The Dirty Truth About Being a YouTuber

[@RudyAyoub]

Congrats on the milly my mango

[@erockromulan9329]

Now it's your turn!

[@Defekcija]

Habibro

[@mike19558]

@@Defekcija so using this

[@Defekcija]

@@mike19558 so so

[@BecomeTheKnight]

16:51 that thumbnail bit spoke to me so hard lol! I've spent a lot more time over the last year trying to "perfect" my thumbnail and I despise the additional hours it adds to the production process.

[@bronsonjohnson9019]

You got boss thumbnails Mike. Best in the business

[@noname-ng6sj]

Maybe just make better videos, then. Nostalgia Critic vibe isn't cutting it in 2022, matey.

[@JKenjiLopezAlt]

Congrats Sammy G. Love your stuff. I really liked how you recognize your privilege and what factors led to you having the opportunities you do. You still have made the most of them but they aren’t opportunities everyone has, and it’s refreshing to see someone who knows this and acknowledges it. Social programs to help those without these opportunities are so important. Love your content, and as an amateur guitar player I always learn a lot from you. PS I never got a plaque from KZbin when I hit 1M. What’s up with that?!?

[@blzt3206]

You need to request it.

[@Mojojojoe]

Kenji I love your book and your videos, had no idea you also played guitar!

[@TheArtofGuitar]

Congratulations on your success! So great to see this. It's nice to have an outlet for creative ideas. Back in the "ol' days" I'd still do a lot of what I'm doing now, but my dad and hamster would see it and that was about it.

[@metalmaniac1105]

Hey mike!

[@TheArtofGuitar]

@@metalmaniac1105 HEy MM!

[@RJRonquillo]

Congrats Sammy, this was fun to watch!

[@SamuraiFingers]

4:49 - I suppose I should have clarified that I was truly interested in working on a musical project with you...rather than "just for the tubez"...I write music for film and TV and am always on the lookout for interesting textures/players/collaborators etc. I've been doing it for a long time too. (almost as long as I've been on youtube!!! I've been youtubing since 2007 and professionally writing for film/tv since 2009) I've done music for NBC, CBS, ABC, MTV, AMC, HBO, Warner Bros, Paramount, Harley Davidson, Google and more. Anyway - thanks for answering my question even if the answer is a very polite "I'm not interested because you're too small". ;) All good. Peace and Love from Calgary, AB.

[@DJMerck]

He politely said I have no idea who you are! Lol,,, It's also probably safer for him, since not knowing you he doesn't know your talent level, and he sounds like someone who would definitely squirm to get out of working with someone if he accidentally found out they were more talented.

[@SamuraiFingers]

@@DJMerck You’re not wrong! (Although I’m not 100% sure about the working with others bit…) I’m not hurt by it though, Like I said - I appreciate the fact that he even acknowledged the question.

[@JensLarsen]

Congratulations on 1 million subscribers! :) Cool to hear how you think about it all!

[@Impulse21s]

Whew! Glad to find out it was a cloud blowing through. For a minute there I thought your Samurai bun was on fire! Keep doing you & congrats on a Mil!

[@timpierceguitar]

Thanks for this, so helpful to anyone in any creative or business endeavor.

[@MrTentpegs]

Gratz on the million mark! You've been inspiring me to practice more for years now and I doubt I'm alone in that. So Thank you! Oh, and as a Guga subscriber, I'd LOVE a Guga/SammyG Collab!! Cheers Everybody!

[@landonbailey]

congrats on 1 million!

[@nick.raptis]

@Landon ❤❤

[@12footchain]

Congratulations! Amazing! Hope to reach that milestone myself one day, thanks for sharing the insights.

[@aylardc]

Man… mostly commenting for the algorithm gods, but you talking about your parents helping you and then your golden ticket that you capitalized on is awesome. Speaks volumes to your character, man. Knowing it might not happen but doing everything you can while you have the opportunity. Love your content, so glad you made it happen. Shout out to your parents!

[@ReizokoRyu]

CONGRATULATIONS, DUDE! You seriously deserve it. Thanks for all the great educational and entertaining content.

[@RC32Smiths01]

Congratulations on 1 million man! You simply deserve it through everything. Always excited to see more!

[@xliquidflames]

Best thing: I am my own boss. Worst thing: I am my own boss. I feel ya. If you can, you should totally take this summit thing on tour. I'm in Florida and I'd love to attend but I can't afford to fly out there.

