On YouTube with an accent - How to survive and keep going

This is the first video I decided to make about how that is to be a KZbin creator with an accent. If you have an accent and post content online, you might need to know how to survive and keep going.
🔥🔥🔥 The package of SEVEN the most popular ROCK/POP HITS for bass players with music sheets, tabs, and mp3 is here: tatianabassist.ck.page/produc...
🔥🔥🔥 The package of seven JAZZ HITS for bass players with SOLOS and BASS lINES including music sheets, tabs, and mp3 is here: tatianabassist.ck.page/produc...
tatianariabinkina.com/
F A C E B O O K ➜ / kannbass
I N S T A G R A M ➜ / kannbass
V K O N T A K T E ➜ kannbass

[@permculture]

Most of us native English speakers talk in a monotone. Hearing a non-native English speaker such as yourself is a delight, there is often a musical lilt in your pronunciation, that is lovely to the ear.

[@khankann]

@@permculture thank you! I didn’t even think about the pitch of speaking, and it’s so interesting!

[@TimwiTerby]

I disagree with your assessment of native English speakers as a whole. I think British and Australian pronunciations are anything but monotone.

[@RobertStCyr-zh1tw]

It boggles my mind to think you are concerned by your accent! Your beautiful accent calms my adhd(self diagnosed) head and allows me to focus on what you have to teach. It’ll probably be the thing to make you blossom as a KZbin star!

[@khankann]

@@RobertStCyr-zh1tw thank you for such a kind comment! Being honest, I am concerned by my accent, but I pretend it’s all OK. Fake it until you make it. 😅 I’m actually happy that you feel that way! ❤️

[@colinlowther259]

I found this topic interesting as I watch you because I find your content very useful and interesting as a new bass player, your accent and background would not change that for me!! Keep up the great work.

[@khankann]

@@colinlowther259 thank you! I appreciate your comment!

[@hedge931]

I'm a native English speaker but this is encouraging to me in my pursuits to learn new languages, since it can indeed feel embarrassing to practice. It's great to see others who have gone through the process of learning another language and are not afraid to use language for what it's for - communication! Good for you! I also love hearing from people from different cultures, and hearing them speak with an accent reminds me that even people in different countries as me can have so much in common with me because we are all human no matter where we were born. Just by being you and sharing what you do, you are showing people that there is more to a country than its politics. Countries are filled with people, and most people are just people, not political representatives! (It's silly that this needs to be said these days, but alas). I also think it's really great that you're able to recognize that bullies are fueled by their own internal problems and it reflects entirely on them and not at all on you. That's such an important life skill and one that I'm personally always hoping to share with people since it can help with confidence so much. I'm still trying to train myself daily not to internalize others' opinions, but to think more about what their words say about them.

[@khankann]

@@hedge931 thank you so much for your comment! That is a hard skill to learn because we are all social creatures and we depend on the other’s opinions. However, I believe that we can overcome that dependence at least in some sides of our lives. I’m happy that this video is encouraging! ☺️☀️

[@RichieIsaacsHoop]

A couple of years ago I briefly joined a local roots reggae band with folk from Argentia, Indonesia, Lithuania, Venezuela and a couple of kiwis (one of them was me!) It was a treasure trove of language and accents 💜

[@khankann]

It must be so interesting! I wish I could hear them there!

[@TheMaartian]

Even in the U.S., there are many different accents of English. Boston. Deep South. Midwest. California. Even in New York City, you have different accents from the different boroughs. There are the Bronx accent, Brooklyn accent, Queens accent, Long Island accent, North Jersey accent, etc. There are even spoken English language schools to help you get rid of your local NYC accent to help you sound "better" in business and entertainment. And I'm an American living in France. No matter how good my French gets, I will never be mistaken for a French person. The only part that bothers me is when someone notices and switches to English. That doesn't help me learn French! But I smile and take it as a compliment. It's not really about the accent. Haters will always be haters. What is really important is that the listener understands you. I understand you perfectly. Two thumbs up!

[@khankann]

@@TheMaartian thank you! I often can’t hear and recognise the different English accents, however, I had a chance to observe how different pronunciation was in Chicago and New Zealand. Then I realised that kiwi accent really existed!

