Fake Lyric Channels, YouTube's Number Stations | Esoteric Internet

[@Pseudiom]

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[@taco_lad2849]

I thought it was very interesting that KZbin spam bots had "evolved" features in their videos to fight copyright bots. It makes it seem like the internet is like the Serengeti, but with algorithms fighting for survival instead of lions and antelopes.

[@marcel1372]

beautifully said, Taco_Lad

[@Xanaduum]

When you start to see it suddenly the other way around, you realise that algorythms and adversial networks is exactly how nature works.

[@dskarma-jt1nb]

I remember sometime in 2014-15, I was looking for On the Floor by jlo on YT on my phone, but I couldn’t find it. The only thing I found were those weird lyric videos with either very low quality sound or no sound at all. Understandably the comments were all frustrated people complaining about them. I figured back then that major labels didn’t want their songs to be on phones for free, so I didn’t think they were weird

[@PaulRudd1941]

I just smoked a bunch of weed and found this channel, and I love it. Also your friend is a legend, Pete Seager is the man.

[@nedd.8479]

I've always noticed these videos but never really thought much of them. It's nice to know more about this incredibly niche topic.

[@Pseudiom]

"Another incredibly niche topic I can feel satisfied in."

[@korkad_]

Stuff like this makes you think about the dead internet theory

[@Pseudiom]

It is a bit of expansion of my video on the theory. Not as a big and grand, but a neat little example and story.

[@snowrat9551]

so, i stumbled across a rabbit hole the other day and thought of this video: this weirdly titled song from a topic channel shows up in my recommended. it's titled "Feel Voyage Hotel Th Heart" and is (allegedly) by "rosemary sheppard", though i doubt this is a real artist. there's also another one titled "Rocky Road Company The Rabid Earth Tribe Growl Aabbcczzzzz" by another probably-fake artist called "Elderberry Fruit", but it's the first one i dug slightly deeper into. looking closer at the thumbnail, it appears to be not just a car, but ai-generated artwork of a car. the music itself is just some fairly basic piano piece, i mean i don't know a lot about piano but it's very much like, background noise-tier. the artist's channel, oddly, has several playlists with about a hundred videos each. i can only assume all of them are similar in nature, and my best guess is that this is some kind of bot. of course there ARE actual ai artists, but idk man everything about this one just screams automated to me. youtube's full of weird little oddities like this, really.

[@retroroy8720]

Honestly, this is one of the most interesting videos you've done and I've been a fan of your channel for years.

[@Ayyem93]

It was funny to hear "Germany has notoriously tight copyright laws" knowing as a guitarist of a German guitar company called Harley Benton who literally just make guitars that are outsourced to Indonesia and are all shapes ripped off from other companies

[@Wolfgang_von_Caelid]

I mean, Harley Benton is out here doing good work imo. All the older, super popular guitar shapes are public domain at this point, so you can't really "rip them off". Besides, it would be ridiculous to expect every single guitar company to come up with their own completely unique shapes. Especially the strat, tele, and LP shapes are just slight modifications to the shape of a classical guitar, meaning you retain the comfort of the origin shape. On the point of outsourcing, idk what point you're trying to make with that in relation to copyright. HB has its flaws, but when you break it down, they are offering really high quality, entry level instruments for a fraction of the price of their competitors, to the point where their profit margin is nearly non-existent. I got my ex a 120€ HB strat a couple years ago and it was seriously as good as my Squier Classic Vibe that cost nearly 4x as much. Brands like HB are partially the reason why we are in a sort of Golden Age for entry level guitar gear; in comparison with gear from 10+ years ago, the stuff you get at the entry level is seriously good stuff. 200 bucks for a guitar, 200 for an amp, and you have yourself a solid setup. Try out a $200 amp from 2010, they are shockingly bad, to the point of being essentially unusable.

[@Pseudiom]

Disclaimer: I known nothing about guitars. I really only know artists and companies from outside Germany often have issues with German laws for some reason. As is usual, those inside the country often have an easier time.

[@lugal-zage-si4782]

12:38 that is terrifying

[@SquadalaWereOff]

Wake up baby, new Pseudiom.

[@Pseudiom]

You don't need to wake anyone up. I've already entered your dream space.

[@violetto3219]

i'd honestly like to see an album of music kind of making fun of/sampling and corrupting the generic music you find from these fake artists. like james ferraro's farside virtual but for the 2010s

[@blackburn-ud9dm]

good idea

[@Pseudiom]

That would be an interesting experiment. I'd promote the results if anyone out there wants to take on the project.