[@cj4108]

Fellow Canadian (Northern Ontario) here. I remember finding you on KZbin years ago. My first impression of you was that you clearly loved music. You were an honest 'real-deal.' I lost track of you over the years -- life, you know -- but recently happened across you again. I'd lost my spark over the years; going from 8 hour woodshed sessions to not touching my guitar for months on-end. You, Sir, don't appear to have ever lost yours, and that's become helpful to me in finding mine again. You keep kicking ass, ok? Thanks.

[@NowyouknowMusic]

Congrats, man! It’s been awesome to see the channel growth over the years. Thanks for all the great content!

[@jkrause365]

Congrats! Keep on doing what you're doing.

[@theinsanebotanist]

As a small creator in a niche while working in my niche, it’s definitely hard to find the time and energy to do it. I appreciate your honest comments on these questions and topics that were brought up. I have a friend who was in my “youtuber class” but he found a trending niche and jumped into it so now he’s blasting into being almost 10k subs while I’m at 50 subs lol

[@CS10015]

Congrats on the 1 million subscribers! I appreciate your honesty about doing KZbin and I think your transparency in the creative process make you a very relatable and likeable content creator. Here's to the future 2 million video!

[@bazzer124]

Congrats, Sammie! You are a joy to watch! Cheers....

[@StringPlunker]

You're a good cat man and you deserve great results. Keep going. Alberta Canuck

[@kevinkirk2672]

Congrats. I really love how answered the money question, Its why I love your channel so much, honest, sensible and forward thinking.

[@clarathebandicute]

I've always loved watching your videos both me and wife enjoy your content for different reasons and I'm so glad you reached this terrific milestone! 😊

[@MichaelLynMusic]

Thank you Sir...appreciate your time and honesty...I've been debating how hard to push and if indeed there is ANY profit margins to having a music channel here on Y.T.

[@youbigtubership]

Your openness is really refreshing. Congratulations on your success so far, and into the future.

[@solacousticguitar]

Congrats! G0 to 10m

[@drdre4397]

Congratulations on 1 million. I've been following for years and wanted to say thank you for the content and your courses. There are tons of KZbin guitar courses out there and when you put yours on sale this past Christmas I pulled the trigger on the bundle. The amount of print out material was the best part of the course for me, having all this knowledge in an organized printed out format made it a lot easier to learn, over just watching KZbin or searching for good scale diagrams online. The rudiments and beyond the basics was super useful and singlehandely gave me a huge leap in my playing. I do wish the craft of soloing was more like the recent solo course you released but considering I got it as part of a bundle there was still tons of great information in there. Thanks again and congrats on 1 mil fellow Canadian!

[@bronsonjohnson9019]

You’re an inspiration Sammy. Keep up the good work, and thanks for repping Winnipeg

[@rebelrelicguitars]

Like the honesty. Like the openness. Keep em’ coming. Take your time. You’ll be fine. We benefit.

[@VanHouse_Productions]

Dearest Sammy G. I live in San Diego and am in the US Navy. I can’t really afford to buy a ticket to arguably the best summit of all time. (wife and kid as well as California’s insane cost of living.) However I can swing by the Hilton on one of those days. I’d love to say hi. Perhaps talk for a while. Anywho I love your content. Please keep up the great work. Looking forward to knowing you’re in my great city

[@greglane334]

Congrats Sammy. I always enjoy these glimpses behind the curtain

[@JohnCoughlan_JAC]

Congratulations! I enjoy your stuff so I’m happy to see you succeeding. :-)

[@rumbust7793]

Congrats on the million, really like the stuff you do. Keep at it, please.

[@dr_tomK]

God this is fascinating. Thanks Sammy G. I'd love to come hang out with you all. But honestly, it's just really good to get a sense of what you KZbinrs go through. Big fan of you, Rick Beato, Rhett Schull, Paul Davids and Marty Schwartz.

[@EdmHistorEE]

Has been a great ride so far, keep doing what you do - it's appreciated by millions now. ;)

[@Meatball996]

Sammy, you probably have the best explanations of theory on YT. it seems so easy when you explain it and you propelled me forwards immensely

[@withershin]

I still can't play a guitar well but my theory knowledge has increased and this channel has been a great resource - I've improved immensely even. My BASS skills have gone up from this channel too and has led me to BASS channels. (Congrats on the 1MM mark!)

[@Meatball996]

@@withershin I'm the same to be honest. I like having the knowledge about the theory of a concept beforehand so that way when my hands learn how to do it, there's no real hurdle in implementing the technique

[@Thanatar2]

love what you do man. keep it up

[@johnwiesenfeld]

This was great! Love the transparency. I will never hold a golden spoon against someone if they're honest about it. I feel like you've done a fantastic job with the opportunities you've had, so even if you had a leg up, everything from that point forward has been your own hard work and it shows!

