George Collier @[email protected]
968K subscribers - no pronouns :c
Who am I? I keep my channel fairly anonymous as I want everyone to be here for the music, not me. I'm sure you all have some unique idea of who's behind this channel, and you may wish to keep it like that. But, if you want the detailed story, NYT released an article which explores the niche world of music transcription! Happy reading. www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/arts/music/george-colli…
We're back! If you didn't know, 5 days ago Youtube removed all monetisation on my channel, which meant I wouldn't be able to fund future videos for you all. Now, it's been reinstated. For you guys, this means nothing much should change - I'll be able to continue working with various people to push out new videos.
Is it acceptable that Youtube just flicked a switch on my channel without notice? Of course not. But we seem to have crossed this bump in the road and they've fixed their decision - better late than never. I'm not going to make a Patreon (though will have to if it happens again), but if you want to support the channel you can contribute video suggestions at discord.gg/tvV84mW5F7 - I read every video suggestion.
Transcriptions are here to stay, and I hope you all are too.
- George
So, my channel got removed from the YouTube Partner Program yesterday. That means that videos I post here cannot earn any money. I work with freelancers to produce the videos, so monetisation is really essential to be able to break even on the channel. I appealed, which was denied, so I'm now trying to sort it out with my channel rep.
I don't want to be another channel that falls victim to the 'I'm quitting Youtube' tsunami that's happening right now. Rest assured, I'm not going to give up just yet, but if I can't sort it out there will only be a few videos left.
The YouTube review team just doesn't appear to understand the complexity and value of music transcription. I'm making you all aware of this as if the appeal doesn't get overturned, I'm just not going to have a choice other than to stop posting videos. I'm a full-time university student so don't have the time to dedicate hours upon hours to each video (transcribing takes a while!).
Remember, everything ever published here is available for free (unless the artist didn't want that) on my site (georgecolliermusic.com/), so I hope you all still find the transcriptions useful for your musical journeys! I know many of you watch them in band, I know music teachers show them in classes for their students, I know people play them so they can play solos themselves. That's only possible because of the support of all of you guys and I'm so grateful for that! We're making such a positive impact on music education and I really hope that can continue.
Is there anything you can do? Unfortunately, not that much. You support the channel already with your subscriptions and comments, but perhaps it'd be nice to have some comments here that highlight the value of transcriptions and how they've helped you through music. I really appreciate you all!
- George
trying out youtube shorts because there's lots of clips shorter than 30 seconds that will go great on the channel :) I may continue with longer videos every 3 days and then do shorts in addition though - we'll see ;)
okay i posted a poll about scroll bar but people misunderstood - here's the same poll again but clarified so i can get better results :) **scroll bar is the (normally) blue rectangle that follows over the sheet music**. the sheet music is of course staying, but the blue scrolly thing was introduced introduced in december 2021 and i've kept it since as it makes it easier to follow for some.
me having only one playlist:
ALSO… if you’re near Exeter (UK) on Saturday, come watch the ICCAs and cheer the leamingtones, especially their bass 2.
how do you become famous doing music? WRONG ANSWERS ONLY >:D
have a great christmas and happy new year<3
i transcribe music clips that you might find interesting
VIDEO SUGGESTIONS: discord.gg/HD9YrQuKKY (email requests will not be checked)