The thing is his advice is too general and applies to some in certain things and others on other things. Take talent and experience: he’s basically talking to the novice here. That doesn’t mean that somebody who’s experienced isn’t going to be a victim of marketing anyway. Those novices will then go online and moan and fill up the conversation, thus making it more difficult to do research on a piece of gear.
I do agree with a lot of the points he’s making though. Not that I needed to hear them cause I’m not one to ever suffer from gas. I only buy what I need, and often not even everything that I need
Like any opinion it’s rare to agree with everything and it is just his opinion which is of course going to be limited as it’s not exactly research.
But there are good points and the reason I like it is because I’ve become bored of seeing these YouTubers selling products under the guise of being your mate showing you stuff.
I want to see more of these influencers have digs at each other, maybe spill into beefs like 2pac and biggie minus the senseless killing
Sometimes I felt he’s trying a bit hard with the funny stuff.
But that’s just me and that’s totally fine. If not I’ll just stop.
But really good content in general. (If you’ve got GAS )
I don’t see it, sorry.
Criticism, sure.
But also a whole lot of praise, just look at the youtube thread.
It’s almost as if a forum is some kind of microcosm of a society, with people having all kinds of backgrounds and opinions… Gearspace however.
Edit: what bugs me: pretty much non-existent criticism in the youtube comments. Except one, very polite, answer about Elektronauts. Echo chamber par excellence. Wondering what is more toxic.
To be perfectly honest, I couldn’t watch past the they’re talented, you’re not bit. That is just a super lazy argument if you can even call it that. I get the point he’s trying to make, but please…
Also, in general, everybody is just the same right? Whether you’ve just bought your very first synth and are super-hyped about a new hobby, or you’ve been buying one piece of hardware in a year, or month, whatever, if you have a one goes in, one goes out policy. It all don’t matter because all GAS is bad. Never no nuance.
Perhaps I skipped the nuance bit because of the borderline-condescending rant.
Like telling a parent (because he’s clearly talking to our higher selves), don’t buy an instrument for your kid, because they’re never going to learn it and become a youtube star anyway (as if any of that is even remotely the point).
Of course you can’t simply buy a guy like Alex Mylar’s knowledge and skills. But equally, don’t you think acquiring and learning a whole ton of gear played a massive part in getting there? I can’t help feeling there’s a disconnect in that logic.
Edit: did watch the whole lot of it later, mind unchanged.
Sorry. Consider myself not the audience.
Hah yeah, his videos are hugely entertaining and rather than saying ‘don’t buy gear…’ he genuinely comes up with free (or very cheap) alternatives to stuff which is actually informative too - even if you don’t buy the whole ‘I can do all that for free’ message, I’ve found some really fucking good free plugins and tools from his videos.
You have to watch his take down of the MPC Live though, it’s fucking hilarious. And I owned one and managed not to be offended. Maybe that’s the lesson.
am i the only one who wants to see people on youtube do crazy stuff with their gear and draw inspiration instead of listening to people do a therapy session on how to live my life? why dafuq is this a trend of telling people what to do or not to do? just do your thing man, play the octatrack or the digitone, i wanna see you play and get wild, i don’t wanna get a psychology lesson…
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