[@jonhillman871]

i'm a native english speaker from the usa. your accent has character but does not get in the way. i understand everything you say. there are only very brief pauses in your speech sometimes but not much. you're doing great!

[@khankann]

Thank you! I’ll keep an eye on my pauses. I hope to improve my speaking ☺️

[@Medytacjusz]

You literally speak what I've been thinking recently, and then KZbin read my mind and recommended me your video: accent is something to be proud of, a badge of honour, a battle scar marking you as a conqueror of languages! It should be embraced and cherished! It tells your history - who you are, where you came from and what you did to get to where you are now. Moreover, it's actually a boon to the language: it's another new sound in its existing tapestry of sounds. And since language is made of sounds you can think of it like a musician would - as your instrument - and of your accent - as your own experimental technique. Due to the way we learn, foreign accents vary a lot, more than local native accents, so that's even more richness! Yes, learning the native accent is very difficult, but so is learning a foreign accent for the natives, as evidenced by all the terrible/funny "fake Hollywood accents". That shows how unique of a sound it is! Unless your accent makes you hard to understand, you can think of pronounciation mistakes not as "mistakes" but as a "feature". In fact, some pronounciation mistakes actually make you more legible than not! Being Polish, I actually envy English speakers for how common it is for them to encounter foreign people speaking their mother tongue. Whenever I encounter a foreigner speaking Polish (which, in fact, happened only on KZbin lol except for single words), I'm like "omg so awesome you're the best!" and I'm so curious as to how they pronounce things. Again, it's like music! I think it's wrong to encourage people to lose their accents and totally blend in with the natives. It's taking away what's unique about them! It's like telling people to not be themselves. It feels almost like envy, like bringing others in line. In fact, because of that, I was even wondering if I should be speaking with an even thicker accent and correct myself less!

[@khankann]

Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment! Yes, people who learn Slavic languages as their second ones are the rare birds, and it’s awesome to meet them! I’m glad that you think your way, and you can say about it so beautifully and convincingly!

[@lecolintube]

Beautiful! Thank you, would love to hear about your previous professions, but maybe in the context of being a musician, composer and music teacher. I’m so glad you bring your accent (and culture) to the rest of us. Subbed! 🤩🙌

[@khankann]

Thank you indeed! I will probably plan to make a video about it. I like the point of view on it that you suggested!

[@LaurenBerns]

Good luck to you! Don't worry, keep being who you are.

[@khankann]

@@LaurenBerns thank you Lauren! ☺️

[@graemerobertson5160]

In my view bullying or online trolling is a sign of lack of intelligence, intolerance and inadequacy especially for just making comments about your accent. You don't need to change it ever as far as I am concerned. You have done a great job learning English and it is something you should be proud of. If you wanted to change it a bit you could I am sure but there is no need to. I like the way it sounds. I probably only know six Russian words, but you must know tens of thousands of English words. I don't judge all Russians by Putin and you demonstrate why others shouldn't either. I have found that accents are heavily determined by the position of your tongue and how much you open your mouth and how wide you open it. So it does take time to work on.Anyway to finish keep up the great work with your tuition videos and feel free to share your thoughts about other things, as it is always good to hear about different views and experiences.

[@khankann]

@@graemerobertson5160 thank you very much Peter! ☀️ I’ve noticed that kiwi people (in New Zealand) often just slightly open their mouths when they speak. Especially in little places and farmers towns. Sometimes it’s absolutely impossible for me to understand what they say to each other. However, many people, especially from families who immigrated from the British North and Scotland, have surprisingly clear pronunciation, although I have heard some jokes about how Scottish people talk. Our world is colourful!

[@waldififil423]

rrosyjski to piękny język...jak wszystkie słowiańskie zresztą.....pozdrawiam i wsłuchuję się z podziwem w Twój piękny melodyjny angielski mimo że nie umiem angielskiego ....pozdrawiam i tak trzymaj...

[@khankann]

Bardzo dziękuję! Jak jednak zrozumieć treść filmów, jeśli nie znasz angielskiego? Czy automatyczne napisy pomagają?

