Giant Steps

[Hyppolyte Bergamotte]

congratulations Mark !
you are GREAT

H.B

[bediles]

Because jazz answers most of these questions. I need it on a mug.

“Why play Satellite in 13/8?”

“Because jazz!”

But in seriousness a very good jazz guitarist friend of mine described an ‘e-sports attitude to jazz.’

As long as I’ve been playing, there’s always been a strain of the jock mentality among some musicians, but I wonder if this isn’t becoming more prevalent. The grumpy old dude in me feels video games have rewritten a lot of people’s perceptions of things like art to become very limited.


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The ven diagram btw gamers and jazz musicians/students is pretty close to a circle in gen Z. (Half kidding)

[Christian Miller]

The ven diagram btw gamers and jazz musicians/students is pretty close to a circle in gen Z. (Half kidding)

Tbf the Venn diagram between gen z and gamers is a circle


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[Mark Kleinhaut]

What about gen “O”.

[Mark Kleinhaut]

Has this really been views over 6,000 times? Can anyone explain?

[wolflen]

Thanks! I’ve been working on this tune for over 40 years, slow learner that I am

ahh Mark..Im at year 25+...its that dame GM7...

[CliffR]

Has this really been views over 6,000 times? Can anyone explain?

I think at least in part it comes down to an aspect of the algorithm whereby it recommends similar videos to those you've already watched/search for (it seems, and I'm guessing, to also favour newer videos in this respect). So, if I watch 2-3 videos about Giant Steps, your's is likely going to show on my recommendations. Giant Steps is a very popular search (relatively speaking) so no doubt your video has shown up in lots of folks recommendations. My most popular video by far is one where I demo my new-at-the-time PRS Santana guitar. It didn't do me any favours, since it got a huge number of downvotes, no doubt from folks who expected a slightly better Santana impression. Hopefullyyour lovely performance has been more favourably received.

[Christian Miller]

+1 to Cliff, I have got a feeling after a decade of what constitutes popular search terms for jazz guitar content. Giants steps is one, as is Barry harris.

The algorithm is quite complicated, but one thing it rewards which I don’t think people realise because they are cynical and think it’s all about clickbait - is engagement - the longer people watch the more YouTube YouTube will weight your video. If they are clicking through at a high rate and watching most of you it vid, YouTube says to itself ‘this is a high quality video, let’s boost it.’

If you are seeing people on average are watching most or all of your video- well that speaks to the quality of your playing. And congratulations because playing videos tend not to be good performers. At least for me …


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[Mick-7]

If you are seeing people on average are watching most or all of your video - well that speaks to the quality of your playing. And congratulations because playing videos tend not to be good performers. At least for me…

You Tube can provide that stat? Think I'd be skeptical about its accuracy too, to an algorithm, "most of" might be more than 20 seconds.

[Christian Miller]

You Tube can provide that stat? Think I'd be skeptical about its accuracy too, to an algorithm, "most of" might be more than 20 seconds.

Yes, it gives you an average watch time and quite detailed info on how many people are watching after 30 seconds and so on. It can even show you where people tend to lose interest or replay parts of your video. Super handy if you know where to look.

[Mark Kleinhaut]

Yes, it gives you an average watch time and quite detailed info on how many people are watching after 30 seconds and so on. It can even show you where people tend to lose interest or replay parts of your video. Super handy if you know where to look.

I was referring to my tobhwre on this forum, not YouTube , but all good info so thanks.

[Christian Miller]

I was referring to my tobhwre on this forum, not YouTube , but all good info so thanks.

Is this a typo? Sorry

If I understand you, may well be worth posting playing content here. I kind of stopped tbh.


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[pauln]

For those keeping score at home...

[Mark Kleinhaut]

Is this a typo? Sorry

If I understand you, may well be worth posting playing content here. I kind of stopped tbh.


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yes typo - but you understood