Musicians and YouTube

[mpare]

For more than a year, I have enjoyed Mary Spender’s YouTube videos. She’s a singer-songwriter with a wide variety of interests, all of which are reflected in her videos. The video that I have linked in this post is her explanation of the way musicians are compensated or not compensated for their music appearing on YouTube. Since we have musicians on this site, I thought that you might find her detailed presentation enlightening. I’m no musician, but I also found this video interesting. If you’ve never watched any of her videos previously, you might be asking yourself after viewing this video if she is always this articulate. The answer is yes. For you guitar lovers, her weekly videos contain a segment in which her subscribers talk about guitars that they’ve owned, repaired or used, some of which are rare. Love that segment.

[bl8d]

LOL that took me down a 3hr rabbit hole, thanks.

[mpare]

Time well spent.

LOL that took me down a 3hr rabbit hole, thanks.

[Bosco]

The videos from Normans Rare Guitars are great!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1RhFYwAc4

[mpare]

I agree. I’ve watched many.

The videos from Normans Rare Guitars are great!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1RhFYwAc4

[ARL67]

I really enjoy Rick Beato's YouTube Channel and his music / song analysis and other music commentary.

https://www.youtube.com/c/RickBeato/videos

ManFromMoffat, rest his soul, put me onto Rick's site via his series of "What Makes This Song Great" , specifically Boston's "More Than a Feeling" that got me hooked on the channel.

[jimmy3864]

Thanks for sharing, lots of great musicians just stopping by.

[ninja]

I really enjoy Rick Beato's YouTube Channel and his music / song analysis and other music commentary.

Been following Rick for years...surprised you're not posting the Rush videos.

[mpare]

Today’s Mary Spender video features a 1936 or 37, Epiphone Olympic guitar that she purchased online. I don’t know anything about guitars, but it seems to me that she’s found a gem.

[Gwelfgulfer]

Been randomly ending each day going down rabbit holes in youtube and got a kick out of these two.

[wlorcb]

It is easy to get lost, that is the issue with youtube and facebook and igram. They show you more of what you have already looked at. For most people, this is fine, who doesn't love cat videos, but for some the rabbit hole pops up in Mar-a-logo or Drumpf Tower or the basement of a pizza shop in DC.

[wlorcb]

Been randomly ending each day going down rabbit holes in youtube and got a kick out of these two.

The first time I saw that one, I wondered, how long does the (whatever it is called) on their bows last?

In the classical theme, I liked the one where the girl puts money in the street musicians hat and he starts playing Bethovens 9th and he gets joined by a whole bunch of other musicians joining.

[Gwelfgulfer]

The first time I saw that one, I wondered, how long does the (whatever it is called) on their bows last?

In the classical theme, I liked the one where the girl puts money in the street musicians hat and he starts playing Bethovens 9th and he gets joined by a whole bunch of other musicians joining.

Yeah I was wondering that as well.

I'm just enjoying where the rabbit hole takes me in the recommendations as I'm ending up in places I would never have thought to look.

Tho can fully admit I looked up gangnam style again as I get a kick out of the video. And up to like 4.8 billion views... last time I watched it it was at 3.5...

[Ignatius Reilly]

The first time I saw that one, I wondered, how long does the (whatever it is called) on their bows last?

In the classical theme, I liked the one where the girl puts money in the street musicians hat and he starts playing Bethovens 9th and he gets joined by a whole bunch of other musicians joining.

It's horsehair in all but the cheapest bows.

Serious people would get re-haired twice a year. I think most people would be much more rare, like every several years. The hairs don't break all that much under "normal" use!

I'd think of it like golf grips. Lots of people will go 5+ years between re-grippings, even if they shouldn't.