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Faded Abyss
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The thread title was meant to be painfully obvious sarcasm. If you can’t get good tone in 2026 then you are doing something wrong
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VonBonfire
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It had a TGP level feel to it that made it seem serious.
stephen sawall
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I get the feeling some of you feel selling out is a bad thing.
You do understand that is the goal of pretty much every profession musician alive.
Anything else is pretty much a hobby.
I see the issues being much deeper than selling out. These individuals are obviously sleeper cells and the greater epstein pandemic. Not to mention they are often inadequate. Personally I don't see it as important.
You do understand that is the goal of pretty much every profession musician alive.
Anything else is pretty much a hobby.
I see the issues being much deeper than selling out. These individuals are obviously sleeper cells and the greater epstein pandemic. Not to mention they are often inadequate. Personally I don't see it as important.
DrewJD82
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This is kinda the same thinking fans of bands get into when they start thinking the bands are writing albums primarily for the fan’s pleasure. Some of these dudes will respond in comments because the interaction is good for the channel, but I can pretty much guarantee that there’s no assumptions at all being given by the Youtuber because the Analytics tell them everything they need to know without wading into the useless opinions in the comments section.
There’s absolutely zero point in trying to guess what your viewers want from you (which you’ll never achieve anyway) when the hard numbers can tell you exactly what people want to see and hear.
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Dfwxjer1
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How does your poverty St Louis shithole look worse than ever?
I have the best tone period.
Everything video that canuck makes sounds exactly the same and like shit cuz he uses "IR's' and not cabs.
I guarantee your tone blows despite the rig. We all remember the hcaf clips where you sounded like a retarded child.
R.Evans
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That rig should sound great.
I have the best tone period.
Everything video that canuck makes sounds exactly the same and like shit cuz he uses "IR's' and not cabs.
I’ve noticed that “samey” thing in some demos too, but not consistently.
Any good examples where it’s really obvious? Curious what to listen for.
311boogieman
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Faded Abyss
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Wow, I never knew the analytics were so streamlined. Makes more sense than a lot of things… being in control of your own situation is better than an “actual” job. An “actual” job sounds like someone’s admission to hating what they do for a living and shaming others who aren’t system slaves (even though some of us like jobs we have/had)
On the other hand, there is always Finn Mckenty. Even the biggest geartuber with the worst tone is doing better than that guy.
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311boogieman
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Welcome to Rig_talk, sharvell dan's twin brother!
Do the IP's match or something?
DrewJD82
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Actually, Finn makes a telling point in that video- “Youtube is a consumer entertainment app, you’re here to make the content people want. It’s not an art project, you’re not here to express yourself, if you get to do that, great”, because Youtube was just a financial decision for him.
Cracked me up when he started getting all the backlash for not really being super passionate about reviewing music……who gives a fuck? That doesn’t negate his opinions on the music he’d review and the dude clearly put time and effort into his reviews, it just wasn’t what he initially set out to do on Youtube.
Dude’s a millionaire because he figured out that talking about albums got better views than talking about marketing. I’m only envious I didn’t think of doing it first. I love my job, but I’d still rather make a fuckton of money talking about albums on video!
I don’t see this as a grift, it’s not like people paid the dude out of their own pockets for him to make videos, he found a niche and filled it, made bank on ad revenue and walked away before it got the best of him.
But I think a lot of musicians look at geartubers as if their content is some kind of artistic statement when it should be viewed as content to be consumed, not so much as art to be appreciated.
R.Evans
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haha thanks — is he famous or something?Welcome to Rig_talk, sharvell dan's twin brother!
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VonBonfire
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He's one of the most beloved and cherished members. Honk honk.haha thanks — is he famous or something?
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Faded Abyss
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I think you’re missing the point. I didn’t expect anyone to actually embrace his slimeball influencer scheme. The guy has more genuine interest in marketing than music - and that’s money not being factored in. That is just odd to me… and yeah, I didn’t spend money to watch his videos but time is more valuable. His downfall has been very entertaining though
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311boogieman
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haha thanks — is he famous or something?
Look up his posts and judge for yourself.
MadAsAHatter
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haha thanks — is he famous or something?
Make sure to look up Alpha Stryke. Shar-vell Dan just changed his user name to that a few weeks ago so all his old posts will show up under his new name.
7704A
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Ah, so that's why the posts felt familiar. Haven't been tuning in often.
thegame
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No wonder this ‘new’ user showed up on my feed pre-ignored!
TheBiggestJerk
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