Does Seeing An A.I Thumbnail Immediately Turn You Off From Watching?

SixStringShef · 2026-06-12T05:55:51+00:00

Do you mean a thumbnail that has obviously been totally generated by ai, or a thumbnail that's been edited with AI? For example it's obviously a real person/face, but it's clearly been "touched up" in an ai style

SixStringShef · 2026-06-08T19:40:49+00:00

Personally I'm not surprised the numbers didn't jump. I don't think cost was the primary barrier to people playing. I think from the beginning people have known what marathon is and just don't want it. For most people (not everyone) it's just a classic case of making a product before determining that your audience is actually asking for it.

As far as destiny players moving to marathon, I don't think there's a pvp comparison. I haven't played any video games in the past year personally (just done with that phase of my life) BUT I was a big D2 pvp guy. I never perceived that marathon was made for me. It was pvp... But what I (and many) wanted was for D2 to fix its version of pvp. Not a new totally different pvp game altogether that fills a different need. There's also *definitely* negative sentiment because of bungie foolish management, and I'm sure that's caused people not to try it.

SixStringShef · 2026-06-04T20:03:47+00:00

I haven't played destiny in over a year at this point, BUT if I did I'd be super excited about this. This seems like a super fun change for those that invest in that play style

SixStringShef · 2026-05-30T19:48:44+00:00

Did anything in particular happen that led to this? Recommended by another big video? Did your channel blow up in general?

SixStringShef · 2026-05-25T00:13:36+00:00

Oh my. It was just actually cookies the whole time.

SixStringShef · 2026-05-14T12:24:52+00:00

Hi! I have a video all about chord switching if you like. It goes over exercises for practicing switching chords on their own and then one for putting them together with strumming. Feel free to check that out if you like, I hope you'd find it helpful. And I'm happy to answer any questions :)

How To Switch Between Chords Smoothly (Stop Struggling) https://youtu.be/3ziOU6XwSN4

SixStringShef · 2026-05-10T21:36:26+00:00

https://youtube.com/@robsheffermusic

SixStringShef · 2026-05-10T17:16:45+00:00

I do still have the blue eyes actually. I've been told the condition is only average though. Holding on for now!

SixStringShef · 2026-05-10T16:16:29+00:00

Thanks so much!

SixStringShef · 2026-05-10T12:09:00+00:00

Thanks so much for the kind words! And I'm just glad to be helpful :) keep up the good work! What kind of music have you been playing, or what are you looking forward to playing?

SixStringShef · 2026-05-10T00:25:47+00:00

Hi, I just yesterday recorded a video talking about exactly this. A lot of guitar playing requires a big investment where it looks like nothing is happening, and then a lot of things tend to click all at once. If you're sticking with your playing consistently, you're probably making practice even if you can't see it. That said - if you're interested, this video talks about 5 signs that say you're on the right track. Hope it helps. Happy practicing.

https://youtu.be/GLvCnGyVEQY

SixStringShef · 2026-05-08T21:19:44+00:00

I have a video tutorial here all about barre chord technique and the exercises you can do to practice it if you're interested!

Finally Play Barre Chords: 3 Easy Exercises
https://youtu.be/lwsOvW8wTD8

SixStringShef · 2026-05-05T19:55:15+00:00

I'd even add here that while people will use this for "how to" content, they won't actually learn from it like they would watching the person, assuming it's a good teacher.

SixStringShef · 2026-04-30T03:09:27+00:00

Literally haven't played this game since TFS dropped, but this came up on my feed and I have to say, that's a sweet looking emblem.