[@SUNSHINE-t-m]

you can straight up release them under the cyndi scheider alias

[@chyza2012]

The dead internet theory continues to get more and more real.

[@BassBastiforever]

Your videos are really interesting! I just discovered your channel through the KZbin recommendations. You gained a new subscriber. 😊

[@north7500]

"Real people don't listen to the same exact song thousands of times in a row." Oh fuck, I might not be real...

[@SuperRat420]

Dude, good vid, but can you up your upload volume? Got the laptop and YT at full volume and can barely hear it. Your channels the only one! Good work, keep it up, just LOUDER!

[@Pseudiom]

I'll up the volume for the next episode. I record in an open space so my recording volume always fluctuates. Thanks for letting me know.

[@Real_Sp00ks]

It continually pisses me off that a channel as good as yours is so widely unknown.

[@woundofbriccius1611]

10:10 very interestingly, that is not a German website. That is actually an Austrian website. They might have used an Austrian one because its the same language but at the same time it won't be affected by the GEMA ban. I'm not sure, but nonetheless, very interesting

[@Pseudiom]

Hmmm. It is all very odd. I still have no idea beside a vague KZbin ad scam.

[@yibabel]

Congrats on your first sponsor

[@Pseudiom]

It wouldn't be possible without the people watching!

[@kayplease210]

watching as soon as it uploaded, ive been wanting a video about this for AGES

[@Pseudiom]

I hope I satisfied the desire. I could have gone more in-depth, but I felt like I got enough across. I was looking to do a solid summary.

[@TheLeggedOne]

I found a similar fake lyrics channel a few years back, wish I had bookmarked it

[@Pseudiom]

I'd like to find the rest, but who knows how many there are in total. Could be hundreds.

[@eloso5670]

Another great video man, can’t believe you’re only at 30k. Keep it up!

[@georgewilson7432]

Pseudiom, congratulations on your sponsor. You are making it big. Regarding the subject, I was completely unaware of this. I still prefer the original Numbers Stations, who doesn't love the sweet yodeling of Franz Lang? But as someone reading about cryptogtaphy, the idea of secreto communications through such mundane yet secret medium is fascinating. You are one of the few thing of this horrible and cowardly world I like.

[@Pseudiom]

Yeah, that actual number stations are a better mystery because they (probably) have an actual purpose. This video is more something that happened because of serendipity. I don't think these videos have any greater purpose then click farming. Unless...

[@georgewilson7432]

Ende Ende Ende

[@eleanor5675]

Wow I remember finding one of these years ago. I think I was trying to find the lyrics to this french rock song my dad played for me as a kid. I remember being kinda weirded out but mainly just being annoyed lol

[@mrwoodchuck94]

10:50 no those names definitely don't sound like generic german names

[@someobserver844]

Cindy Schreier does sound fairly unremarkable to me (I would assume it's a slightly older woman, though), but Lorilee Hilden is definitely usual.

[@mrwoodchuck94]

@@someobserver844 never heard of the name Lorilee, Lorelei yes, but never Lorilee and I don't think Cindy is that common of a name and definitely not by younger ppl

[@someobserver844]

@@mrwoodchuck94 Lorilee sounds like a garbled version of Loreley, something pretty much no one would name their daughter after, so I agree that's a bullshitty name, especially if you combine it with Hilden. It sounds like the name of a fantasy character. Cindy is not common, yes, but I don't think it's weird either; and Schreier could pass as some weird variant of a trade name like Schreiber or Schreiner that has only survived as a surname (or something like that). That's what I meant with "fairly unremarkable": it's not exactly generic, but it does sound believable.

[@mrwoodchuck94]

@@someobserver844 it's kinda like this weird memes where ppl say stuff that sounds German but it's clearly not german

[@Pseudiom]

I assumed "Lorilee" was a corruption of "Lorelei" or "Loreley" so descended from German. Looking it up now though, apparently "Hilden" is a surname (though uncommon) in England or possibly a variant of "Holden". And there are at least a few notable Germans, Austrians, and Americans who have the last name "Schreier". They're doubtlessly weird.

[@CptFitzgerald]

This had nothing to do with numbers stations.

[@cocoliso1996]

Gohan Blanco has returnd!

[@Pseudiom]

Yeah, I probably got to make a video on that. I'll wait once everyone knows the spoilers (after the Dub release).

[@cocoliso1996]

You are the true MVP.

