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Topic: Is YouTube Good for Musicians ? |
Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 15 Apr 2013 3:01 pm |
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| ...I pay a considerable monthly fee for Internet service... |
There are free internet providers out there. I used to pay a monthly fee to America Online until they started free accounts, and then I transferred to a free account with the same email address. I haven't noticed that I'm missing anything that I used to get before when I was paying for it. |
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Bud Angelotti
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Larryville, NJ, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2013 3:47 pm
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Does that mean that if I make a video of myself singing one of my own compositions, then post it on YouTube, that ASCAP can come after me?
That's scary. |
No it does not Alan.
It means that if you make a video of yourself singing one of your own compositions, anyone can play it. Whatever youtubes' terms and conditions are.
If you write an original composition and apply for membership to ASCAP, and are accepted by ASCAP, then ASCAP, CAN work for you to protect your composition. That doesn't mean ASCAP will. It means they can if they chose to.
ASCAP protects the rights of it's members and is selective in who and how it protects.
ASCAP is not copywrite. It is a private organization, not public, that protects it's members as it sees fit. 
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Larry Bressington
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Nebraska
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Posted 15 Apr 2013 5:47 pm
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And unless you BIG with some CLOUT or MONEY, don't expect much.
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Bud Angelotti
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Larryville, NJ, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2013 5:53 pm
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Eggs Ackley
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Ken Byng
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Southampton, England
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Posted 16 Apr 2013 3:35 am
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YT does aid the musician who wants to use it as a device of self publicity and self promotion. Those musicians tend to to swamp it with clips of themselves, and I have often wondered why. Is it the 'Hey look at me - aren't I good' syndrome, or is it something deeper?
Mickey Adams seems to be an exception in our musical world where he has an agenda of passing on really useful tutorials to budding players.
There are very good players of all instruments who post free tutorials on YT, and it is to be commended. In this day and age of mobile phone video recording, it is imperative that YT keep their policy of removing clips that breach copyright. It could be a very dangerous medium if not.
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 16 Apr 2013 9:12 am
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| YT does aid the musician who wants to use it as a device of self publicity and self promotion. Those musicians tend to to swamp it with clips of themselves, and I have often wondered why. Is it the 'Hey look at me - aren't I good' syndrome, or is it something deeper?... |
I think when young singers/songwriters hear professional performers, they say to themselves, "Hey, I could do that," whilst at the same time feeling that they never will be good enough. So they find they can strum three chords and they post a video of themselves. Their friends and relatives tell them how good the video is, just to be polite. There's an awful lot of trash on YouTube, along with the good stuff. 
So, in the unlikely event that someone finds a video of me singing and playing at 15, please don't post it on YouTube.  |
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2013 9:42 am
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One of my compositions got used in a film score, and somebody put it up on YT with links to several places where listeners could download it for 99¢. When I heard about it, I clicked in and started reading the comments. Somebody posted how much they liked it and wanted it and asked where they could get it. I was about to write in, well you just click on the iTunes link, and you got it, for 99¢, but the next comment was how all they had to do was Google youtube to mp3 and they could get it for free.
Back to BMI. For the first 13,700 YT plays, of this piece, I got $2.95. For the next 28,300 plays, I got $6.71. Now we're getting into the big money. |
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Jim Pitman
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Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2013 11:41 am
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Perhaps a bigger impact of Youtube - less interest in live music.
With so many entertainment choices it's a wonder anyone leaves home. |
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Rudy Hawk
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Carrollton,Ohio,USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2013 9:50 am
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I think Donny Hinson nailed it for the most part.
Fame OR fortune comes to mind. Without the internet, many musicians would not get the level of exposure we have available to us now.
RH
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Wally Moyers
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Lubbock, Texas
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Posted 22 Apr 2013 6:03 am
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I use You Tube all the time to look for new music. Once I find something I like, I go to iTunes, preview and buy their albums. I have purchased three new ones the last two weeks. Two of these artist I had never even heard of before. Personally I think it's wrong to download the videos unless the artist, teacher etc. invite you to do so... Sadly, I haven't been in a record store in years. I miss the days that we would go in and buy a LP, take it home and read the credits while we listened to it for the first time.. The truth is, with You Tube and iTunes I buy more new music than I ever did in the old days... I try not to listen to just steel guitar music, always looking for new ideas and inspiration..
New to me are..
Tedeshchi Trucks Band- Revelator - Derek Trucks. great slide player
Madeleine Peyroux - The Blue Room, some cool arrangements with steel
Lincolin Brewster- Reaching For You - great guitar player, singer, song writer, |
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