Yup im sure nobody REALLY had any chance at all, but there was a time when they THOUGHT they did. Btw, the vast majority of these would be , Nashville writers are now on facebook, and dont even think about writing songs any more.

Youtube does in some sense level the playing field. You dont have to be anybody important, and you dont need contacts, you dont need to go anywhere specific and hang around, but the obvious flaw is that there are TOO MANY DAMN PEOPLE ON YOUTUBE! If it all stopped today, there would still be enough youtube videos to last several lifetimes.

Its all about hoping your little niche blows up. It happens, but not often. I've seen people with millions of hits, see above thread entitled... "crazy good musicians on youtube"

But the other daunting part is, even if you do manage to have a viral video or hit, your still just some schmuck on youtube.

I think youtube stars are viewed differently than stars in general. Easy come, easy go.

Not much you can do but do it for fun, and dont let it bankrupt you!

Ive heard of stories of songwriters needing a hit song just to recoup losses in money they had, as they were trying for a hit!

Last edited by Fdemetrio; 02/26/21 08:16 PM.