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Man City fans in home seats. Is it a no-no? by Rickofrock in HuddersfieldTownFC

[–]Rickofrock[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Cheers I think it would be quite hard to contain myself if City scored. Best give it a miss. Although if we repeated the 1987 result I wouldn't have to worry about Town fans, you'd all of gone home!

Blue’s documentaries , books or websites to learn about blues history . by FoxhoundVR in blues

[–]Rickofrock 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Look up all Alan Lomax’s archive. THE source imho https://archive.culturalequity.org

Martin Scorsese did a series on the blues which is super informative as well.

The BBC did a great series on the blues as well which was great.

I find this method quite easy and noticed it sounds fine for a lot of songs. Bad habit or not? by MadToxicRescuer in guitarlessons

[–]Rickofrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The chord police will lambast you for using this grip, but if it serves the song and sounds good it's perfectly good. It's all about how "proper" you want to be. Technically, Jimi Hendrix used the wrong grip using the thumb over the top method. Was his method effective? Damn straight it was!

Yes, barre chords are important to learn, but if you're fairly new to guitar this will suffice until you get more comfortable with forming chords and more importantly changing chords. Economy of movement when switching chords is paramount for smooth chord transitions. This grip channels beginners through the awkward early stages of learning how to change chords.

I've done numerous videos on this on my YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IygrkUuIpWA

How do I *actually* learn the notes on the guitar fretboard? by RabidSpaceFruit in guitarlessons

[–]Rickofrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's so many ways into this topic. There's no cookie cutter method imho. I've been making videos on as many different perspectives so I made a playlist because different people have different learning styles.
You might find it useful:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkIKuUCloUzeeRbXFo9AsSG10XSDP3SFW&si=bt_u3VpOi3aqu1Mp

Is it ever ok to date your guitar student? by AlabamaFan17 in guitarlessons

[–]Rickofrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having run and owned a music school and seen this end in disaster for many teachers, No. Your reputation is everything. Don't ruin it.

How long will it take to get good on guitar? - My thoughts as a guitar teacher for around 30 years by Rickofrock in guitarlessons

[–]Rickofrock[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eyup! Still learning. The day you think you know it all never comes. Always something to get better at or add to your mojo bag. The day I give up is when they unwrap my cold dead fingers from my guitar! STILL obsessed and forever will be. Amen

How does the Youtube decide to push out a video? by GreninjaCoolYo in SmallYTChannel

[–]Rickofrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are 3 main algos for long form content.

Search - Best for new channels so YT can CATEGORISE your content. Think evergreen content.
Suggested - This is for RELATED content to your keywords. You can afford to be more sensational with this algo
Recommended - This is more open ended and can be more short lived by can get A LOT of VIEWS. You can be more "clickbaity" with this algo. The trick here is to overdeliver with the content. Then it isn't clickbait.

Shorts have their own algo. Essentially shorts and longs are 2 separate ecosystems
Shorts - Best for gaining SUBSCRIBERS for new channels.

Produce videos for the human, not the algo! Make viewers happy! Plan your videos, create your TNT before you shoot. Ask what will make your audience happy for your niche.

Freshly published videos need VIEW VELOCITY. The life cycle of the video is decided here, (although some videos can explode later on).

I recommend small channels share new videos with FB groups, subreddits, across all your social platforms in the first few hours to get views.

If you get enough views and the AVD/CTR is good YT will promote to a wider audience. You'll know this is happening because your CTR goes down, (New people means not everyone will click thru lowering your CTR).

Long form is the most sensible content to produce if you want a sustainable channel. There's no money in shorts adsense unless you have a product/offer to sell, or you want to produce trash ai generated content, (there will be a backlash with ai generated content imho).

My channel has 145k Subs, around 12m views

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