[@szilardszabo9527]

Congrats on the 1 mil! Keep grinding. Just received some merch, great quality T-shirts!

[@_ghostriderstudios_4799]

Congrats on the well deserved million. Thanks for so many excellent videos!

[@ramychamseddin6855]

Congrats in the Million subs Sammy, and thanks for all the great content you share, keep it up

[@LonelyRocker]

From a fellow (smaller) Canadian KZbinr, congrats on your amazing success. You are an inspiration for what's possible for other Canadians on KZbin. Cheers!

[@mattlau]

Congrats and thanks for sharing this Q&A. I totally agree with what you said about your downtime and not watching more music on KZbin because that’s already your job. A while ago I taught guitar and that year I didn’t even want to work on music at all.

[@DaveBall54]

Congratulations on the Million subscriber mark! Keep doing what you do and keep enjoying the journey.

[@ZeeEm1991Gr]

Congratulations on 1 million subs! Your videos are always interesting to watch - definitely well deserved!

[@darkryder6647]

Congratulations, Sammy! You’re my favorite musical KZbinr, and I’m glad you finally hit the big 1 million. Here’s to another million.

[@JoshuaM8]

congratulations on the milestone!🤘 🥳🤘

[@wheelchairtestdummy3059]

Thanks for that video, love hearing about folks accomplishing their goals with dedication and hard work. Enjoy your content.

[@Highcastle_of_Tone]

I appreciate your humility in how you got your start. Your success is overwhelmingly due to your own hard work, though, but all props to your parents.

[@MostlyTorso]

Can't wait for new episodes! Thanks a ton, SG! (Also, we need another "Fix a Guitar Solo" video!)

[@dr.jamesmunro]

This is great. I’m really happy for your success. Looking forward to more!

[@arnottclark6959]

Dude ! I love how down to earth you are , the sincerity really shows !

[@MickMack47]

congrats! You’re an awesome creator with amazing ideas. You deserve it!!

[@jeffreylarson8533]

You're Welcome, Thank you for your content. Always teaching.

[@Pushbakgang]

Super happy for u my dude! Really u are a great ytbr and guitarist

[@1KSCsounds]

Love your channel, I think I got started watching your gimmicky gadgets vids because I recognized some that I own... Now I am just starting out making my own videos, and I'm seeing KZbin in a whole new way. I appreciate videos like this to learn more about what goes on behind the scenes.

[@JohnFoley1701]

One of favorite channels, this. Keep it up! 2mill should take half the time!

[@martinrodhson]

You ROCK! Keep it up, and I'll keep watching and liking it. :)

[@johnmiii2513]

I agree with you sammy g! I seriously think you have the most positive community in guitar type youtube. I never really see any bad comments or anyone shaming anyone on their ability. Lov what you do and congrats on the million!

[@colinlancaster9061]

YES SAMMY G THIS IS AWESOME BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME SO PROUD! KEEP IT UP!!!

[@NickGranville]

Congrats, your hard work is paying off. I really dig your humble attitude to it all

[@ScottWalshWoodworking]

Congrats dude! You've built an empire!

[@danielfrabotta5501]

Gongratulations, Sammy G!!!! Thank you for always delivering the goods. Rock on.

[@guitarafter40]

You’re a class act, Sammy. Congrats on 1 MM and here’s to 2MM! 🥂

[@lovefan7694]

Congratulations Sammy G :') I've been a subscriber since 2015. I remember one time I asked you on FB about a program at Humber College and you guided me nicely :') You deserve every single one of your 1,000,000 subscribers

[@ggauche3465]

Congrats. You are an inventive and creative person. Well deserved. Don't ever lose your humility.

[@KEviVICH]

Congrats on the Achievement.🔥🔥🔥 Love your videos man.🔥🔥

[@PatrickBoberg]

Awesome news. Been enjoying your work for about a year now. Definitely deserve your audience. Now on to the diamond play button.

[@AxtremeGuitar]

Great video! I've been working on my own guitar-related channel since 2018. I've learned A LOT in a very general sense. It is very helpful when a successful KZbinr opens up about their journey.

[@mordanapt6373]

Awesome. Congratulations man. Your videos are very entertaining

[@willflint5014]

Congrats and thank you for all that you do!

