shatnershairpiece

New feature. COMMENT OF THE WEEK. I get so many comments, some good, some negative, some hilarious. I ban trolls every day. I've decided to highlight some of them as community posts as most people will never see these comments. This one is from a 'fan' who left the channel because I wasn't giving him everything for FREE anymore. It's odd because it's passive/aggressive. There is praise, but also a 'F you'. I included my reaction.

@noyes-v5b • 11 hours ago (edited)

Just read, I have to Join Patron Studio Level to see Hear your extended versions. No. If my attention is only worth clickbait, then why have I asked you for a PO Box, I would send heart and $oul, $weat of my brow. Extended versions were what I liked most. NOT JOINing Patreon. Sorry. Subscribed at Your YouTube Channel, and YES they are gone, NoW! Long Nights at the Window, with your Music, felt like with you. Especially after the Surgery. I will miss "Access" to YOUR 45 min, hour and half tunes. unsubscribing at tube we are all dead artists tribute wishers that was three years ago.


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@shatnershairpiece
• 11 hours ago

You can get access to 1600 super jam videos on YouTube with a $5 membership. I still have 500 long videos on youtube for free. The reason I want people to sign up on Patreon is because YouTube will take 30% of everything I make, even from subscriptions. Most people do not know this. This is why I recommend band camp and Patreon as the best way to support. You asked for a PO Box? I do not have a PO Box. And I would be crazy to hand out my address to a stranger on youtube. Do you want to pay for the PO box? It's about $50 a month. I appreciate that you wanted to send a tip, but it's not practical. If you want to tip, I have four online options: paypal, busk.co, bandcamp, patreon.

Problem is youtube is not an environment anymore for long videos. They only care about shorts. I have had to face this reality in the last few years. Of course I appreciate that you enjoy the long videos but you are very rare. I also have to consider the massive amount of time I’m spending on making these videos and putting them on YouTube. If they are only seen by a few people, is it it worth my time to work on them all day? It is a LOT of work. I make nothing from youtube views. I would rather these videos go where people are willing to subscribe to get access with a small paid subscription. 50 paid subs on patreon is worth more than 176,000 followers on youtube.

Take a look at the blues video I posted this morning. It is only six minutes. It was viewed for approximately one minute and barely got 100 views. imagine you see this reaction on every single music video you make. You would stop posting. People don’t even have the patience to watch a six minute video anymore so posting a 90 minute video is pointless. These videos no longer get any views. YouTube will not promote them or show them to anyone including my own subscribers. Long videos that I will show on YouTube now are paid jam requests. I just had one of these a week ago. Also, patreon has absolutely no ads and no copyright issues which are two huge problems on YouTube.

Sorry that you felt you had to unsubscribe, (thanks for the non support?) but youtube of today is not the YouTube of five years ago . It has gone downhill fast and no longer supports creative human made work. Half the videos on YouTube are now AI. how do I compete with that? Do you think I should spend 10 hours a day working for free? Do you think I live on air? I'm a musician. I'd rather have ONE paying monthly subscriber at $5 than 100,000 subs who expect everything for free. If you value what I do, get a membership. Don’t try to guilt me because I need to pay my rent.


He wrote again on another video! (He feels used. 🤣)


@noyes-v5b • 15 hours ago
The Edits, audio and visual up and at 1:23, Are Perfection! Masterful. Patience Artful. As Good as your Musicianship.
I also comment that your ability to sample loop create a backing track is wonderful. Does Really Make Listening Interesting!
I am a visual person as well. I watch all the details. robin Peace.
edit: no extended long jams on You Tube ANYMORE. You Made a conscious choice. money everybody need$ some. Even a sub to your check mark channel, I don't, STILL WON'T join Patreon. I feel used as you describe us as click bait. Long jams were your best. I don't sub to hear your channel complain about the locals. Will Miss the Long Jams, But Kiss the Patron ASS cause you don't have a PO Box. unsubscribed. miss the hour and half's at the window with you, bye. "dead tribute artist"


@shatnershairpiece
• 52 minutes ago (edited)
So you leave because you like my music but refuse to pay for it? You expect everything for free, for life. 🤣 That isn’t support. You think I should feel guilty because I expect to get paid for my work? I would trade all 170,000 of my YouTube subs for 20 paid subs on Patreon. Those are real fans and supporters. I still have 500 long jams on YouTube for free, but I guess that’s not enough FREE for you. I said I'm having to use clickbait now to get any views at all. This is the reality.

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thesixmilliondollarguitar.bandcamp.com/album/smoot…

65 minute soul jam in the style of Sade. (Photo by Susanne) Support improvisation and raise your dopamine levels!

1 month ago | [YT] | 22

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thesixmilliondollarguitar.bandcamp.com/album/drift…

New 4 track 150 minute jam album (Drift) on bandcamp. Sounds like soul mixed with Tangerine dream. Recorded in one take! Support improv and buy some tracks. I make nothing from youtube videos, even though I spend days making them. (This amazing shot of two geese fighting taken by Susanne in Vancouver)

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Bandcamp Friday returns May 1. Support live guitar improvisation and download some incredible extended music therapy for insanely cheap prices. I get 100% of the sale. Watch the smoking 80 minute debut jam of this guitar April 30 at 5pm pacific on youtube LIVE CHAT. It's a paid jam request for Johnny Cash!

thesixmilliondollarguitar.bandcamp.com/album/the-m…

thesixmilliondollarguitar.bandcamp.com/

My first jam with my new (1997) Parker fly classic red is now up! Amazing tones. Nothing like a new guitar to renew inspiration!

