"Should I Start a YouTube Channel in 2021?" // 10 Reasons to Start a Channel | 424recording.com

[@claytonbartlett361]

You’ve easily become my favorite content creator and listen to your music daily aswell, extremely professional and very well thought out stuff

[@424Recording]

Wow, thank you, Clayton. That means a lot to me. Thanks for watching and listening and being here. Cheers 🙌

[@fauldurand]

It's one of the channels that helps me feel at home. I can't say that about a lot of channels. Love you!

[@424Recording]

@@fauldurand Thanks, Faul! I'm glad to hear that! Cheers, thanks for being here, and thanks for watching!

[@whiteshedrecordings]

Great vid Mike! So grateful for your channel and the community that has grown around it. You and the other great people I have met because of it, have been inspiring! 🦕

[@424Recording]

I appreciate that, Joe. As I was telling, Yellow, your channels inspired me to make this video and encourage others to try it out as well. I think it is really cool and it is awesome to get an inside look into your studio and process. Thanks for being here, Joe!

[@kadelovell3662]

i've been wanting to do a few videos on my process for bedroom recording and this just convinced me to do it :) as always thanks for inspiring me to be better as an artist 🦖

[@424Recording]

Go for it, Kade!

[@georgeboomsmamusic]

Interesting stuff man! After watching your videos for a while now I've been inspired by your DAWlessness and started uploading reel to reel covers every week (or trying to) as a way to promote my own music. Cheers and keep up the class work! 🦕

[@424Recording]

That's awesome, George. Thanks for watching the past couple of years. I'm glad to hear the DAWless stuff has been inspiring. Heading over now to check some out! Cheers and will do!

[@daniel_mana]

Found your channel searching for cassette recorders. Thanks for yours videos!I just started my channels, synth jams at the moment! 🎉

[@brokenmedium7252]

Followed your advice, and just posted my first video. Song recorded on a Tascam Portastudio 424 based on tips I've learned from you, Blank Forms, and a few others. Thanks for the education and inspiration.

[@fratertater6130]

My son ran into my room in the middle of this video. He needed to tell me triceratops had 800 teeth.

[@424Recording]

What!? Haha that's funny and a great piece of trivia

[@bluenotecat]

Well said mate!

[@YellowJelloMusic]

Can't find the dino 😀 You've been a huge inspiration to just make music and start my yt channel. Also the community you've built is super awesome and I'm glad I got to (at least virtually) meet all the people on your Discord. Love you, Mike. Thanks a lot ya nerd!

[@424Recording]

Thanks, Yellow! You and Doing It Dawless inspired me to make this one. I think it's really cool you've started up; I know you've had perfectionist tendencies in the past. I'm glad to see you're making more stuff on the regular and getting creative. Love you, too, buddy! Thanks for being here!

[@YellowJelloMusic]

Sometimes I wonder if I haven't gone completely overboard and my motto is just an excuse to make mediocre shit xD Just noticed - congrats on 9k! It was a few thousand less the last time I checked. You deserve it :)

[@424Recording]

I don't think so, Yellow! Keep at it. Hey, thanks! Yeah, it's creeping up! I'll have to do a 10K celebratory live stream!

[@YellowJelloMusic]

@@424Recording It's been quite some time since you last streamed! Hopefully I can join. Any plans/ideas?

[@DirkRadloff]

Definitely worth to start an own YT-channel as a musician, especially because you can reach normal people here and not only other musicians ...

[@424Recording]

That's a good point, Dirk. I didn't consider that. Cheers

[@BPMusic06]

I really like your content. You have a unique channel and it’s been helpful for me especially in my interest in DAWless recording. I think I found it simply by searching up videos on the 424. I started putting up videos on 2020 during the start of the pandemic and it’s been fun. There’s something gratifying about creating something and posting it

[@jasonelambeth]

Heck yeah man! It's been such a great companion to my creative life. The people I've met through the internet the last few years have been amazing. And although I'm still learning how to speak like a human being in front of the camera, I'm super stoked to have so much of the last few years documented! P.S. 🦕

[@424Recording]

I feel the same way, Jason. I originally pictured the channel being the final music project I'd do, just a brain dump of what I'd learned over the years and hoping that someone would find useful information or that it would save them some time. And then working on the vids revitalized my creativity and outlook and now it's an important part of what I do and think about. The best part is all the friends and community, too. And yeah! The documentation is really cool. It's awesome to have the past few years documented and to look back on it and think about where I was at and where I'm heading. It's all good stuff. And to think, we probably never would have met otherwise!

[@jasonelambeth]

@@424Recording that’s the craziest part man! I couldn’t imagine my life without Mikey Bass!

[@telepathicstationnine]

Love your channel! Found your band through the channel and love your music. 🦕 -Andy

[@424Recording]

Perfect example. Thanks, Andy and thanks for watching!

[@grisimusic8938]

Why do I have the feeling that your next video will be “10 reasons to NOT start a channel” :) Btw: 🦖

[@424Recording]

Hahaha nahhhhh not this time 😎

[@uriahfiiya]

Found your channel trying to learn some 424 tricks. Thanks for this inspiration :) this video was really cool

[@424Recording]

Awesome! Thank you! Haha that's a perfect example of discoverability, re: 424. I'm glad you enjoyed this one. I know it was a bit different than normal. Cheers and thanks for watching!

[@nowavecharles]

Dinosaur! Great video Mike. This is so true. I've been thinking recently that I have knowledge to share with people and ideas. This might be the year I start focusing on my channel a bit more. I think it's a blast making videos, and it's something I too would like to explore more during this year. We will see. Good luck to you man.

