I think youtube is general is dying with the ad and censorship overload :/
3 months ago | 570
Back in 2010, youtube guitarists get fair and square exposure. But in the 2020s, only big names get wider exposure. So the new faces have the toughest ever job to be known and watched.
3 months ago | 4
Give a man a fish, heāll watch for a day. Teach a man to fish, heāll watch forever. Offer some value.
3 months ago (edited) | 0
Charles Berthoud I want you to know that you're so epic and because of people like you bass/guitar YouTube will NEVER DIEEEE
3 months ago | 2
Probably me being miserable, but the meme overload on some channels really starts to get grating. There are a couple I can't watch as it just bugs me. Quantity over quality often seems to be a problem for channels across youtube. The need to put anything out no matter how good to satisfy the algorithm is counter- productive and a bit of a race to the bottom. A few channels I follow have started redoing old videos or doing complations of old videos (the latter not necessarily guitar channels to be fair) But there is also a lot of good stuff out there. You seem to strike a balance pretty well between fun and muso
3 months ago (edited) | 35
The increase in ads reflects the flatline/decrease of user growth, like all streaming platforms There was an unnatural boom 5 years ago and engagement is settling back, across all interest categories
3 months ago | 9
As long as you keep rocking out, bass YouTube will never die. š¤
3 months ago | 5
I've got a feeling live music is going to make a comeback, everything goes through cycles and I think ppl are going to want more face to face music as social media does impact on the power of music. The music charts are also suffering as ppl look for more genuine songs that reflect the world we're living in, and not what the companies are foisting upon us. Vive le Music
3 months ago | 1
I think the 'high-culture' aspect of society is dying. We're succumbing to our more basic motivations and abandoning things like science, music, art and historically traditional social outlets. Essentially we're reverting to cavemen.
3 months ago (edited) | 0
Thanks to some notable channels I think this is turning into a golden age for musical YouTube. Particularly guitar and bass. That thanks to the ultimate shredder videos the last few years, featuring a bunch of small sub creators, Iāve found more and more amazing musicians from around the globe that I follow.
3 months ago (edited) | 4
Bass is dying because Davie504 is away š (Thankfully we got you and Danny carrying us
3 months ago | 5
I think itās a bunch of bandwagon dooming that isnāt helping everything. The amount of āIām doneā or āguitar/metal YouTube is deadā posts and videos the algorithm has pushed me the last couple weeks is overwhelming.
3 months ago | 0
Non-digital music is dying. It's too much of a financial burden to support as an artist, and there's too much to think about for the average listener who usually just wants poems with a backing track. Most people go to social venues to hook up or get drunk, the music might attract a few people, but they're drowned out by the people that want to hear something they can drunkenly grind on someone else to. There's amazing new music coming out all the time, but it'll only ever be discovered at the end of one of someone's comfort albums on Spotify... or attached to a tiktok. Polyphia saw moderate success because it embraced the digital esthetic, but the payout still has to be divided by 4 after all the publisher fees are paid. One person with a laptop and soundcloud can get a lot more bang for their buck now a days.
3 months ago | 2
CharlesBerthoud
Is guitar/bass YouTube dying?
3 months ago | [YT] | 454