When it comes to YouTube, I think it is helpful towards acts trying to get noticed, but at the same time when someone says, “Did you see that thing on YouTube?” I instantly do not take it seriously. My mind immediately goes to something immature and/ or stupid. I mean sure, several stars have found their way by using YouTube as a medium, but I feel that it sort of degrades the quality. There are so many idiotic or just plain stupid videos on YouTube that it just makes you doubt the quality of any video someone recommends.(This is the top rated video as I'm writing this blog ) I feel like iTunes or even Facebook is a little bit more reliable when it comes to music. To me, it just seems like those mediums are more trustworthy than YouTube because not just anyone can post. Sure, anyone can post on Facebook, but it just seems different. With YouTube, it’s like taking a shot in the dark on whether or not the person has talent.
It’s possible that because it is so difficult to get noticed by the music industry that people are turning to YouTube to express their talents. Musicians always claim it’s hard to get your stuff noticed by labels so it’s possible that people are just getting tired of waiting and do not want to put as much effort into getting signed. YouTube is the easy way to attempt to get noticed and probably cheaper. And really in today’s society, people definitely look for the easy way out. But regardless I think YouTube carries that stigma of having idiotic videos that any jerk with a computer can post on. That being said, I think it’s harder to take whatever is seen seriously unless it is honestly good. But really it’s inexpensive and nowadays almost guarantees you to get noticed so in actuality it’s a decent way to attempt to get yourself noticed.
True i dont take anything on youtube seriously lol not even biebs....
ReplyDeleteThere is good stuff on youtube, you just have to dig for it, unfortunately that is time consuming. I do feel as though you've hit the nail on the head though, youtube has made artists lazy and they focus more on quantity not quality.
ReplyDeleteI like the different view you wrote about you tube.. I understand and agree that there are some videos that people up that are either NOT funny or it just makes them look STUPID. again like the different viewpoint :)
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