Whether you use it to give and receive constructive criticism, have heated debates with other members, troll people, be troll'd yourself, or spam ads for Live Webcam Stripshows and phishing sites, it never leaves you bored.
And while most videos receives it's fair share of praise and poo through comments, there's one group of people I feel particularly sorry for:
...The amateur musicians.
We all know the internet can be an unforgiving place, but people wanting to show others their playing skills are in for a particularly rough ride.
You see, on YouTube... Everyone who bothers to post comments on music home videos that does not contain:
A) A (cute) girl playing an instrument
B) Serious l33t skillz
...is most likely out to boost his own ego by telling n00b musicians how much they suck. Yes, in other words - the music community on YouTube, is very much like PvP in MMORPGs.
Now, to be fair - a lot of times, the people who receive a lot of bad comments actually do suck. But more often than not, they've also stated in their video-descriptions that they:
1) Haven't been playing for very long
2) They are 12 years old.
But most of the time, they are just people with completely average skills, which makes them the vast majority of people playing instruments, I suppose.
Unfortunately for them, YouTube just so happens to be the place where all the talented musicians hang out.
Yes, if Bach, Mozart and Beethoven had been alive today, they would probably be on YouTube too, posting words of wisdom and inspiration such as:
"guess you can sell that bass and buy more burgers though. horrible stuff"
-haandry
"Bass sucks dude. Play a real guitar!"
-muel333
"plz stop posting such videos and fucking more songs... improve ur hand movements while changing ur chords n ur strumming is pathetic... try some good rythm..."
-shaddy12
I've considered posting covers before, but I don't think my ego would be able to take five pages of "constructive criticism" such as this. o-o
Thank you YouTube!
My bassguitar.
Model: Ibanez ICB 200
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