Yeah, but like I'm sure Ed would tell you, his "very natural" presentation is also something he's grown in over time. It's like my favorite Ed Sheeran quote when asked in a music class how to write a good song: "Write 200 songs that are shite. You'll get better at it."
I noticed all of the things you mentioned as well. Music is such a small net which gets ignored by the mighty algorithm, especially for me since I am doing metal. How to videos naturally cater to a much wider audience so it's much easier. Simply put, in today the more relatable your content is the better it will do and a specific Genre of music is not relatable. However, I think one you start with that content you can't really pivot back to music. The subscribers you picked up will not be interested in your music. If you want to create a music channel its probably better to just stick with music, unless of course you want to do other content. As an older musician dating back to the myspace days, it was FAR easier to get noticed as a musician. After a 10 year hiatus from music I feel like the music realm has shifted so much. Anyways, Thank you for sharing and wish you the best!
@@EdThorne Thanks for recommendation; already using Tascam US2x2 for some time and I am satisfied (was almost the same price level as Focusrite..). I am actually looking for some more tips around making videos at home, marketing tips, algorithm tips, but concentrated on people who wanna be performing artist (songwriting..) But as I said before - I am really grateful for this video. It had some good points. :)
Absolutely amazing video and to the point discussion, you just said all the frustration I had with the content I was posting, now let's try a different approach and let's not loose hope! thanks man much love!
Fascinating .. and it's a fairly famous quote: "funny how the more I practice, the luckier I get" .. I think that's a footballer but it's true everywhere!! Good stuff Ed .. well done man :-)
TheActressAndBishop Thank you, I’m glad you found it interesting (I wasn’t sure people would 🤣). And yes, it is SO true about luck and opportunities arriving as you work hard! 🙏
Really awesome video. I also use FB music related groups for promoting my mixing videos. Step by step it goes well. I’ve got 10 new subs in 5 days now it can bring me 100 subs a month. I’m not rushing anywhere and don’t wanna now compare my little Chanel to big channels cuz it’s insane. I’m pretty happy with everything I have now. 100 subs a month is a big deal for me. I’m super happy that people are watching my tutorials and hope they can learn something new. In July besides mixing tutorials I wanna start a completely a new series of videos so share with people my mixing experience. Thanks so much for this video it’s really inspiring.
Thank you. It sounds like you’re smashing it already. And good plan not to compare to the bigger channels. I’m a sucker for that but it also drives me 🤘
@@beatsbyshijima4362 Depends how you Market it. Also, are they three GREAT beats or three ‘okay’ beats? Only put stuff out if it’s as good as you can make it. Quality over quantity, I’d say.
Great video. Nice analysis. I was one of the viewers who watched your video on the UA Apollo. It pushed me in the right direction, and I've never been happier with a gear purchase.
Thank you 🙏 I Just found your channel is very helpful for musician artists who just started out there and who are struggling to get new subscribers. I really hope to be able to produce more value adding content on top of doing cover songs. Will try my best to be consistent.
Some good info here Ed. Thanks for posting. I was wondering whether to start a new channel for my music as opposed to my musical inventions and you have helped me make up my mind. I'm just going to add to what I have already.. Cheers!
@@EdThorne it certainly did, I had planned on doing this at the start of the year but time got taken up with gigging. What you were saying hit all the right notes.
Ed, thanks for this video, awesome stuff here. I've watched about 5 similar "get 1,000 subscribers" videos and yours was the most interesting and kept my attention!
Although this video is about 3 years old, I've just seen it so that's proof that old videos still get views! This is just what I've needed to watch as I've had my channel for over 2 years now and have got 667 subscribers, so I'm two thirds of the way there. But it's very frustrating and time consuming and I sometimes wonder if it's worth it, should I just give up? We all need a little bit of a kick sometimes and this is what this video did for me, so I will keep at it, and hopefully one day I might eventually get those 333 additional subscribers I need to get monetized! 🤞🤞🤞
Congrats. Great tips. However, sounds like your education videos are doing well, but what about your music? How has this success translated to your efforts as a musician?
Great video! I'm feeling so discouraged. I upload soulful covers and have done a few tutorials but man oh man it's hard work! Do you think a covers channel is difficult to grow? I wonder if like you say, I should "PIVOT"! P.s. I would greatly appreciate a tutorial on how to get my midi piano sound to cut through my mix! I'm a pianist so I'm not programming the notes in but the piano always sounds muffled and tinny! I use native instruments giant ... But it still sounds crap. I see a lot of channels with a few tutorial on mixing midi piano but none where it's piano and voice on its own!
Hi mate, I'm trying to do the same. managed to get to 450 in 3 months so far. A lot of work involved, a lot more than most think. It has its ups and downs but its true what they say, keep consistent, keep posting content that's relevant and hopefully you will get the video that hits the algorithm just right. I'd love to get to 1000 by the 6 month mark but it all depends. Your right about Damien though, his growth has been so quick in such a small amount of time. I'm pretty sure he was on 80k when I subscribed in March time
Paul Third That’s great going in three months, a good indication you’re doing something right, well done. Damien took a year to get to 1k so you’re already ahead of him 💪 I subbed to him in Dec when he was on 40k I think. When it takes off, it really takes off. Good luck Paul.