[@waldififil423]

@@khankann ubolewam nad moim brakiem...ale TAB zadawalają a sporo poprostu słucham jak grasz i podglądamzabawa dla mnie wspaniała....bas mam drugi rok i nie znudził mi się w czym jest też Twoja zasługa...zapewne sporo tracę... no cóż pozdrawiam🙂

[@Mattythebassist_]

Loved this video!!! Even though I am a native English speaker, I have a speach impediment that has bought me a lot of negative attention in the past. I relate a lot to your description of how you hid your voice on KZbin as I struggle with this too both online and on stage. I enjoy how playing bass allows me to express myself non verbally through music and speaking on stage feels very uncomfortable because for one it feels like flipping between English and another language and also because I know my voice sounds different and unusual to nearly everyone. It was great to hear you talk about acceptance and to hear your confidence in your English. You have reminded me that many great singers and speakers have approached English with an accent and how they have used their personal vocal qualities to assert themselves be it in song or other contexts like videos or speaches. Hopefully one day I will feel more confident about my voice online and on stage. Thank you for sharing your experience and being yourself with your voice.

[@khankann]

Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with me! It's so cool that we can find support in each other. I hope you won't meet any more negativity about your voice, but if you do, please remember that they are just people with their weaknesses, and that are the weaknesses speak. ❤

[@atypicalenglishbloke3487]

You seem like a lovely lady Tatiana. I hope you’re enjoying living in New Zealand (it looks like a wonderful place).

[@khankann]

@@atypicalenglishbloke3487 thank you! New Zealand is fantastic even in winter like now! ☺️☀️

[@timsaccount222222]

Thanks for all the great lessons!

[@khankann]

@@timsaccount222222 thank you for watching! ❤️

[@rajalakshmanan1749]

You are doing a great job on KZbin! Don’t care about critics…you are a fantastic musician and educationalist. Just stick to that. Don’t get distracted by politics. Keep up the good work

[@khankann]

Thank you really much for your support! I appreciate it!

[@markligget341]

Love from Scotland

[@khankann]

@@markligget341 thank you Mark! ❤️

[@TimwiTerby]

Are you familiar with the KZbin channel of Dr Geoff Linsey? He talks at length about English pronunciation and it helped me a lot become comfortable talking with my accent on KZbin. I still have my accent of course, but I now know how to speak clearly and which consonants/vowels to stress and which ones are weakened. It’s very enlightening and helpful.

[@khankann]

@@TimwiTerby thank you very much! I’ll check it out! 👍

[@MarioRossibless]

Hi Tatiana i'm new in your channel. Wonderful class

[@khankann]

@@MarioRossibless thank you Mario, and you are welcome! ☺️

[@peterbarratt2415]

Hi Tataniania, you are worrying too much. I am English with a Yorkshire accent. There are plenty of people in the UK who i would find more difficult to understand than you. In any case your Russian accent has its own charm. Your spoken English is clear, so dont fret ! Except when you're playing open strings, obviously!

[@khankann]

@@peterbarratt2415 it shows what a nice person you are! Thank you Peter! I chose not to worry about my accent. However, it took time to accept, and I think that there are many people like me.

[@danabigelow8844]

As always you are right on point. I greatly appreciate your vulnerability ability to share and shine light upon goodness and beauty of life. A little song verse for you speaking how it is such a kind supportive thing to be in high vibration AKA copacetic. "Light is strong and man can be weak. And the world walks in between. So rise above on the wings of Love. See and let yourself be seen See and let yourself be seen"

[@khankann]

What the magical words! They almost put me in a kind of a trance. There is something special in them! Thank you so much!

[@user-yp2mw2ko9k]

0:55 "If I could I`d get rid of it..." Never! Don`t! I will never forget when I first flew to St. Petersburg ten years ago and next to me in the plane sat a lady like you from Russia, who had moved to some plance in America. I was fascinated by her english pronounciation, which sounded so lovely, just like yours, with this certain undertone, for example: "could, book" - instead of saying it short and emotionless, russian women make it sound long and lovely "Coooood", "booooek", I just love it, somehow there is much more music and less aggressiveness in the pronounciation, at least compared to the usual american brawl. It is quite different, of course, when you listen to educated english people talking fine Oxford english, that cannot really be improved 😁.