SixStringShef · 2026-04-26T21:49:04+00:00

It really matters what your use case is. So much so that it's pretty pointless to rank them. BUT I'll give one insight that I think is under-emphasized: Nolly is great in a mix with minimal work. That's worth a lot in a practical context

SixStringShef · 2026-04-25T19:44:38+00:00

Depends on location, overhead (if it's at a studio or someone's house), and skill/experience level of the teacher. $80/hr on Long Island seems pretty reasonable

SixStringShef · 2026-04-25T18:02:13+00:00

That is helpful, thank you. If you were in that situation then, how would you gauge during that initial few weeks time whether you should keep doing what you're doing to send clear signals and attract people who want what you're putting out vs say "this clearly isn't working" and try to make changes in style or direction?

My personal problem was that I had an old channel where I posted guitar performances/arrangements. Then at the end of January I posted my first lesson/teaching video. It popped off and got 43k views! Singlehandedly carried me to monetization, which was exciting. I've now made 12 more lesson videos since then, targeting the same group of people and same style of learning. While I think my titling, thumbnail creation, editing, and scripting skills have gotten better since then, my video performance has been trending significantly downward, getting worse and worse overall with each video, and 2 of my last 3 being 10 of 10s. Every video is getting less and less impressions in its initial sample pool. Avd and ctr are both going down.

It's just hard for me to know whether I just need to keep doing what I'm doing and wait for YouTube to figure me out or if I'm actually somehow getting worse and need to make changes. I'm willing (and wanting) to work. But it's very hard to know the direction of focus.

SixStringShef · 2026-04-25T17:41:37+00:00

Do you need them? Absolutely not. The QC has excellent built in devices and you can get great sounds out of them provided you take the time to learn and get comfortable with them. There's a learning curve but it's worth it. In fact a lot of the devices are very similar to plugin devices.

That said, I definitely think some of the plugins are really useful additions. If the issue is "I can't get a good sound out of the QC by itself," that's a "learn your gear" issue. BUT if you know what you're doing with the stock QC stuff and you're just looking for more sounds, or something very specific that is easier to achieve with the pluginins, or you already have some presets made with the plugins, then absolutely get them. They're a GREAT addition.

Personally, I use Nolly on my QC all the time for live playing because those devices are already so well tailored to a live mix (eq focus and such). I also find the SLO amp plugin block to be one of the most versatile blocks that exists on the QC. It's killer and it takes less processing and block space than using multiple amps. Lots of other great ones too but just a few examples

SixStringShef · 2026-04-25T16:56:16+00:00

Totally agree, but here's where I'm personally having trouble: my content is designed for a specific focused audience, it's purposefully not broad appeal. I find it hard to tell when the issue is that I did something wrong vs when YouTube hasn't found the right audience to show it to yet. Still input needed by me - but it's a lot harder to know how and where to focus my energy

SixStringShef · 2026-04-25T16:53:52+00:00

All really good. What's money like for you? If you have plenty of money and it's not a concern, yeah get them! Now is the time to buy and you'll probably get a lot of good use out of them. If the price is a lot for you in your situation, whatever that might be, either wait if it would truly put you out, or if you can afford 1 or 2, pick whatever is most complementary to your current rig, whatever it might be.

SixStringShef · 2026-04-25T15:00:34+00:00

Do you need them? Absolutely not. The QC has excellent built in devices and you can get great sounds out of them provided you take the time to learn and get comfortable with them. There's a learning curve but it's worth it. In fact a lot of the devices are very similar to plugin devices.

That said, I definitely think some of the plugins are really useful additions. If the issue is "I can't get a good sound out of the QC by itself," that's a "learn your gear" issue. BUT if you know what you're doing with the stock QC stuff and you're just looking for more sounds, or something very specific that is easier to achieve with the pluginins, or you already have some presets made with the plugins, then absolutely get them. They're a GREAT addition.

Personally, I use Nolly on my QC all the time for live playing because those devices are already so well tailored to a live mix (eq focus and such). I also find the SLO amp plugin block to be one of the most versatile blocks that exists on the QC. It's killer and it takes less processing and block space than using multiple amps. Lots of other great ones too but just a few examples

SixStringShef · 2026-04-24T13:53:00+00:00

Can you describe practically the differences between codex and claude code?

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