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Hey everyone!

I am toying with the idea of making some YouTube videos on trombone topics and playing some arrangements. What would you guys want to listen to or hear talked about?

I'm interested to hear your thoughts!

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What do you want to talk about? What are your goals in creating a YouTube channel?

If it's just for the fun of it and to have something you can share with a niche audience, then you'll be more successful it you just be yourself and do what you'd like to do. If you have a particular topic or skill you have some expertise in, then maybe you want to focus on that.

If you're interested in monitizing your channel and get lots of subscribers, then you might do better to make it a channel that's less about trombone specifically and do stuff that has a broader musical appeal.

Good luck!

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YouTube videos need recording equipment and technique. Maybe start there? Walk everyone through it, step-by-step. There might be some begets from it.
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Honestly, it would be just for the fun of it. There are trombone YouTubers who have already talk about a number of topics and play great arrangements, so I don't really know what new ideas I could bring to the table.

I have a fascination with equipment and own some cool instruments and mouthpieces. I could make a few videos on the history of the horns, but I am not an advocate of focusing on them anymore. It can very easily become a way to shift blame from the Indian to the Arrow, so-to-speak.

I have an obsession with musical history and obscure composers. I wrote a lengthy paper on Hans Rott while I was at Peabody, and that alone opened my up to a lot of new ideas about music history, how to listen to music and who the people who write music are and why they write. There are a lot of obscure figures in music history that are very interesting that we don't get to learn about in school.

What I want to avoid is being another "talking head" that gives his opinions on topics that have been discussed to death already. That's why I put this "feeler" out there. What hasn't been talked about that people are curious about?

I love to do research and if a topic looks like it has promise or will teach us something, I'll grab my scuba gear and deep-dive into it.
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ArbanRubank wrote: Wed Mar 17, 2021 10:58 am YouTube videos need recording equipment and technique. Maybe start there? Walk everyone through it, step-by-step. There might be some begets from it.
I do a lot of "Zoom" recording projects so I have good enough equipment to produce a YouTube video. I was in this video for Endless Mountain Music Festival ( and this one for the Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble ( I recorded the video and audio for these and sent them to be mixed.
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put up what you like and know

"I have an obsession with musical history and obscure composers."
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Please - if I can ask one thing - keep them short. 3 minutes.

If you can make your point quickly - I'll listen - and maybe come back for your next video. I won't stay to watch the water heat to a boil.

Aggressively edit for time. Good luck.
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There is not much about trombone history on YouTube, so I second that idea. Or music history in general. Music development.

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I prefer long videos, like 20-30 minutes is ideal
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Ones that directly compete with everyone else doing excerpt videos, multi-tracks, and "master"classes. Except blow them out of the water and show em who's boss.
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harrisonreed wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 5:24 am Ones that directly compete with everyone else doing excerpt videos, multi-tracks, and "master"classes. Except blow them out of the water and show em who's boss.
Oh I'll definitley do these videos! I love doing multitracks.

One thing that I have been doing is playing on a straight Bach 42. I might make a video on the benefits of playing on a straight horn for a month.
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I'll try some multitracks to start. I want to get better at intonation (don't we all?) so I decided that the best way to do this is playing on a straight Bach 42 and really be forced to use 5th, 6th and 7th positions. Let me know what you think!

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I never heard of Hans Rott, and I would love to know more about opening up your musical thinking. But as TriJim said, please keep them short, or at least concise. Chapters are cool, where one video leads to the next, with an opportunity for a break.
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