Question for those with a Youtube site

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Had an interesting chat session the other day with Russ Buss regarding youtube accounts and how public we make them. I can't speak for Russell, but I have only told a very limited number of family and friends that I have an account. Mostly just other musicians and other lovers of music.

No one at work knows that I have a site. I guess I just feel that I need to have a dividing line between my work life and my private life. I have been tempted to give my site out, but I just feel that if the whole building finds out - then it will be a constant everyday "Hey ukulele guy - play us one of your songs" or requests for me to play at work functions, like Xmas parties and luncheons :eek:

So, I am curious - what about you?

By the way, my ytube site is below!!!
 
videoMS said:
Had an interesting chat session the other day with Russ Buss regarding youtube accounts and how public we make them. I can't speak for Russell, but I have only told a very limited number of family and friends that I have an account. Mostly just other musicians and other lovers of music.

No one at work knows that I have a site. I guess I just feel that I need to have a dividing line between my work life and my private life. I have been tempted to give my site out, but I just feel that if the whole building finds out - then it will be a constant everyday "Hey ukulele guy - play us one of your songs" or requests for me to play at work functions, like Xmas parties and luncheons :eek:

So, I am curious - what about you?

By the way, my ytube site is below!!!
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id do it ! get some gigs that way lol
 
most of my family and friends don't know about my youtube channel. i didn't even tell my wife about it until 6 months into it.

it's the reason i don't use my full name on any videos or use facebook. Russ Jehosophat Nguyen will never be found.
 
russ_buss said:
most of my family and friends don't know about my youtube channel. i didn't even tell my wife about it until 6 months into it.

it's the reason i don't use my full name on any videos or use facebook. Russ Jehosophat Nguyen will never be found.
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Wait. You're Vietnamese? :confused:

I thought you had the Chinese name Jenkins.
 
I keep it mostly separate. Same with my performances.

It's odd - but I'd rather not have folks from my "normal" life involved with my music. Especially co-workers.

To have a stranger judge me and blow me off as a hack is just fine, but I'd rather not have to see people I know cringe when I pick up my uke.

Also, the more musicians I meet and hang out with, the less I give a crap about hanging out with anyone else. So I suspect it will all balance out in time.
 
thejumpingflea said:
How was that pretzel?
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ya know, it wasn't half bad! but i've had better.


GrumpyCoyote said:
I keep it mostly separate. Same with my performances.

It's odd - but I'd rather not have folks from my "normal" life involved with my music. Especially co-workers.

To have a stranger judge me and blow me off as a hack is just fine, but I'd rather not have to see people I know cringe when I pick up my uke.

Also, the more musicians I meet and hang out with, the less I give a crap about hanging out with anyone else. So I suspect it will all balance out in time.
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that pretty much sums it up for me too. "stranger" hate is a lot easier to digest than "family/friend" hate.
 
Mine is definitely no big secret.

I showed my cousin a few video's and it took off from there. He showed other family members, co-workers, etc.

My parents are the same way too. My mom would ask me,
"how do you get to your video's on youtube? I want to show
somebody".

My friends and my brother's friends know about it as well. Now I'm known as the ukulele man of Dearborn Heights.

I also have a bunch of aggressive rollerblading edits on the youtube, so when those people see the related video's, they find my uke video's.
 
Just let it all hang out there, that's what I do. I use to use different stage names when I played live, but I just got tired of living a lie.

When I first created a Youtube account I used my real name as the screen name, then deleted the account because I thought something bad would happen. Then after a few days of getting over my internet paranoia I went back to try and recreate/reactivate the account. It wouldn't let me, so that's why I used the AcousticMonster screen name. I do have my real name on my YTube and MSpace pages.

People I work with, friends, and relatives sometimes ask me to play for them in odd ways, but I just tell them to go to my YouTube page, or come see me play in front of an audience. I have yet to see them at a show yet.
 
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I think the world is pretty indifferent to the ukulele, so I don't worry about it. I'm more concerned about hiding the 20 years in Folsom, the six not-quite ex-wives and the whole armadillo mud wrestling thing.
 
I think it depends if u want to be noticed playing the uke or if your just happy doing it on your own as a hobby. Theres benifits to both sides.:)
 
"the whole armadillo mud wrestling thing."

rofl!!! I'd like to see that!

I plan on becoming a ukulele rock star mama so I am building up my following now...if you want to get in on the action so you can say i knew her when...just follow my links ;)
 
I think we had a thread about this awhile back, didn't we?

Anyhoo, none of my family know about Ukulele JJ. :D My GF does, and she outed me to a few friends. A small bunch at work found out.

JJ
 
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