I'm a Failure. 

Let me know what you guys think about this format or if there's a particular video you liked the style of. I'm going to keep experimenting until I find my groove.

I'd love to see some more videos on painterly photography, or painting in general. Super interesting and helpful.

I am a musician and a photographer. I just found your channel. I dig it. My studio is such a mess. Gah. It stresses me out.

I like your videos about art/photography. You are very good at explaining, making it very interesting. You really deserve a bigger audience!

+2 for an Unboxing AND the use of the word Pedantic. Keep it up Vin.

Nicely done. People are scared to let their videos run a little longer. This was nice.

Very cool Vinny!

Hey Vinny! Miss you and Jodi like crazy - glad to hear you all are doing well. Cocoa lookin' spry :D SO, my job right now is putting together content creator influencer programs for big brands. I watch a metric ton of these kinds of videos. I also create branding, strategy, etc etc for these creators and the brands that hire them. I think that you should keep doing what you like to do. Internet audiences are ultra savvy about authenticity (as you hinted at in your authentic brand video) and can tell when you're forcing yourself into a format that you don't like. I would also say that you are not a failure just because your 3mo old RU-vid channel isn't piling on more than 10, 15, 20 views. There are folks out there who pump out high quality production value videos with authentic brand voices multiple times a DAY and still see those numbers. Building this kind of thing takes time, especially when you're not doing something ultra consumer-y/pop culture-y. I would caution you, in a supportive way, to not expect to be generating 3-4 figure views until you have a richer content library, and are more consistent with your output. It is unrealistic to expect people to be connected to you as you go through your "discovering what this channel IS" phase. With that being said: just because one or two videos of a similar format aren't getting views, that does not mean you should feel the need to change it up. 2-3 videos is a small sample size. Very small. And you have to let your content breathe. I'm working with a new creator right now who has a killer studio, super interesting content, and has been at it for over a year and only has 300 subscribers. You're competing with a lot of people for your potential audience's attention. It's also worthwhile for you to go out and interact with similar-minded content creators. This is social media after all. I have no idea if you're doing this now, but if you aren't - that's some low-hanging fruit for you to grab. If you're interested in growing Subs - I'd also plan out some shorter form videos. Again, I'd say do what you want to do. But we have a saying - you have to earn people's time. And right now, you're asking for a lot of it (per video). Win some folks over with interesting short videos and they'd be more willing to sit through your long ones. Marketing/branding a content creator early in their creator careers is difficult because you're trying to find your groove, and the tastes of audiences are always changing. Play with short-form formats. Consider an economy of words and time. Switch up your video energies. Keep on keepin' on - getting strangers to watch you is harder than it looks. And if the budgets and contracts that cross my desk everyday are any indicator, people that do it well are worth thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars. If it were that easy, and that well-rewarded -- wouldn't everyone do it?