Danny Sapko discovers… (now including follow up vid that is worse!)

[Woodinblack]

1 minute ago, Burns-bass said:

But they’re not doing it for their own personal pleasure, they’re broadcasting it.

 

And maybe that is there market. I know a fantastic keyboard player that developed massive stage fright, can't perform at all. i used to be terrified of it when I was a lot younger.

 

1 minute ago, Burns-bass said:

I don’t watch YouTube, don’t follow streamers or any of that sort of stuff because in most cases what I see is just not musical. It’s vain virtuosity in the pursuit of clicks (and therefore cash).

 

I watch some youtube, but not streamers or any of that stuff, I look up songs when I have to play them, I watch a few comedy things, and a few politcal things. But probably not the audience for any of that sort of stuff

[Burns-bass]

1 minute ago, Woodinblack said:

 

And maybe that is there market. I know a fantastic keyboard player that developed massive stage fright, can't perform at all. i used to be terrified of it when I was a lot younger.

 

 

Precisley the point I made above.

 

I live in Bristol and regularly get to see some incredible young musicians who play wonderfully. Sadly, there are few opportunities for them in the traditional sense, and I agree that YouTube provides a revenue stream. I guess so does making videos of model railways. I'm not interested in that either.

 

Reflecting on it, the point I'm making is that they're playing music but so much of it isn't musical at all. It's showing off. I mean, in what circumstances would anyone *really* want to hear double tapping or an extended solo on the bass? 

 

 

[TimR]

42 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

Reflecting on it, the point I'm making is that they're playing music but so much of it isn't musical at all. It's showing off. I mean, in what circumstances would anyone *really* want to hear double tapping or an extended solo on the bass? 

 

 

There's a market for it, otherwise it wouldn't be trending. 

 

Although the market is just a prosumer market with no financial worth to the consumer. All the money is in the adverts between the content. 

 

If there truly was a market for it, the musicians would all be doing it on subscriber channels. SBL and the like have additional content that you pay for. 

[Stub Mandrel]

1 hour ago, Burns-bass said:

I mean, in what circumstances would anyone *really* want to hear double tapping or an extended solo on the bass? 

 

I've been known to double tap in a 'duet' with the guitarist. I even had someone come up to me afterwards and say how epic it was!

[Beer of the Bass]

Re tapping and other showboating styles, I was around Edinburgh during the Fringe for years and saw and chatted with a lot of street performers, and I feel that short-form, algorithm driven social media favours similar tactics to that. A lot of the performers who could dependably draw a crowd weren't necessarily doing something you'd watch a 3-hour show of or have as your all-time favourite album. The "wow, he's doing what with the instrument?" factor tended to be the big draw that got people walking by to stop. So lots of slappy-tappy-percussive looper performers, gimmicky or extravagantly faux-aged instruments, quirky arrangements of recognisable pop tunes, an unusual outfit or vibe, etc. Grabbing attention in the short term is everything, and I think TikTok and much of YouTube works the same way.