[@424Recording]

Do it up, Henry! You definitely do. You could show people the process of recording your music or anything else. Yeah, making videos is a lot of fun. There's never been a better time to start! Same to you, Henry!

[@Mono_8080]

I have to drop a comment. Been following you for the last weeks and got really inspired to dust off my Fostex XR7. I learned from you how to properly bounce tracks on this device and also how to use tracks 5-6. HA! Sometimes I think I should also make some videos but I rather spend my little free time making music. I'm on the process of recording some songs, if I ever get to compile them and call it an album, I'll come by and drop the word. Is there any forum, community, or other relevant channels about this topic I should be following? Can you please advise? Thank you for your time in doing this Mike, you've helped someone across the world.

[@Chicagomatic]

Wow. This is just what I needed to see. I was seriously weighing starting my own channel and just winging it. Thanks for the motivation and great, honest, sincere content! 🎥👏🏽 🦕

[@424Recording]

You're so welcome!

[@clayvryens3211]

Hey Mike, your channel and videos are really cool! I stumbled upon your stuff while looking up how to use a 424, your tutorial was thorough and the song you recorded was really good! I was wondering if you copyright your songs before you post them on youtube? I just started my channel but haven't uploaded much because of that and other reasons. Thanks and keep it up! 🦖

[@424Recording]

Hi, Clay, I've done it both ways. The cool thing is, if you want, you can put them up on streaming and then have whatever service scan KZbin for your songs so you get monetized if someone uses your song (or if you use it). Tbh, I've never made much money from any of my music so I don't worry too much about it. But I also make more niche music. There's also so much stuff out there; the fact that people find my music is a miracle in itself haha. I hope it helps

[@synthseeker]

Rawr with the dino-comment! Keep up the good work. :) 🦕

[@424Recording]

Thanks! Will do!

[@676bun]

Hi Mike,... have you thought of making another channel about different things? for example: books, snow blower repair, home maintance, ect. or perhaps a random channel about anything?

[@424Recording]

I have actually, bun! Are you thinking about starting one? Random channels are tough because one topic one person might be interested in could be completely different than what someone else is interested in. I guess the unifying element is the person making the videos. I guess that would kind of be like a vlog channel, too

[@676bun]

@@424Recording You seem like you could make a channel about anything and it would be interesting. I do think about another channel, and it would probably end up random stuff or a channel of all the music I've recorded.. I've got tons of recordings I've never put out anywhere.

[@424Recording]

Ha! Thanks, bun. I appreciate you saying that. That could be cool for a second channel. I think a philosophical channel or something along those lines would be cool for me, or a retro video game channel haha

[@intro510]

keep it up! 🦖

[@fromthenorthwest]

Hey Mike what is your camera and audio setup for your videos? Or did you already do that video? And thanks (again) for the motivation!🐢

[@424Recording]

Hey, my pleasure! I don't think I've done a video on that but that's a great idea. I've got a page on my site with the gear I use if you want to read about it there. I recently got a new camera, Sony a6400, but I've used the Canon linked on the site for most of the channel and then experimented with an iPhone for a bit 424recording.com/video-gear-for-youtube Let me know if you have any questions! I hope you've been doing well!

[@fromthenorthwest]

@@424Recording rad thanks Mike ill check it out! Doing good here, likewise buddy

[@maxpowers3494]

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[@dbmorton1114]

👍 My phone doesn't seem to have a dinosaur emoji.

[@kunaikai]

Dinosaur Also thanks for the push

[@BluesBrethrenofPolishPeoplesR]

🦕 thanks for a great video, again

[@littvay]

I like collateral discoverability :)

[@JeffHendricks]

Great video! *rawr*

[@uriahfiiya]

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[@sinenkaari5477]

It's strange to think about that future generations will have brightly colored HD videos to look for historycal moments in our time from like 100 - 500 years ago. If some large digital book burning won't happen

[@sinenkaari5477]

Some youtubers may record something every day of their life and when they die their channel will be up on youtube for anybody to watch till the end of world

[@424Recording]

Yeah, it is wild. This could very much be my legacy and people could be watching it 100 years from now for some reason

[@briantharpe1937]

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[@kichoforrest]

Great Vid :)

[@424Recording]

Thanks!

[@4Ever4Track]

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[@polyphonico]

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[@godofspacetime333]

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[@catojrgensen8912]

Hey man. I wrote you a message on fb. For some reason KZbin keeps deleting my comments for some reason...

[@424Recording]

Hey, Cato! I'll check it out. I haven't gone on there in months, though. That's weird that they keep getting deleted...

[@catojrgensen8912]

@@424RecordingSo nice to hear from you again. Basically i posted the video on my channel and wrote: I just wanted to thank you for making the latest video on making your own youtube and post videos. It really re-ignited my will to finish some music and make a video. If you like the music, you can pat yourself on the back - you really helped me out. Thank you so much for all your music, content and just sound advice and outlook on life. I recorded this track on my 6-track cassette sansui. Be well my friend. //Cato

[@424Recording]

Watching now :)

[@catojrgensen8912]

@@424Recording thank you so much for your kind words on my video. Cant wait to hear some more music from you. You always bring the fire 🔥🔥

[@424Recording]

My pleasure! Thanks, Cato! I've finally got some new stuff brewing!

[@TakZIG11]

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[@briangarrison2021]

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[@Casey-hz1sn]

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