[@Captain1nsaneo]

You got a sponsor! Congrats!

[@SneakyRANGERREX]

>Real people don't listen to the same song thousands of times in a row Rude. I am human, I see, I feel, I bleed, I listen to Little Dark Age on repeat while going on runs sometimes. I exist.

[@TheReaper0101]

Great video!

[@Jake_Hanrahan]

This is a great channel

[@someobserver844]

I think I came upon one such video once, but I can't remember if it was from either of these channels. It was very confusing to me since it was way too inept to be normal clickbait.

[@Pseudiom]

There are 100% more channels like this out there, mainly the ones using fake identities. There are also the automated Wikipedia article uploading videos, but those are obvious about what they are. These seem to want to fake being real for some reason?

[@someobserver844]

@@Pseudiom It's a shame that I can't recall what I searched for. I think I was actually looking for a reading of some poem, and that video drew my attention because it was way too short to be what it was advertised as; the text was probably completely inaccurate as well. That could be all wrong, though: my mind has a tendency to conflate memories of this kind.

[@LordMarlle]

Dagons Nu-Heater, would be a much better pronunciation of Dagens Nyheter, which by the way means News of the day. xD Also this is pretty much my favorite channel on yt. Always well made video and super interesting stuff

[@Pseudiom]

Yeah, I can't pronounce anything. I know people will post the correct one in the comments so I don't worry too much.

[@holtrain81]

Machine learning based AI is creating, suggesting and listening to the music...feeding back into itself and tweaked for the next go around.

[@georgewilson7432]

Machines chatting with each other.

[@holtrain81]

@@georgewilson7432 subreddit simulator is a pretty hilarious example of this!

[@visionfugitive]

i love your channel

[@Pseudiom]

I'm grateful for the appreciation!

[@TheGamedragon96]

I've noticed a couple of Hidden Beeruses. Is there a joke I missed out on or is it just an easter egg thing.

[@Pseudiom]

When I was a kid, I enjoyed looking for the secret snail in each episode of Blue's Clues (Adventure Time also did this if I recall correctly, but it was much harder to find). I've been putting the poorly drawn Beeruses in ever video since the "Gohan Blanco" video to always acknowledge my roots. I also just find it funny.

[@TheGamedragon96]

@@Pseudiom That's pretty neat. It's also a pretty good Beerus.👍

[@wordart_guian]

The name in cyrillic is "natasha krivko" and she's from Ukraine (a good way to identify ukrainian is looking for a letter і that looks just like ours. Though it can also be belarusian)

[@Pseudiom]

Thanks for letting me know! I mentioned Cyrillic because I knew the alphabet, but not the language. She's from Ukraine then (at least according to that profile).

[@northwestpassage6234]

Love the deep dive you did into this, hate the way you pronounced “irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann“ like it was Italian.

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

from the title alone, it sounded like you were describing siivagunner.

[@thepotatoshow1887]

I love you

[@NicolasSequeira]

I want a Milky Way

[@m-bronte]

I think some of this might be created by the platform itself! As we know most platforms collect payment via ad revenue. Apparently this is problem with FB. Spotify I've encountered literally has artists I've never heard of and in many cases can't find any info regarding artist or song! I think a lot of fake accounts are meant for the platform to make money.

[@marcel1372]

Malvania, Lorilee??? wtf are these names

[@Pseudiom]

"German names." At least, that's what I'll claim.

[@bakomusha]

As a patron you taking a sponsor feels like you are cheating on me! I wanna divorce! My mother was right about you! I'm taking the kids! Joking aside, it feels great wen a small creator sells out here. It typically means you hit the first major breakpoint, and are on your way to making this your main, if not full time job! I'm an anti-hipster, I want people to enjoy the things I do, and I'm glad you've reached this point. When you're hobnobbing with the greats, don't forget us little people!

[@Pseudiom]

I always try to stay open to my supporters! That's why I try to reply to most comments (in a sensible time frame). Part of the scattershot format of my videos is to prevent me from falling into the "easy content" routine I've seen others fal victim to. I'd rather have a 100 viewers who can contribute with good comments/discussion than 10,000 who just post memes or tired jokes (though I enjoy good jokes in my comment section). I've ended up being more indirectly influential with that strategy than I expected. There is an alternate timeline where Pseudiom could have pivoted into a Dragon Ball content channel, but I never really entertained the idea.

[@petevenuti7355]

How does a patron decide who to help and why?

[@zigzigler5111]

Turn up your fucking audio!