Boy, people on YouTube are touchy!

[Steve Boisen]

I recently saw a music video by a popular artist on YouTube and I left a coment stating that while I liked the artist and the song, I thought the video was lame. Well, you'd have thought I'd made a personal assault against the person who posted the video judging from their reaction. After leaving a comment on one of my videos saying that my band's performace was lame, they left a second message saying "if you are going to leave a negative comment about someone else's video, don't leave a personal trail" and then called me a nasty name. Is this guy a cyber stalker or something? Does everyone take their YouTube videos so personally (after all, he didn't make the video)? Can one express an opinion on there without being insulted? How does one not leave a "personal trail" if they have videos posted on that site?

- Steve

[ALiP BoB]

Try posting a vid of you playing! Unless you give Victor Wooten or some other pro a run for his money, they will criticise with no mercy!

Heck, I saw a Billy Sheehan solo vid and they even cricisied the hell outta that!

[Tbeers]

YouTube is sort of cliquey and idiotic. There are some great videos on the site, but I don't know that I would ever post a clip of my own playing there. I think a nice MySpace page is of greater use to musicians who want to make connections. In my experience, people on MySpace who don't like your stuff will generally leave you alone.

[Steve Boisen]

Originally Posted by Tbeers

YouTube is sort of cliquey and idiotic. There are some great videos on the site, but I don't know that I would ever post a clip of my own playing there. I think a nice MySpace page is of greater use to musicians who want to make connections. In my experience, people on MySpace who don't like your stuff will generally leave you alone.

It's funny you should mention that. I went and removed my band's videos from YouTube and created a MySpace page for us that basically includes the same info that is on our web site (pics, calandar, music & video). I don't know how useful it will be, but I do like having Slam Stewart and Jeff Berlin as my "friends" My involement in YouyTube will be non-participatory going forward.

- Steve

[Neb Maro]

Youtube as it concerns many of the videos I have seen, just gives someone an unmoderated forum where they can cuss eachother out and act like total idiots. Reading some of those comments makes me think of a sticker I saw. It read, and I quote, "Stupid People Shouldn't Breed." People were just making thoughtless judgements and then cussing eachother out for it. I'd probably find more civility in prison.

[GhostLobby]

Originally Posted by Tbeers

YouTube is sort of cliquey and idiotic. There are some great videos on the site, but I don't know that I would ever post a clip of my own playing there. I think a nice MySpace page is of greater use to musicians who want to make connections. In my experience, people on MySpace who don't like your stuff will generally leave you alone.

Definitely true on all accounts.

[Marcus Johnson]

The key to Youtube is to never scroll down.

[Steve Boisen]

Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson

The key to Youtube is to never scroll down.

Hmmm...I thought that was the key to TalkBass.

- Steve

[jazzbass72]

Originally Posted by Steve Boisen

I do like having Slam Stewart and Jeff Berlin as my "friends"
- Steve

Paul Chambers is my friend on MySpace, I was so excited to see he had posted his own profile there. I've invited him for lunch but he hasn't gotten back to me yet. I was really hoping to get a bass lesson after the meal...I am still trying to figure out those "Visitation" fingerings. Hopefully he will get back to me soon

[Phil Smith]

Originally Posted by Steve Boisen

It's funny you should mention that. I went and removed my band's videos from YouTube and created a MySpace page for us that basically includes the same info that is on our web site (pics, calandar, music & video). I don't know how useful it will be, but I do like having Slam Stewart and Jeff Berlin as my "friends" My involement in YouyTube will be non-participatory going forward.

- Steve

You should have just set your account so that all comments must be approved before posting, problem solved.

I think the resulting quality of the uploaded video is better on youtube than on myspace.

[Mudfuzz]

Originally Posted by Phil Smith

I think the resulting quality of the uploaded video is better on youtube than on myspace.

You can post your youtube vids right into your myspace page buy posting the html in your text, kind'a cool.

[Steve Boisen]

Originally Posted by Phil Smith

You should have just set your account so that all comments must be approved before posting, problem solved.

I was aware of that option, but I didn't remoive them because of the comments. Thanks for the suggestion.

Originally Posted by Phil Smith

I think the resulting quality of the uploaded video is better on youtube than on myspace.

Actually, I thought the opposite was true. The vidoes I uploaded onto MySpace seemed brighter and sharper. On the YouTube videos everything seemed dark and blurry. Maybe I just have this perception because the videos were dark (in terms of lighting) to begin with.

- Steve

[Bardolph]

I pretty much go by the "don't scroll down" rule now. I've got a bass video of myself up on youtube, and people were actually not mean to me at all about it. But I eventually disabled comments anyway. To a person who hasn't heard of "tabs", you'd think they were crack by the way people ask for them. It's ridiculous, you see videos of people having a guitar pick seizure over the span of 3 frets and people are asking for tabs.