TwitchCon 2017!
I want to personally thank each and every person who contributed to the fundraiser. Whether it was $5 or $500, I was floored to see the generosity pour in to help out the moderator team, who so graciously keep our community the friendly and wonderful place that it is.
Originally I promised to sing the top 20 of the 50 songs on the list. But hey — you were generous, I can be too. Instead of only singing the top 20, I’m going to sing every one of the 39 songs which netted any money for the fundraiser.
To save my voice, I’m going to split it up into two parts. I might do them on different days but I haven’t decided on dates yet. Here are the sets:
Set 1
“Stairway To Heaven” by Led Zeppelin
“Digital Bath” by Deftones
“House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals
“Breathe Me” by Sia
“Hotel California” by Eagles
“Breaking The Habit” by Linkin Park
“Here” by Alessia Cara
“My Immortal” by Evanescence
“Laughing With” by Regina Spektor
“Hello” by Evanescence
“Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor
“Zombie” by The Cranberries
“Superstition” by Stevie Wonder
“Jar of Hearts” by Christina Perri
“Someone Like You” by Adele
“All Star” by Smash Mouth
“Sandcastles” by Beyoncé
“Good Enough” by Evanescence
“Creep” by Radiohead
Set 2
“Black Honey” by Thrice
“Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen
“Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd
“Shake It Out” by Florence & The Machine
“Pretty Hurts” by Beyoncé
“Let It Go (from Disney’s Frozen)” by Idina Menzel
“Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen
“Decode” by Paramore
“Carry On My Wayward Son” by Kansas
“The Only Exception” by Paramore
“I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” by Aerosmith
“Wonderwall” by Oasis
“Elastic Heart” by Sia
“Numb” by Linkin Park
“My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion
“Complicated” by Avril Lavigne
“I Want It That Way” by Backstreet Boys
“White Flag” by Dido
“You’ll Be in My Heart (from Disney’s Tarzan)” by Phil Collins
“With Arms Wide Open” by Creed
I’ll update this blog post (and post on Twitter) once I have more details about the timing and plan for these streams.
Also, I do plan to upload these to YouTube afterward in case you can’t make the stream, but because I’ll be singing songs that might get picked up by YouTube’s content blocker crap, they might not be available in all countries. I’ll do my best.
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