Grisha -> RE: Where's Grisha? (Sep. 21 2020 18:33:40)
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Thanks for your kinds replies! I've been doing this for the past 1,5 months, and it's been an interesting experience. First thing I noticed is the number of students signing up for lessons dropped sharply instead of increasing. This is interesting, because things I teach on YouTube serve only as a supplement to the topics I cover in my lessons. For example, posture, hand positions, mechanics of techniques and exercises to practice them are all things I discuss in my lessons, but do not go into on my channel as much. What perplexes me is that at $50/hour my lessons are still not attractive to people. With my 36 years of playing experience, 26 years of teaching, BM, MM, DMA in classical guitar, and a solo flamenco career since age 9. Second thing I noticed is that there is no guarantee that a video will be successful. Things were looking good until 2 weeks ago, when views started to sharply drop off, to about 1/10 of that level today. I kept posting similar types of videos, even a bit improved, and yet the interest kept decreasing. I noticed also that longer videos do poorly, picado videos seem to be the most popular, and talking videos also. That last part is strange to me. I made this channel less about myself and more about useful information to help people. I made it as accessible to beginners as possible, while trying to also do things at a tempo advanced players would be able to quickly pick things up. I know that viewers want technique explanations to be offered for free, but I am reluctant to do this because I do not want to step on toes of other teachers (and my own), as this would directly affect the guitar instructors that are trying to make a living teaching these things. My philosophy was to provide a no-nonsense presentation, where there are no distracting cuts and ramblings. I wanted people to feel like they are in a room with me. I wanted it to be about substance and I also wanted to be myself. Maybe this is a wrong approach. After all, YouTube is mostly used for entertainment. I am probably going to start creating colorful thumbnails with click baiting text advertising the contents. It is totally against my philosophy, like wearing a fake Rolex or putting shiny wheels on a car, but I'll give it a try.
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