[@eddyheyrick7170]

Congratulations! And thank you for the inspiring content. 👍

[@dougm24]

Congrats on the milestone SammyG! Wish I could be at the summit as sure would learn a ton and it’d be great fun, but still difficult to travel from here. Hopefully another one next year.

[@nathansullivanmusic7574]

Congrats on hitting 1m subs Sammy G. I always enjoy your content and I always look forward to the next video. Keep up the good work!

[@morningblade87]

For all the impact us as fans have had for your life, I hope you realize the positive impact you’ve had on many of us. Focusing my time on KZbin with more positive channels like yours has had a large impact on my mental health especially through the pandemic. Thank you so much for doing what you do, and I too hope for many more years of it to come.

[@thomassschwarz5998]

This video has been incredibly encouraging to me to work harder to get my music and my youtube channel off the ground. Thanks for all you do

[@lanierwexford2582]

Appreciate you. Gratz! Stay AWESOME.

[@Scarlett8Music]

Congrats man! Always good to see a fellow Canadian moving up in the world ❤

[@charlenetrawick1647]

your channel is truly wonderful !

[@blue62show]

Great sharing man, thank you. This evoked in me even more appreciation and greater respect than l had. Thank you, again! 🎼💙🎶👍🏼

[@jonkerrmusic]

Congrats on the big Million, Sammy G! I look forward to your next milestone, when you celebrate it by releasing your debut Astral Whip album.

[@mruncletheredge]

Good for you dude..... Keep Rockin

[@1957kwick]

I think it would be really cool to have you design and have one built a custom guitar for yourself and do a walk-through step-by-step with Fender or Gibson or whoever I think that would be really cool video

[@DeathMetalDerf]

This is why you're one of my favorite KZbin creators, Sammy G. Congratulations on hitting the 1 Million subs. I can't think of another guy I'd like to see succeed more. Thank you so much for sharing so honestly with us. The candid, interior look into what it's like to be a KZbin creator is really very interesting, and everything you have going on sounds so awesome! I wish I could attend! Anyway, good luck in the future, and thanks for sharing so many awesome videos with us!

[@jamesbullock8037]

Congrats man! I hope we can all make it to 1M eventually :)

[@welder062]

That is AWSOME! See even a KISS fan can enjoy a million subscribers....I'm happy to see this. I really enjoy your channel. The segments about guitar products is by far my personal favorite.

[@drewood]

You have every right to be proud of all you've accomplished. Great music, amazing skills, and entertaining/educational content. You've worked hard and it shows. So as much as you thanked the viewership, for all you've done, we thank you.

[@jasonnovo6296]

Congrats on 1 Mil!!

[@MedalionDS9]

Gratz on the 1 Mill.. see you at 2 Mill!

[@Left-Earth]

For the Guga Foods collaboration you could make a song for each course of the meal, using only kitchen items as instruments. (Example: amplified spaghetti and bread bass guitar with piezo pickups. Pots and pans percussion.) 😂👍

[@apriltoronto5254]

hey man, you have great work ethics! and you have a humble, quite likeable bubbly personality!! Your content is very welcome I'm playing the guitar a bit too... nothing too fancy, of course.... I like your vids not only because they are entertaining and give plenty of tips and insights into learning guitar... most of all, I like learning speaking and using English from you... you are a very well spoken person of your kind of mother-tongue speakers... Thank you for this and pls do keep up the good work!

[@MattXShaver]

Reassuring to hear that the same problems and things I worry about as a small creator will never go away if I ever become a big creator 😂 But in all actuality thank you for sharing, I appreciate your openness

[@doctoribanez]

Congratulations man. Kinda blows my mind that some people should have way more subs than they do and some have a ridiculous amount too many

[@oweneaton8531]

Nice!!! Long time sub. Glad you made it to a million

[@toxicmicrowave]

years ago a friend sent me one of your videos, I believe it was some video game soundtrack in country style or something, been a fan ever since!

[@samuelxavier2473]

Congratulations. You deserve the success; you seem like a very well adjusted guy.

[@calebkeller]

yet another fantastic video by Sammy G. few people deserve the 1 million more than you. thank you for being yourself, and allowing us a small window into your life and personality. your authenticity - and of course your loads of guitar skill and creativity - makes every video one to enjoy. thanks Sammy, and here's to your continued success!

[@kurisurokku]

I think I found Sammy G on a JHS "What's on your board" sort of video, and I remember thinking "Hey, I think this guy has a Canadian accent", and as soon as I found I was right --> SUBSCRIBED. Love ya Sammy G, congrats on 1 million subscribers, it's well deserved.