190- The Dark Side of YouTube

The SBL Podcast

Scott's Bass Lessons

Scott's Bass Lessons, Bass Guitar, Bass, Online Bass Lessons, Education, Music Interviews, Electric Bass, Music, Sbl

4.8 • 522 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Scott and Ian get real about the ups and downs of learning music on YouTube. It’s one of the most powerful tools available to musicians today, but it also comes with some serious pitfalls. From confusing advice to the pressure of chasing views, they break down eight common issues that can affect how we learn and teach online. The good news? When used thoughtfully, YouTube can still be an amazing place to grow as a musician.

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0:00.0	Okay, yeah, so let's kick it off.
0:01.9	We were just sitting talking before we pressed record on this,
0:06.4	kind of about how it's a little weird that we're going to be having this conversation here on YouTube.
0:11.6	You'll understand why when we get into it.
0:14.7	Because it's going to be focused on like kind of, you know, modern music learning, modern instrument learning if you're learning a bass or a guitar, keys, drums, you know, fill in the blank.
0:27.5	But definitely one of those instruments.
0:30.5	I think there's, like, things have changed a lot over the last, I would say, five to ten years.
0:37.4	And it's an interesting conversation for us to have Ian because what I was saying earlier,
0:44.2	I was like, well, we're part of the problem.
0:48.3	Yeah.
0:48.9	You know, we're part of the problem.
0:50.6	Maybe in terms of base, we're like the eye of the storm.
0:54.6	Do you know what I mean?
0:55.5	Like with the actual, yeah.
0:57.9	In terms of the dark side of YouTube learning?
1:00.8	Yeah, a little bit.
1:01.9	Yeah, because I think that there's, I think that on YouTube, there's, like, I think it's an
1:09.1	incredible platform.
1:10.9	Holy shit. Come on. You know what I mean? Like, it's an incredible platform. Holy shit.
1:12.2	Come on.
1:12.7	You know what I mean?
1:13.4	Like it is an incredible platform for so many reasons.
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