“FOR MUSICIANS, CLUBHOUSE IS ONE OF THE ONLY APPS WHERE THE AUDIO QUALITY IS CRISP, SANS LATENCY ISSUES.”

—ANIRUDH DESHMUKH

Deshmukh’s room is one of those. Buddying singers, poets, instrumentalists come together over theme nights or mood nights to sing their favourite numbers. While Anirudh’s room happens every evening, of note are the classical musicians from the West Coast of the US and Canada, who play out tunes in the early hours of Indian Time, when it’s evening for them.

The USP of such rooms is that they’re most often the most pleasant of them all, with participants encouraging the other to sing, apologising if they’ve taken up too much time.

“For musicians, Clubhouse is one of the only apps where the audio quality is crisp and there are hardly any latency issues,” he explains.

The Late Night Jam isn’t a structured room. Anirudh starts the room, and every day it takes its own shape. “Musicians, instrumentalists, poets, spoken word artists and the listeners come together every night for their love of these art forms,” he explains.

Is CH really a safe space? No app can be called a safe or a toxic space. It is us, the users who determine whether an app will be useful or otherwise based on how we choose to interact with it. I consciously remind people that even though the room will always be around for them to help in any way through music, poetry and art, we wouldn’t call ourselves a ‘safe space’.

Abignoonch? To not explore the width the app provides; disrespecting someone over differences in opinions; making someone feel small.