[@khankann]

@@user-yp2mw2ko9k oh, you don’t even know how important your comment is to me! I’m starting feeling that I needed to make this video to reassure myself and be able to go on much confidently than before. Thank you indeed! ❤️❤️❤️

[@pfote65]

don't mind the bullies .. good practice for staying calm and relaxed 🙂 regarding accents, yours and in in general: I personally try to eliminate as much of my german accent as possible, regardless of wether i speak english, spanish or the little russian I remember, because thats my idea of speaking a language well (enough). However, i get your point, if you make it part of your identity, i your accent is your way of stating "thats who I am, thats where i come from, thats my history" .. yeah sure. feel free to talk as you wish, to me it sounds cute What I don't like so much is when the accent is so "heavy" that intelligibility suffers, I'm thinking for example of a large South Asian country, the English taught in schools and universities there is so far from "normal" English that its often hard to comprehend. but thats not the case with you :-)

[@khankann]

@@pfote65 I do agree! If it’s for communication, we absolutely need to be able to understand each other!

[@VNDROID]

Thanks for this video. I’m from Brazil and I’m a singer. I sing in portuguese, but I live my online life mostly in english. Idk, its weird, if I make music in english, more ppl around the world can understand me, but less people around can. I wanna make youtube videos where I speak about certain subjects too, but Im never sure if they should be in english or portuguese. Anyways, I’m still not sure wich way to go, but at least your video reminds me to be brave and that I can speak in english too if I want to. I am pretty fluent in english but my accent is super noticeable, and that does make me scared to speak english online

[@khankann]

@@VNDROID I’d be happy to watch your videos whatever you decide! Thank you for sharing!

[@th5841]

We need more accents. KZbin is too dominated by American and British content creators.

[@khankann]

@@th5841 your words warm my heart! ❤️

[@IngBass]

Забавное видео. Себя я среди этих категорий не нашел, я просто, если так можно сказать, "коллекционирую" акценты, для меня интересно угадать, откуда говорящий, по особенностям его произношения. Например, вы знали, что русский акцент очень похож на бразильский из-за схожести набора звуков в бразильском португальском и русском? А как интересен южный американский акцент, обращали внимание? А уж сколько акцентов в Британии и насколько это забавно может звучать, не передать словами, это нужно слушать. Не будьте так однобоки в своем восприятии, не каждый, кто что-то замечает, хочет вас задеть или обидеть ;) И да, в одной теме, что вы задели, всё близится к финалу, все цели СВО будут достигнуты, начинайте потихоньку менять отношение к этому вопросу, так же, как это уже начали делать крупные западные политики. Скоро за поддержку "страны 404" и в ваших краях начнут недолюбливать. Всего вам доброго ;)

[@khankann]

@@IngBass мне военных агитаторов в комментах не надо. Я вам здесь не рада и прошу вас удалиться.

[@IngBass]

@@khankann ок, я добавлю ваш канал в черный список. Я вообще не планировал смотреть это видео, мне нужен был только шагающий бас, но вы сами прислали мне эту ссылку. Что ж, больше я ваши видео не увижу. И совершенно не жаль.

[@notsonominal]

.. with a _russian_ accent .. good luck!

[@khankann]

@@notsonominal thank you! Yep, with it.

[@frozenborderline2109]

I am of Latvian/German ancestry, though I was born and have lived all my life in Australia. Much as it would like to be seen as an inclusive and progressive society, it's in so many ways, as paraochial and Anglo-centric as it has ever been. Perhaps more now with the spike and increasing influence and always extant xenophobia of the far right. Your fluency and diction alone leaves many a ''born and bred'' Aussie's (and would hazard a guess, Kiwi's) grasp of the English language to shame.

[@khankann]

@@frozenborderline2109 I’m still working on my English, but your comment helps me build confidence! Thank you very much! ❤️