@@EdThorne tried to tag you in a post in control room but think it's been deleted. You should have a look into acustica videos. Everytime I do acustica vids they do well. My new one on the gold last night. 180 views overnight and still going. Iv had comments about having no UAD comparison and as you've got the apollo would most likely give you a good hit. Don't think there's many good acustica vids out there as they always seem to hit the algorithm 👍
@@PaulThird How good is www.control-room.net/? This is on the ever-growing to do list, I have Sand, Pink and Purple I think but if I'm being honest, I prefer the Brainworx version of the SSL (Acoustica Sand). I'll keep it mind though because they are definitely an up and coming brand.
@@EdThorne iv learned so much from the control room group. Its an amazing resource. Yeah I don't get the hype for acustica but definitely an algorithm buster as that vid I uploaded yesterday got 330 views in its first day. Never had an upload hit up so fast. There must not be much out there in terms of in depth reviews
As a song writer I really struggle with the consistency point. I have just started this channel (short cinematic music) and my other channel is more band focused music (soft rock), with just over 400 subs. My highest video on that channel is 30k views. However, if I write a song a week I’m lucky, let alone produce, mix and master it lol. So is a musicians channel doomed from the beginning? Great content though! I will watch some more (I’m basically proving the trickle down effect point 😂
Hi there. 30k on a video is GREAT! I wish all my videos performed that well 🤣 Well done! It seems artists are better suited to focussing on TikTok and Instagram short form content. Although, it’s definitely worth having a place for full song versions and videos (even if just lyric videos). Best of luck!
I was just trying to make Video Game Content, but it wasn't working... but I now am wanting to post musical content, such as Singing, playing the Piano, and Cello, because I started when I was 6
Ed, I ended up on this video searching for more music production centric RU-vid growth. I do watch Nick Nimmin and like a lot of what he says, just is not always applicable to a music based channel. I did like your comments about pivoting. I finally had a video get hot this year and my channel started growing quite a bit, though it eventually faded and I have yet to recapture the magic. It has taken a lot of wind out of my sail, but not completely. Trying to figure out what direction I need to go to get it going again. Thanks for the video, perhaps camera time and instructional videos might be a way to go moving forward.
Hi Brian. I have never replicated the success of my ‘One Hit Wonder’ despite trying with about 100 videos since 🤣 Historically though, I will never match the coincidental timing of this video being released when every musician in the world is suddenly gigless and in lockdown wondering which interface they should buy to record their long over due solo projects with… What’s the link to your big video?
@@EdThorne Hi Ed, I too like you have not quite replicated the success. I had 3 videos doing well at one point, but they have calmed down a lot. My "biggest" video still gets consistent traffic, but not as much and not the same amount of subscribers either. I decided to monetize the track with identifyy and perhaps that has killed it. However, I did find it being used in a lot of different videos. So there was that satisfaction! Here is the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T4R1QAlDV48.html
Ha! Did I f¥€%. I’m on about 2 videos/month now. 2/week was easy in lockdown, plus my videos were shorter. I’ve just release my longest video that’s taken me a month to produce!!
Hey Great video. Just curious did any of your growth as a product reviewer help grow views / listens on the album you made? I have a moderately successful guitar YT channel but getting any of those viewers to check out my band seems impossible. Cheers.
Ha. I know the feeling. That’s very little interest beyond the video content so barely any cross pollination to the music. I get a trickle of streams from out though not nothing compared to the number of YT views.
@@EdThorne Hey Ed. Thx for the reply. Just want to ask one more thing you mentioned streams didn't increase. Do you mean for your actual music on Spotify? And if so is your music on youtube and did the plays increase there. this is my Guitar channel ru-vid.com it's still small but way more successful than my band's channel. it's just interesting how pushing people from the guitar stuff to the band stuff just never works. Even though people comment on the music I use to demo the gear which is always my band's music. 🤷♂
There’s definitely merit to buying views and subs. First of all, you can get partnered and monetized quickly. Secondly, ppl wanna watch videos from someone with subs and views already, not some RU-vid noob. Lastly, the engagement tricks the algorithm to push your content. Ultimately, these all lead to more genuine views, subs, and ad revenue.
What I'm hearing from the video and reading in the description is, and correct me if I'm wrong, don't do music to reach an audience. Do music gear and tutorials to reach musicians.
Thanks for the video but unfortunately, can't help my yt channel to grow faster, and i'm working so not enough time to make one video per month. So you think that all help and monetizing is juste fake? I wonder if i could just try once. best regards from france.
Well making the worst beats ever isn't going to draw that many subscribers that fast. This channel is just a place for me to upload the stuff I make in my free time so it all good
Very well said, We are also creating own music videos and pl watch and give some valuable suggestion to grow ours.... if you have some time.... Regards #ubrockband
New Sub, Have a music channel and researching why channels or certain videos take off. 🤠🤠😎😎👌👌😊😊👍👍🎸🎸🎼🎼🎵🎵🎶🎶🎙🎙 This is what I learned. Don't delete older videos not relevant to new strategy because you delete the watch hours associated with them! Provide education - Nope - Pivot to music production education - Still nobody cared - Been there, done that. Okay, pivot again. Gear reviews? Boring! The video that took off was what? Budget Interface vs Professional Interface = 2000 views per day. Why? Why ? Why? Purchase traffic? No. Was it a Fluke - Yes!, but . . . . . Yet another total accident like so many I have researched. Exponential growth is the key but how do you find the "fluke?" YOuTube is self fullfilling - Success breeds success. EXPONENTIAL GROWTH IS THE KEY BUT YOU HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT FIRST ONE.