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thesixmilliondollarguitar.bandcamp.com/

It's bandcamp Friday March 6! This means bandcamp takes no fees off your downloads. Who does that in the world today? No one. I get 100%. Any income I make off music comes from bandcamp and patreon support. I get nothing from youtube views. If you enjoy my content, download the tracks in high quality wav, flac, mp3. Youtube is the venue I use to advertise my actual support sites. I'm creating extended instrumental guitar jams using my own backing tracks. Everything is played by a human in real time. My fans love the music for many reasons: healing, relaxation, background for work, study, play, road trips, better sleep. I'm all about music therapy and improvisation, getting in the zone.

Now that youtube favors AI slop and shorts, my jam videos get less and less views. Long form content is no longer viable on youtube. This is happening to MANY big channels, and quite a few have left youtube for that reason. I'm going to keep it going, but most of my jams now go on PATREON on a monthly subscription. Thanks for your support!

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thesixmilliondollarguitar.bandcamp.com/

It's bandcamp Friday! No fees taken off your downloads. I get 100%. Check out hours of music therapy and guitar nirvana recorded in HQ audio. Real music made by a human. Soon I'll be in the zoo.

Bandcamp remains the ONLY music site that bans AI made music. This is why I don't post on spotify, Apple, or any streaming services. 38% of all music uploads daily is now AI. Next year it will be 75%.

I'm trying to keep real music alive. Not only real, but played in real time, using an ancient form of communication called 'Improvisation'. No rehearsal, no prep, all constructed moment to moment. This is the highest level of music creation and it IS therapy. Thanks for your patreon and bandcamp support!

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Bandcamp Friday returns Feb 6! thesixmilliondollarguitar.bandcamp.com/

No fees on your downloads, I get 100%. I've been uploading many new jams this last month so please check them out and help support improvisation and human made music. I feel like I've become an anomaly in the current AI environment where 34% of all daily uploaded music is now AI, and 97% of people cannot tell the difference.

This is scary shit. This is why I do not upload my music to spotify, apple, deezer, etc.
Bandcamp is the last human made music zone left and they are actively fighting AI music. Not only is my music real, it's performed in REAL TIME with zero prep, which is something the hip cats used to call 'improvisation'.

Kids today think they 'make their own original music' with text prompts. No, you did not.

“I spent 54 years learning to play an instrument, and honing my craft on stage and in the studio. You typed a few words into your phone. We are not the same.”

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Just a reminder that if you want to support my guitar videos on youtube, sign up on patreon www.patreon.com/c/Shatnershairpiece

I don't make money on youtube from views. Real support for my music only comes from a monthly membership, paypal tips, or bandcamp downloads of my music.

If patreon doesn't work, you can get a youtube membership at $3 a month. That gives you early access to all my videos (at least 1-2 weeks before going public) and special access to 1600 long jam videos, guitar lessons, busking videos, and band gig videos that will never be public. That's everything going back to 2010.

Bandcamp downloads thesixmilliondollarguitar.bandcamp.com/

The only channels that make money are those with sponsorships, paid reviews, and views that hit 50,000 or more.

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Some good news. BANDCAMP has banned AI generated content from its platform. This is a welcome fight against the scourge of AI music content that is everywhere now. Spotify is filled with fake music accounts. Youtube is filled with AI slop.

I'm still keeping it real. Soon, I will be in a museum because making music by HAND and especially in 'real time' is so very quaint and nostalgic. You will never see my music on any streaming sites like spotify or apple. Bandcamp is much better quality, and you can actually download the music, not 'rent' it.

I've been using bandcamp for ten years. It's the last refuge for REAL musicians.

"Bandcamp's mission is to help spread the healing power of music by building a community where artists thrive through the direct support of their fans."

You can download all my jams in wav, flac, mp3 format. This includes studio and street shows. If you agree that we need to fight AI, please support by checking out some tasty jams on my bandcamp page. I'm priced very reasonably, at $5 per 90 minute track, $7 for full albums.

The next bandcamp Friday is Feb 6! (I don't pay the 15% fees, I get 100%)

thesixmilliondollarguitar.bandcamp.com/

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www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Took me a few weeks to update my entire collection on youtube going back to 2006. Over 1600 videos are now only viewable by a paid membership on youtube. This is a thank you for my youtube subscribers who support me where it counts, with a paid membership. You should be rewarded with more access. I've been doing youtube for 20 years, everything for free, and this is no longer sustainable.

Youtube members get access to all extended jams from 10 minutes to 4 hours, studio jams and street busking jams. They get access to guitar lessons, fingerstyle lessons, backing tracks, every live band and duo gig I ever did from 2008 and 2018.

The price for this access is crazy cheap at $3 a month. You can also choose a higher tier but all tiers get the same access. No one makes income on youtube from 'views' anymore. You need to go viral before you make any income. My jam videos get 200 views. Plus, youtube doesn't promote music videos, they promote 'shorts'. This means that every year, I get less and less views on my jams as the AI completely ignores anything over 2 minutes long.

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