whats the best way to get people hearing you play on the internet?

[ramyfishler]

A few years ago I made some recordings of my playing and I uploaded them to a site. I posted here a link to my site:( https://ramyfishler.tripod.com/ ) and I got some great comments from you guys and my site got some 1000 hits and then traffic stopped.
I am now interested to make new recordings possibly with video. One of the options I'm considering is making a youtube channel. What's the best way to get people to hear you and also get comments on your playing?.
If you have experience with that I'll be happy if you share it with me.

[pianisten1989]

What I've heard (not only from classical musicians btw) is to post a lot. The pieces doesn't have to be super perfect (ofc good enough, with musical ideas and technical ability), cause the most people who listen aren't professional scouts looking for their new super star. You should also become friends with as many people as possible, and comment on many of their videos.

That's what I know... some people here will probably know a lot more.

Good Luck

[soitainly]

 Very interesting topic.

 I think YouTube is the hottest site for music now and has been for quite awhile. I can't see not having a YouTube page if you want to get your music heard. That doesn't mean that you should ignore the other sites, but everything should link back to YouTube. Being a respected member in your musical community helps, both real life and online community. That means joining forums and treating people with respect and having interesting things to say. Become active in the arts in your town, it doesn't mean you have to be rich and spend money, but just being out there and getting to know people will help.

 If you look at which YouTube players get lots of views, you may get some hints as to why. I am not going to talk about people who are already famous from having recording contracts or winners of competitions, just average players who must be doing something right. Look at cubusdk (piano) or AndanteLargo (guitar) on YouTube. They aren't the worlds most virtuoso players and they don't play the most difficult pieces. In fact much of what they post is beginner to intermmediate material, but played with great tone and musicality. I am not saying that they aren't good players, but so many classical musicians put great stock in technical ability, while most people just want something that sounds good.

 You should have a good enough recording setup to get a nice sound, you don't need to go to a studio as you can get decent home equipment these days. You don't need an expensive camera, even a flip video recorder will do for the visual. You should get a proffesional sound though, too many players just use the audio from their camera, which usually sounds awefull. I would record myself in a quiet space, most recital recordings have way to many distracting noises.

 When choosing material, if you want to be popular you have to play the music people want to hear. If you play Fur Elise and are a good player, you are probably going to get lots of views, it's actually hard to find good videos of the really popular easy pieces since most pros think it beneath them to play student pieces. Most people end up listening to the same few pieces over and over when trying to judge whether they like an artist or not. If you see a list of pieces you are more likely to listen first to the Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart than less univerally known composers. Again you may be surprised that the student pieces may get more interest, since more people already are familiar with them. That doesn't mean once you have them hooked that they won't come to your channel and listen to everything, but you have to get lots of hits and build a following.